The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 5, 1900, Page 12

b HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1900. NCES WILL BF LIMITED TO TEN FEET N HEIGHT Board of Supervisors Passes | the Ordinance Regu- lating Them. R It Is Unlawful to Disfigure the City | With Unsightly Signs—Board of Works to Have Super- vision. n, but Branden- bjection between £ ence. The vote on N Connor, Curtls, wyer, Foutana, Helms, Mc- | s- « Hotaling, Magulre. fows | eople of the city wtul for any 1 be given to wood or other feet in height uniess £aid as a wind- the public iding or other construction, or maintained of this ordi- abate the wood fences of or other in- the provisions of d gullty of & iction thereof t exceeding § Africar tate a hearty cisco before nited States w neous Business. for sta- | San | in conse- | n of the Bur- | club will and requested the sum of for. printing Referred to Committees. cations Mission Improvem of a resolution re- an unwarranted Max Popper, by Street Work. Works recommended between Rhode Is- ttack Super- i - AFTER THE SCALPS OF MIEHLING AND BARTH | Changes in Public School Physical | Culture Department Are Impending. The Board of Education is considering the co on the physical culture cqurse in the public schools and the out- come probably be the discharge of the two teachers now empioyed in that department—Professor Miehling and Pro- | of tem the teachers nce in every five ome districts the e more than one in urs of a morn- istructors with but lit- was reported at one time fessor Hoov be put in - * i n. alps of Miehling the walls of the —_———————— | Notice to Passengers. | Round-trip transfer tickets on sale at | any of our offices. One trunk (round trip), | 4 cents. Morton Spes Delivery, 40§ raylor street, 6 Market street, Oakland | terry depot. s | — In the Divorce Court. e Price <d a divorce from | , Arthur G.” Price, yesterday Mrs. Price custody of her minor ¥ in the sum of $25 per De of divorce were also d A. J. Weinert from Inez 1. Wein- Edward H, White from | r desertion, G. A. Giub- ine anted alf th was g child_and ing from Cat ubbing. Suits for | vorce on the ground of desertion hav been fled by lsabella Jacobsen agalnst | Carsten Jacobsen and Mrs. S. Meyers | against Frederick Meyers. { ———i Hazen May Take Arnold Home. | United States Secret Service Agent | Hazen has been appointed by ul Pickersgill, at the request h Embassador at Washing- | 1 agent of the British Go ernment to take Julian Arnoid to Eng. Ie in case the court should order him | extradited. Chief Wilkie has given Mr. | H permission to accept the appoint- | The extradition matter will be | rd on habeas corpus to-morrow morn- | at 11 o'clock by United States Circuit ge Morrow. —_————————— Has it ever struck you that you can buy Jesse Moore “AA” whiskey for almost the same price that is paid for ordinary whiskey? Your Gealer has it in: Jud | communication from Secretary | chants’ Exchange, G dow stopped at the ropes pass the lines. 1t was not in quarantine. not alter th BE CLEARED OF ALL ITS POCR Fifteen Hundred to Mission Rock, Seven Thousand to Angel Island. —_— Federal Authorities Seeking Control. Streetcars to Be Stopped Run- + ning Through the District To-Day. — The merchants have taken a hand in the quarantine of Chinatown and the result of their interest is another batch of rules | for the tightening of the dead line. The State Boarl of Health wants to take a hand, too, but the Governor will not au- thorize any steps until he has had a look into the situation himself, and he will look into it all the sooner because of a Hay requesting that he make & report upon the condition of affairs here. And it is more than certain that the better class of the Chinese have taken a hand and are working through the Minister at Washing- ton to have the situation made at least bearable for the indigent inside the lines. Chue Yet, president of the Chinese Mer- has taken a keen in- terest In those to whom the quarantine Is a double hardship—that is the poor who have no money to buy food and no chance | to earn any, and he has been credited with & communication that has gone on to Washington protesting against the action of the local authorities as beling in violz tion of the treaty between this country and China and caliing attention to the urgent need for some effort in behalf of those who cannot help themselves. The Chinese Minister has been informed that there are at least seven thousand Chiriese in guarantine who are in actual need of food and he knows, t0o, that they have appeaied to the locai Health Board in