The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 17, 1898, Page 17

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1898. LIVES OF MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN WERE EXPOSED Grand Jury Unearths a Fresh Scandal in the School Department. Stfll another scandal in the Board of has been uncarthed by the promises to_involve \ more trouble than at have been pa- d before 1 latest expose will prove of especial pare showing how lives of school children are 00 of them were quartered in a buflding for a week, with ) from the chilling ed over lightly valued how fully padded, t the fact that on its hands ing out in the Mis- lollars, that in is unfit for the purpose tended—that of a high ill is too good to be rented e case as it has been presented Jury, and which its partial ws to be correct: f the la I as the ~ational facilities, the ded a contrac somethi erection « the corne ets. The to the Grand investig To meet on s g over rious branches per- buildings, was compose rs engaged in v g to the constructi and was supposed to be also had the contract fc of th t caused ublet | gressive payments were made to the Rea ‘ompany_ until nearly $100,000 had been ved from the Board of Education by ern. d of paying the sub-contract- ad advanced the funds for ma- and labor, their proportion of the Pprog: e payments, the company put all the money it received from the city into the construction of the Affiliated Cof- leges. There came a time when the sub-con- tractors refused to go on with the work until they received some money. The mat- ter was presented to the Board of Educa- and after a long period, during ch the work was brought to a stand- the bondsmen of the Rea Com indu 1 to finish the contrac in turn sublet the work to James F ran, who held the original sub-contract for the carpenter work, and who then had several thousand dollars tied up in the building. With this tangle straightened out and the outlook favorable for the completion of the bullding some time during the ap- proaching school year, the board took up the consideration of the school tax levy. In this connection the question of rl‘lll- figh cipal and teachers for the Mission School was brought up. To be sure there was no immediate prospect of the school for use, but it might be some being ready {me and 1t offered a splendid opportun- “Loost” the estimates for the ex- of the department a littie. s sufficient, and in the scramble . juicy plum of the principal- Joseph' O’Connor came out victorious. nor was then principal of the Hor- fann school at a salary of $2100 a ¢ position would pay him pointment was made May e from August 1, when the 1001 year would begin. it in_the meantime the new t. d to be made up and to jon for O’Connor’s incre! deemed advisable to ma havé a chance to earn his salary. To do this four classes were transferred from the temporary school at the corner of Twenty-third and Sanchez streets, rented by the board, and quartered in the unfin- ished building at Eighteenth and Dolores streets for a week before the summer va- cation began. There they held their clos- ing exercises, and there they were ex- posed to all the rigors of San Francisco's climate. That there were no deaths or no serious illness from this exposure is due to the interference of Providence, for in- stead of the high winds that almost.con- stantly sweep over the peninsula, that E'elek the climate happened to be soft and almy. The plastering on the walls of the building was hardly dry; not a window was glazed, but instead they were cov- ered with thin white muslin, tacked to the casings. The old furniture from the Sanchez-street building was hastily dumped into the unfurnished rooms, and there during the closing week of the term nearly 200 pupils were in attendance, climbing over and through the heaps of rubbish to reach their class rooms. But Principal O’'Connor had his school organ- ized, and the board had made good their rald on the taxpayers. There was no way whatever of heating the rooms, for the board has been en- jolned from putting in the apparatus con- tracted for, and the injunction is still in force. But while O’Connor gets his $3000 a vear, fair to shut off the completion of the ing terms, and it is this turn of affairs that is proving of particular Interest to the Grand Jury just now. the Rea Contracting Company manifest little or no inclination to finish the work, and have set up the claim that they can- the occupancy of the building by the four classes during the last week of the term was, in effect, an aceptance of the building by the Board of Education in its present state, and that they are entitled to the balance due on the con- tract without doing another stroke of work. At all events, the work {s dragging along at the pleasure of the contractor, and there is not the remotest possibility of the building being anywhere near com- pleted by the 1st of August, when the new school y begins. sibly the Board of Education will attempt to use the unfinished bullding again, unmindful of the consequent dangers to the lives of the pupi though it does not seem likely that the members will dare at- tempt such a thing, now that the Grand Jury begun an investigation into the whole affair, which promises to be most | thorough. Superintendent Webster - has already been called before that body, but denied having any knowledge of the matter. He did not even know that four classes had been quartered In the Mission High | School for a week: ] rance of the affalrs of the de- | partment on the part of the Superintend- !ent is painful. o LN fi ,\\\ | \ () Ol A RV TR " 1 ’\nu il | Aé“ 7 e ; e o o B = The Mission High School Which the School Directors Have Virtually @ccepted as Completed. He Stole a Boat. Fi , a cabin-boy on the City, w booked at the Richard steamer Cres: v Prison_ yester by Policeman h on a chirge of grand larc He accused by Watchman P. J. Kramer of i stealing a boat. e S R LI Cathedral Council. Cathedral Council of the Young Men's Institute will entertain its lady friends by givi n evening at home” in Yosemite Hall, Native Sons’ building, on the even- ing of the 28th inst ITCHING Eozema All Over Head and Face. Two Dootors, No Benefit. Tried CUTICURA REMEDIES with Rapid Cure. 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KANE IS ENTERED. Captain Seymour and His Men Are Searching for Two Peddlers, ‘Who Were Seen Near the House. While the family was absent burglars yesterday afternoon entered the residence of Mrs. Kane, at 513 Lombard street, and got away with jewelry and clothing val- ued at $500. Shortly after 2 o'clock Mrs. Kane Jeft her home to visit a friend who lives in the adjoining block. When she returned about an hour later she was surprised to find that the house had been entered dur- ing her absence. The housebreakers gained an entrance by forcing the rear door with a jimmy. After getting inside they broke open sev- erul trunks and appropriated the most ex- pensive articles. In a bureau drawer they found three gold watches, one of which belonged to 8. Isaacs, a brother of Mrs. Kane. The timepiece was inscribed “A. 0. U. W. to S. Isaacs,” and was presented to him by the members of that organiza- tion. Isaacs keenly feels the loss of ths watch and has offered a reward for its Tacovery. The burglars also secured half a dozen valuable sflver spoons and considerable wearing apparel. As two peddlers were seen ringing_the front-door bell a short time after Mrs. Kane had left the place, the police are convinced that they are the culprits. One of them had several potatoes in his hand, and after ringing several door bells in the same block he approached the residence of Mrs. Kane. His companion stood on the opposite corner, apparently watching for the ap- proach of the policeman on the beat. After ringing the bell several times and not getting a response the thieving ped- dler signaled his partner, and they went around to the rear o the house. Evidently realizing that the family was absent the house-breakers lost no time in effecting an entrance. tHe bedrooms the burglars ripped open | & mattress, so determined were they not to overlook anything of vaiue. During the past few weeks a number | entered and valuable property taken. In | nearly every case the family was absent at the time, and the crooks experienced no difficulty in foreing an entrance and | getting away with everything they de- sired to. The police have a description of the | men, and every effort is belng made to run them dow: ROBERT McMURRAY'S WILL. Valuable Estate Bequcathed Rela- tives of the Deceased Capitalist. The will of Robert McMurray, who dled at Graniteville, Nev., on the Zth ult., has been filed for probate. The testator left real and personal property in this city of great value, but its exact extent has not as yet been ascertained. Fol- lowing are the specific bequests: Ellen McMurray, widow of the decedent, is be- queathed one-half the estate together with the household furniture in her home on Paclfic avenue; to George H. McMur- ray of New York, David McMurray of Towa, brothers, and to his sister, Eleanor Kemp of Meredith, N. Y., and to John A. Hunt of Delhi, N. Y.; Robert H. Mc- Murray of Delaware, N. Y.; Robert C. McMurray of Nevada County, Cal., and to Robert H. McMurray Searls of Ne- vada City he leaves $1000 apiece. To his niece, Allce Johnston, he leaves $1000. To Robert McMurray Hunt he devises a block of land in East Oakland. The residue of his estate is bequeathed to his nephews, Charles F. Hunt and Wil- liam McM. Weighel, his niece, Gussie McM. Hunt, and to Robert McMurray Hunt ir ~aual shares. By a codicil dated March 19, 1397, the testator leaves $1000 to the children of his brother, James McMurray, and a like sum to McMurray Mallen of Nevada, McMurray Seely and Auntle Polson are given $300 each. Mrs. McMurray, Charles F. Hunt ana Willlam W. Weighel are named as execu- tors. —_——— Yesterday’s Fires. £ An alarm was turned in from box 516 at 1:30 yesterday morning for a fire in the one-story frame dwelling of Henry Schuur, at the corner of Girard ana Stillman streets. The damage to the building is estimated at $900 and to con- tents &%0 The cause of the blaze is un- Ko 01 at 1:47 t 0X at 1:47 a. m. was for a fire i the dwelling of A Redding at 2020 Call- fornia street. The cause was care. lessness with a candle and the damage amounted to $100. Boxes 248 and 184 at 6 o'clock in the evening were for chimney fires at 1713 Golden Gate avenue and 113 Front street, The damage from the