anaheim-gazette 1912-09-19

MANY CHANGES IN NAMES OF STREETS TRUSTEES ORDER WHOLESALE ALTERATIONS ON THE MAP OF ANAHEIM THIRD SOUTH STREET CLOSED—REPORTS OF OFFICIALS—OTHER NOTES Persons residing on certain of the lateral streets as well as other sections of the city will awaken to the fact within another month that they have changed their place of residence and the address on their visiting cards will have to be altered. The question of straightening out the kinks in some of the streets and renaming them was introduced at the meeting of the Board of Trustees Thursday evening by Trustee Hamler who was armed with a map provided by City Engineer Steward, showing a conglomeration in some of the street titles that is bewildering to strangers. For instance Cypress street acquires four names before it reaches the city limits on the west and at one point borrows its title from Chartres street. Broadway is known under three separate names and one short section has no name at all. Several such discrepancies have crept onto the map and will be remedied. The streets running north and south into Center will also be changed. Hedwig street, under the new map, will be Judge Howard reported 28 infractions of the law settled in his court during the month, and $67.50 in fines collected. Following are the reports of the marshal and treasurer: Marshal's Report Collected for light $1,652.25 Collected for water 1,231.90 Collected for license 985.95 Total $3,870.10 Delinquents Collected For water $128.20 For light 91.85 For license 8.50 Penalties 17.15 Total $245.70 Delinquents Reported For water $107.25 For light 76.50 For license 4.50 Total $188.25 Treasurer's Report Balance on hand last report $14,589.95 Collected during month 4,198.04 Total $18,787.99 Paid by warrants 4,057.35 Balance $14,730.64 Summary General fund $14,730.64 Library fund 160.31 1910 bond fund 1,269.66 Sewer fund 4,396.81 Electric light 2,691.28 Improvement No. 6 212.70 Improvement No. 7 2,250.00 South Lemon St. fund 145.90 Total in Treasury $25,857.30 THE CITY'S EXCHEQUER Billis Allowed at Last Thursday Evening's Meeting of Board of Trustees C. E. Chamberlain, one-half contract septic tank $1,860.00 O. E. Steward, survey 202.25 H. H. Gardner, supplies 5.90 S. H. Pendleton, L. M. Co. sup. 2.00 Miss Jean Adams, salary and ex. 54.50 John Hartung, city treasurer, No. 3 interest 108.00 A. L. Lewis, salary 150.00 A. A. Schneider, salary 90.00 Emil Miller, salary 85.00 W F. Rannow, salary 75.00 Joseph Lieb, salary 75.00 V W. Hannum, salary 50.00 Will Lentz, salary 66.05 Ben Lensing, salary 70.00 H Bowen, salary 65.00 Phil Germann, salary 75.00 Clarence Sackett, salary 75.00 Chas Dussourt, salary 115.00 The Board decided that better protection should be afforded by the railroads at the principal street crossings, and City Clerk Merritt was instructed to notify both rialoads to erect gates and maintain watchmen at Center and Broadway on the Santa Fe and Los Angeles street on the Southern Pacific. The crossings are considered extremely dangerous and the fact that the alarm bell continues to ring as long as a train is standing on a switch makes it a nuisance. Resolution of Intention No. 99, closing Third South street and creating an assessment district, was passed and is published in this issue of the Gazette. A petition signed by many members of the Catholic church, also a letter from Bishop Conaty were presented, and the Board granted the petition without a protest. Building permits were granted to the following persons: Frame dwelling on Adelheid street, cost $1,800, to W. H. Kennedy. To W. J. Broadly, frame residence on Citron street, cost $2,000. To Mrs. Flora DeWitt, frame addition to residence on Pearl street, cost $100. To J. J. Schneider, galvanized iron building on Palm street, cost $100. To Mrs. E. R. Turk, frame residence on North Lemon street, cost $2,500. To W. J. Lang, frame addition on Adele street, cost $50. To L. Goble, addition to frame dwelling on East Broadway, cost $150. To Anton Furor, addition to frame residence on Pearl street, cost $60. To M. Lehman, addition to frame on North Lemon, cost $100. To August Nagel, brick building on East Cenfer street, cost $8,000. The retail liquor dealers' license heretofore held by Napoleon Hart, was transferred on petition to Leonard and meeting of Board of Trustees C. E. Chamberlain, one-half contract septic tank $1,860.00 O. E. Steward, survey 202.25 H. H. Gardner, supplies 5.90 S. H. Pendleton, L. M. Co. sup 2.00 Miss Jean Adams, salary and ex. 54.50 John Hartung, city treasurer, No. 3 interest 108.00 A. L. Lewis, salary 150.00 Ad. Schneider, salary 90.00 Emil Miller, salary 85.00 W. F. Rannow, salary 75.00 Joseph