The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-02

| of the Board of Education. which positions
| he occupied for four years, not only TO the
entire satisfaction of the board and the tax
| payers but also to the benefit Of the School
| Department.
1t was about this time that stories in re-
| gard TO the sale Of questions for teachers
examinations, prepared by the State Board
Of Edncatlon; began to be circulated. Upon
| progress. DIR. Clinton Immediately notified
the San francisco Board OF Examiners. and
prosecuted the matter with such vigor that
IN very short time the business Of selling
ques.ions was completely broken up. and
several persons who were implicated In the
fraud narrowly escaped their Just deserts in
the State penitentiary.
When the late and lamented Governor
Bartlett was elected chief executive of the
State. he honored DIR. Clinton with an ap-
pointment as member of the Board OF
Health OF San Francisco, and the work of
the doctor in that body amply proved the
wisdom Of the Governors choice. lie was
assiduous in his endeavOrs to make perfect
the sanitary condition Of the city. and sue
ceeded by hard work in effecting many
greatly needed reforms.
One OF the principal results of Dr. Clip-
toms earnest work in the Board Of Health
was the opening Of Twenty-eghth, Valley,
Day ana Ihirtleth streets. For many years
these streets were blocked by the Southern
Pacific Railroad embankment, and the suf-
fering people of that neighborhood year
after year yainly petitioned the Board of
Supervisors to compel the railroad to omen
the streets, but Dr. Clinton, when he be-
came member of the Board OF Health.
knowing from past experience the utter
uselessness Of asking the Board of Super-
visors TO move In the matter, and fully re-
alizing that prompt and vigorous measures
should be adopted and carried out. had
resolutions passed by the Board of Health
declaring the railroad embankment A dan
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was sanitary necessity, and that the
Health Officer be ordered to arrest the chief
representative of the company If abatement
was not commenced by the company within
o specified time.
Thus the arrogant railroad wascompelled
by the persistent and earnest efforts of this
fearless Official to open the streets named.
necessltating the construction of substan-
tial bridges, which stand to-day as monu-
ments OF the doctors nntiring work in be-
nai! OF lne people. The advantages gained
by the opening of these streets were mani
fold. Almost every year some unfortunate
persons were either killed or maimed Inv
passing trains In endeavoring to reach their
homes Oh dark nights by climbing over the
railroad embankment. The people were
sewer the streets, which greatly improved
the sanitary condition of the whole neigh
borhood and added largely to its desirability
and value as place of residence. The doc
Tor was chiefly instrumental in abating the
abomlnable nuisances Of Butchertown. He
framed and enforced wise and much-
needed laws against the Strengthening OF
diseased animals intended for human food.
and compelled the regular cleaning and dis.
Injection OF the slaughter-houses. Durjng
his term oil office the city was threatened
with an epidemic of smallpox, but owing
to his untiring efforts, ably supported by
his colleagues on the Board of Health. the
dreadful plague was speedily stamped out.
1t was this board that induced Congress
to make an appropriation of S103 900 for the
establishment OF suitable quarantine
station on Angel Island.
On retiring from this Office in July. 1880.
the citizens in mass-meetng assembled for
the purpose, presented the doctor with an
elaborate and beautifully mounted address.
congratulating him upon the successful issue
OF the numerous reforms introduced by him.
and thanking him for the able. faithful
and unselhsh manner in which he discharged
the arduous and often dsagreeable duties of
his office. The doctor is graduate of the
medical department OF the Univerity of
California. He is one Of our leading ply
sicians and enjoys o large and lucrative
practice. lie is married and has family.
Few men have overcome difficulties with
such apparent ease as DIR. Clinton. and "a
he Is still in the prime Of life and health 1t
is very safe to prophesy that the world
will yet hear much more of him.
If he is elected, as doubtless he will he he
will bring to the office OF School Director the
same high qualities. justice, frankness.
courtesy and painstaking attention to duty
for which, especially as servant of the
public. he has invariably been distin-
Quished,