The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 23, 1897, Page 14

14 THE S FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1897. THE SPECTER OF TH [T N THE HOSPITAL FUND LOOT Money Wantonfy Squandered and Wasted in the Payment of Bills for Work Not Performed. A REGULAR TAX-EATING | BANQUET. | paid from the appropriation for repairs. Why the account was divided between the two funds the books of the hospitul do not show. It is interesting to note in this ac- count that the City was charzed §4 a day for plumbers’ hire and §$3 a day for | helpers. Ugly Alterations and Erasures |, | carpenters being $4 and for foreman $4 50 in the Records of the Timekeeper. A CARPET DEAL THAT IS A| MYSTERY. ! Moreover, Bills for Repairs Were Improperly | Paid Out of General Supply | Resources. George 1. Drew was naid the sum of 6 for carpenter work, the charges for . A son oi George Robirson, the late | steward of the hospital, kept the time for work. Drew was a'lowed in his bill carpenter days and 29 days for fore- man, while youung Robinson’s bool show that the actual number of days of carpenter work was 310 and of foreman 20. This overcharge cost the City $3450. Robinson’s timebook shows frequent erasures and alterations, although it subtracts from Drew’s totals. the timebook has records of work done on December 19 and 21, althougn Drew’s account shows that he closed his work on December 18. No bills as yet have been discovered for the extra work. Other charges for carpenter work | have been discovered, bringing the amount Behind the revelations of the manner in | which the City and County Hospital was | managed during the past year stalks the specter of theft. Money has been ruthlessly squandered | and willfully wasted. In theauditing and payment of bills there has been a negli- gence that is almost criminal. Funds bave been paid for work that was never verformed. The actual repairs accom- plished, in which the appropriation of $10,000 made in the last tax leyy was eaten up, are visible only to the practiced eye. As far as the institution is concerned asa whole it has not been benefited to the ex- tent of one-fifth of that amount. There are only surface indications yet. The deeper goes the inquiry instituted by the Board of Health the uglier becomes the condition of affairs. When the limit of the loot of the regular appropriation for repairs had been reached, the general | funds of the hospital were used to pay “kited” bills. Supplies were purchased at | almost double tneir market value. There | are overcharges for labor and carpenter | work of which no record can be found in the hospital timekeeper's book. Men were paid $3 a day as common laborers. In short, everywhere there is evidence of deliberate and wanton plundering. The greater portion of the $10,000 appro- priation was paid out on accounts for plumbing, carpenter work and cajcimi ing. James J. Fiynn was paid just $1 for calcimining the thirteen wards in the hospital, with annexes in the way of ope- rating rooms, corridors and closets; at least that is what Flynn put in his bills | for. The facts as they exist savor closaly of receiving money under false pretenses. Setting aside the quality of the work, which beggars terms of poverty, Flynn was paid for much work that he did not do at all. The investigations of Expert M. D. Griffin, and tb®y can be corrobo- rated by any casual observer, show this state of affairs. In ward A no calcimining was put in the clot In ward B the pantry and office were overlooked. In ward C the pantry, office and bathroom were forgot- ten. In ward D the pantry, office, closet athroom never saw a brush. In| he same annexes were neglected. sery and two anterooms in c g the offices, pantries, bathrooms, sinkrooms and closets. Ward N leads the list, for although the bill was allowed and paid no work of any kina was done on its wails. Ward O winds up the list with false charges for the pantry, operating.room, sinkroom, bathroom and ciosets. Over- Jooking the fact that a great portion of the work was not done at all, Flynn was | paid at the rate of $98 a ward, while Dr. Titus during his incumbency had similar work done for $16 a ward. The work actually done by Flynn is dis- graceful. The calcimine, although barely & month old, is falling from the walls in big flakes. It can be obliterated by simply rubbing the finger over it on any of the walls, and the hospital people say that they would forgive Flynn for his o7er- charges and call the account square if he would undo the work aiready done. There is another Flynn on the list of | those who _sat down at the tax-eating banquet. His first name is Timothy, a | contractor according to his billheads, and ne was paid $265 for lathing and plaster- ing just 44 square vards of walls, which is a little over $6 per square foot. But as far as anybody about the hospital is, con- cerned, there was no occasion for Fiynn to do any lathing at all, so this item is prob- ably inserted in the bill to add weight to | it, <0 to speak. 