The morning call., 1894-07-24
SUPERVISORS ARE DISGUSTED
No Excuse for Turning Patients
Away.
AS INCOMPETENT.
The Mayor and Committee From
the Supervisors to Visit the
Hospital To-Day.

The action of DR.. Titus, superintendent
of the City and County Hospital. in dis
charging nearly a hundred cripples and
invalids because he had been ordered
to keep within the appropriation was con-
sdered and denounced yesterday at the
meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Dr..
Stanton. chairman Of the Hospital Com
mittee, submitted the following report,
which was unanimo usly adopted
Your committee desires particularly to call
the attention OF this honorable board 10 the
action of the superintendent OF the City and
County Hospital in dlscharging from that lnstl-
tuition patients who, through misfortune, are
compelled to seek medical and surgical treat
ment under his supervision. This Individual
during the past week has assumed the role OF
political buffer. and in making the wholes ale
discharge OF patients has maliclously endeav-
ored TO convey the impression that the Board
OF Supervisors and his Honor, The Mayor, are
responsible for this outrageous conduct by
reason OF making small appropriation Tor
hospital purposes.
This appropriation for the present fiscal year
Is $4,000, and, while 1t may not suit the ex-
traYagant fances OF Few gentlemen VINO
comprise the Board of Health, nor allow Tie
irrepressible individual at the hospital to in
duige In the pleasure of his imagination, II IS
the firm opinion of your committee that with
proper management the amount is more than
sufficient TO conduct the affairs OF the In
stitutiOn.
LII this we are borne out by the experience OF
Superintendent Barger. who with an expendl-
ture of 500, 664 08 provided for the subsistence
aud treatment or u greater number OF patients
Than have fallen to the tender merceS OF the
present administration, and furthermore II may
be added that there Is no history OF violated
contracts, inferior quality of goods received, IN
connection with other scandals, which IL has
been the unpleasant duty OF your committee 10
expose during the pas fiscal year.
waste, Wanton extravaganza, mlSmanage-
ment and neglect ran riot until your committee
forced the issue, and aided by his Honor, The
Mayor, compelled some change for the better,
but again at the outset of the present fiscal
year we are met with the browning outrage OF
all, and because of the incompetency OF the
person in charge the INDECENT sick ale ex-
PEELED from the shelter which the city has pro-
yidrd TO seek charity from citizens who have
been taxed TO support the army OF employees at
the City aud County Hospital.
1t Is unnecessary for the hnaBcler at the hos
plta 10 compare, as is his custom, The results
OF Other hospitals outside of The State. situated
under different circumstances, but eudeavOr TO
follow In The footsteps OF DR.. Barger, who Is at
present IN this city, and WHO if lie Is consulted
will, as public-sprled citizen, instruct the
present incumbent so that with an appropria-
ton OF $50, 600 he can achieve goOd results
as that gentlemen did with S69,654 oS.
The report is signed by Supervisors
Stanton, Denman and Hinton.
Mayor Ebert and Supervisors Stanton,
James and Hinton will visit the hospital
to-day for the purpose Of seeing for
them selves the conditions that each year
deplete the appropriation made for the
maintenance of the hospital. Before going
to the hospital they will visit the Aims
house for the purpose of obtaining data
for the purpose OF comparison.
communication was read from j.
FitZ Gerald protesting against the buying of
the Spring Valley Water Works. He said
the reservoir was likely to break at any
moment and wipe the town OF San Mateo
out of existence, and he would consider
it bad policy for the city to place itself in
a position to assume the liza bility for such
a catastrophe. He went on at some length
to show that the fumes and other parts Of
the water works were in bad condition,
and urged that the city should not buy the
property.
\ communication was read from the
Church-street Improvement Company
stating that at a meeting held Sunday the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That having every reason to be-
lieve that the Market-street Railway Company
does not intend to build railroad on Church
said company IN June, 1892, we demand as tax
payers and citizens that the Board OF Super
visors declare the franchise forfeited without
further delay.
Adolph Sutro sent a communication to
the board accepting the street railway
franchise to the Cliff House. via Central
avenue, awarded him July Z. and filed
$4,000 bond to insure the performance of his
contract. Elliott j. Moore and Fred T.
Moore are the suretieS