Alameda Daily Evening Encinal from Alameda, California • 1

ii The Pioneer Paper or lumt Ettabllshed Sept 1M8W sail A fsn Clean Family Paper iai io iuiuiok FOURTH YEAR arm daily Evening Endnal Imlif Paper pi-luhtl tka fen IO-UT tha Ksrslsg Payer tbs taws ef Creshf TWENTY-SIXTH YEAB-No 140 ALAMEDA CALIFORNIA MONDAY AFTERNOON MARCH 4 1895 WHOLE NUMBER 2441 OPPOSED TO BILL 848 FBI FOES LIST YM SPEED TRACK OPENED II meanwhile repooed peacefully in the sunlight at tlie base of tiie mountain Die first annual eonvantion of the Southern California Women's Pram Association will be held in thia city on the 12th and 13th instants A reception at the Hotel Nadeau a visit to Echo Mountain an excursion around tbe kite-shaped track of tha Santa Fs Railway are among tha pleasant features already outlined for the occasion of which more hereafter Mae Mast Ham by a lack of men to do the work of which they are capable Thanking the members of your Hon Board and the city officials generally for their uniform courtesy to myself and tlie Department and also those members of the Department who have assisted me in my humble efforts in tlie line of duty during tlie post year I remain respectfully Fain Kcauth Jh Chief Engineer A Alameda March 4tli 1895 in tlie same way Tlie track ia now complete excepting some tew finishing touches and tlie Aarceiatioa ia out of debt The track affairs are now in tlie liande of three people tlie warden of the speed track tlie treasurer of the driving association and tlis custodian of the track wix are sutiioritiei on all mat ten connected with it Tlie warden ii Sanfonl Bennett whose residence is 2811 Buena Vista avenue the treasurer ia diaries 8 Keel President of the En-einal Bank and the cnetodien ia A Zingg tlie builder of tiie track who live near it at 1713 Paru It is suggested thpt when tlie entire track is completed tiie formal opening be attended with I tattle of an idea pot forth by Mias Romer of Alameda avenne This suggestion it meeting with popular fever and moot likely will be carried into execution Somps furniture clothing etc $383 insured in Bun Insurance Company of California on insured in Magdeburg Fire Insurance Company July S3 3 10 Still alarm to Webb avenue cliemical engine fix grass fire on Regent street August 16th 10 a Fire on top of tank of oil at Pacific Coast Oil Works Alameda Point Ko loss August 84th 6 Fire in roof of Chinese waih-luxue on north side of Railroad avenue hetween Chestnut and Willow streets Cause defective stovepipe Ko loss August 27th 730 Fire in residence of William Behrens 1710 Sherman street Cause upsetting of coal oil lamp Loss on furniture etc $300 Ko insurance August 87 tli A Box Fire in five-room cottage at 1709 Eagle avenue owned by Mr Fleming occupied by Arthur Thomas Damage to house $100 to furniture $150 Insured September 2d 320 Box 15-Fence in rear of reiideuoo of Mrs Wilson on Ninth street near Central avenue on fire Cause liot allies in wooden ash barrel September Fire In parlor of residence at 1584 Moxart street Csnse children and matches Lass $30 Brptemtor 2lst 040 Chimney Ore at 817 Santa Clara avenue owned by Leyilockor and occupied by John Reynolds Ko loss November 17Ui 1020 Box False alarm November 25tli 630 Box 18-Fire in five-room dwelling at southwest comer Jay street and Eagle avenue occupied liy Frank Silva Cause unknown Jams $300 Insured Decemlier 10th 525 Box 43-Fire in garret of Argue ofiloe Central avenue near Pork street Ko loss December 21st 815 a Box 41-Alarm for fire in North Alameda January Sd 1805 6 Box Fire in basement of residence of It Provides Against Arbitrary License Tax ARD WOULD AFFECT THE SALOONS Rv 9 assort nssmssts bis Csagrsiatlsa ta Camnalcats with Osutar Baud iMraaa Wsy airs Asset It Senator Beard and Aaaemblymsn Waymire of this district will receive bugs package o( let ten from citiwna of this city before the sun seta to-day The congregation of the Park Street Church is aroused over a bill introduced in the Assembly by Eugene Bert of Ban Francisco which they claim seriously efforts the liquor traffic In hie prelude to his sermon last evening Rev Bovard referred to the objectionable lections (27 and 