vain. This may have been the begin- ning of the effort to establish the deten- tion camp on Angei Island, for the local Board of Health is now seeking accom- modations for at least eight thousand in- digent and hungry Chinese condemned to isolation. Steps were taken at the board | meeting yesterday to-send fifteen hundred over to Misslon Rock to-day, for the board has secured the consent of the Calf- fornia Drydock Company to use the old wharf. But it is well known that Mis- gion Rock is too small to be of much. use and so the scheme of establishing a camp on Angel Island will be carried through 1t will cost at least $7500 to put the place in condition, and when it is ready it will be under Federal controi. It #s claimed there is too 'much routine and red tape in he local system, and the Federal authori- ally reaching for the con- ation. y are probably fact Chineseand Japanese are leaving the State, and the destinations of not more than half of them are known. With several thousand of the indigent on Angel Island, a_Government station. and 1300 more on Mission Rock, o which the Government is laying claim, the class most llable to disease will be well under the Federal wing and the Fed- | eral quarantine officer will practically be in_control. With the indigent out, too, Chinatown can be cleaned thoroughly and with dis- hateh, for it is the indigent that coliect the filth and live in surroundings that in- vite contagion. ‘At the meeting of the board yesterday afternoon it was decided to further draw the quarantine lines- and make them ab- solute against all but the officers and members of the Board of Health. To that end the following report from the quaran- tine committee was adopted: The quarantine at present is defective in many respects and flagrant infractions of the rezulations are being reported dally. With an earnest _desire to remedy these evils and to bring the quarantine, in fact as well a& in name, up to the proper standard. we recom- mend the adontion without delay of the fol- | lowing measures: l Stoppage of streetcar travel through the dis- triet quarantined, surrounding the {nfected area with & double cordon of guards, and a detall of sixty = policemen at outh =q -to the e used for preserving order in aletrict; Dlacing, wherever practicable. of State | “You can't come in here,” shouted Officer J. Attridge, warningly. ut don’t you know who I am?” sald the Mayor, rising to his full dignity. Yes, 1 know who you are; but that m His Honor pleaded that all he wanted to do was to go to the detention tent in Portsmouth square and that really Pleading and expostulation were of no avail. m or disobey them. | oo sfesfesfefrierfefoloniel “SAY, YOUNG FELLY! IF YER DON'T WANT DER PLAGUE NER'D BETTER KEEP OUTS “3JORRY, SOR, BUT MAYORS 18 MORE APT TER GIT IT DAN UDDERS- i I'D LIKE TER LET YER IN, BUT \TS ME JUTY. Mayor Phelan Seeks to Force the Quarantine. IE Honor the Mayor has been made to feel again that he is not the whole thing in San Francisco. Basking in the smiles of his few and faithful flatterers, living in the glorious reflection of his municipal greatness and in the memory of some of the local Commissioners who would not obey him and who were made to feel the weight of his displeasure, he has awakened to the astounding realization that he overstepped the bounds and has been turned More than that, the trick has been done by a common, ordinary, everyday policeman. his local majesty Mayor Phelan demanded the right to enter the Chinatown quarantine lines on Friday night. es no difference. I'm here to obey And now his Honor the Mayor is div makes him superior to the laws—even those of quarantine. wire fencing; the withdrawal of all passes | heretofore issued; the erection of one or more | {lions for necessary purposes; all employ except the phy to remain in the the quarantine is h Department, i to report all unsanitary places as unfit for human habitation, and the same to be immediately vacated. None but employes of the Health Department will be al- Jowed to enter the infected district, except #uch persons as the board may designate, and the persons so admitted must remain in the district until the quarantine is ralsed; all laun- dries outside the district to be inspected twice daily and the same to be fumigated once & week by sulphurous acid; all junk stores to be fumigated by sulphurous acid once a week, and no rags to be taken into or out of sald stores until fumigated. The Market Street Rallway Company will be notified that its cars will not be | allowed to run through the inclosed dis- | trict from this