The San Francisco call., 1895-08-02
CIVIC FEDERAT|ON'S HAND.
1t Will Be Shown in the Aims
house SuperintendenCy
Fight.
GRAvE.DIGGER DAN 0'C0NNELL.
over a Hundred Positions Still at
the Disposal OF the Board
OF Health.

The Board of Health has made changes
in very small proportion of the positions
at it's disposal. Out of total of 141 it has
made only fifteen appointments so far.
The positions which have been filled by
the new board and the monthly salaries OF
each are as follows:
Health officer, Dr. A. s. Lovelace, $3.50.
Secretary of the board Edmund Godchaux,
Assistant secretary, H. H: Zobel, $1oo.
Quarantine Officer, DR.. W. A. Chalmers, 5000.
City Physician. DR.. A. P. O'Brien, $3.50.
Assistant, DR.. J. r. McMurdo.
Police Surgeon, DR.. Conrad We'll, $10O.
Assistants, DR.. Frank FitZgibbon, DR.. Edwin
Bunnell and DR.. G. Howard Thompson, $75.
Steward Receiving Hospital, Dr.. C. Buchers,
$75.
Matrons, Mrs. Rose Keen and Mrs. Edmunds,
$50.
Disinterment Inspector, DR.. A. K. Happers-
berg, 800.
The positions in which no change has
been made as yet are as follows:
Six health inspectors, 500; plumbing in
spector, $125; assistant, 500; one market in-
spector, 500; three market inspectors, $75 /;
messenger of the board, $75; captain of quar-
antine launch, one deckhand, one engineer; /;
superintendent of city cemetery, $75.
tendent, 500; four visiting physicians, 800;
resident physician, 1925; steward, $125: clerk,
$75; druggists 500; assistant,$50; matron $50;
waiter, $40; waiter, $50; waiter, $25; four
cooks, $50 $40, S35 and $50; baker, $50 pot
washer, $20 four laundrymen, $40, $50, $50,
$25: two machinists, $50, $50; driver, $40 !;
watchman $40; porter $50; four domesties
and wardtenders, $25, $40, $40, So; dressers,
$75, $50 six nurses, $40, $40, $40, $5, So, S5 (;
one instructor; nineteen places at $40; nine
places at So.
At the Almshouse-Superinte tendent, $3.50;
matron, $50; resident physician, $125; clerk,
500; chief COOK, $50; night watchman, $12;
At the Pesthouse- Steward, $45; 8 $40 places;
nurse, $25; laundryman, $40.
The new board is in more trouble. 1t is
all about the Almshouse and the new su-
perintendency thereof. Until few days
ago it was generally supposed that the
record of superintendent Weaver and the
backing of Mayor Sutro would cause the
Board of Health to retain him in charge of
the City's charitable institution. Mayor
Sutro, it is said. has made only one request t
of Governor Budd and the new board, and
that was not to disturb Weaver whose ad-
ministration he regarded as a credit to San
Francisco.
But lusty Democrat from Mono wants
the job. His name is Ed Reddy, and he is
brother of Pat Reddy, once State Prison
Director, now of the law firm of Reddy,
Campbell & Metson, attorneys for the
Southern Pacific Railroad.
Ed Reddy is not a citizen of San Fran
cisco. He is not on the great register, and
in political sense this municipality has
no knowledge of his existence. But the
dense ignorance of the municipality is not
shared by Mr.. Reddy. He knows of it and
also of the Almshouse, and he wants that.
But the Civic Federation has pricked up
its ears. AS one of the members yester-
day expressed himself on the subject after
an informal caucus: 'sWeaver has been a
good official and we don't think that he
should be removed simply to make room
for politician and a carpet-bagger at that.
eve have nothing to say against Mr..
Reddy, except that the sum total of him
is described by the word politician. The
Almshouse is supported by the taxpayers
of San Francisco. 1t is one of our most
Important institutions. The credit of the
City is deeply involved in it's maintenance
To turn a man out who has in every way
shown himself capable of conducting its
affairs properly and ministering to the
wants of the unfortunates who have been
obliged to seek the City's public shelter in
order to give piece to politician would
be an outrage on decency and good govern
ment. Why, according to the reports
which the Civic Federation has on govern
mental matters the Almshouse of San
Francisco is rated third among charitable
institutions of the kind in the United
States in its standard of excellence. Yes
we are going to memorialiZe the Board
of Health and present our petition at the
next meeting on this subject.
''Our motto, and indeed the purpose of
our organization, is better government,
not worse and we expect that reform
Board of Health shall rise above instead of
fall below its predecessors"
The Governor has recommended Dan
OConnell for the position of Superinten-
tendent of the City Cemeteries. At a re-
cent banquet Dan recited for the Cover
nor's delectation Bret Harte's "Heathen
Chinee,' and the grave-diggers' dialogue
from Hamlet" His elocution was so re-
alistic that it made the Governor think of
a graveyard, and he then rendered the
genial Bohemian the job Already the
name of that cemetery upat the Bohemian
Club is Dan O'Connell's s boneyard."
Another candidate is man named King
from Alameda. This is the season when
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