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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
BANK CLEARINGS REACH
SECOND HIGHEST MARK
Increase Over State Follows
San Francisco Record

Approaching the high figure Of seven
weeks ago. San Francisco's clearings
for the week ending at noon Thursday
were $46,46S. 1851, the second highest
since the financial strfngency which
began toward the close OF 1907 All
over the state the bank clearings for
the week just ended We're high The
California Promotion committee calls
attention to the fact that Los Angeles
clearings for the week were $I455s.-
665. So. while Oakland climbed over the
two million mark with a total OF
$2022 1929.
The committee points out that COM
parsons with 1908 are not possible
on the percentage basis for the reason
that there was a holiday in the corre-
spending week on account OF the
presidential election For tile i've DAYS
the clearings OF the cities named above
We're as follows: San Francisco. S34-
09S. 1Os-21: Los Angeles. $500. .2699 81.
and Oakland. s1.7ss,727.1o-
San Jose banks cleared SS04. .ft2.1S
during the week. against st90.37s.2S
wear ago stockton. where the clear
ings in 1903 were s4SS.940.62 for the
week. reported $752.6s6-s5 as the clear
ings- Against the figure sSS3.0S1.22 in
the week last year Sacramento cleared
1905 .s4s.46 In Fresno the clearings
were sS61.794-77. against s6fS.3s462
tast year. Clearings for the week IN
san Diego amounted to S1.016.7S7.0s;
the 1905 figure was sss4.591.3s
Adding the totals for the eight Calf
forria cities for the week an azxrexats
of s67,5S7,4s Is obtained.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
BRISK DEMAND FOR
SANTA CRUZ PROPERTY
Fasteners Inquire for Summer
Homes and Ranches


Real estate dealers in Santa Cruz
say that the last week has been a
very busy one. Numerous inquiries
have been made regarding summer
homes and ranch properties by eastern
people, who. after participation in the
Portola festivities in San Francisco.
have been looking about with the in
tention of locating permanently in Cal
ifornia
A project is on foot to erect a 800
room tourist hotel to cost approximate-
ly 100000. The time is not far distant
when Santa Cruz will be as popular a
resort in winter as 1t is in summer.
In the Pajaro valley. around Wat
sonvilie, ranchers have just completed
the picking of a record crop of apples
and are now busy shipping. Last years
production of apples in this valley
exceeded 2.7S0,000 boxes. This years
crop bids fair to pass that mark. Ar
rangements are being made by the
Watsonville board of trade for great
apple carnival to be held in Watson
Vile next year.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
MANY SALES REPORTED
IN AVENUE DISTRICT

Sol Getz & Sons report the following
sales this week.
lot 25x120. in east line of Forty third ave-
nue.. 115 feet north Of street TO Lizzie Case
Lot 25xI20. in esst line Of Sixteenth avenue
10 feet south OF street, 10 Hiram Rowe.
Lot 25xl20- in west line OF Forty-h avenues
225 feet Sonth Of II street. TO Laura Phelps.
Lot 25xl2b- In east line Of Forty ninth Great
highway svenue. 262:6 feet north OF l. street
Ignatz and Eda Beck.
Lot 2sxl20. in east line OF Forty fifth avenuc
100 feet north ~ l street. with improFementss
10 Laura Goodman.
Lot 50x123:1f. in south line Of street 275
feet west of Thirty y-ninth avenue. TO Eli Webb.
Int s0xI20. IN west line of Tbirty-second ave-
nue.. $50 feet north Of c street. TO John c. and
Setfie Lnhy.
Lot 25xl20. in west line OF Eighth avenue
$50 feet south OF N street, 70 Robert v.
Rogers
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
Poodle Dog Building

The new Poodle Dog building at Ma
son and Eddy streets is largely q re-
construction of the old building. The
old walls have been utilized and rein
forced with anchors and bond iron. The
reconstruction has proceeded on plans
by OBrien Brothers. Inc. The walls
are said TO be stronger than ever be-
fore.
The building occupies a space 40 feet
by IS feet The owners are r. l. VOL
den. w V Hollingberry and y. c.
Briggs. The lower floor and basement
will be occupied for cafe uses. There
are. SO rooms in the building. The
property has been leased for a term.
In the Office of O'Brien Brothers,
Inc. plans have been prepared for A
three story and basement reinforced
concrete building to stand in Mont
gomery avenue between Vallejo street
and Broadway. The owner is Samuel
AItschuler. The construction is novel
in some respects. The upper floors are
made into fats for doctors and dentists.
The cost of the building is estimated
at about $4,000
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
HISTORY OF sEAWALL

