The San Francisco call., 1897-01-05

dlreAQy made by the DOarQ.
desire to urge this matter on the p9siu
with all the earnestnesS IN my power. 80
Tor the moral and finanelaI peneHe VI ~ w
county. 1t will save money 10 .ne - }}rae
and furnish additional employment W llee
| labor. 1t will exert q powerful ihnueuce III
bringing our roads ana streets 10 niehea
state OF perfection, ana tSe mii tTemp nuisance
which is so burdensome TO the INDUSTRIOUS
| people OF the community
RELIEF OF INDIGENTs.
| In providing for the sick and destitute OF the
| county the board has exhibited an intelligent
| liharaiitv Much money has been expended,
| but it has been in behalf OF suffering human
| ity and has not been begrudged by the general
| hodv nf taxpayers. At the time | entered on
! nv duties as Supervisor the county had two
! eleemosynary institutions-the County Hospi-
| tai and the Almshouse. The growth of the
| county has demanded many additions and
| improvements TO these institutions These
| improvements are enumerated in another part
! OF this report and were accomplished at q total
| cost OF S23, ,355.
| The growth OF the work of relieving the poor
Will be illustrated by the following statement:
Expense (maintenance) Infrmary 1885. .s7.l17 As
| Expense tmsint enancel Almshouse 1885. S,0f1 90
Expense (maintenance) almshouse ls96.17,0z3 so
outside rtnef granted 1885 ............ 1913 90
outside relief granted 1896. 51S 30
OF the amount expended for outside relief
about $500 was received from theIState.
Not ln1requently afflicted persons. residents
OF other counties. have presented themselves
III lCItSJs Ia iIISldHCcS IL HIS DSGu
possible 10 return these persons TO the coun-
ties where they belong; but in most cases the
dictates OF humanity have demanded that
they should be taken in and cared for. and
this has been done. This has materially in
creased the number OF inmates OF the In
! Urinary and Almhouse. Resident physicians
| IN different parts of the county have been
employed by the board so that the afflicted
poor of all sections might have equal oppor-
tunity for medical treatment All of THESE
! things have cost money, but, as heretofore re-
marked, the expenditure has been in the
| interest OF humanity and has not been COM
| planned OF by the taxpayers. The cost has
] been more than usual during the past three
| years, owing to the stagnation of business and
| consequent hard times. The prospect OF a re-
| vival in all branches of industry makes it
probable that the expense in this department
| may be materially lesSened; but, at all events,
| the deserving poor should be cared for in as
! liberal a manner as the condition OF the county
| will permit.
DISEASE IN CATTLE
About two years ago the San Jose Grange
! called the attention OF the board to the fact
! that The presence OF tuberculosis had been
| detected in some of the cattle herds of this
! county, and particularly among cows from
which milk was being supplied TO consumers,
and asked the board to take action IN the
| premises. An investigation was promptly
made and soon as the facts were fully
! Gscertalned O veterinary inspector and health
officer was appointed and campaign in
augurated against the deadly disease. There
was some delay experienced in procuring
supplies of the tuberculin test material and by
! the opposition on the part of some OF the
cattle-ownerS TO the inspection OF their herds.
The real practical work in the field began in
! March, 1896. Since that time 1903 head OF
cattle have been inspected, OF which 450 were
/ condemned tuberculous. The inspector
| has also condemned twenty-one horses as
! glHndered. Investigated and abated numerous
nuisances, and has made systematic and ire
quent inspection OF slaughter houses ana
| dairies. OF the cattle condemned and killed
! as tuberculous about 800 were cows giving
milk, and it is estimated that these furnished
lINr, 4 oh nf n6
/ by the people. The energetic measures taken
! by the board viii promptly drive the disease
from our herds, and Santa Clara County Will
| soon be as famous for its pure milk and dairy
! products as IT is now for the excellence OF Its
| fruit.
PROTECTION OF ORCHARDS.
