The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-05
Uncertainty as to Which Board
of Public Works Will
Hold Office.
BAR ASSOCIATION REVIVAL
LIncoln's Birthday Celebration and
Planting of the Liberty
Tree.

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new board is virtually in possession, their
predecessors having vacated Office without
any apparent struggle, but with the tacit
understanding that until the matter is adj
Indicated in the courts things are to re-
main in statu quo.
1t is expected that decision will be had
from the Superior Court sitting in bank
within the next ten days. The decision,
however, will hardly settle the question,
for the matter is such momentous one.
involving as it does the expenditures for
Police and Fire departments street con-
tracts, etc., that nothing short of decision
by the Supreme Court will be accepted as
the final result.
From Mayor Davie it is learned that if
the Superior Court determines in favor of
the new board that body will at once as
sumo the reins of government and proceed
10 alter the present complexion OF city
affairs, leaving the old board to contest IN
the higher courts the legality OF the new
board 5 action.
Mayor Davies position is unique. In
the recent election the people decided. by
large majority, in favor of the proposed
change. Should the courts sustain the
new board the Mayor will, by virtue of his
office be a member of the board and have
hand, should the old board be sustained,
the Mayor will at once have the appoint
ment of some one to fill the vacancy caused
by the expiration of Carother's term, and
year hence the appointment of some one
to fill Hughes place, thus giving him
majority of the board. The Mayor, how
ever, favors the new board, although it
shears him of vast deal of municipal
power.
Candidates for the various positions in
the gift Of the board are as thick as leaves
in Vallombrosa. The principal interest
centers in the fights for the Chiefs of Police
and Fire Departments. For the former
position Chief Schaefer was thought to
have the game well in hand, but the know
ing ones now say that the star of his official
life has set, and the $175 per month plum
will go either to Charles L. Lloyd, who
recently retired from the Sheriff's office, or
TO William McCloud, a present member OF
the force. The latter appears to have the
greatest strength.
For Chief Of the Fire Department the
contest is spirited one between Myles and
Doody, the present First Assistant Engi-
neer, and Fred Murdoch, Second Assistant.
LincoIn's Birthday Parade.
Oakland will celebrate Lincolns birth
day, April Is, with appropriate ceremonies,
the main features being a grand parade
and exercises at the Lincoln School. The
parade, which will be marshaled by Sheriff
White, will start from the foot of Broad
way, after receiving a battery of United
States artillery from the Preside, and viii
march to Fourteenth street, countermarch-
ing to Tenth street and thence to the
school. Following an escort of two COM
panies of the National Guard, will come
carriages containing local Grand Army
Posts, Veterans of the Mexican War, Sons
and Daughters of Revolutionary Sires, the
Mayor, City Council and other municipal
officials, and possibly Senator Perkins and
Congressman Hilborn. Mayor Davie will
deliver the chief address at the school.
The most important ceremony of the
day will be the planting Of liberty tree,
which will be placed in prominent spot in
the school yard.
The committee in charge of the affair
began some time ago to solicit contribu-
lions of earth from historic spots and up to
date has received parcels from the follow
ing places:
from the foot of the flagstaff at Fort Nc
Henry baltimore, Md; Grants tomb at
New York; Plymouth Rock; the spot
where the first Liberty Tree of the Revolu-
tion was placed, corner of Essex and Wash
ton streets, Boston; Liverpool, formerly
Griffins Wharf where the tea was throw.
overheard from the ship Dartmouth, De-
cember 16, l773; the basement of Faneuil
Hall, the cold Cradle of Liberty" the Elm
Liberty Tree on Boston Common; Bunker
Hill and from Dorchester Heights.
Contributions are also expected from
every State and Territory in the Union not
already represented, from the tomb of
Benito Juarez, the patriotic President of
Mexico, and from the new republic of
Hawaii.
Fell From a ScaffoId.
C. H. Townsend and Frank Carey, paint
ers employed by Cahill & Co., had mar
row escape from death yesterday morn
ing. They were arranging a scaffolding at
the second story of the Cohn building,
Twelfth and Washington streets, and were
getting on the inside edge at the same
time when the structure capsized and they
were dropped to the sidewalk thirty feet
below. Townsend was badly cut about the
face and shoulders, his right wrist was
broken and he sustained internal injuries
which may cause his death. He was
treated at the Receiving Hospital and was
later removed to his home, at LOG East
Fifteenth street Carey landed on an avn
ing and rolled thence to the street, his
worst injuries being few cuts and bruises.
Newsboys' Benefit.
The entertainment for the benefit of the
Newsboys' Association funds which was
given at Elite Hall last evening was an ar
tistic as well as financial success, a num- |
Der of society people as well as professional
people giving their services to make the |
affair an enjoyable one. The Acme quar-
tet rendered several vocal selections to the |
great edifcation of the newsboys and the If !
friends. Judge Allen and Sheriff White |
were present and delivered addresses, in
which they told their youthful hearers
that lives of honest industry and thrift are
the only kind which lead to future pros
perity, and asked them to lead such lives.
Dancing was INDUCED in at the close of
the literary and musical programme.
City Finances. i
The City Treasurer has made state
ment of the condition of the funds in the
treasury, which is as follows:
General, $1948 80; salary, $2226 OF; street,
$3.50 "a; high school, $1356 o.. fire,
$2674 %; police, $2327 81; Free Library,
$26G7 2l fire and police telegraph. 1908 or:
sewer, 1898 81; street light, $685. 76; park,
$144T27; bond interest, $1541 81; bond re-
demption, $9344 05; police relief and pen
sion, S4902 80; school building bond re-
demption, $13, 500 90; school building bond
interest, $3.50 10.
The total amount in thecity treasury is
Sill, 760 70.
Alameda Bar Association.
On the afternoon of the 18th inst. a
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