33) of Bill 24A Rev point Ia that section 27 provides that arbitrary or unequal license tax shall lie levied upon any Thia ho looki upon as loophole for the liquor men to crawl through The other objectionable section (33) provides that Urn Supervisor shall not have the power to withokl licenses from any buaineM hitherto authorised by law since 1889 This section 1m also regards as in the the internet of Urn liquor traffic Rev Bovard requested that every member in iiis congregation writes letter to Urn Senator and Assembly man from this district declaring their strongest protest against Urn pa of the two sections of this bill Uev Bovard's remarks caused a strong feeling ogainat the bill and moat mem-bera of the congregation have written thia morning stating their protest srviti's Antes Aalvs Tha bast sain is tbs saU (ur Oats gtalsM antes Ulsm Halt Hhsaia Fevat Hum Iktisr ippari Heeds UOJIMalan Omnm art nil 1 pnaiLirnJjr semPUeneree paysaqausd Bis ganMatseri Mgtoe pnrfael tlsfsstlse or seif nfnerind Ms SS Ispnr bus 1W ania Iqr Binder Who wonts to purchase for a merely nominal price a most pleasantly located bam on Bute Clara avenue not tar from Pork street? The house two story with 9 rooms and beth is in firs t-condition The lot ia 50x107 All street aaaaamenta and taxes for Uii year an paid Electric eon year I pom the house every ten minutes The lot alone without tim building ia worth fully $6000 and will greatly enhance in value when the new City Hall ia built it ia nearly opposite the City Hall site For furtlmr particulars inquire of Krautli Editor at the Ekcmal Fan sale a lot on Broadway 50x1488 foot feeing the rising Pleasantly located end only two blocks from the Pork street Broad-gauge depot Tonne ih For termi and particulars Ad-dnaa this office ta aaeldaet tomiensa am Un A Knbsr rosetef liability were One nntnUe mt Lnedsa Addiam Hanoi AO Had BrtataoHm Fork rtnst Wand to be Heard James Green of the West End ia quite put out on account of the delay of the Board of City Trustees in acting upon ilia application for appointment a special police officer He filed hie application which ia liberally signed tiiroo week ago and feel that he houid be given an opportunity to be heard To Foreclose Llca Richard Gardiner hM commenced suit in the Superior Court against Robert and Mary Mott to foreclose a lien on the property on the west line of Benton street 250 feet sooth from Kail road avenue loath 50 feet by west 150 on a elaim for $20 Wait Twenty Rays The Boulevard Speed Track Minstrels wont twenty boys aged about 12 yean possessing soprano voices to call at Armory Ifell to-morrow (Tuesday) evening at 730 Really Arranged Capt Cotton'! cigar emporium at 1300 Park street lias barn completely overhauled and now looks ss neat as a new pin Will Soon be Opened In few days tim A Prosier A Bew Drug Company's store in tim Pork Hotel will he opened The workmen ore now putting on the finishing toudmo Carroll Discharged Carroll the Park street baker wm discharged in insolvency in Judge Court thia morning Ode to a Cleon Shirk Your linen to lie clean must be taken to tiie Alameda Steam Laundry Thera hey do their wo tia quite a treat they do their work io neat that to nu wh menc dipped Aridjif you' think that thb aint when your beat shirt ia ripped they mend it before 'tia 1 And if true call at 2235 Railroad avenue EXPRESS WAGON LICENSES Hea Combine to Ordinance Evade Oar Tim dty ordinance regulating busi licenses provide tint ax pressmen shall pay $10 for a single wagon license Where they pay $30 the ordinonee allows them to run many wogona they aeo fit Diis fact is appreciated by a huge number of Oakland men some twenty or thirty of whom have recently organised themselves into a company and thus each pays pro rata of the necessary $30 to evade the ordinance The Alameda men have it were and have also organised bat at the meeting of tim Board of City Trustees this evening on ordinance will be introduced requiring expressmen to pay for every wagon in use OLD FATEHS NO SAUL Wa bars on baud a laioa scabs! of aid papers which mwhh to art rid ef OMmsm are useful in rvmrj kuimbnU He will Mil Ibe lot bnn an baud at Iba