morning, and the Chief of Police is fizuring on sixty new specials to be appointed, inoculated and stationed among the germs that are supposed to fly thick around the Chinese quarter. | MERCHANTS ORGANIZE. | | Citizens’ Relief Committes Will Con- | sist of Thirty Members. A meeting of the merchants was held yesterday in the Chambers of the Board of Trade. An organization to be known as as the Citizens’ Rellef Committee, with a membership of thirty Instead of ten, as was proposed at a previous meeting, was perfected. Sub-committees were also ap- pointed and will report to the Board of Health for instructions as to how to pro- ceed toward carrying out their specific du- ties; also to learn the necessities of the board and to provide money. The first matter taken up was the ap- pointment of the general committee. The | names of A. C. Rulofson, Willlam Haas, | A. A. Watkins, H. E. Cuthbert, Eugene Goodwin, Walter Castle, William Cluff, M. H. Hecht, Adam Grant, George W. McNear Jr., A. W. Porter, Lawrence Har. ris, Willilam McDohald, Andrew Davis, Raphael Welll, F. W, Dohrmann, Wil- 1i: Buckingham, J. K. Wilson, Joseph 8 and 8, J. Hendy were added to the iginally appointed. A. A. Watkins was chosen permanent chalrman upon the resignation of Willlam Thomas and Eu- gene Goodwin was named as permanent Secretary. Andrew Carrigan presided at the meeting held yesterday. The members of the committee were in- structed as to the soliciting of subsecrip- tions in the commercial districts. The division of labor in this line will be made on a basis of industries. The following sub-committeés were ap- pointed to assume charge of various mat- | ters and to expend the money collected: George W. McNear, William m Cluft; press—A. A. Watkins, Andrew Carrigan and Rufus P. Jennings; aud” itory—S. Nickelsburg, Joseph Sloss and W. T. Dutton; quarantine—A. C. Rulofson, Andrew Carrigan and R. P. Schwerin: detention camp —M. H. Hecht, A. A. Watkins and A. C. Ru- lofson; sanitation—Walter Castle, Lawrence Harris and Rufus P. Jennings. A resolution was passed making the chairman, treasurer and secretary a com- mittee on finance. Joseph 8loss was elect- ed secretary of this committee and the Anglo-Californian Bank _treasurer. The meeting then adjourned. ° Struck With a Bottle. Carroll Rolfs, a scene shifter, was held to answer before the Superior Court by Judge Mogan yesterday in $1000 bonds on the charge of assault with a deadly weapon. On May 22, while drinking in a saloon at Polk and Sutter streets, he struck P. McMullen, a member of 'the Lumber Dealers’ Association, in the face with a bottle, cutting the faclal artery. McMullen hurried to the Receiving Hos- ital and Dr. Bacigalupl, who treated im, testified that if he had been a few minites later he would have bled to eath, Planting Black Bass. The Fish*Commissioners have sent 2000 black bass to the southern part of the State in charge of A. W. Wilson. They | are for distribution among five applicants who wish to stgek the waters south of the Tehachapi. 'he fish were taken from iandlocked waters on the Russian River x1nd were in prime condition for propaga- tion. Ladles' tailor-made suits, silk skirts, fur capes: liberal credit. M. Rothschild, 526 Sutter.® P S i Fell From a Bicycle. Emilie Chou, a girl 7 years of age, daughter of Albert Chou, 459 Jessle street, was riding a bicycle on the sidewalk in front of her parents’ residence yesterday afternoon when she lost her balance and fell off and fractured her arm. She was treated at the Receiving Hospital. —_——————— . Big books, little books, we bind 'em all, Send to Mysell-Rollins, 22 Clay. . ““We have positive orders to allow no one to “Don’t you know who I am?” The police officer had received his orders led to recognize under his Honor’s silk hat that majesty which E 2 2 2 o T e HIS HONOR THE MAYOR CALLED BY A POLICEMAN. " MR OFFICER, § A THE ANORT D “)N pE PERFORMANIE UV MEJUTY I'M NO RESPICTER UV PERSONYY In all the assertion of He was orders.” ided between a scheme to be inocilated OV SERVICE 5 DECPADED TO ISSIST PHELAN Cause of General Apathy in Democratic Ranks of This City. ——e Inland Democrats Will Roar When They See State Convention Slate. | Republican Headquarters for the Campaign. bt The Democrats of San Francisco are ad- monished by Phelan's court circular that too much apathy exists in the party. It is not difficult for politicians of ordinary gumption to ascertain the cause of the general apathy. There is too much Phe- lan in the programme for the State con- vention. More than 69 of the 112 members of the Democratic County Committee