The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-03
ARE RIPE
FOR THE
CHARTER
Meeting Of the Big Com
mittee to Outline the
Work.
FUNDAMENTALS WERE DISCUSSED.
Mr.. Cridge Foreshadowed the
Proportional Representa-
ton Plan.
MIR. CLEMENT WANTED PRINCIPLES.
Decision That the Present 0rganiza-
ton Would Draft the Proposed
New Charter.
Mr.. CLEMENT WANTED PRINCIPLES.
Decision That the Present 0rganiza-
ton Would Draft the Proposed
New Charter.

1t was representative body OF citizens
that assembled last evening in Balboa
Hall to take the preliminary steps toward
framing new charter. There were pres
ent representative men of all shades of
political telief, from the ultra-conserva-
tive to the radical.
Mayor Phelap called the meeting to
order and presided over its deliberations,
while J. r. Freud performed the duties of
secretary in the modern progressive style.
The Mayor announced that he had
placed James Rose and d. II. Mccarthy
on t.! committee on labor. He an
nounced also that he ad endeavored to
place on the committees all shades of
opinion, and that the task mad been diff
cult because of the large number OF COM
mittees.
Secretary Freud read the list of COM
mittees as follows:
Boundaries, rights and liabilities-H. N.
Clement Thomas Downing, Alfred Bouvier,
A. c. Boldeman, Barna McKinne.
Officers and elections-J. j. Dwyer, G. w.
Mark, Edward Rosenberg, Horace Wilson,
Madison Ba bcock.
Legislative departmental. R. Ebert, Charles
Bundschu, Samuel Braunhart, Alfred Cridge,
James Denman-
Finance and taxation-John P. Dunn. Colin
NJ. Boyd, E. B. Pond, James r.. Kelly, o. D.
Baldwin.
Executive Department - Joseph Britton,
Horace Davis, Oliver Everett, E. L. Fitzgerald
John H. Grady.
Public schools-James Denman, Joseph
OConnor. Mrs. L. K. Burke, A. Comte Jr., c.
W. Mark
Judicial Department-M. C. Hassett, P. A.
Bergerot, F. w. Van Reynegom, Joseph Leg
gett, Gavin McNab.
Health Department-Dr. Nightingale J. B.
Reinste1n, DR.. j. A. Anderson, Hugo d. Keil,
Dr. w. w. Kerr.
Butler, S. Z. Hammond. D. V. Kelly, Charles
A, Znkand.
Charity and Correction--Dr. E. R. Taylor,
! Frank Maskey, James Rose, DR.. w. w. Kerr,
Julian Sonntag.
Fire OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Cutie, John J. Ma
honey, John NJ. Reynolds James G. Webster,
Pubic Parks - Vanderlyn Stowe, william
Metzner, l. J. Truman, James S. Conwell, E. R.
Rock.
Public mprovements-Irving NJ. Scott, A.
S. Baldwin, Osgood Putnam, c. Grunsky,
| Ernest Mccullough.
T Public utilities-George K. Fitch, A. w.
Thompson, Joseph Asbury johnson, A. B..
| Mcguire, Herbert Z. Law.
| Street Tailroads-George L. Center, 81. j.
Healey, Leon Samuels, A. Sbarboro, NJ. F.
| Taylor.
| Chadbourne, Stewart Menzies, A. Gerberding,
W. C. Stafford.
Civil service-Sheldon G.. Kellogg, NJ. A.
Denicke, Professor A. Herbst c. B. Benham,
j. j. DIVER.
Miscellaneous-A E. Kellogg, F. S. Bowley,
| E. Dellepiane, William I. Hess, E. Z. E. Troy.
Law eommittee-Gavin McNab, J. b. Rein
| stein, Charles w. Reed, S. C. Kellogg. A.
| Comte Jr.
Salaries and bonds-George R. Fletcher,
| John c. Nobman, W. j. Cuthbertson, P. h.
| Mccarthy, c. w. Moores.
Revision and SCHEDULED. w. Dohrmann,
Walter Macarthur, D. C. Murphy, DR.. G. Gutsch.
A. w. Thompson.
| The Mayor said that it would be well
| for the committee to petition the Super
| visors TO fix the date for the special cleo
ton for freeholders in order that the sup
! Elementary registration OF voters re-
quired by law might be made. 1t was
understood that the election should be
held on October Is, 1897, but it was nee
essary that that date should be fixed by
the Supervisors before registration could
| be proceeded with.
| NJ c. Hassett introduced the following !:
! WHEREAS, 1t is generally believed by the
people OF this CITY that for many wears past
! the cost of main tanning our municipal govern
ment has been steadily increasing. greatly in
excess of the amount necessary Tor that pur-
pose, and that correct information upon the
subject will aid this comm ittee III drafting the
| proposed new charter; therefore be 1t
RESOLVED, That the secretary obtain for the
| use OF this committee the following informal
! ton and report the same at our next NEE ting:
tirs.-The entire amount of tax levy for m unici
pal purposes in each year since the year 1873 to
Second-The amount of taxes actually collected
| and paid into the treasury each year during the
! same period.
| Third-The amount of money collected and paid
into the treasury during that period from the fol-
| lowing offices, giving the sums collected in each
| year ( ON the said offices: County Clerks office
Sherlff's office, Assessors Office, recorders Office
License Collectors office, Mayors office, Audi or $
| Office Board of Supervisors, Board of Health,
Almshouse City and County Hospital Police
courts justices cour Tax Collectors office mot
| including the taxes lev ed on Fire D~par men,
! l.l,nr In trl0n frnr al
I sources OF revenue) Coroners office. Superintend
| enJ of streets office and from any other source
/ not before enumerated.
! Fourtn-Ihe amount.paid out by the Treasurer
each year on account of each of the said depart
| mepts OF the government during the same period
| Fif:h-1he number OF Deputy sherffs. in, lud-
! ing The [ nd.r Sheriff, cheriff'S bookkeeper and
4 attorney aud the salary OF each In the year 1896
| County jail and mouse Of Correction and guards
employet to transport insane persons to the
asylum for the insane and prisoners 10 the Stale
| prison, and the salary of each.
seventh-The number OF Deputy County Clerks
| and the salary OF each in the year 1895.
Eighth-lhe number of copyists employed by
the County Clerk and the salary OF each in the
year 1895.
corier's office and the salary Of each in the year
| 1896, and the number OF clerks and a'lowa ,ces
made the per folio for copying in the year 1897.
/ Tenth-Number Of D puly Assessors and the
| salary OF each in the year 1885, and the number
of extra Deputy SCISSORS allowed ann uaiiy by the
Board Of Supervisors and the monthly salary OF
| each.
| Eleventh-The mum Der OF reg ular Deputy License
| Collectors EN- poyed Each year since the year 1920
| and the salary OF each.
Twelftn-The mum Der of Deputy Superntendents
of Streets and the salary OF each in the year $685.
Thirteenth-The number OF attorneys apd clerks
in the Police Courts and the salary of each in the
| year 1875
j Fourteenth-The number Of clerks in the JUS
tices Courts and the OF each in the 1885,
Fifteenth-The number or deputies in the Treas
urer's offica and the salary OF each in The year
| 1896.
sixteenth-The number of deputies in the Audi
tors office and the salary of each in the year 1885,
Seventeenth-The number OF regular Deput '
Tax Collectors and the salary Of each in the year
1895
Eighteenth--The number Of Assistant City and