The San Francisco call., 1897-01-19
OFFICIAL He ADS
WERE PARED OFF
The Supervisors Guillotine
Was in Smooth Work
ing Order.
There Were Hot Words, and
Talk About a "Solid Seven"
Slipped Out.
Fish and Game Warden Was Dropped
by the Supervisors, but Two NV
Offices Were Created

times. Mayor Phelan put in his first veto
against Order No. 3053, which prescribes
the same rules for plumbing to new and
old buildings alike, giving notice that the
Board of Health has proposed new order
to meet the hardship to be worked by q
uniform rule. The Mayor also submitted a
communication recommending that the
Board should declare vacant the Office OF
Fish and Game Warden in this City and
County, which cost the City and County
$500 last year and yielded in fines only
$1O5, and his recon- mendatlon was carried
out then and there.
Phebe A. Hearst gave an inkling of the
| plans of the Hearst estate. by requesting
permission to alter and repair and add to
the Nucleus building with the proviso
that the total height of the building shall
not be made to exceed $50 feet.
A dozen or so OF official heads fell, and
after the decapitations other incum bents
were placed in Office. Up rose Supervisor
Clinton during these proceedings and said
| that he did not like the way public busi-
ness was being done. He declared that
there was solid seven" in the board
and that he had been told that boss con-
trolled the majority. Up rose Supervisor
| RottanZis and denounced the statement
that the making of appointments then
under way was the work of ring.
Whackl The gavel fell on Supervisor
| Clinton's words as ne was answering a
point of order made by Supervisor Shee-
han that his remarks were personal.
| Whachi whackl fell the gcvel again as
DR.. Clinton responded: my words may
| be personal, but they are strictly true"
The gallery and lobby were filed with
| interested and often grihning spectators.
| One office was made permanently vacant,
| but two new offices were created-the
| Office of historical clerk to the Committee
| on Legislation. upon the recon mmendatlon
| of Supervisor Britt, at an expense OF 500,
the clerk to report to the committee the
papers of all bills at Sacramento affecting
! the interest of San Francisco; also the
| Office of gardener of South Park at q
salary of $40 per month.
Heads fell around the City Hail very
lively. The following named were elected
to fill the positions designated, and every
such appointment meant decapitation OF
an incumbent: 2. Willis, ianitor of the
Justices courts; William A. Tobin, jani-
tor of Police courts 2 and 8; Hermann
Armour, gardener of the new City Hall
grounds; James Hines, operator of ele-
vator No. 2 in the new City Hail; M. c.
Brophy, keeper of the Sixth street dumps !;
the new City Hail. Edward Leonard, gar
dener of Hamilton square; John Cook
man, janitor of Department II of the Su-
perior Court; Peter Moloney, keeper of
the Sixth-street bridge.
The head of the chief janitor in the new
City Hall, Dennis O'Callaghan, fell in the
basket and I. ]. O'Neil was elected to
take his place. While the appointments
were. going one striking and unusual hap
pening Illuminated the proceedings Two
weeks ago J. ]. Silvev, who had been a
janitor in the Tax Collectors office, was
removed and another placed in the posi-
ton.
Yesterday DIR. Clinton made a plea for
the appointment OF Silvey and told a
story about him. He was crippled by
being badly injured in a burning building
into which he went to rescue friend and
he was badly disfgured. He can only do
certain work. He has wife and family"
Silvey sat inside of the railing in the lobby
and looked on at the proceedings with q
very anxious expression. After some
motions to reconsider and to postpone,
Silvey was re. elected TO fill the office
which he formerly occupied.
The hot words on the subject of ''solid
seven occurred during the election oi
ianitors and others, but there were hot
words later. The appointments were not
made without obstruction. DR.. Clinton
and DR.. Dodge took turns at suggesting
some other persous for the various offices
and insisted on a rollcall every time and
also put through suggestion that some
Supervisors should vouch for every one
who was nominated.
Supervisor Britt. who moved for a his.
torical clerk for the Com mittee on LeglsIa-
ton became, ruffied a motion made by
Supervisor Hasklns that an investigation
be made to see whether a bureau of infor-
nation could not supply all the historical
information.
'Mr. Chairman" said Supervisor Brit,
Indignantly, 81 move .as a substitute tc
abolish the committee, on legislation "
This was put to vote and was lost by s
to and Mr.. Britt was pleased. Espe-
cially so when Supervisor Dodge, who
originally mentioned the bureau Of infor-
nation, threw oil on the waters.
DR.. Dodge had stated that he thought
that the Information desired could be Sc.
cured for $5.
To fill the new position of gardener oi
South Park Thomas Clancy was ap
pointed, his pay of $40 per month to come
from the Street Department funo.
Considerable routine business was trans
} acted, which is sum married. as follows: L
was voted that three nights before and
two nights after the full moon the streets
need not be lighted; voted to attend
meeting at the Merchants Exchange As
sem bly, Hall this afternoon to act with
others in favor of the construction of the
Nicaragua canal; voted to adopt the re-
port of the Com mittee on Buildings, which
set forth that the janitorial work of the
new City Hall has been such as to give
rise to scandal, and that the work has moi
compared we'll with the work in other big
buildings like the Crocker and Mills build
ings; voted to refer back to the Water
Committee several petitions for hydrant:
in the Richmond district and elsewhere.
1t was also voted to buy a lot 19:6x8(
feet, adjoining the new engine-house or
Bryant street, for $500; to consider the
vote concerning the location of the Pest.
house on the Almshouse tract; to appoin,
janitor and messenger, both being en-
braced in one person, for the, Mayor:
office; to permit Kohlberg, Strauss &
Frohman to extend their show window /.
inches.
The sanitary condition of the City and
County Hospital was discussed at some
length. 1t sounded little odd to heal
Supervisors say that the City would be
liable for damages on account of tht
typhoid fever to be contracted in an insti
tuition where people go supposedly 10 gel
cured; but Supervisor Clinton made thi,
statement. Supervisor Dodge said that
words could not express the situation
The resolution to apate the nuisance was
passed to print unanimously. The cost o.
making better sewer system for the hos,