During the last twelve years the county has
| changed from grain-growing and general farm
! ing TO a fruit-growing community. Horticul-
! ture has become the dominant industry. This
| transformation was recognized by the board as
| soon as the change commenced and such aid
has been given to the new enterprise as It's pro-
! moters have recommended and the law per-
mitted. On the suggestion OF the fruft-growers
| Horticultural Commission has been main
! tanned from time 10 time by the board. The
| work done by the inspector has been efficient
] His duty has been principally to prevent the
/ Introduction OF insect pests and diseased trees
and The exterminat1on OF those which have
al ready found lodgment in our orchards and
vineyards His efforts have been ably sec
Onded by the fruit-growers themselves, and
the result is that the orchards OF Santa Cara
County are more free from these enemies than
those OF any othor county III the State.
FISH AND GAME.
| The preservation of fish and game is a mat
| ter of conceded importance, not only for the
purpose OF preventing the destruction OF
! food supply, but in order to furnish healthful
recreation Tor the people at home and TO add
! to the attractiveness OF the county TO the peo-
/ pie abroad. Many hundreds sof dollars have
| been annually taken out OF the county by our
| citizens who seek the recreation OF hunting
! fishing in other localities IF the laws
now existing are rigidlY enforced this sport
| can be furnished within our own borders, not
| only to our own people, but our advantages
| will entice TO US q large numb OF sportsmen
! from abroad, and the money expended here
! will add no small amount to our income. The
| efforts already made by the board in this di-
| rection have borne good fruit. The work per-
! formed by the Game Warden, although he
! has been in office less than two years, has had
! a marked effect. The repienishing of our
| streams with trout and the addition to cur
! list of many rare varieties OF game and song
birds have called atteution to our county in
! different portions Of the country where our
! existence has been previously unknown.
During MS term of service the Game Warden
| has secured and planted in our streams 3OO-
! 600 young trout. He has also secured ninety
pairs of Chinese pheasants lgold and silver).
| These birds are breeding well and will soon be
| in plentiful supply, II properly protected. He
I has also secured SeVeEty-three pairs OF English
! skylarks twenty pairs of Pek in nightingaes
/ or bulbuls, eleven cardinals two pairs OF zebra
/ doves, two pairs OF golden quail, SIX pairs OF
|
other rare song and game BIRDS al OF them In
sectivorous and which Will ne incidentally J an
| aid to the fruitgrowers. These bros have
! been gathered not only from America but
also from foreign countries, and the coTre-
| spondence incident to their procurement has
| served us an excellent advertisement for our
l. county The Game Warden is continually in
receipt OF letters from all parts OF the world in
dicating tnat a successful issue OF ms enortS
! will make santa Clara County favorite resort
for wealthy tourists. All OF this stock, both
! fish and birds, has been procured by him With
out cost 10 the county, and the system oil ex-
changes which he has arranged with the dif-
! ferent matization societies with insure
continuous supply of every thing that is deslra-
BILE in this department, and without expense
| TO the people. AS q business proposition, Ieav-
| ing out the question of sentiment altogether,
l think the efforts of the board in this d1rec-
tion will result in great profit 10 the county.
ADVERTISING THE COUNTY.
| The duty of spreading abroad information
! concerning the resources of the county has
/ not been neglected By the board. The unual
| appropriation permitted by law Tor this pur-
! pose has, in my opinion, been wisely ex-
! pended. 1t has been distributed through
| channels too numerous to be detailed in this
report, but which have received the indorse-
ment and the approval OF the taxpayers gen.
orally and OF the public societies and boards
| organized for the purpose of inducing immi-
/ grafton and finding market Tor the products
OF our orchards and vineyards and other in
dustries The appropriations by the board 1or
this purpose enabled the county to be effect
! lively represented at the Worlds Columbian
| Exposition at Chicago, at the Midwinter Fair
at san Francisco and at the Worlds Industrial
wisely expended. 1t has caused our county to
| become widely known in the older States and