The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-17

me, men manuel and Dow have been looking up
NE me records aud comparing the bills OF Mr..
ot o, Fan, the former City Engineer. with those
VI HlI. gray with the result that change VIII
30 r. auS IN The ordinance governing the WORK
vi Civ Engineer and payment therefor.
f I TO the records the bills OF Mr. Gray
amount to $4,000 over $3.50 per month. or at
t ,ne Tate OF $3.50 per year. In the report of
Tor fEiey auditor, the cost OF running the once
E MI lne year ending June 80, 1893, under Mr.
Morgan, was S24Sc1 16. and for The year 1899
S CO, also under Engineer Morgan. was but
ol1 ,insestlgallon by the Council. which invest
sat tt mas brought Engineer Gray out In the
tS ss prlnIs with defense OF his conduct OF
tu .,.r Dince' lie says in a letter.:
,o tme ehgineeF's department is now being con-
oFctea with painstaking care, and with every
enoI toward economy compatible with The i'm
Soa iaus matters With which the once mas 10
o sI me sum extended during the past year,
SUNS 9 So0OO, Is SO small when the nature OF the
ona ~ t1onsidered. that am amazed mat any
U T should term III IAN extensive luxury and
thtn give the amount for which the years work
mas oeen executed"
Why Did He Disappear?
MT Walter SperbecK of the Oakland Mattress
g5;act0IS. VINO so suddenly and mysteriously
9 S.isappeateH one day last week, and whose
lIIeHuS ana relatives were terribly alarmed in
consequence, has returned TO his home in Ala
meua. Wnethfr he was not at home during all
1ne eays Ne absenied himself from his usual
Conjecture ln his Alameda home To- day Mr..
S SS1 peek SAID that he neither knew where he
M uSu YET 4 II hOI what he had been doing lie said
tndt he nan been sick and had not yet recoy-
ered, and that he will not again go among his
lrIe e until he has regained his health.
1he oakland Mattress Factory, which Is con-
utctea by The SpeFheck brothers, failed re-
Gently for a large amount TO a San Francisco
IIIn. llle brothers were TO attend a creditors
nieellng across the bay one night last week and
on hat night Walter left his Alameda homo
with the books OF the firm ana disappeared.
Inc young man did not lake the books far,
however. he left them In drugstore not far
from MS nome, aud they we're taken away again
next morning. WHAT young Mr.. Sperbeck has
accomplished by his peculiar actions is also
leIt 10 conjecture.
Neglected. Her Children.
Mrs. Jane Smith of West Berkeley was ar.
rested last night at the instigation OF the Ala
meda county Humane Society and locked up
Ia IN the County jan for cruelty TO her children.
Mrs. smith is addicted TO drink and was ip
tne haolt oil leaving her four little children at
nome. 10 care for themselves. Thi eldest of
the family, a boy of 8 years, ran away a few
weeks ago. and his whereabouts is unknown.
lhe other four little ones will be placed In
S Soiis INSTITUTION to-day The husband OF Mrs
Smith Is a cook on a coast steamer, and but
seldom al home.
An Attorneys Dilemma.
In accordance with The proposition laid down
oS Judge Ogden on Wednesday thai any per
son accused of Insanity is entitled 20 trial by
July amer al examination Dy the Bunacy Com
mlSsloners, the COlehan sisters, who were on
Wednesday declared Insane. will be granted
a trial by jury.
a Valuable Estate.
The appraisement of the estate OF the late
George Morrow OF Tempscal by John Gilbert.
son. w. II. H. Hussey and John Corners re.
vealed the fact that tile dead capitalist left
property TO the amount of $50, 40S.
The New Water Comuany's Plant.
F. B. Gushing has contracted with the Oak
land Wafer Company TO put in a concrete fouD-
dalton and boilers for their plant at Alvarado
Tor $1,000. The contract was put on record
yesterday.