would have attended the convention at Native Sons' Hall last Friday evening if the word had not been passed along the line by the court circular that the district | committeemen were not ready to submit a list of delegates to the State convention, | One of the delinquent districts was the Thirty-eighth, represented In Mavor Phelasie pebvate Codll Servie Gons. missioner, Charles W. Fay. There are many obstacles in the wa; f selecting a Phelan delegation from this Assembly dis. trict.” Democrats of the better class dis trust Phelan and despise They would rather keep out of politics entirely than join hands with him in the manipulation of a convention. The delegation representing the Thirty- eighth District in the county committee criginally consisted of eight members. One went to Honolulu and another was ap- pointed on the Fire Commission, leaving six for Fay to manage, or five, excludin himself. As the Mayor's private Civil Service Commissioner, he appointed Com- mitteeman Lynch to a clerkship in the Reglstrar’s office. Lynch is there now, constituting one of the surplus clerks men- tioned by the Federated Improvement Clubs. This appointment did not give Fay sufficlent strength to control the delega- tion for Phelan, so he concluded to ex- tend the spirit of civil service reform by promising to appoint Committeeman Finn of the Thirty-eighth to a position in the Department of Public Works. If Finn ac- cepts the delegation will stand_three for Phelan and three against. Somethin, more must be done by the private Civi Service Commissioner before to-morrow night. The convention may be in no mood for a second adjournment in order to give Phelan time to fix up a slate. great roar will come from the inland Democrats when the programme is pre- sented to the State convention. On the slate will be secn the names of Stephen M. White, James G. Maguire, M. F. Tar- pey and James D. Phelan for delegates at large. The plan to take three delegates from San Francisco and cne from Los Angeles will not delight the representa- tives hailing from the valleys the San Joaquin and Sacramento. Northern and Central California delegates may arise in their wrath and smash the slate. The Democratic State Convention wilf assemble at Sacramento on Thursday of next week. There will be no opposition to Judge Farnsworth of Tulare for chair- man. The_Republican County Committee of San Francisco will meet at Shiels Hall to-morrow evening and probably consider :rflu for the formation of Assembly dis- et clubs. Colonel _George Stone, chairman, and Senator W. M. Cutter. Secretary of the Republican Bxecutive Committee, arrived in the city last cvening. To-day measures will_ be taken for establishing campaign headquarters. _Tndications are that rooms in the Palace Hotel will be reserved. $1 50 misses’ kid shoes for 30c a palr at the Beehive Shoe Co., 717 Market st. * — e ———— Bench and Bar. The first number of a new publication, ‘Bench and Bar, made its appearance last Saturday. It {s under the editorial man- agement of H. L. Bradford, who has es- ayed a new field in legal journalism by | ;u‘ 3 aper for lishing @ newspaper lawyers. % g | out on the ground that it was simpl TAK LEW FOR THE YEMR A BYSUPERVISORS Rate of $1.137 Necessary for Needs of the Cily Government. —.—— Revenue From Taxes and Other Sources Estimated at $5,692,- 985—Finance Committee’s Budget Considered. HL =6t L The Board of Supervisors fixed the tax | rate for the next fiscal year at $1.137 on | | every $100 of assessed valuation at yester- day’s meeting, which lasted until after midnight. The meeting was devoted al- most entirely to the consideration of the budget as recommended by the Finance | Committee, which has been heretofore published. The appropriations for the va- rious departmeuts were taken up sepa- rately and discussions of a more or less interesting nature were had upon each item. A number of reductions in the original estimates were made, but the sav- ings thus effected were transferred to other funds. The rate of $1.137 allows $1 for the ex- penditures of the municipal government, the rate of .137 being applied to raising revenue fcr the park fund, interest and sinking fund, as provided by the charter, | and for the repayment of taxes paid un- der protest on bonds held by the Supreme Court to be unassessable. The total sum | | necessary to supply the needs of the city | for the next uscal year is $5,692,985, of | Which $4,265,660 is to be raised by taxation and 31,424,525 trom other sources. The segregated expenditures and rate of taxation necessary for their provision fol- ow: General fund, 33,927,000, rate .