iota of 10 100 Taa must Kilobit Optician of tbs Pnsila nunnt Holler 0M Mariutatmt Hsu Free- BEAUTIFUL IPBOQ Triutl Hill lilllurj iinlln AT Til OLD ULUUI BEE HIVE MILLINERY 89 SIXTH STREET Calb for Alameda Property A Denkc the contractor ami builder is constructing a two-story building at tlie southwest comer of Santa Clara avenue and Webster street Tlie lot wu purchased last week by Mrs Caroline Dane of Ban Jose mid the lady hoi faith in Alameda investments The ground floor of the building is to contain atom with living rooms in the second story Mr Dcnke reports many colls for West End property Attachment Levied By virtue of writ of attachment issued out of tlia court of Oakland township the property standing in tlie name of Lawlor on the south line of Buena Vista avenue at tlie northwest corner of lot 12 block Fitch tract west 30 feet south to south boundary line of said lot thence north 10537 to be-genning in block of Filch tract on a claim for $130 PERSONAL AND SOCIAL Interesting Hatters' Pertaining to aedans and Visitors Ala- Ed Roach returned from Colorado Springs yesterday Mrs Asa Collins ol Knight's Ferry is visiting Mrs Walker of 1432 Santa Clara avonoe Dr Coldwell the popular West End Pharmacist and member of tlie Board of Health is once more aide to lie about after a severe seigo of tlie grippe Detective Chas Foster of 1822 Pacific svenne who has been confined to his home during tlie past two weeks with influenza we are pleased to note is able to bo about again Ole Johnson a resident of Alamoda for many years and a prominent Odd Fellow will to-morrow remove witli Ida family to Hayward Our best wishes accompany them in tlieir new home A grand gymnastic exhibition for tlie boned of 1101 Hugo Heymann will be tendered by tiie Verein-Gonnania at Germania Hall on Friday evening March 22d Tlie performance will include some grand feats and will no doubt be woli attended LAID TO REST The Funeral of Cashman Hondo The funeral services of William Cashman who died last Friday evening took place this morning at 9 under tlie auspices of tlie Pioneer Society st St Church on Chestnut street after which the remains were transported to Ban Francisco where the interment took place in Mount Calvary Cemetery The pall beaten were Coleman Michael Kane Connor Kelly John Hammond James Shea Cunningham ami Dr Jame Stanton The Alameda representatives of tlie Society of Pioneers were Judge Crosby Krautli Minor Smitii and Stuart Taylor The tireuinstaneea under which deceased met his death were sncli as necessitated a inquest which eras held at Boas and undertaking parlors lost Saturday evening tlie result of which was to tlie effect that tlie jury found that deceased had died from atrychenine poison taken to alleviate a stomach pain Tks Macevsry SavsA Us lift HC Gailuastls llrimM lissmville III Ur Mrs Dineorery I says: nr lin all lbs Ufa Waa takas with Lra Mrippe and triad Ite phyaiaUna fur mika shunt but n( no anil and waa tires ap aad told I nalii not lin Hariac Ur Kins' Maw Uiasunry in lay stars 1 mat far a baton aad brgaa it ntaasd frma tha iiat doss baoan In gat batter aid after wring tben bwlUea waa ap and nbual again It ia wnrth ita might Wr arun't two stars ur bunas without Get rm trial at UiadarV Drag Won 8 Tear Owe Ladiee aaa trim their own hats by seadiai fur SuGfliwaa and other supplies Baa Hire Millinery OS Six lb Meet Han Vrancuoo One Half Mile Now Completed and In Use HART HORSEHER TBIT AND TXT IT FrayisIWsa te tract Ixtnsivs Tr si slag Otsktss aad Wistaria Qoartsn-A hr Its Oytslaf In response to invitations sent out by Worden Sanford Bennett Alameda horsemen and many from San Francisco and Oakland visited tlie Boulevard Speed Dock yesterday when the completed lialf mile of the track wo thrown open Everybody wm load in praise of tlie boulevard Tlie track waa in constant use from 10 in tiie morning until evoning and at one time tlie re were almost two hundred lioraes and vehicles on tlie drive including salkiea carts linggiea and family carriages Dili Chronicle contained a sketch of tlio track and in tiie course of ita praises says attempt had been made several yean ago to open a boulevard on tlie