1 The bill of W. D. Habro for plumbing the building aggregated $3232 45, but of this sum $142 was taken from the general hospital resources, the remainder be:ugi | repairing sewers | corded- as 173 | judged insane by Judge Belcher yesterday. It of money unlawfully paid out up to $128. The bills of J. J. Mulcreavy show more discrepancies as they are more carefuily examined. Mulcreavy was paid $195 20 for concreting the’ floors of two ba:h and two sink rooms and of two closets. Each of these apartments is 12 feet square. Allow- ing the charge 18 8-10 centsa square foot, which Mulcreavy charges, ha was antitled to pay for but 576 square feet, or $1 showing an overcharge in this bill In all Mulcreavy received by means oi kited bills and false surements, and his adeptness in s just cost the City an overcharge of All of which goes to show that figu: $211 79. there is hope even for a_humble concrete contractor of achieving fame and riches. A very interesting item that was paid from the general hospital fund on October 19 is the sum ot $10260 for carpets pur- chased from James Duffy. The items in- clude 77 yards of body Brussels carpet at $1 25 per vard and 85 yards of lining at 714 cents a yard. This bill was audited by Steward Kobinson and Superintendent Stahle on December 1 and paid from the City treasury on December 28, but no man, woman or child about the hospital knows anything of that Brussels carpet. Moreover Duffy has refused to tell the ex- perts of the Board of Health to whom he delivered the goods. Before Dr. Stahle resigned his position application to take ten barrels of alcohol from bond was made to Washington. The permit arrived a few days ago and the hospital druggist called for the goods at the warehouses of P. N, Lilienthal & Co. Alcohol can be purchased in the open | market at 35 cents per gallon, 188 proof. In this instance the order had been given at 40 cents per gallon, 100 proof. The goods were refused by the Board of Health, as its members considered the City was being overcharged $465 on the order. The general appropriation for repairs has already been overdrawn $927 25. The money was divided among these people: J. Dwyer, whitewashing the kitchen, Delano Bros., garbage tanks, $ Flynn, calcimining, $1275; J. Mul 945 20; Gullagher Bros., George I. Drew, T. Cameron, lumber, $398; D. $3 L creayy, concrete, § carpenter work, § hardware, $98 23 1 $997 74; California Electrical Wo! E. Alexander, sewer repair: . Hobro, plumbing, $3150 Paul Beiler Elecirical Works, $ John T. Burns, carpenter work, $91; Peter Glaser, car- penter work, ¥ H. L. Layng Machine Works, new engine, $98850; P. F. Clere, repairs or: washing-maciine drum, $126 20; Timothy Flynn, lathing and plastering, Le Count Bros., books, $14 70, total $10, 25. All of these bills were certified as correct by Superintendent Stahle and Steward George Robinson, and passed by the hos- pital committee of tne Jast Board of Super- visors of which Joe King was chairman. Robinson’s accounts for Decem ber stiil re- main unclosed, although he has been re- peatedly requested by tie Board of Health to balance them up. Until Robinson does this the work of Expert Griffin of the Board of Heaith will be more or less re- tarded. Who is responsible for the hos- pital loot 18 & question the Grand Jury | wiil be called upon to decide as soon as | the present investigation is completed. 