first was $10 ana the other nominal. ———————— THE CRYSTAL SWIMMING BATHS, Physiclans recommend the Crystal warm sea water tub and swimming baths, North Beach. the very means adopted to clinch it bids | school building—at least, under the exist-| Contractor Logan and the bondsmen of | not be compelled to, for the reason that | together | In one of | | of houses in the same vicinity have been | | | | i | | FRANK GOULD MADE FIGURES FOR A FRIEND He Changed the Official Report of a. State Com- i mission. Among the many monuments to the potency of the political pull of Frank H. Gould of Stockton, which has suc- cessfully grafted him upon the political tree, there to blossom and bear fruit, is the office of president of the State Board of Building and Loan Associa- tion Commissioners. This office, while not so lucrative and important as is | an insane asylum directorship, is a | pleasant path on which to walk to as- sist a friend or two. It has got him, however, into some little trouble, as | in the matter. He said that Blum was trying to blackmail him. | “It is true that the report was | changed,” said Mr. Gould, "“and the reason why was that Murdock's Pa- cific Coast Building and Loan Assocla- !tlon had been improperly classified. | In all the reports prior to this the Pa- cific Coast Savings Soclety has been | properly classified as ' a co-operative | bank because they had been doing a | banking business in connection with | their building and loan business, but FRANK H. GOULD, President of the State Building and Loan Association Commission. well as notoriety, with national under- writers, who make a grave charge against him. He is accused of unlawfully altering an officlal report of his board by dis- torting the facts, the said distortion be- ing of great benefit in an advertising way to his friend W. C. Murdock of the Paclfic Coast Savings Soclety, whose office is in the Flood building. Gould and Murdock admit that the report of the board was changed after | it had been made, but they say that the alteration was for the purpose of cor- recting an error made by the secretary of the board, James L. Fields. A short time ago the National Under- writer, a perfodical published in New York and Baltimore, contained a ca-s- tic article on the subject, from which the following extracts are taken: When the report of the Bullding and Loan Commissioners was printed and came from the press some time ago it stirred up a good sized sensation in building and loan circles. The figures, as they had first been given out by the Commissioners, and as they finally left the Commissioners’ hands, were two vastly e ent things. The results as displayed by first information given out from the Commis- sloners’ office and the results as displayed in the final report are entirely different. The first report of the Commissfoners, the correct one, showed that those associations classed ay | nationals ekrned 11.12 per cent of net profits | for the year, and that those classed as co- operative banks earned 6.57 per cent for the same time. But some one was hurt, and when the final production of the office of the Board of Building and Loan Commissioners came forth it decreased the showing of the nationals by over 1% per cent and fncreased on the figures of co-operative banks by over 8 per cent. A like transformation took place in the figures of expense which are made by the Com- missioners. The expense per share of the nationals was first given out correctly at .914, and the co-operative banks at 1.485. But sec- ond thought seemed a better thought to some one who was In a position to alter the figures, and the expenses of the nationals were in- creased by .122, while the expenses of the co- operative banks were reduced to 1035, being a reduction of just one-third, The figures of the associations classed as locals remain un- changed. It takes but a very simple proposi- tion In iogic to demonstrate that one of these two sets of figures is false. * * * The figures themselves have not been falsified; It is simply a case of “bookkeeping.”” The nationals show by far the better record, and the locals suf- fered by comparison with them. The co-oper- ative banks show comparatively a very bad report. Hence If the figures of the co-opera- tive banks and the nationals be combined, it will reduce the nationals to a level something nearer the others, will very considerably rafse the showing of the co-operative banks and en- able the locals to compare much more favor- ably with the nationals—and the general pub- lic would not realize the manipulation. Tt 15 thus clear who instigated the manipu- lation. The report as it appears has been approved by the office of the Commissioners, and that office has attempted to explain away the source of the manipulation. Hence the re- sponsibility for these perversions of truth must rest upon that officeeither collectively or upon one or more of the members individually, with or without the acquiescence of the others in power at that place. It is evident that a com- bination of the locals and the co-operative banks, or at least one of them, has brought political influence or other “inflience” to bear to the end that the report might be doctored to serve thelr political purposes without regard to