north side of Alameda ami a number of deeds of right of wsy through the undivided marsh land were mode to the city Since that time this land has all bean filled up level to a depth of from five to ten feet with slickens pumped from tiie Oakland creek Tliic lias dried out in course of time It was found liy experiment that this material had an clastic surface that would spring under a horse's iiaof instead of hammering down macadam Mr Sanford Bennett gathered togetlier the old deeds for the right of way and went lo work to moke a speed track on tlie north aide with tiie soil already on tiie ground ss ma-eriol for it local lione-foveri were interested in the project owl wm shown how clieap a track could be built A survey wm made along tlie highest part ol tiie reclaimed land and it was decided that tha best location wm along the extension of Clement svenne west from Grand street to Prospect street or a mile and one-eighth in a straight line Bennett then look ids plans to tlie City Trustees and from them secured autliority to represent the city in tiie matter He wm appointed warden of tlie lioulovard with full rare to receive deeds for right of way and aubacriptions A meeting wm called and money subscribed speed-track is something unique in its way It ii a training track 100 feet wide a mile long and straight an arrow Die surface is composed of spongy grayish day mixed with and just it ws pamped oat of the bad of Oakland creek in tlie form of liquid There is not a atone within fivo feet of tlie surface anywhere stent tiie wholo mile as they all went to the bottom by natural process when tlie mad was pumped along the land surface cannot very well be worn off ai it la about five feet thick everywhere ami oil that has to be done to keep it in shape ii to harrow it up and sprinkle it It is a natural ram track All tiie preparation eonoisted in grading it and filling np a few holes Die surface will never cut up very badly from ita very nature a small amount of water will hold it Tlie soil ia atrongiy impregnated witli salt and Iim a natural tendency to hold moisture ao that it will not got dusty nor cut to pieces even witli considerable nee are now under way for the erection of extensive trainingatablee on land in tlie immediate vicinity of tlie track Several prominent horsemen hare already expressed their intention of wintering their lioraea at Alameda when the neceseary quarter! are provided entrance to tlie track ii at tlie north end of Grand street opposite the end of Clement avenue and a second entrance will soon lie made from Prospect street at tlie westerly end of tlie track credit for the enterprise is due to tiie Alameda Driving Association under tlie leadership of Ban ford Bennett Charles Neal Martin Boreal and others The whole work hoi been done by voluntary ubocription and it will be maintained Raking And Small Losses Recorded In this City THE CHIEF HAKES RECOHHEHDATIOKS Hi Isa sa Xye ta tka lUk Wklek li Aiwiji Wltk Wkatkar wa Bara Kaay ar Tew Fires ul Asks far AOit-Huai Saaikaamta 3b the Honorable Hoard of I'rxMtei of the City of Alamala Gkstirxkx In compliance with tiie proviaiona of Ordinance No 175 concerning tlie Fins Department I herewith anbmit my annual report for the year ending February 28 th 1895: Die number of alarma and Area which have been recorded during the peat year lire aa follow March 6th 1894 380 Dos 40-Fire in ceiling and partition of amall one-atory dwelling on south wee corner Van Huron and Grove streets Cauao defective itovo-pipo Lorn $10 no insurance Owner Bather estate occupied by CIibs Davis March 17tli 3 Box Fire in cottage at 1316 Eagle avenue owned by Mri A 8 Fage and occupied by Fallmcr also 1317 and 1319 same owner Cause unknown Losses to 1816 $1300 18173400 1319 $10 In in red through agency of Mareuao A Bemmel for $1000 each furniture insured for $000 in Insurance Company of North America April Otli 930 Box Fire in cook room of Chincie shanty on Moand street near its southerly termination Ko monoy losa May Sd 280 ir Box Fin in cottage on Cypress street near Davenport owned by A Cation end occupied by Tlios A Kyne Cause careleaa-neaa with kitclum Ore Loos on