1his Week’s Wasp. In its middie-pege cartoon this week the Wasp graphicaily pictures a medical quack— the type of one of San Francisco's most glaring evils—as & repulsive spider waiting for *its pa- tients, who, in the form of flles, are being enticed to his wep. On the front page isan amusing domestic scene, incident to the old maid’s diary, Miss Twiggs expatiating upon the athletic’ fendencies of the age among women. The Mulrooney correspondence. is continted, probebly to the discomfiture of cer- tain local poliicians, who are referred to in a mannernot very complimentary. The number is embellished with some half-ones of notable people just now in the public eye. el s it Valuable Diamonds of an Insane Woman, Mrs. Annie Harkins, whose address was re- Montgomery street, was ad- was ascertained that she is the possessor of £3000 worth of diamonds that are said to be deposited with Wells, Fargo & Co.’s bank. NEW TO-DAY. leavening strength purity. cakes, brands. VDV TVVVVVILVAVVRVVVLVVRVVVLVVVVRVVNY | It makes your biscuit, bread, etc., healthful, it assures you against alum and all forms of adulteration that go with the cheap ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. ROYAL The absolutely pure BAKING POWDER ROYA L—the most celebrated of all the baking powders in the world— cel- ebrated for its great and Professor Jordan, Rev. Mr. Wendte, Professor Gayley and Thomas Magee, Who Are to Give Some Interesting Illustrated Thursday-Night Lectures at Golden Gate Hall to Assist the Ladies of the Mercantile Library Auxiliary to Raise Funds to Buy More New Books. SPECIL THLKS B SPECAL W Jordan, Wendte, Gayley and Magse to Be En- tertainers. Thursday - Night Lectures Raise Funds to Furchase to Books. Ladies of the Mercantile Library Auxiliary Are in Charge of the Affair. Professor David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford University and president of the Academy of Sciences; Rey. Charles W. Wendte, pastor of the Oakland Uni- tarian church; Professor Charles Mills Gayley, head of the English department of the University of California; and Thomas Magee, a well-known business man of this City, are the drawing-cards for a course of three popular lectures, to be given in Golden Gate Hall, Thursday nights, by the ladies of the Mer- cantile Library Auxiliary, for the purpose of raising library funds, some of which shall be used to buy new books. The first entertainment will be given next Thursday evening, when Dr. Jordan | will describe, in an easy, picturesque way, “The Fur Seal or Seal Bear of Alaska,” subject of which he made a special study only a few months since during a pro- longed visit in the Bering Sea, as head of the international sealing investigation. His lecture will be iliustrated by fifty stereopticon views. He will talk not only of seal life on the great breeding grounds, but of Alaska, its extent, its discovery, it exploration and its purchase, of the de- struction of the valuable seal herds and of the international reforms now deemed necessary to preserve the fur-bearing ani- mals. That will be the first lecture. But the | others promise to be equaily as interest- ing while being out of the ordinary run. The second lecture will be given on the following Thurs February 4. 1t will be itlustrated by 100 stereopticon views of quaint and picturesque Holland, with its peculiar windmills, its dykes, its gabléd houses and its'distinct types of character. Rev. Charles W. Wendte will describe the scenes, and will tell interesting littie things about the different subjects illus- trated. And with it all he will talk of Holland, her people, her peculiarities and | her architecture and art. The last evening’s entertainment of the series will be on Febrnary 11. It will be a symposium on Snakespeare from the point of view of & university professor of English literature and from the point of view of a business man of common-school education. Professor Gayley and Thomas Magee will be the speakers. For three years now the ladies of the auxiliary have been giving entertain- ments to raise funds to’ increase the use- fulness and popularity of the big Mercan- tile Library. on the corner of Golden Gate and Van Ness avenues, and they have been successful, not alone in the money actually raised by such means, but by the influence they have exerted in encourag- ing large gifits from benevolent persons of wealth, During the first year the aux- iliary raised over $800 by entertainments; the second year $600, and last year $550, making a total of about $2000 in ‘cash. The officers of the auxiliary are: President, Mrs. Frances B. Edgerton; first -president, Mrs 1 vice-president, Mrs president, M president, Mrs. Ferdinand Vassauit; recording secretary, Mrs. Robert Collier; corresponding ! secrotary, Miss Isabel Lowry: treasurer, Mrs. Thurlow 'McMullen; associate directors—Miss Semple, Mrs. Montgomery Godley, Mrs. Thomas Woodward. Mrs. Edward May, Nrs. George J. Bucknall, Mrs. Eve. M. Cook. IN THE CAUSE OF LABDR, The Central Council Takes Action Upon the Sea- men’s Bills. Is Regular Eectoa Wil B Held Next Friday Evening—Reso- lutions D savew:d. The San Francisco Labor Council held its regular meeting last evening at 1159 Mission street and H. Collins of the Iron- molders’ and Frank Johnson of the Sailors’ unions were seated as delegates. ‘The re- port was made that the riveters’ strike on the Ciaus Spreckels building had been settled, the men going back to work, with- out much loss of time, at an advance in their wages. The following were nominated to hold office during the ensuing term, the eles- tion to be held next Friday evening: For president, J. Hill; vice-president, C. E. Hawkes; secretary, Ed Rosenberg; financial secretary; J. Walters; treasurer, Charles Bat- terman; sergeant-at-arms, S. Smith; executive committee—C. Finnerty, C. E. Hawkes, W. C. Ackerman, A. Dijian. T. Hurd, J. Waiters and W. Macarthy; law aund legisiation commit- tee—W. Macarthy, M. Davis, C, E. Hawkes, J. Hill and H. Collins; organizing committee—J. Hill, C. Batterman,’s. £mith, W. C. Ackerman and' C. Shuppert; {rustees—A. Hern, G Poole and R. Lindbar. The council passed a resolution intro- duced by D. G, Poole relating to the mass- meeting held in the Turk-street Temple on the 17th inst. 1t recited thatat that meeting resolutions were passed unfavor- avle to THE CaLr for THE CALL'S alleged opposition to the Lavor Bureau bill, and that the impression exists that the council was _responsible for the resolution. In Mr. Poole’s resolution it is asserted “That the San Francisco Labor Council disavows any connection with the body passing said a| Polly Tried to Interview a Carrier- | resolution, and denies that tere isany controversy betweon the Labor Council and the San Francisco CALL.” Secretary Rosenbere offered a resolution relative to the bills affecting seamen now before Congress. Simitar resolutions have been passed by every trades union in the | United States located in a seaport town. | The re~olution is seif-explanatory: WHEREAS, Section 1 of the thirteenth amend- ment of the constitution reads, “Neither slavery nor inyoluntary servitude, except as punishment for crime whereof the party: sk have been duly convicted, shall within the United Stat or any place subject to their jurisdiction” and whereas sexmen_in our foreign merchant marine trade are subject to imprisonment for | quitting work iu an American port, subject to corporal punishment for alleged misde- meanors, and permitted and by i | of vessel-owners and crimps are co | sign away about one-haif of their wages as a perquisité for obtining employment; and whereas, these laws deprive American seamen | of their rights of citizenship and place them | on the level of serf labor; and whereas, all | other maritime nations have repealed these antiquated aud barbarous laws, be it d, That the San Francisco Labor Coun- cil express its soverest condempatiou of the bills offered tes in the Senate to H. R. bills 2 , which gave relief tosenmen aud wero passed at the last session by the House of Representatives, because said substitues continue the system ot cOrporal punishment and legalize involuntary servi- tude; and also Resolved, That we demand that seamen’s wages shall be secured to the sailor or his v, to the end that_his wages and his life, 1 immense importance to the Nation, bé protected; and | Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be | furnished to Senators Perkins and White, and | thelr influence requested in the seamen’s bo- alf. Resolved, further, That the Senators of this | State be réquested 10 read these resoiutions in opeu session of th THE WATCH FOR BUTLER | Detective McHattie's New Parroti i I; Oa to Its Master’s , Job. Pigeon F.om the Farallones | | for N:ws. | | Notwithstanding there are five New- | castle ships out a longer period from that | port than the Swanhilda, the alarmists on the wharf are wondering if Butler will at- tempt in some manner to delay her com- ing. The man who hit upon the ingenious | plan of advertising for victims, whom he | carried away into the wild Australian mountains and butchered at his leisure, | would not let a litile thing