§760; school | fund, $1,160,000, .l087;" library fund, 359,500, | .0158] park, $240,000, .0635; interest and sinking | tund, 326, 0066; Interest and sinking fund, | hew, $20s.500, 0536 repayment of taxes, | .oms. Grand totals: Expenditures, 35, tax rate, $1.137 on every $100 valuation. The decreases sdopted in the various ap- | portionments are as follows: | . Buvervisors, 3300; clerks Board of Equaliza- tion, 3$200; burial of indigent dead, 3lv00; in- | ternient of deceased Umited States ~soldiers, $1500; municipal reports, $1000; furniture pubiic | bulldings, $1ow; teiephone service, 35w0; main- | tenance reeble minaed children, $ow; license | blanks, 3500; Assessor, o0v; public lighting, | 320,000;" Coroner's otnce, 3ivo;’ publishing delin- | quent 'tax list, §1260; leeding and stabiing po- of _ Eiections, 3000; Department of llectricity, §20,154. ‘the increases were: County Clerk's office, one ex- lice patrol, 3980; Department ! tra copyist, §1200; extra stenographer in police | court, 324u6; examination water supplics, 310~ | Wo; wolice stations, $150. | “Supervisor Reed made a strong effort |in tne interest of econvmy to reauce tue | salarics of the cierks in the office of tue | Board of Supervisors from $lxw to $low. | He contendea that ¥lZ per month was | sufficient pay for clerks, and that if tne | boara intenaed to reauce mumcipal e penses 1t should commence in its own of- | Hice. Branaenstein agreed with Reea and d that as clerks in other departments that_ngure snoud be s received but $12, adopted. reduction on the ground that tne clerks’ duties were onerous and that they often Worked overtime. Reed moved that two clerks be paia §18 and five $150, but Brandenstein moved clerks receive $1500, The moton the motion was lost. that the stationery suited in a reduction to the enormous extent of $300 per year, the SUDErvisors account being $12,000. mate of 3900 for the clerks of the Board of lqualization was cut to $1w, but McCarthy's motion to cut the adver- tising from $20,000 to $15,000 was lost. In view of the fact that the bids for burial of indigent dead showed a large reduction that item was cut from $6000 to $5000. On motion_of Boxton the fund for the interment of deceased ex-Union soldiers and sailors was reduced from $30W to 530, with instructions to the Hospital and Health Committee to inquire into the advisability of the appropriation. , but Tobin for printing municipal repo explained that last year $5500 had been expended for that purpose. The item was, however. reduced to $5000. The motion to cut the appropriation for prisoners’ subsistence from $i5,000 to $46, 000 was opposed by Tobin, who said that Sheriff Lackmann had lived within his appropriation during the last six months and had been very economical. Brande stein held that subsistence had cost $46,- 00 this year and should not cost any more the next. The motion was lost and the Sheriff will get $45,000 to feed his pris- oners. * - Brandenstein objected to spending #1500 for a safe for the Assessor, saying that he already had a vault in his offic: Tobin stated that the Assessor had not been allowed any extra clerks and was r placated by being allowed the safe. Ma- uire said that the safe was necessary feocause moneys were received by the Assessor_after the Treasurer's office closed. Reed suggested that the 'l urer's office be kept open until 5 p. T as provided by the charter. The motion to leave provision for the safe out of the fund prevailed. McCarthy ggested that a central st tion for the city telephones be establish- ed so as to permit of a reduction. ~Reed moved that the figure be reduced from $12,000 to $6000. Brandenstein favored Ma- Zuire's amendment that the fund be fixed @t $7000, as he thought the telephone mo-~ nopoly could be brought to time, and the latter figure was adopted. Reed moved that the item of $9480 for 158 hydrants in the water fund be stricken gift from the city to the Spring Vall Water Works. He contended that in fix- its invest- ment. Tobin sald that' the corporation would remove the hyvdrants if it were not paid for them, and that it had allowed them to remain with the understanding the total appropriation of $238,050 with- out specifying any particular item. but the motion was lost and the original amount was allowed to stand. ’ Brandenstein opposed the item of $10,000 for the malintenance of minors in the Magdalen Asylum, as he thought there were sufficient public institutions for the purpose and that an additional burden should not be imposed on the city. Reed held that the