The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-15
More Money Wanted to Finish
the City Hall.
A BILL TO Be DRAWN UP.
CresWelfs Proposal to Incorporate
the New Hall.
MAYOR SUTRO DESIRES TO MOVE.
He Wants More Air, and Asks for the
Quarters Given TO the Fire
Department.

The New City Hall Commissioners took
up a very important question yesterday,
when they considered the matter of the
completion of the New City Hall. AS the
| accounts now stand, there will be only
| 5000 on hand when the outstanding con-
| tracts are paid for. The architect esti-
| mates that all of this money will be re-
| CURED for finishing the interior OF the
dome. This will leave the commissioners
| without cent on hand to pay salaries,
and without a permanent roof on the
building.
If the Board of Supervisors at their last
annual levy had levied the usual appropri
alton Of cents, the commissioners would
have had enough money to put on per-
manent roof, and then have turned over.
the building completed to the Board of Su-
pervisors. But only levy of 3 cents was
made, which was barely enough to COM
plete the DOME
At the meeting yesterday the various
members exchanged views in regard to
the situation, and it was the general senti-
ment that the Legislature should be ap-
pealed to to empower the Supervisors to
make an additional levy for the completion
of the hall
Commissioner Creswell has always been
in favor of a mansard roof, but Commits
sioner Broderick is of the opinion that
less expensive covering should be made
for the building. The architect estimates
a mansard roof at 81 100000 and a simple
permanent roof at $1,000 Mayor Sutro
did not express himself very definitely, as
he seemed to be informing himself on the
subject from the conversation of his two
fellow officials on the board. Still there
was no opposition to the proposal to ap-
peal to the Legislature for another levy,
and a meeting will be held very shortly at
which the views of the members will be
incorporated in a bill, which will be i'm
mediately sent to Sacramento.
Commissioner Creswel proposed an
original idea when he advocated the incor-
poration in the bill of clause giving the
City Hall Commissioners jurisdiction over
the proposed erection of structure on the
site of the old City Hall, for the accommo-
dalton of the police and criminal courts. |
He thought that if the City Hall Commits
sioners managed the construction of the |
proposed building, it would save the city |
the expense of another distinct commits
sion, which would amount to considerable.
Under decision of the Supreme Court in
the Won Schmidt case, where it was held |
that the Supervisors do not have the power |
to purchase site for pest house, the fol- |
lowing language is used
municipal corporations are organized |
for governmental purposes and invested |
with a portion of the authority which |
properly appertains to the sovereign power
of the State, and can exercise only such |
powers as are expressly conferred or neces-
sarily implied"
So it is held that under this decision the |
Supervisors cannot make levy for the |
new building on Kearny street without OBJ
tanning express authority from the Legis-
lature. Creswell's idea was to incorporate
such request in the proposed bill. He
stated that he had not fully examined all
the law in the case.
Mayor Sutro listened attentively to what
was said, but it was his opinion that the
board should go slow in regard to touching
the matter of the new building. The mem
bers of the board will sleep over the vari-
GUS propositions presented and will ex-
press their conclusions at the next meeting.
AS the board was about to adjourn Mayor
Sutro evoked no little establishment by re-
marking that he wanted to give up his
quarters in the Mayors office.
"What's that?" echoed two confreres in
a breath. ''Do you wish to resign so
early2"
mo-" responded the Mayor, "but want
to move. / want new quarters. must
have air and sunshine"
The Mayor proceeded to explain that he
was very much disguised with the office
provided for the city's chief executive, and
would like to have the apartments which
are now being fitted up for the Fire Mar
shall and Fire Commissioners, where there
was plenty of air and sunshine.
'There is only a little sunshine in my
Office in the morning." said the Mayor.
The two other Commissioners did not
take kindly to Mayor Sutro's proposition
at all. In discussing the question they
stated to the Mayor that his Office was in
the center of the building and was con-
venient to all other officials be-
cause it was equidistant. Again,
it was urged that the Mayors
Office was fixed up with expensive onyx
mantels, and mahogany inishings, with
Administer carpets and soft cushion
chairs, specially designed for the re-
ception of the city's guests. Mayor Sutro
was willing to forego all these Injuries.
Again it was stated that the contract was
already let for the refitting of the quarters
the Mayor wanted and the designs were all
for fire department.
Mayor Sutro did not take kindly to this
cold water, and seemed to be of the deter
mination that he would have Sunshine
and air" even if he had to go on the roof
for it. Nothing was done in the matter,
but the Mayor will bring the subject up
again.
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