Lieb, salary 75.00 V. W. Hannum, salary 50.00 Will Lentz, salary 66.05 Ben Lensing, salary 70.00 H. Bowen, salary 65.00 Phil Germann, salary 75.00 Clarence Sackett, salary 75.00 Chas. Dussourt, salary 115.00 W. A. Wallace, salary 75.00 J. S. Howard, salary 50.00 Fritz Stolle, salary 50.00 Dr. J. L. Beebe, salary 10.00 John Hartung, salary 5.00 John Kellenberger, salary 100.00 E. B. Merritt, salary 125.00 Fedel Bueche, labor 41.50 Max Boeckler, labor 2.00 Geo. E. Dutton, labor 7.50 Wm. Eule, labor 49.50 Peter Goertzen, labor 10.00 John H. Iman, labor 75.00 T. F. Morgan, labor 75.00 M. Matimo, labor 34.00 Fritz Stoile 1.50 H. A. Tompkin 12.00 I.N.Barnett, team and labor 76.50 Anaheim Fire Co., services 98.50 Dr.W.S.McFarlane services 12.50 O.E.Steward,surveyor 51.65 Rudolph Fossek, St.sprinkling 108.50 Pacific Tel & Tel Co 2.50 A.Bayliss,blacksmithing 5.35 Leffler & Marten, blacksmithing 8.25 Henry Kuchel adv,and printing 65.30 Anaheim Truck & Transfer Co..207.55 Associated Oil Co.,2 cars fuel oil..410.47 Associated Oil Co.,3 cars road oil..812.78 C.W.Pendleton,freight 308.15 H.R.Boynton Co.,supplies 426.91 Crane Co.,supplies 63.18 H.A.Dickel 12.20 J.W.Duckworth,postmaster 42.48 W.E.Duckworth 23.60 H.H.Gatier Co.,supplies 33.90 C.Canabl Lumber Co.,supplies 7.60 Genno Mfg.Co.,supplies 50.31 E.Huencmeyer,supplies 28.25 B.F.Kierniff,jr & Co.,supplies 14.35 M.W.Martenet,supplies 1.80 A.Nagel,supplies 6.74 Nentune Meter Co.,supplies 34.30 Ploneer Brush Factory 11.00 Pacific States Electrical Co..57.11 Pacific Coast Mfg.Co..25.50 S.Q.R.State 90 O.LThompson 19.95 M.S Cast Iron Pipe & Mfg.Co..458.46 Valvoline OllCo..106.15 Warren & Bailey Mfg.Co..4.05 Westinghouse Elec.,& Mfg.Co..203.17 General Electrical Co..145.93 Neptune Meter Co..156.80 Fred Hess.labor 23.00 Total $8,169.81 BESWICK ABANDONS WIFE Garden Grove Man Held to Answer on Felony Charge George W.Beswick was before Justice Landell,sitting for Justice Cox,在the Santa Ana township court one morning last week on a charge of felony in abandoning his wife,Loura E.Beswick.The parties lived at Harper.The complaint was sworn to July 1,但Beswick was not arrested until some time later. Mrs.Beswick testified that she and her husband were at Newport Beach on May 27 last,and that he had been drinking some.她 told him that he would have to choose between her and liquor,and the next day he took her to her mother's home,gave her improvements.She to annex portions of Costa,Marin and which citizens of the nantly protest against these counties seem and the proposed be defeated at the week's issue，we upon this subject.of voters in Los Angeles are energetically the measure.In the following state Alameda Anti-Annual showing the feeling against this iniquity,the constitution.I.Voters of the State cession says: This is addressworth your while this argument.for the cure that touches youcerns the welfare of California It is anson and sense of faintness.On the same daytrial election is heldevery voter of California a law-maker throughby voting for or agruces.Remember,thedum.it is makinglegislature This legoform of constituentproposed by initiatingThese measuresthe constitution ormajority of votesagainst. The governor cansupreme court cannotid,they becomeaposition itself. One of these mecen concern to every countyIt is aunningupon a provision oftution which protectsdivided and does disturb the balanceate a menace to locby increasing its lectionso as to permitby absorption of mlnin four counties,the trust and dominateformia as completeHall does the policeNew York State. This piece of legislationhas been placed on native petition,thewhich were obtainedSan Francisco Convention"through paidby professional- To W. J. Lang, frame addition on Adele street, cost $50. To L. Goble, addition to frame dwelling on East Broadway, cost $150. To Anton Furor, addition to frame residence on Pearl street, cost $60. To M. Lehman, addition to frame on North Lemon, cost $100. To August Nagel, brick building on East Center street, cost $8,000. The retail liquor dealers' license heretofore held by Napoleon Hart, was transferred on petition to Leonard and Joe Hessel, who will hold it under the firm name of Hessel & Hessel. In accordance with a resolution adopted by the Board of Trade Monday night, Mayor Nebelung introduced the garbage question and suggested that some action be taken toward better protection from the accumulated filth. As the contract of J. F. Nenno, who now holds down the job of disposing of the debris, expires on the 20th, the clerk was authorized to readvertise for bids and stipulate that the sweepings shall be hauled away every alternate day. One of the city teams will probably be pressed into the service of