The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-01
%; ASSESSOR AID: AUDITOR.

the Assessor doing2:his best to have the sey:
seraI duties Of ais. deputies peri rrned not only
in an econo m1eal, but also Ia a coqrteo US IN an
ner.. p. -. -. 4 ~ s
T So far as the conduct OF the office is con
cerned, we take pleasure in stating that all
engaged tb ereiIi we're courteous obi gin an d
busily emp loyed in.their respective du ties. r.
Il Ne would recommend that u book be uiade
fand SO. arranged as: TO- show in alphabet
ical order; = .. r.
The name OF each employee o.. tho City. and
County. e. IT. 80 p
The department in which employed l. '.5 {.
- The date OF zap pointment., - = :! ~.
IT,. And whether an extra or regular Deputy &:
=: Some system should be inaugura ted which
will be for: the benefit and protection OF the
party or parties furnishing supplies TO the
City and. County: :5r.: - - 49, :: ~;
That all req 1isitions from any person fur
nishing supplies to the:1CIty and County be at
:tached' to the vouchers and. warrants for
period OF not less than two years liter said
warrants or demands are paid. - ,.: 3 =.
" Under. the: present system the. original
acquisitions are not kept in any department.
There .seemS.to be no authority of law to de-
stroy these req uisitons, never theleSs they are
destroyed; and therefore it Is not possi bic to
know whether. or not the original req1isitIon
agrees with the stab on fle with the Board of
Supervisors. - +:.:..: - +; 80
= BOARD OF EDUCATION. AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
In inspecting a number of schoo thoiises we
: find them In a rather poor Condition. Tin
roofs, from lack OF paint, have rnsted, and
planking has rotted. away. These matters as
well as the plum bling. :sh ould be. attended 10,
SO as TO make the classrooms healthful. II
We condemn the practice OF eonstan fly
changing the schoolbooks for the various
grades and strongly disapproVe the action of
the present Board of Education. in trans ferring
80 many of our. teachers for apparently none
other than political reasons - j.
CORONER, MoRGUE AND POUND - :.
~ The Morgue-Pending the repairs to be
made to the building owned by the City and
until recently occupied. for such purposes BY
the Coroner it is very strongly recon mended
improvements m n as tn: Iape
this grewsome place in. at least such condi-
tfon as to be .presentable to those finding it
. necess airy. to attend. .: 80 $3.50 =
The great i'm provenents to these places in
. other cities should receive the immediate att
/. tentlon OF the Board OF Supervisors, and one
OF the most important is the system Of cold
storage, the advantages of which are too aD-
parent to even the most casu al observer -, ::
: The cost OF operating such plant could be
reouced 70 mfnlmum.hgure; iRasmuch az it
WIFI De absolutely necessary to- provide pow er
for the building about 10 be erected ON the
Kearny-street lot, with very little care and
attention we venture TO state that said addi-
tional machinery. could be installed in the
bull dlngfor from $1,000 to $1,000 =. =:
We would ask the attention OF, the proper
authorities to the plant installed in the
morgue of the city OF Philadelphia, and de-
tails of which appeared in the public nrints
of June 2, 1894. This plant, as well as the
one installed in the Chicago morgue, is found
to be OF absolute necessity to meet modern re-
quirements. A uniform temperature of %
deg. can be maintained in these. vaults and
thus Dod1es can De keDl Indefinitely, or until
the deceased is identified, also maxi ng the
sanitary condition of this Institution most
perfect. g.
Pound-In this connection we find that the
caTeasses OF dead animals are cared for by the
National: Fertilizer Company, who receive
them free OF charge. and thus protitipg thereby
to the extent of between $4,000. and $4,000 per
annum. The last Board of Supervisors gt anted
a franchise to other parties, giving them the
:. carcasses of all animals killed at the public
pound for period offfty years. :: =,
We believe this franchise TO be Incons titu.
tiona1 and against pu bile policy: as the for
mer franchise has not yet expired, and thai
some: return be received for the City and
County from this source. We. therefore
strongly recommend that the action OF the
last board be rescinded and that bids be in
yited for such privilege and franchise as soon
as the present Contract for the removal OF
dead animals expires:
COURTS
The attention of the. proper committee of the
Board OF Supervisors is respectfully called to