Inmates were supported for a lower figure than were those of other institutions and the amount was left un- disturbed. The Mayor suggested that a committee be appointed to investizate the institutions of that class. The motion to reduce the item of $20.000 for mainte- nance of feeble-minded children to $15,000 was carried. Reed objected to allowing the Auditor four extra clerks Included in the item of preparing the assessment roll, and Brandenstein’s motion that he be allow- ed but two extra clerks with a consequent reduction of $2400 in the appropriation was lost by a tie vote. Reed opposed the recomimendation of the Finance Committee that the Assessor be not allowed $4500 for extra clerks. Reed held_that the money would be well placed by bringing larger returns of taxable roperty. Assessor Dodge addressed the Board and stated that‘while he had asked for the extra clerks as a plain business proposition, he would withdraw his re- quest. Reed then moved that the clerks be aliowed, but_the motion failed to get a second and $4500 was sliced off the As- sessor’s appropriation. When the board reconvened in the even- ing. Reed wanted the appropriation of $§275.000 for public lighting eut to $250,000. Hotaling opposed the reduction, saying that there was an urgent demand on the part of the people for well lighted streets. Reed held that competition would scon result in lower light rates. He figured that competitive rates would save ffim and thus leave a surplus of $8000. Bran densteln contended that some provision should be made for future lights made necessary by the growth of the city. Gas Inspector Tul%per thou{xht that the public lighting would cost only $260,000 when the competitive rates of 421 cents for electric and 9 cents per night for gas lamps would rule. Brandenstein’s motion that the %huns appropriation be glnced at $255.- 3 P{e resenting a cut of $20,000, was D'Ancona moved that the incides expenses allowed the Coroner be rom:xc‘:d1 Wonder what Hale's have on sale toda’?, ¥ (Q\inches wide, the special features of to-day's selling are dress silks, laces, cottons and enamelwars. cotton fabrics 2200 yards bleached sheeting, oo for full size double bed, heavy 30c quality c yard 40 pieces—or nearly 2300 yards— printed silkoline, in dark colors, made from good strong thread, and espe- cially adapted for comfortable covering, per yard 1500 yards double face covert cloths, plain on one side, reverse side plaid pat- terns, blue, gray and brown shades, the heavy 13c quality, to close...12%¢ yard ‘Dwyer and Curts opposed the | | Brandenstein objected to allowing $6000 ing the water rates the company had | | been allowed 5 per cent on | that they would be pafd for out of me[ next tax levy. Curtis argued that lhs’ hydrants were absolutely necessary, buLl Connor held that the board could not Save $Ms0 easter than by eliminating the item entirely, Reed finally changed his motion so that the sum_ be taken off fancy lace stripe taffeta and white, our $1.25 quality, full an examination of stock dis: lines of silks in the $1.00 grade. sian cords, fancy satin stripes, day at ... lace news 3 the lace selling was very bri: tive to-day. those torcho~ * english torchon .... black silk chantilly lace, and the much favor. first quality enamel 1 milkpans, 3-quart .... wash basins.... | coffee flasks a full line at correspondingl; I all the dainty shades of blue, lilac fancy Silks—some very interesting items in all the popular shades, cur 75c quality, 19-inch wide, s9c yard , Beige, reseda, black 19-inch wide, canela stripes. ... ..yard 8s¢ closes some broken and pdd they consist of charming per- beautiful hemstitched effects. checks, etc., and to induce quick selling they all go on sale to- yard 73¢ sk here yesterday, and from the satisfaction expressed by our patrons promises to be equally ac- worth 8 1-3¢ to 15¢, offered for 3c; the sging and insertion, the cream and white normandie lace, all worth from 10c to 20c a yard and offered at 7%c, will be in great de- mand, while the better grade offered special at oc, 15¢, 25¢ and 48¢, which are on the same basis of price reduction, will find Iware interesting to seee the great stacks of enamelware in our basement salesroom, and profitable to buy first quality goods at 15 to 20 per cent under regular prices. lipped saucepan, 4-quart size preserve kettles, 5-quart size dishpans, 10-quart size ..... S y low prices. | from $1200 to $500, and McCarthy moved | that a matron for the Morgue be pro- vided at $720 per year, which motions | | were both adopted. | The Recorder was given 334,520, out of which he may employ one mortgage clerk at $1200, two index clerks at $1200 each and one messenger at $%00 per annum. The §§?1‘£ for copyists, however, was cut to 600 The amount for publishing the delin- | quent tax list was reduced from $5000 to $3750 on Tobin's representation that the cost this year was $3667 5. Treasurer Brooks made an earnest ap- peal that he be granted two extra cler! as originally scheduled. The work of the office had increased at'least 35 per cent and on that representation the clerks were allowed. 