New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
RvT..rrsph 20 The T-ibuns.


San Francisco April S-The results Of the spec
tacu,ar raid Of Detective Burnss force upon the
offices Of the United Railroads Company last sat
urday and Sunday may be farreaching Burns Sc
lected Saturday afternoon because he knew Fetr,GS
Calhoun and the other leading men or the DIS
oornoratton would all be out OF the city, and he
counted on a free field because the following day
was Sunday when judges can seldom De iouhu-
He made a thorough raid. broke open the on1ee
doOr drilled safes and got nearly two thousand
documents which his identified as copies OF
papers in the District Attorneys onice dealing
with the venremen called in the trial or CaIhoun
Eight men were arrested. two accused OF the tneft
Of the documents and others of bribery or receiving
s,o1An foods Judge Murasky on Sunday Issued an
Injunction forbdding Burns's men to seareh Cal-
houn's Offices further. but the detectives paid no
heed to it Now Judge Murasky has cited then lor
contempt OF court. and the case VIII come up h"h-
dax II Is believed that Burns made his senSa-
tional raid to prejudice the public against Calnou'
hut The result has been the opposite ror much
feeling has been aroused against the methoos Oh
tbA snecial detective OF the graft prosecution Ihe
nubI,c feels that the District Attorneys Office the
police and certain judges are absolutely under con-
trol Of Rudolph Spreckels and Francis J. Heney.
The citizens health committee this week gave
testimonial dinner for Dr. Rupert Blue. head Of the
federal commission which cleaned up San Fran
cisco after the FIRE and made record in the de-
structon OF and the enforcement OF the sani-
tary regulations. Many leading men were present.
and Dr. Blue received a gold watch Medals were
also given TO him and his associates
The Commercial Hotel. at Montgomery avenue,
Kearnv and Pacific streets, which built by
Abe Ruef was sold this week for s2oo.oo0. Real
estate agents regard this a fair price.
The site of the old J. B. Haggin home. in Tay-
Ior street running from Clay to Washington. will
b, subdiyided and sold at auction April -.
The lots will thirty feet front. and most OF them
will soon be covered with apartment houses. This
lot commands one of the finest views OF San Fran
cisco Bay and sheltered from west and north
winds one OF the significant real estate sales Of
from Twenty-second avenue to Twenty-fourth ave-
nue. These blocks command magnificent view OF
the Golden Gate and brought 10000. They were
bought by a real estate firm. which intends TO sub
divide and sell the lots for dwellings
Owners of property west OF Powell street. between
that street and Van Ness avenue. appeared before
the Supervisors this week and made strong plea
for some changs IN the fire ordinances that would
hermit them to build frame houses. protected by
concrete or other means Most OF the lots IN this
district are oAly twenty-five feet front. and the
building regulations insist upon 1s-nch brick walls
which cut OF three feet OF the frontage and leave
so little space that the lots cannot be improved
easily The Mayor and Supervisors approve the
plan but the Fire Marshal and several large prop
erty owners oppose IT because Of danger in case OF