building $60 on contents $10 Insured May 3d 1 a ii Box Eire in Iwuie owned and occupied by Fred A Wolff southwest corner Cypress and Davenport streets and chicken liouso and stable of Chao Dean adjoining on the west Cause incendiary loss $800 $130 insnred June 80 2 Box False alarm Fumigating Everett achoolliouae July 4tli 4 Box Grass fire at southwest corner Santa Clara avenue and Walnut street July 6th 8JS0 a Box Old bowling alley at Keptune Gardena and amall one-atory residence of Mrs Jennie Borg-Itrom adjoining on west side of Central avenue between Webster and Sixth streets Cauao unknown Fair $25: Mrs Borgs trom $300 Colwell $20 Terrace Batin $26 July 14 135 Box Fite in two-gtory residence of Wm Rigby southeast comer Paru street and San Antonio avenue Cause sparks from adjoining chimney Loss $1600 insured July 23d 1045 Box Fire in North Alameda July 23d 11 a Box Firo in Empire Soda Works bnihling northeast comer Buena Vista avenue and Oak street owned ly Mrs Lewis of Oakland and occupied by Bom pa Brae Cause defective fluo lassos and IfeJB JMM Vacaville CU Heart Palpitation Cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla Minad what Is coifed palpitation of Urn wrti It never left me fee a momanf gnmaH I would almost fall evsr and Could Hot Otay in Clean Rnnrn MMnrdofFSorln- dome any good In feel I essassd I gSowtagworae all the to take nansuarllla Iwae to be ires 111 tot Sift the best adardfeear A Heedful Correction It wm given out in tlio papers loot week that the widow of Henry Green on of Capt Alonso Green of this city who wm killed in ear collision nt San Jose a few weeks ago hail entered suit against the Southern Pacific Company for $5000 damages Diis we are assured by a member of tlie family is not oorreeh On tbe contrary without any intimation of suit tlie Railroad Company voluntarily tendered Mrs Green a satisfactory amount and there wm no tlionglit of a suit at law AH INTERESTING LETTER Echo Houitain and Its Varied Hovel Attractions from oar Spec Lai Csrrespoadant I Loa Axusleh March 1st 1895 Tlie term of might appropriately be applied to tiie opening of the Southern California Citrus Fair whicli occurred in this city last evening Die immense pavilion with ita myraid colored electric lights wm (raped in yellow bunting completely covered witli a lace work of net tli rough which were entwined sprays of English ivy while in the center of the structure reselling almost to tlie dome arose a model ol famous electric tower composed -of citrus fruits alternating witli flash-light effects similar to thorn seen at tlio Midwinter Exposition A large crowd were in attendance and CaaaasM' Band of Ban Francisco which lias been engaged for the occMion discoursed sweet music throughout the evening President Patterson of tlie Chamber of Commerce mado on eloquent address and several otlier prominent citisens including ex-Preei-dent Freeman and Managing Director Richard Ginl followed with appropriate remarks The fair will close on the9th unless a longer continuance is decided upon Die Fiesta Committee is hard nt work preparing programme which will eclipse all previous efforts Ban Francisco and a number of minor places will be represented in tiie grand parade and a universal interest in its success is exhibited irrespective of sectional prejudices On Sunday iMt tiie fortunate visitors to Echo a name that iuu become fernous not only for ita great natural sd vantages bat also for the indomitable energy and enterprise of ita proprietor Prof Lowe whose master mind alone has planned and put into execution all those wonderful witnessed a scene never to be forgotten while memory lasts Leaving tha sunlit of via the Terminal Railway on through the smiling valleys and orange groves of Pasadena aiul tlio golden poppy fields of Al-tadena tlie party finally readied Rubio on the mountain side right nt the foot of tlie great incline Then embarking upon Uie electric cable we began the ascent ol Echo Mountain when a little Chicagoan of four short summers breaks tiie silence with a query of papa are we going up in tlie Ferris We all laugh and experience a certain fooling of relief But evidently tha presiding