like a four- | masted clipper ship bring him into the handcuffs of the wailing detectives. He certainly knows by the signal of the Union_ steamer Tzupo made to the Swan- hilda in midocean that something of in- terest to himself was in the wind. ‘While | his_conscience may not be troubling him to any great extent, he undoubtedly feels | | that the Sydney poiice are probing around | | his private cemeteries in the hills, and | steamships and telegraphic cables are | speedy and sure. | So the question arises, like an uneasy | ghost from ore of his graves in the far- away Australian bush, ““What is Butler, the man with the post-mortem aliases, doing to the Swanhilda?” The consignees of the Swanhilda count her due on the 28th of this month, which will give her sixty- five days, ample timein which to make the run. She is a nimble sailer in light airs and can pick up her heeis in a topsail breeze like a seagull; consequently, if she is afloat nothing but a continuation of dead calms could have kept her away from this port. This unusual state of affairs may never take place, as the British ship Morialta, another ocean grayhound, from Newcastle hence, is now out seventy-eight days. | But justice is not particularly inierested 1n that craft and the detective watch is wondering quietly where the Swanhilda is at. Detective McHattie has a parrot at the | Meiggs police stationgwhich is keenly | alive {o the business of his master from she point of his hooked bill to the tip of his every green feather. The bird nas heard the constant ques- tion of “Where 1s the Swanhilda?” from every visitor to the wharf till it is “on’’ to the full ‘details of McHattie’s job. Now when a lounger comes into the station Polly anticipates him with its eloquent *‘Where-is-the-Swanhilda?’ Officer Fer- guson states upon his honor that Polly reads the Shipping Guide carefully every morning and counts on its toes the days i has predicted will elapse before the ship comes ip. Yesterday a carrier pigeon was brought in and the parrot tried to interview the feathered messenger regarding the news from the Farallones. Polly is so much the “want-a-cracker’ kind of bird that it eats its apportionment of hardtack before the regular breakfast bour, and Sergeant Bonner, who is also a Federal officer, says he will put the parrot on a ciose allowance of Government ra- tions. It has developed snch an appetite for tea that Detective Egan keeps the caddy steaming all the time. The pigeons that have been sent out by Miss Daisy Doud from the island have a hara time running the gauntlet of the fish hawks that lie in wait for them. Yesterday two birds were turned‘loose, and after making a brave start for the Golden Gate were chased by their fierce enemies. The hawks drive the poor help- less homers, that have no chance in life except in their faithful wings, down near the water, where the carriers lose their bearings, become bewildered and fall into the sea. One of the two pigeons was seen with a glass to escape its pursuer, but the other was driven hack to the island and was so frightened that it could not be per- | suaded to take another flight. ———— No Cheap Criticism In to-day’s News Letter—or any other {day’s. The best authority for the best people. ——————————— Fell Overboard. A sailor named Martin Blair, while enjoying the effects of two much liquor, walked off the Ciay-street wharf last night about8 o’clock. He was fished out by a epecial policeman and conveyed to the Recelving Hospital. He was no seriously injured. . e——— BRIEFS and transcripts printed reasonably; rapid and reliabie. Mysell-Rollins, 22 Clay. * —————— Crocodiles lay on an average ninety eggs in a season. .- JEWEIRY store, 5 to 7 Third street, removed to BURGLARY ARD ALMOST MURDER Antone Rang=1 Has a Des- " perate Struggle With a Thug. He Identified His Assailant by the Scarcity of His Hair. John Drackbar, a Neighbor of Some Repute, Arrested n Two Serious Charges. Antone Rangel, a man well past middle age, who keeps a produce and poultry store at the corner of Mission and Thir- tieth streets, had adesperate stru:gle with | a determined burglar yesterday morning, and a badly Jacerated scalp shows what a narrow escape the old man had for his life. According to the story told by Rangel he was awakened sbout 3 o'clock in the | morning by a noise in his store, in the rear of which he resides. He at once arose to