the justice or honesty of the figures as they finally ‘appear, and as they are finally given out by the Commissioners for general circu- latfon. At the time that the report of the Commissioners was ready to be made public the State Printing Office was closed and it was necessary to have the report printed by private subscription. The national associations contributed liberally to the fund, for the good which the publication would do them if truthfully made. The printing was done by George W. Blum of the Journal of Investment of this city, It is alleged by Mr. Blum that the first and correct report was sent to Governor Budd and that a revised edition of the report was printed afterward by order of Presi- dent Gould for general circulation. Therefore the report published by Gould’s order for general circulation is not the official report as filed with the Governor. Mr. Gould was asked yesterday to glve a statement regarding his action | more than a year prior to the publica- | tion of this report they had gone out of the banking business as a building and loan association entirely, and had established what is known as the Bank of Commerce in the same building, and in that bank they had taken up all of the banking business that was done by the association, which left it simply a building and loan society, and not a co-operative bank in any sense what- ever. They objected to the classifica- tion by the secretary of the Building and Loan Commission as a co-opera- tive bank, inasmuch as one other co- operative bank in the State was going into something like liquidation, and the | profits showed up, when the two were averaged, in a very unsatisfactory way to those people Mr. Field, the former and present secretary of the commis- sfon, had prepared the report, and, not knowing of the change In the Paciflc Coast Association, in his average had included the Pacific Coast Savings and Loan with this other co-operative bank as a co-operative business. “I had been but a short time ap- pointed as commissioner when the re- port was prepared and I had not had an opportunity to familiarize myself with the different institutions. How- ever, when the matter was called to my attention I immediately saw that an in- Justice had been done the Pacific Coast Building and Loan, not in its individual report, as published, but in placing it in the wrong place in its averages with other Institutions. I therefore, and for that reason, directed the averages simply to be changed and nothing else. That is the idea—the Pacific Coast As- sociation changed from being associat- ed with the co-operative banks and put it with the building and loan associa- tions where it properly belonged. “I regretted very much the necessity of making the change in the report as it stood at that time, but I was com- pelled either to do that or to inflict seri- ous injustice on one of the building and loan associations. Had I been in office longer at that time and had I been as familiar with the various institutions as I am now the report would never have been made with the averages as they were made up in the report. I simply did an act of justice and Blum is tryin~ to blackmail me in the mat- ter." Mr. Murdock was seen in his office in the Flood building. He said: ‘At the time the report was made we were a national building and loan asso- clation and always had been and I in- sisted that we should be placed in the category in which we belonged, and when I showed it to Mr. Gould and when he found that it was wrong he had it corrected. We were doing a banking business the year before, and during that year the Bank of Com- merce was started and we went in under the heal of National Building and Loan. That eliminated all of our banking business from the Pa- cific Coast Savings Society. We had a banking department in the savings society. When the Bank of Commerce was started the banking business was transferred to that concern. It is a separate institution.” Mr. Murdock went on to say that on last Friday two men called on him, one of them representing himself to be the attorney for Mr. Blum, and offered to give him all the printed matter in Blum’'s possession relating to the al- tered report of the commission if he would give them $150 for Blum. He ordered them out of his office. SAYS HE WAS DRUGGED. John Perry Robbed in a Howard- Street Lodging-House. John Perry, a recent arrival from the interior, clalms he was drugged and rod- bed last Friday night in a lodging house on Howard street. According to his story he met a stranger, who, after Ingratiat- ing himself into his confidence, invitea him to share his room. Perry accepted his offer, and as he reached the apart- ments he was surprised to find another man in bed. The stranger explained that he was his friend, and after awakeninxy the lattér, ordered him to get a bottle of beer. After drinking a glass of the foaminy beverage Perry fell asleep and did not awaken until’ some time afterward. Picking up his vest he searched it with the: result that he found that he had been robbed of $32. Perry subsequently visited police headquarters, where he re- ported the matter to Captain Bpillane. ADVERTISEMENTS. e e U Siis DOMESTIC EPARTMENT! 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