Taking a large view of the territory
governed by the state and San Fran
cisco it is seen that the length of the
seawaI1 is more than 1000 feet. 1t
was constructed at a cost of about
1000, 900. Abutting on this seawall
projecting piers or docks have been
constructed as the necessity has die
tated. The construction of a perma-
nent bulkhead or seawall was begun
about 1873, when length of 2.6o2 feet
from the north line of Howard street
parallel with the then established
water line and 500 feet beginning in
the north line of Vallejo street were
built. Twelve piers and 16 docks run
out toward deep water from the sea
wall. and the bulkhead wharves pro-
vide another length of 6.629 lineal feet,
so that altogether there are 25,22S
lineaT feet representing the space pro-
yided to dock shipping.
The area upon which wharyes may
be built on the San Francisco water
front is limited by that of the shore
line on the bay in San Francisco coun-
tv. which is about 10 miles: and in
width by the distance between the es-
tablished harbor line, known, respect
ively. as the bulkhead or seawall line
and the pierhead line. These lines
were recommended by the state board
of commissions, and were finally ap-
proved by the secretary of war The
bulkhead line is one to which solid fll-
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
SMALL RANCHES SOLD
FOR FRUIT AND FOWLS
American Real Estate Company
Ative in Sonoma County

Thee is great activity at the present
time n Sonoma county farming lands
especiay for small chicken ranches
and frlt farms. II is an ideal location
No irrigtiolr is necessary. Everything
grows lkuriantly and the climate is
ideal
Santa losa city OF culture and
beautiful ..Omes and a great business
center. onI, about two hours ride from
San Franctoo. is surrounded by these
farms. TlteAmerican real estate COM
psny reportl wonderful success in the
sale Of cllicln ranches and small fruit
farms whichlre located of the Belle
yue station; to and a half miles south
Of santa Rosa
The compa nAalso reports that about
50 families wileocate on this property
daring the conhe year
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
Ramacciotti Building

The H I. Ramacciotti building on
the northwest corner of Jackson and
Hyde streets. for which Grim & Scott
are the architects, is a three story and
basement structure containing four
stores and eight apartment flats. The
exterior is Of pressed brick. marble and
rough cast cement plaster with tile
cornices. The entrance vestibules to
the upper floors are to be highly orna-
mental with tiled base and columns on
the exterior and marble wainscoting
and marble steps leading up to main
entrances The apartments are so ar
ranged that there will be no inside
rooms. The living rooms and dining
rooms are made so that they may be
thrown together as one large room and
the apartments are finished in the most
UP to date manner with plenty of closet
and pantry space.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
NEW BUILDINGS ARE
MODEL STRUCTURES
Business Premises and Apart
ments Erected According to
Plans of Architects

A five story and basement brick
building Of class construction is
nearly completed for the OConnor
estate in Grant avenue, So feet south
Of Geary street. The first story and
basement are of brick exterior. The
other stories are of white mat glazed
terra Gotta and copper and plate glass.
There are two stores on the ground
floor and four lofts above, all of which
have been leased The structure was
planned by c A Meussdorffer, archi-
fect The cosf is $50 600
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
Ashbury Election

The Ashbury district Improvement
club has elected officers for the cur
rent year as follows: Fl. E Coffey
president; G. Breck, first vice presi-
dent. E. p. Martin, second vice presi-
dent: E. H. Gottschalk, secretary. C. l.
Queen, treasurer; NJ Stern. sergeant al
arms: t. A. Brown. J. j. BsIy j. ID.
Garrison. A. f. Lacey and 5. Zemansky,
executive committee; r. Groves r.
Hampton and E. s Lowry. finance COM
mittee.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
STATE BIG OWNER
OF REAL ESTATE
Estimate Ordered by Harbor
Commission Shows $780,
100000 Valuation