hauling away garbage once a week and all business houses, and residents will be required to have their refuse gathered up and within easy access when the wagon calls. In response to an objection filed by a number of business men some weeks ago an ordinance prohibiting the distribution and peddling of meats, vegetables and fruits within a certain district was introduced. Center, Los Angeles and Lemon streets inside the business section, are the proscribed thoroughfares. An invitation to send representatives to the annual meeting of the League of California Municipalities, at Berkeley on September 23rd, was read, and the Board decided to send City Attorney Ames and City Engineer Steward to the convention. Mrs. Beswick testified that she and her husband were at Newport Beach on May 27 last, and that he had been drinking some. She told him that he would have to choose between her and liquor, and the next day he took her to her mother's home, gave her $12, and told her that his love was dead and it was useless for them to try to get along together. Since that time, she said, he had contributed nothing to her support. They were married in June, 1911, when the girl was a little over 16. She said on the stand that she had made no effort at reconciliation, and that now it would be impossible for her to return to him. Justice Landell held Beswick in $500 bond to answer to the superior court. KNIVES AND PISTOLS IN ROW Mexican Tried to Kiss Yorba Linda Girl, Gets Fusilade of Bullets Jesus Cruz, charged with assault with intent to commit murder on Carlos Cerda, was held to answer to the superior court in $1500 bond by Justice Landell in the township court at Santa Ana. Two weeks ago the two men with several others were in a row at Yorba Linda, in which knives and pistols played parts. Cerda had been accused of kissing Julia Ruiz, aged 14, against her will, and Cruz, the girl's godfather, went after Cerda with a gun. He shot at Cerda four times, one ball striking him in the stomach and the other grazing the body, but there was evidently a "punch" lacking to the bullets, for Cerda was able to appear in court the next day, and was fined $30 for disturbing the peace. Cruz went to jail in default of bail. AMENDMENT IS VIGOROUSLY ATTACKED PROPOSED MEASURE FOR GREATER SAN FRANCISCO MEETS WITH OPPOSITION SEEKS TO ABSORB PORTIONS OF FOUR COUNTIES AND SEVEN INCORPORATED CITIES Amendment No. 3, to be voted upon at the election November 5, is calling out strenuous opposition in the north as well as in Los Angeles county, where the measure, if it be voted into law, will give that city the right to annex much of the territory of that county to its projected city and county government. The amendment is the direct result of a desire on the part of San Francisco and Los Angeles to embrace adjoining territory for greater municipalities and to fasten upon them great bond issues for city improvements. San Francisco seeks to annex portions of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and San Mateo counties, which citizens of those sections indignantly protest against. To the unbiased mind, this plan to dismember these counties seems criminally wrong, and the proposed amendment should be defeated at the polls. In our last week's issue, we published articles upon this subject from the viewpoint of voters in Los Angeles county who are energetically protesting against cases, by a majority vote instead of a two-thirds vote, as at present. Second—It is in the nature of special legislation repugnant to the intent of the constitution as it stands, in that its specific purpose is to enable San Francisco to expand by invading four counties, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Marin, and annex scores of progressive communities in order to make a false pretense of a population to which it is not rightfully entitled. Third—It is in the nature of an enabling act designed to facilitate the absorption by San Francisco of seven incorporated cities on the eastern shore of the San Francisco bay, namely: Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, Albany and Richmond—with all their surplus bonding capacity, amounting to nearly $30,000,000 for its own uses, and the appropriation of their harbors, commercial water front improvements, and prospective revenues with the income derivable from leaseholds granted by these municipalities. Fourth—San Francisco seeks, by the proposed amendment, to secure an absolute monopoly of the commerce of the bay, the entrance to which is the Golden Gate, to the disadvantage of the interior of the State, by getting control of 27 lineal miles of Oakland's available commercial waterfrontage, 1 mile at Emeryville; Berkeley, 