genins resents our intrusion upon his domains on this pleossnt Sabbath morning for halfway np the mountain side he marshals bis hosts ol threatening clouds who meet and surround ns lending to Uie adjacent peaks and canons now dimly appearing as in dream weird uncanny aspect A tew momenta later we stand safe and sound upon tlie broad veranda of the Edio Mountain House near the summit and with bated breath behold tlie warfare of tim dementi beneath us the dark cloud mooses tim flashing lightning the reverberating thunder eclioing from hundred mountain peaks while in tlie lower distance through oc-cMional rifts can be seen tim quiet peaceful valley Urn beautiful dty of Loa Angeles batimd in the full light of our glorions California sunshine like veritable glimpses of "that eternal dty wliose gates are made of pearl whose pavement! are made of Among tlie many guests who stood upon tlie veranda and witnessed the scene aiiove depicted were Mrs Leland Stanford and neice nluue private car V5j 4 Wicker 2129 Alameda avenue Cause unknown Loss $5 January 15th 706 Box Red-hot iron asli holder at residence of Edgar Painter 1912 Clinton avenue Ko loss February 12th 955 Broken gas-fixtnre in residence of Dr Guyton I northwest comeT Santa Clara avenue and Walnut street Jam $3 Tlie Department now lias 4300 feet of hose in good condition and 150 feet of damaged Iiaee As the greater part of this hose has been in service for many years it is liable to giro oat at any timo Tlie apparatus in charge of tlie Department is as follows One hook and ladder track carrying tiro portable fire-extinguishers and a full complement of ladders hand-pumps axes buckets pike-poles hooks etc one ivoso wagon carrying 1100 feet of hose 4 two-wheeled liand Iioae carts oach carrying 800 feet of hose sod the necessary play-pipes spanners wrenches etc one one hundred gallon single-tank chemical engine one double thirty-five gallon tank Holloway chemical engine and one tliird-clsss Clapp A Jones steam fire engine all in good state of repair There are now twelve horses in the Department all but one of which number are fit for service During tlie past year a Iioae wagon and book and ladder track have been fumiaiied with horses and driven and put on an efficient footing to get to fine Tlie facilities of the Department have also been augmented by the building of a sixty-foot splice ladder tlie purchase of a hoee-patch to stop leaks in hose when in service a water heater to keep tlie water in the boiler of tlie steam fire engine hot wbilo standing in tlie house and tlie location of two additional fire alarm boxes I would respectfully recommend that a hose wagon of sufficient capacity to carry from 1500 to 2000 feet of hose lie procured by tlie city and located west of Grand street Also that a buggy properly equipped bo procured for tlie use of the Chief Engineer It would be of great assistance to him in tlie discharge of his duties and by its use lie could better look after the Mattered sections of tlie Department than can he done at present Also that tim pay of tlie permanent men ho placed at figures more in accordance witli tlie salaries paid to employees in the various other departments of the city The Firo Department employees are expected to lie nervy ami skilfnl in tlio discharge of their duties but tlio pay accorded thorn is not even equal to that of tlie poorest street laborer Also that 1500 feet of new hoee be procured for tlie use of tlie Deportment Also that the houses on Webster Sherman and Cliestput streets be repainted inside end out Also tlie purchase of an additional yiam firo engine for nae in Die district west of Grand street The easterly tion of tlie city should not lie left un covered when a firo occurs in tlie west erly pert of tlio as is now tlie ease Also the employment of an additional extraman on each of the chemical engines as tlie work cannot he properly done by ono man Die usefulness these engines should not be embarrassed Highest of all in Leavening Latest Report Keep Your Eye on this space it belongs to the Standard Meat Company 2322 Santa Clara avenue near Park street Look out for Price List ABSOUIEUr PWRB PBs.