The state of California as a rent
collector and real estate owner in the
city and county of San Francisco is a
subject that might well excite the in
terest of real estate brokers. Annually
the rents collected in San Francisco in
behalf of the commonwealth amount
to s1,0o0,O 900 in round figures. The
sources are the dockages wharfages
and rents of buildings. In each and
all of these matters the state coll
lects an income on land realty that
was created by extending the land out
into the water and by erecting struct-
ures of various sorts on the newly es-
tablished water front line. The ferry
depot at the foot of Market street and
slips for ferries pays in rentals about
$4,000 a year or something less than
s12 900 month, this amount also in
cluding the branch postoff1ce building
on the water front.
The Lombard street car ferry slips
pay about s61,o0 a year. The Pacific
Mail steamship wharf pays something
less than $50, 900 a year, or about $4,000
and a trifie more a month An in
teresting recapitulation of the sources
of income of the state in connection
with the wharf arrangements con-
troIled by the state board of harbor
commissioners of California for the
year 1907-S has been officially made,
which is given here for general in
formation as follows.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
Brandenstein Building

A handsome reinforced concrete
building Of six stories and basement
stands on the northwest corner of First
and Mission streets. 1t is occupied en-
tirely for business purposes. The prop
erty is owned by Joseph Brandenstein.
Edward G. Rolles is the architect.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
Sales in the Levy Tract

Captain Obermeyer, the agent of the
Levy tract, reports that sales are
steadily increasing and that so per
cent of the purchasers intend to build
Immediately. The yisitacion valley
trolley line. giving crosstown facilities
between the Mission district and yisi-
tacion. runs within a block Of the Levy
tract and this has materially aided the
sale of this property.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06

I0tdI POO roIJ, UUUI
sssNo practical value.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-21

/ ment of her pupils, arbitrary and ar
rogant conduct toward her subordinate
teachers, and lack of social standing,
The board had discovered after TWEEN.
Y years that Mrs. Scott lacked that
social standing essential to the sue
cessful teaching of the young idea to
shoot.
Mrs. Scott claims that on account of
the unexpeetedness of the charges. she
was unable to reply to them, and on
September was informed, through
Inspector King, that she had seen re-
moved as principal of the school. She
requested that she be given time to
prepare defense, and this was grant
ed her in SO many words. But, on
September 6, she again appeared be-
fore the board and the following col
loquy took place:
Mr.. Judd-.'We adhere to our de-
eision of last Friday taken to YOU by
Mr.. King. You are removed as prin-
cipal of the Holualoa schools
Mrs. Scott" What is the cause of
my REMOVABLE
Mr.. Judd-"You have been found
deficient as a principal in that when
INSTRUMENTATION arose, you did not re-
port it and have it dealt WITH
Mrs. Wilcox-sFI have no feeling in
the matter. I am unbiased. I have
decided from what you yourself have
said. You have stated this state of
affairs existed. You should have re-
ported it to the inspector, and if he
did not deal with it, then you should
. have reported it to the department -
Mrs. Scott-s'Is this the end? Am
/ not to be fully heard2''
Mr. Judd (emphatically)- This IS
cerned, we intend it SHALL be the
end y
Mrs. Scott alleges that there never
has been any insubordination that has
not been reported to the inspector and
the board and dealt with.
The insubordination referred to bv
the board is the affair with Mrs. Mavd-
well. As to who was right and who
was wrong in that affair does not APP
pear to count, as the board took the
easy course in settling the difficulty of
firing both women. Under the con
tracts, the board could not discharge
them, so it transferred them to dis
tricts outside of Kona. Both teachers
had their homes at Holualoa.
Mrs. Scott further alleges that on
September Is, when school was to open
for the term, she was on hand to take
up her work as principal, but there
was another principal present, armed
with the authority of the board. She
claims that she has been damaged in
the sum of $500, the amount she
would earn by teaching for the year
Of her contract. She also claims to
have undergone great mental suffer
ing on account of the action of the
board, but she does not make any
charge for that. All she asks is the
$500 salary and costs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-21
FORMED To
DEAL IN FIREWOOD