2½ miles; Albany, 1 mile; Richmond, 28 miles; Alameda, 8 miles; Marin county, 28 miles; San Mateo county, 38 miles, and a gift from the State of 7 miles of its own water front which has cost the consumers and producers of California many millions of dollars to develop and for which the State is now bonded over $10,000,000 to further improve. Such a monopoly of practically all of the available waterfrontage. improvements. San Francisco seeks to annex portions of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and San Mateo counties, which citizens of those sections indignantly protest against. To the unbiased mind, this plan to dismember these counties seems criminally wrong, and the proposed amendment should be defeated at the polls. In our last week's issue, we published articles upon this subject from the viewpoint of voters in Los Angeles county who are energetically protesting against the measure. In this article we print the following statements from the Alameda Anti-Annexation League, as showing the feeling in the north against this iniquitous amendment to the constitution. In an address to the voters of the State the Alameda association says: This is addressed to you: It is worth your while to take time to read this argument, for it relates to a measure that touches your pocket and concerns the welfare of the entire State of California. It is an appeal to your reason and sense of fair play. On the same day that the presidential election is held, November 5, 1912, every voter of California will become a law-maker through direct legislation, by voting for or against certain measures. Remember, this is not a referendum, it is making laws without the legislature. This legislation is in the form of constitutional amendments proposed by initiative petition. These measures become a part of the constitution or not, according as a majority of votes cast are for or against. The governor cannot veto them, the supreme court cannot hold them invalid, they become a part of the constitution itself. One of these measures is of grave concern to every county in California. It is a cunningly disguised assault upon a provision of the present constitution which protects counties from being divided and destroyed; it would disturb the balance of power and create a menace to local self-government by increasing its legislative representation so as to permit San Francisco, by absorption of more than 30 cities in four counties, to form a political trust and dominate the State of California as completely as Tammany Hall does the political situation in New York State. This piece of legislative legerdemain has been placed on the ballot by initiative petition, the names attached to which were obtained by "The Greater San Francisco Consolidation Association" through paid canvassers employed by professional petition circulation control of 27 lineal miles of Oakland's available commercial water frontage, 1 mile at Emeryville; Berkeley, 2½ miles; Albany, 1 mile; Richmond, 28 miles; Alameda, 8 miles; Marin county, 28 miles; San Mateo county, 38 miles, and a gift from the State of 7 miles of its own water front which has cost the consumers and producers of California many millions of dollars to develop and for which the State is now bonded over $10,000,000 to further improve. Such a monopoly of practically all of the available water front of both sides of the bay would retard harbor improvement, particularly in Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley and Richmond and defeat or delay the construction of modern docks and wharves, while making it possible for adverse interests to throttle competition in cean commerce. This would be to the serious disadvantage of consumers and producers in a large part of California, and might practically deny to the people, the benefits of the completion of the Panama Canal. Fifth—The proposed amendment would make it possible, for the politicians of the so-called "Greater San Francisco" and a "Greater Los Angeles," to combine and dominate the State, as conjointly, they would be represented in the Assembly by 38 out of a total of 80 members, and in the Senate by 19 out of a total of 40 members, requiring a trade for but two Senators and three Assemblymen to control absolutely the legislature of the State of California. Sixth—If the constitution is changed as proposed it will confront progressive and self-governing cities, separated from San Francisco by insurmountable natural barriers, with the menace of the constant agitation of annexation, thus disturbing confidence and interfering with investment and enterprise. Seventh—There is in the past history of San Francisco, no guaranty of honesty