The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-22
Open War Between the Mayor
and His FelloW-Com-
misSioners.
MUHLNER WAS ARRAIGNED.
Everything Is In Readiness for
the ;Phantasma This Even
ing.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL


%: =. 908 Broadway, August y. !
The open rupture that occurred at last
nights. Board of Works between the Mayor
and his fellow commissioners, as told ex-
clusively in this mornings CALL, was wild
ened to-day. The Mayor, TO show his utter
disregard for City Engineer Wilson's opin-
ion on the subject, this morning appointed
w. F. Boardman, an expert, to look into
the proposition. The Mayor is justified in
dong this under section 81 of the city
charter, which says it is the duty OF the
Mayor TO appoint an expert to expert
the books, conditions and affairs OF the
city.
Mr.. Peirsol remarked this morning that
he was not inclined to quarrel with the
Mayor. al will attend to my duties" he
said, "and hope the Mayor will attend to
his. do not intend to pay any attention
to his criticism as far IS l am concerned.
Let him talk about me if it gives him any
satisfaction. I will talk to him when |
have matters of business that require me
to do so, but not otherwise.
City Engineer Wilson said this after
noon: AZ am satisfied that any expert
should examine into the work and | am
confident that my position in the matter
will be sustained. The whole trouble lies
in. the fact that Mayor Davie would rather
take the opinion of Captain Badger, re-
tired seafaring man, than mine. Badger
wants the sewer built along Seventh ave-
nue., so that it would become necessary to
extend that street to the water front and
thereby increase the value of his property.
j consider that a 12-inch, vitrihed iron
stone pipe sewer is sufficiently large !;
better great deal than an 18-inch cement
sewer. But DAVE wants to show fight,
and 1 am willing that he should have all
the opportunity in that line that he de-
sires.
II ordered the Street Superintendent to
stop work on the sewer to-day" remarked
Mayor .Davie to-day; "but he said he
wouldn't do it without an opinion from
Peirsol. An opinion from Peirsol
Wouldn't that make one laugh; l in
spected the work to-day, and it is positively
drsgraceful the way the sewer is being con.
structed. Several 1S-inch pipes are intended
TO drain into this Pinch pipe, and IN con-
nection with it piece of redwood Is being
constructed. Think of a redwood box
sewer, which, at the longest, is only good
for ten years. The Pinch sewer will be
clogged up at the first heavy rainfall. Be-
sides $500 of the city's money is being un
necessarily expended on that part OF the
sewer; ON Eighth street, between Fourth
and Fifth avenues, where sewer has
already been laid at private cost 1t is my
. opinion that Wilson is incompetent and
*knowsnothing about sewer building.
/. City. Attorney Peirsol has appointed as
his assistant Clarence E. CroWell, young
q Republican attorney. An unsuccessful!
fight was made for young Populist named
{: Elley.
Captain Badger said to-day that his re.
marks referring to the railroad company
owning all the city engineers were toe
.brash, and not made while the board was
in session. His remarks were intended TO
ent administration.