The Oahu Firewood Company, Ltd,
has fled its articles of Incorporation
with the Treasurer of the Territory.
1t is to be, according to the articles,
close corporation, the corporators be-
ing William Hogs, president; F. b.
McStocker, vice president; Oswald ST.
John Gilbert, treasurer; NJ. w. W.
Gilbert, secretary, and j. J. Belser,
auditor. The capital stock is $4,000,
which may be increased to maximum
of 100000, and is divided into shares
of the par value of 800 each. Ten
per cent. of the capital stock has been
paid in.
The company is said to have been
formed primarily for the purpose of
handling as frewood the refuse from
the Pahoa Lumber mill. The ohia.
while it makes, a frst-class railroad
tie, does not cut up well and there is
a great amount of waste, which ex-
pertinent has shown makes fine fire.
wood.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-21
TEACHER DISCHARGED FOR
LACK OF SOCIAL STANDING

The expected suit of Mrs. Nettie v.
Scott against the department of pub
lie instruction of the Territory has
been brought, the papers being served
yesterday and the matter referred by
Superintendent Babbitt to Attorney
General Hemenway. Mrs. Scott asks
damages against the department in the
sum of $500 and costs, for breach of
contract and intense mental agony
caused by her dismissal as principal of
the Holualoa school. In the complaint
she accuses the board of bad faith, I'M
tior in which she was given no chance
to defend herself against the serious
charges made against her. 1t appears
that the board accused Mrs. Scott of
lacking social standing.
Although in the complaint the name
of Mrs. Maydwell, one of the other
teachers at Holualoa school, is not
mentioned, it is we'll known that the
whole trouble arose over the inabi1i-
t7 of Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Maydwell
to work in peace and harmony. Each
of the ladies preferred charges against
the other, and an alleged investigation
was held by the board. But Mrs. Scott
saws she had no chance to defend her
self against the charges, which she did
not know had been made until she was
summoned before the board one day.
Mrs. Scott says that on August 81
of this year, she completed twenty
years of continuous service as teach
er in the public schools. OF this time,
she spent seventeen years in the Ho-
lualoa school, the first year as sole
teacher, the last sixteen years as prin-
cipal. In all that time no adverse re-
port concerning her was ever made by
the inspectors, and many favorable re-
ports were rendered Only one COM.
plant was ever made against her by
patron of the school, and from this
she was completely exonerated by the
department.
Last July she was unanimously re-
appointed principal of the Holualoa
school for one year, from September
l, 1909, to August 81, 1910. She was.
notified of her reappointment and ac-
cepted.
On September 1, the complaint con-
tinues, Mrs Scott was summoned by
telephone to meet Superintendent Bah
bitt and two nf 4ha commissioners Mr.
Judd and Mrs. Wilcox, at the board
rooms. She obeyed the summons, nos
having any thought that charges had
been made against her. When she APP
peared, she was informed that grave
charges had been made against her,
consisting of cruel and inhuman treat
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-21
LINK NJ CANDLEss
GETS MORE LAND

Link MeCandless has some more
land. Governor Frear yesterday sign
ed patent which allows the cham
pion of the great common people to
add a few acres-ffty-two to be exact
Ito his other small holdings.
This is the patent which George R.
Carter, when he was Governor, stated
most emphatieally that he would never
sign. He never did. Some adjustments
have been made since that time, how
ever, and Governor Frear has append
ed his signature to the patent.
The new land which Link McCand-
less thus acquires is situated at Lua-
lualel, Waianae, Oahu. The price paid
by the purchaser is $4,000.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-21
THREE HARD SWATS
1T poor DAN CUPID

Three divorces were granted bv
Judge Robinson yesterday, one for
desertion, one for nonsupport and one
for extreme cruelty. Flora Apao was
released from the bonds that united
her to James Apao, on a showing that
her husband had treated her with
great cruelty, striking and beating her
when the hupor moved him.
William Hoopii obtained a decree
against his wife on the ground of
desertion
Maggie Hebron was freed from
Robert Hebron on the ground of non
support.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-21
STOCK MARKET WAS
ON AN EVEN KEEL

Stocks are all on an even keel to-
day was the expressive way in
which a broker yesterday announced
the result of stock trading. In other
words, the market was strong but with
very little advance. There was a bet
ter demand for Oahu than usual.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-21

Jared Smith viii supply you with
seeds for trees that will grow in this
climate,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-06
WILL ADJUST CONTROVERSY
Nicaragua and This Country About to
Come to an Understanding over
the Emery Case.