investigate, and on entering the store was confronted by a man of formidable proportions, Before Rangel had time to fully appre- ciate the situation he was dealt two or ttree heavy blows on the head with a hard substance, which afterward proved to be concrete. The blows, although sufficiently vicious to lay open the scaip, dii not ren- der the assanited man unconscious, and, with the instinct of self-vreservation, he grappled with the intruder. The latter dropped his weapon as the old man closed iu on him and a hand-to-hand struggle in the dark ensued. In the scrimmage Rangel reached for his assailant’s h. There was not enough hair on the man’s head to furnish a_hold. Rangel remembered this fact, and it was one of the chief clews that led to the arrest. of the man now held for the crime. Just what frightened the burglar from the struggle, which must have resuited in his favor, is not known. Probably he feared toe dim light which found its way through the front door, by which he had effected an entrance. Atany rate, he left hurriedly, and left a hat behind. Officer Heaphey, who pairols the beat in that neighborhood, was notified, and from the description which Rangel gave he at once suspected a bricklayer by the name of Joun Drachbar. The latter resides within a block of the burglary and as- sault, and the police say that he bears an unenviable reputation in the neighbor- bood. He is a hard drinker and some time ago be served a term for chicken- stealing. He had done business with Rangel and was well acquainted with the premises. Drachbar, when confronted by the of- ficer, denied all knowledge of the crime. He declared that he was sleeping at home all night and offered to prove this by Frank Barras, in the rear of whose saloon he lodges. The hat which Rangel’s assailant left behind exactly fittea the suspected man. Moreover, Rangel positively identified bim. He bad had some dealing with Drachbar and so knew him by sight. Drachbar, although & young man, is nearly bald. Charges of burglary and of assault to murder were placed against Drachbar. Raugel's wounds are not dangerous, al- though the heavy concrete made ugly gashes in his scalp, which necessitated the attentions of a physician. He arrived on the scene In time to prevent the burg- iar from obtaining anything. At the City Prison last night Drachbar said the officers were trying to railroad him to San Quentin. Officer Heaphey, he declgred, “had it in for him” because he bad arrested him for stealing chickens and the charge had been reduced to petty larceny. LEFT N DESTITUTION - Frank Lampach Stricken Down and His Family in Want. The Case Reported to the Police—It Will Be Referred to the Asso- ciated C:arities. A pitiful case of suffering and destitu- tion was reported tc Lieutenant Hanna of the Southern Police statiop last evening. Fred Lampach, his wife and four children of tender years are the unfortunates. They live in a homely but clean little cottage in the rear of 152 Clara street and within a few days, if fortune does not in the meantime beckon to them, they will be forced to move, as they have no money with which to renew their rent. Mr. Lampach has been for several months dependent on his apility as a street-sweeper for a livelihood for himself and family. A few days ago he was stricken down by sickness, and one by one his babies contracted severe colds that left them helpless and dependent on their motaer's care. The meager income of the, father a street-sweeper stopped alto- gether and the family was left penniless. Last evening a stranger was informed as to the condition of the Lampach family and he reported the case to the police. After a thorough investigation it was de- cided that the family was a deserving one. There was not a morsel of food in the house, and as it was too late to call the at- tention ofany charitable institution to the matter, Lieutenant Hanna attended to the case and the family was supplied with fond and necessaries. To-day the case will be placed before the Associated Charities, and without doubt the family’s sufferings will e re- 808 Kearny sireet. lieved. 6. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOOCDS. N R IS WELL! “An ad from Hale’s on Saturday! Guess I'll see what’s up. the people who close every night at What ! 