The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-30
DIR. JEWELL WILL RESIGN.
He Wants to Leave the Home
for Inebriates,
POOR HEALTH THE CAUSE.
His Successor Has Not Yet Been Named, but
Applications are Coming IL BY
the Score.
POOR HEALTH THE CAUSE.

Applicants for the position Of resident
physician Of the Home for the Care OF
Inebriates are bobbing up thick and fast.
This condition OF affairs has been &C.
casioued by the report that Dr. J. Grey
Jewell, the incumbent, is about TO resign.
Several Of the directors and also Secre-
tary Martin of the board were seen by a
CALL reporter yesterday and they impaired
the information that the resignation Of the
doctor had been fled and that it was to take
effect on January l next
The report Of the resignation leaked out
accidentally.
"Our idea," remarked one Of the direc-
tors, twas that the matter should be kept
perfectly quiet until the very day that DR..
Jewell left. By that time we would have
chosen a suitable successor to that gentle
man. 1t is difficult matter to replace such
man, and l do not expect to see his like
again in that position"
SIS il "a fact that the board contemplates
using the accumulated funds in erecting a
large addition to the present building at the
corner Of Stockton and Chestnut streets 2"
was asked.
81 think that can safely say that that is
the idea Of the board. We have now a
would make fine annex. That project has
been under consideration for some time
past"
as it because you need more roomP"
Certainly. You see that our institution
is a model of its kind as 1t is. but by enlarg-
ing IL there would, of course, be a great i'm
proVement. As a rival of the Los Gatus
institution it will probably soon be found
that the home accomplishes more perma-
nent good 10 those who benefit by its treat
ment"
''But who will probably be the next head
OF the institution" was Inquired.
That is impossible to state at this juno
ture. The various directors have friends,
Of course. but / understand that the
sense Of the board is that they will be
guided in their selection only by the quail
fcation and character of the applicant"
What is the inducement for a frst-cla6s
physician TO take the placer"
why s2400 year and a first-class living
for himself and family. There is a fine
residence attached. The wife of DR.. Jewell
also holds the position Of matrun, which
might be the case with his successor. pro-
vided that he had a wife. Take those
things into consideration and il is an in
ducement for the best medical talent. Few
men in America or indeed In Europe for
that matter have made such a study OF Dip
sOmania as DR.. Jewell. he also has had
years OF experience"
DFs JeWelI, Nuen seen at the home. re-
GREETED that the secret had leaked out. but
since 1t had, he w0Sld state that falling
health was the only cause Of his rendering
his resignation. Besides tffat he was badly
Injured on the Geary-street cable-road a
couple Of years ago, and has never recovered
from the accident. The doctor and his wife
will spend year or so in Europe, and their
return to this country depends much upon
the result Of their visit.
For the past twelve years he has presided
at the home, and in that time he has treated
1900 cases of drunkenness, aside from his
care for the unfortunates afflicted with the
morphine habit.
He succeeded DIR. A. p. Hayne, the only
other physician who ever held the place.
DIR. HayDe was appointed as resident ply
stefan Of the place In 1863 by the directors OF
the Dashaway Association, who acquired
control of il in that year.
Frank G. Edwards, the present Fire Com
missioner, was mainly instrumental in get
ting the State TO appropriate money for the