Washington, Apr. 6.-The gratifying
information was conveyed to Secretary
Knox yesterday that the Nicaraguan
government would make an early ef
fort to settle either by compromise
or by arbitration the claim for dam
ages OF the G.. ID. Emery Co., whose
concession for cutting mahogany was
cancelled about two years and a halt
ago for an alleged violation of the
terms of the concession.
Through Mr.. Bsponosa, the Mic
araguan minister, the secretary wal
told that a special commissioner
would leave the Central American
country Immediately for this city car
rying full instructions for the minis
ter, which would empower him &c
reach settlement whereby the whole
controversy would be adjusted. II 9
compromise is not reached the min
lister will sign a protocol submitting
the case to arbitration.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-06
TROUBLE MOVING FREIGHTER
Union and Non.Union Marine Engl.
neers Clash In 9uffalo-Police
Are Called Out.

Buffalo, n. Y, Apr. 6.-The first
lash between union and non-union
forces on the water front occurred yes.
terday, when an attempt was made to
move big freighter from her winter
berth in the Blackwell canal with non.
union engineers When 1t became
known that the boat was 10 be moved
and that non-union engineers were at
work score of men rushed on board.
A hurry call was sent to a police sta.
tion and squad OF reserves hastened
to the scene. When they arrived the
crowd had disappeared and the non.
union engineers we're with them.
Detroit, Mich, Apr. GA Free
Press special from Marine City, Mich,
says that 10 vessel engineers of Ma.
rine City who had signed "open shop
contracts with the Gilchrist fleet and
II who had signed with the Mitchell
feet surrendered their contracts to
the Marine Engineers Beneficial as.
sociation yesterday and that the con,
tracts were mailed to the respective
feet managers.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-06
WAS STRICKEN BY kPoPLExY
w. A. Poynter, Former Governor Of
Nebraska, Dies In the Office Of
Gov. ShaIlenberger.

Lincoln, Neb.. Apr. 6.--W. A. Poyn.
ter, former governor Of Nebraska,
while making a speech in the Office OF
Gov. Shallenberger at the hearing of
the daylight saloon bill Yesterday, was
stricken with apoplexy and died with.
in few minutes.
Immediately after II was known
that Mr.. Poynter was dead, Gov Shall
lenberger said there would be no fur,
ther public hearings on the bill for
the day. Later the governor said he
would not take action on the meas
ure until he had considered carefully
all its features. The daylight saloon
bill was passed in the closing hours
of the senate session. It's passage
was a surprise to everyone. The sud
den death OF ex-Gov. Poynter one of
its most prominent advocates, gave
a tragic turn to the contest that
friends and opponents Of the bill had
prepared to wage.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-06
a Fulsome compIIment..

During Mr.. Cleveland's tour Of the
south shortly after his marriage Mrs
Cleveland and he were driving one day
through the streets of one of the larger
towns escorted by two of its citizens
Some one threw a bunch Of violets to
Mrs. Cleveland, and Mr.. Cleveland
bent forward to catch 1t, remarking as
he presented II. 81 wonder why no one
gives me flowers"
One of the gentlemen present gal
lantly replied, eve think you have won
the fairest flower in all the land"
"Ah, yes" returned the president
"but, you see, can't keep her in wa
teri"
'It is not necessary since you keer
her in such excellent spirits" was the
reply.
Here Mrs. Cleveland interposed. say
ing, II am afraid you are guilty of fat
terry" whereupon came the reply:
mo, madam. Flattery is fulsome
compliment, and in this instance nc
compliment could be either too frank
or too fulsome."
The charm of this response lies in
the last and fourth from the last
words, Mrs Cleveland's maiden name
being Frances Folsom.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-04-06
Marine Rubber chswsrs.

The sailor, taking a fine, new rubber
band from the stationery display, be.
gan to chew it with vigorous enjoy
ment
"What are you up to there" snarled
the druggist.
Just rubber chewin'." said the sail
or Its a habit with all us navy fel
lers. Keeps Off gun headache.
"Of course you, landlubber, don't
know nothin' about 1t. But let me tell
you, mate, when sixteen inch gun
goes off aboard ship the jar skaters
winders, splits planks and brings your
lower teeth up against your uppers
like straight left from old John L.
'rhe result is gun headache-such
headache! But II you chew rubber
In firing time 1t eases Off the shock and
you don't suffer none. been chewin
1t steady ever since Manila Bay"
Rubber chewing-what nasty
habit" said the druggist.
Rag chewin's worse" was the sail
or's reply.-New Orleans Times-Demo
crat