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SMITH'S store =55 Store, Street 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00 Ferry. ]_‘IE A I Properly prepared and always be obtained in Decidedly the Most Popalar PAI A‘ E ment in town, WATE, Cuivaye eellable, LADIES ask Tor O promptly served, can THE GRILL ROOM OF THE Dining Apart- Chichester’s English Diamend Brand. PENNYROVAL PiLLs al and Only Genuine. caer's Bnglieh Die i teer: by vatarn 500 T..'xx"'-nm ’.‘ a Fatiaats Pa NEW WESTERN HOTEL, EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS_RE. K Siodaio and renovatsd: KNG WARD & O Enapnn plan. Kooms 50c to $1 50 per day, $1 10 35 per week, $8 L0 830 per month: free baihs: hot and cold Wwater every roOm: ire graies i every room: eievator runs allaight NOTICE INVITING SEALED PROPOSALS For the Purpose of Sale of Bonds of the City of San Jose. HE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCLL OF the Ci.y of San Jose, having by ordinance en- titled “An ordinance providing for the is aud sale of bonds of the Oity of San Jose on the 21st day of December, 1896, and spproved on the 23d day of December, 1895, ordained that there should be ssued by sald city of Ban Jose six hundred high school bullding bonds, of the decomiuation of $125 each. and four hundred sewer bonds of the denomination of $100 ch, both classes of bonds to bear Interest at the e of 4 per cent Der Anmum, payable semi- annually, and aiso by said ordinance authorised #nd directed the City Clerk of suid clty to glve notice luviting proposals for the sale of said boads, now therefore Public notice ls hereby given that the Clty of San Jose intends to issue one thousand bonds aforesaid, and that sealed proposals will be recefved at th office of sald Cicy Clerk. at the City Hall In San Jose, California. until the hour of eight o'clock P 30, on the eighth day of February, 1897 (ab Which time, or as soon thereafter as said Mayor and Common Council shall duly convene, said bids will be opened), for the purchase of the whole or sny part_of said high school building and sewer bonds, or either_tnereof. Said bonds are to bear date June 1. 1897, and the intercst thereon to ba semi-annually on the first day of December al find the first day of June of eath year thereattor, both principal and iuterest payable in gold coin of Jawful money of the United States Said high school bullding bonds shall be num- bered consecutively from oue to six hundred, both ciusive, each serles consistiog of fiftesa bonds; the first series s (0 Include those bonds which ars numbered rom one to_fifteen. both 1nelusive, and each succeeding series is to inciude tne fifieen bonds numbered cousecatively after those ia- cluded in the next preceding serles Said sewer bonds shall be pumbered consecu- tively from one to four hundred, boih faciusive, and b- divided Into forty serles numbered ron- secutively from one to foriy, both {oclusive. each series consisting of ten bonds; the firat series s to inciude those bonds which are numbered from oue to ten, both inclusive, and each succeeding serles is to include the ten bonds numbered con- secutively after those included i the next pre- ceding serles. The first series of said high school bullding bonds and said sewer bonds shill be made payable on the first day of June, 1598, and oue of the re- Imaining series is 10 be made payable 0u the first da: June in each succeeding ca endar vear thereater, untll and including the year 1987, S..1d bouds are to be made payacle to ihe order of (b purchaser or puyes by name, and (o each o said bonds there s to be attached interest-bearing coupons, double in number o the number of yeary whicn stich bond bas to run_before its maturity. Proposals must state the price offe:ed, the descrip- tion of the bonds desired, and be accompanied by A certified chieck on_some responsille bank, pay- able to the order of the Mayor of sald City. forat ledst ten per cent of the amount bid, be returned to biddcr in case the' bid is not ac. gepied. The purchise money for Kald bonas shaii be'patd In gold coin of the Uniied ~tites within ninety days aftér notics of acceptance. The righ toaccept any OF all bids and 10 rej.ct any orall bids, or portions of bids, Is_hereby expressly ro- served. W. COOK, City Clerk. _Dated January 24, 189° ey 220 MARKET ST.S.F. NOTARY PUBLIC. HARLES H. PHILLIPS. ATTORNEY-AT Law and Notary Public, 838 Market st, site Palace Hotel. Telephons 570, Resideace 148 Fall sireet. Telophons * Pine " 360k ~