3 Deputy County Clerk Goddard asked for money for four additional copyists and one messenger in addition to the $75,400 recommended. The work of the office, he | said, was four months behind and the de- | partment would be greatly crippled un- less relief was afforded. The Mayor held that the need for extra help in the County Clerk's office was not apparent, and that no complaints regard- ing the efficiency of the office had ever come to his notice. A motion to allow one extra copyist was carried. | Reed moved that the $2400 for the law | and motion calendar be not allowed on the ground that it was not a proper charge against the city. Tobin explained that the appropriation was based on the | recommendation of the Superior Judges, | but the appropriation was stricken out. D'Ancona_gave notice of reconsideration | and the $2400 was restored to the budget. Judge Cabaniss’ plea for an increase from two to three stenographers in the | Police Court was successtul. | Sheriff Lackmann asked that four addi- | tional guards to superintend road work be allowed. He estimated that with an expenditure of §200 the roads could be | improved to the extent of $10,000, besides doing $3000 worth of farm work. The ex- tra guards were allowed. Curtis here introduced an amendment to his resolution extending an invitation te the peace envoys of the South African re- | publles to visit this city, which was de- feated at the afternoon session. He elim- inated the clause sympathizing with the | Boers and the resolution prevailed. | | Reed advocated an increase in the ap- | | propriation for examination of available | sources for a water supply from to | | 820,000, in order that the provisions of the | chartér and platform of the party might be carried out, and the increase was adopted. McCarthy urged that the appropriation of $10.000 for the improvement of Troca- dero Gulch be included in the appropria- ton for improvements to be made by the | Board of Public Works. Mr. Pope ad- dressed the board, and asked that it keep | its promise to provide for the improve- | ment made when the appropriation was | surrendered three months ago. Mr. Pope | said tnat the property owners had ex-) pended $0.000 to improve Nineteenth ave- nue, and the improvement of the gulch was ordered.- Reed objected to appropriating $10,000 for abstracts of title to the property in | the Park Panhandle district on the| ground that the abstracts should be paid for out of the sales of bonds. The Mayor | stated that condemnation proceedings | could not begin until the abstracts were | furnished. eed sald that as soon as a | decision on the bond question was handed | down the bonds could be sold. Reed | thought that the chances are that the de- | cision would be against the issue and that | $10,000 should not be squandered on a con- | tingency. The appropriation, however, | was not disturbed. | McCarthy renewed his crusade 1 the Department of Public Health bnygrang:E ing that the expenses be reduced from 362,000 to $67,500, but the motion was lost. The Twenty-sixth street Hospital was | 5!\'en a subsistence account of $2400, to be | deducted from the City and County Hos- | pital appropriation of $90,000. | McCarthy's motion to cut it to $50,000 was lost. | The. Department of Elecgricity suffered a cut of $20,154 from its origlnal appropria- | tion | The Fire Department was allowed $708, 71S. Reed moved that the Department Elections be allowed $124,90, an increase | of $15.000. for a special election for the acquisition of a public lighting plant. but the motion was lost. stood at $109.900. | The Civil Service Commisston was al- | lowed, $8100, which includes the salaries of | a clerk ahd typewriter. | The sum of ‘was apportioned to pav amounts due for services of appraisers of | operty on-extension-of the Park Pan- | andle. The original estimate of $1,09,000 for the School Department was Increased by $20.- for repairs and $50,000 for school jan- itors. these funds being taken from the Board of Public Works. 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