The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-15
parents of the boy are PROSTATE with
Too Much Sand.

grief.
Too Much Sand.
A scandal has come to light in work con-
nected with the Harrison.Street School
building. the foundation of which is now
being built aud " hich is about half fin
I>hed. Word got to the City Council that
was not right in the material being used
to make the concrete. 1t was stated that
hut one barael of cement in seventeen
was being used 18th the stone and gravel,
when the contract called for one in seven,
which would make a material differen e
in the strength of the wall being erected.
The slightest shake Of the building or
very wet winter would make the wall
crumbe like so much sand and thus make
il a constan: menace to hundreds Of Inno-
cen, school children.
The Council touk prompt action In the
premises, and at o'clock yesterday after
noon a special meeting was h cid in the
Mayors off e, with Councilmen Barstow,
Smell and Towle, NJ lyor Pardee, Schooi
Superintendent McClymonds. Mr.. Cuih-
berjson, the architect. and Mr.. Lamereaux
present.
The matter was discussed vigorously for
few minutes, after which the gentlemen
present paid a Visit to the Harrison-street
School site.
Enough was seen TO convince all hands
that proper work was not being done. and
the inspector OF he work appointed by
the Board Of Education, James Twohig,
was bauled sharply oyer the Goals by Mr..
Smell for laxity in his Cuties He denied
that he had neglected his work. but COun.
Gilman Smell said, Il watched you from
$50 10 o'clock to-day and you were not
at your post" The inspec' or was silenced.
The original contract for the work was
let tn the Remilard Brick COMPANY. they
subletting he concrete work to Messrs.
Ransome & Cushing. which firm stands
high as contractors.
The architect. Mr.. hbertson, did not
know what to M Ike of the matter. Mayor
Pardee said: ut ast"nishes me, aud [
can't believe that Mr.. Ransome knew
anything about ii, He is a friend Of mine.
and we had perfect con fdencs in the firm"
1t was pretty clearly demonstrated, how
ever. that there has been crooked work
done, and it is the intention of the Council
to sift the matter TO the bottom.
Sawyer Escapes.
Charles Sawyer. the Livermore man who
tried to shoot his wife In a railroad car a
week or two ago, and who has been con-
fined in the Livermore jail during the
progress Of his examination, escaped from
prison al O'Clock yesterday morning. AT
late hour last night he had not yet been
captured.
Sawyer was removed from the County
Jail by Deputy Sheriff Murphy, taken to
Livermore on Thursday and put in the
custody of Constable FITZGERALD. The iail
in which he was confined is situated In an
Enclosure 150X150 feet and surrounded by
12-fOot board fence. 1t consists of four
cells, built OF AKA timber. Sawyer effected
his escape by breaking some boards inside
the prison. and with these prying the bars.
1t is firmly believed at LvermOre that
some Onfederates aided him in the work.
This idea is given cTedence because Of the
belief that had the trial proceeded many
unfaithful husbands about town would
have been involved in the scandal.
After breaking his way out Sawyer
wrote note and left it in the yard. 1t read
as follows:
I've just gone to the Worlds Fair.
SAWYER.
He also built little fire of splinters and
twjgs on the floor of the cell, with tho evil
dent in tentiOn of burning the prison.
Several posses were securing the hills
yesterday. but the prisoner was not re-
taken.
MIX Guaranteed.
At a meeting of the Board of Health,
held last night. resolution was adopted
instructing the Health Officer to prevent
any milk from Rey's dairy coming into tine
city while the present water surply on the
premises is used. 1t was also found neces-
sary as sanitary measure that che Second
and Fourth avenues sewers be com pleted
at once. DR.. S. NJ. Mouser. an expert bac-
teriologist OF San Francisco. presented his
report on the specimens of Vernon Park
and Pacific Dairy water. He said bacteria
as numerous as thousands TO the square
centlmeter had been found in the waite r
from the tank. 1t was in this water that
the milk cans had been washed. The doc
tor had cultivated the bacteria with the
result Of obtaining perfect specimen of
typhosus. Bacteria also abounded N the
water from the dam.
A Stricken Household.
The family of the Temples. living at I'll
Fifth street. has been peculiarly unfor-
tunate by reason of the typhoid fever cpl
demlc hich recently ragged in this city.
Yesterday morning Mrs. W. FL. Temple
died at the family residence of the fever.
There are seven children in the family,
six OF whom are down with the disease.
Four weeks ago the father. William II.
Temple, started out with a son Robert, and
they had to leave the train at ST. Paul, be-
cause OF the sons being taken with the
fever. While nursing his boy the father
was taken down and is now suffering fir m
the aiment. He has not yet been notified
of the wife's death.
do anything IL a daughter, aged Is. The
family are comparative strangers. having
been here but two years.
Secured Divorce.
Bertha Jacobsen secured a divorce from
Laurie jacobsen of San Leandro yester-
day.
The Jacobsens are well-known people
and lived in easy circumstances at their
farm.
The sudden applications for divorce