and efficiency in the administration of its own affairs, that would justify the voters of California in removing the present constitutional barrier against annexation across county lines, and permit it to invade four counties, subvert more than 30 self-governing cities and towns, deprive them of their local initiative, paralyze their growth and dwarf their civic development. Eighth—An intelligent self-interest on the part of San Francisco's big business men should cause them to call off an agitation for this annexation amendment, which necessarily arouses the antagonism of people who should be their best patrons. It ought to be This piece of legislative legerdemain has been placed on the ballot by initiative petition, the names attached to which were obtained by "The Greater San Francisco Consolidation Association" through paid canvassers employed by professional-petition circulation bureaus, at a given rate per signature. In other words, it is legislation in the first stages bought and paid for, of which fact, thousands of the signers were without knowledge. The special interests behind this movement, and financing the campaign for the "Greater San Francisco Amendment" taking advantage of this hitherto untried method of legislation evidently hope in the confusion of a presidential campaign to slip it through without full appreciation by the voters, of its sinister purpose. The Alamenda County Anti-Annexation League, organized in Oakland by representative citizens, invites the cooperation of the people of California in a campaign against the adoption of this amendment, not only by reason of the fact that it is an assault upon the very existence of this city, and an attempt to divide Alameda and other counties, but because the purpose for which it is framed—to build up a Greater San Francisco to dominate the entire State politically and commercially—at the expense of scores of prosperous and independent communities, would be a disaster to California. You are urgently requested to vote against this amendment for the following reasons: First—It permits the mutilation and destruction of counties as the administrative sub-divisions of the State, and authorizes county division, in certain Eighth—An intelligent self-interest on the part of San Francisco's big business men should cause them to call off an agitation for this annexation amendment, which necessarily arouses the antagonism of people who should be their best patrons. It ought to be understood that the growth of Oakland, Alameda, Piedmont, Emeryville, Berkeley, Richmond and other cities on the east or continental shore of the Bay of San Francisco, is strengthening the defenses of the commerce and industry of the bay region and of all California. There are unfortunately some citizens of San Francisco who seem to be obsessed by the obsolete economics of a day that is dead, which held that there is just a fixed and definite amount of business to be done and that when any other firm, city or community grows, it grows at the expense of another. They should learn to take the larger view of things—the view of the business builder, the booster, the man who is willing to co-operate in bringing in new trade and to profit with the State and with the Coast. San Francisco ought to aspire to grow with and not at the expense of her neighbors and of the entire State. Ninth—Through the adoption of this amendment, San Francisco seeks the assistance of the voters of the entire State of California in its effort to strike at the prosperity of cities situated on the east shore of the Bay of San Francisco, which it regards as rivals and competitors. It sets up the false pretense of a sham "consolidation by consent," while it makes possible a campaign of coercion, colonization, intimidation and misrepresentation, particularly in view of the unparalleled condition that certain papers of San Francisco, maintaining a monopoly of news distribution, as they would of trade, deny the morning telegraphic press francise to any other paper within a radius of 19 miles, including the east bay shore cities, which have a combined population of 285,000. Tenth—The motive and inspiration for this measure is to be found in the fact that it would enable San Francisco by a simple majority of the vote cast, to annex Alameda, Berkeley, Richmond, Redwood City, San Rafael and a score of other cities in the four counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and San Mateo, and appropriate their taxable resources, also to saddle upon them the staggering burden of a bonded indebtedness, from the expenditure of which they would derive no direct benefit. 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