The San Francisco call., 1898-12-18
GRAND JURY
 HAS GONE THE
 WAY OF BLOCK Over a Thousand Shy in It's Accounts. EMPLOYED FOUR EXPERTS STENoGRAPHER COMMANDED A
 FANCY SALARY. The Allowance of the Fiscal Year Is All Spent and Only an
 $11OO Deficit Ra-
 mains.
EMPLOYED FOUR EXPERTS
STENoGRAPHER COMMANDED A
 FANCY SALARY.

The present Grand Jury is proving an expensive ornament. Like the high priced MT. Block, who conducts the Tax Collect or's office on principles unique or noth- ing, 1t has not performed service com mensurate with the cash it has eXpend ed. Like MT. Block, who has not left enough of the funds apportioned to his of flee to pay for his successors stamps, the jury has not enough left to pay the service of its successors first subpoena.
 There was $500 appropriated to it's uses on the first of this fiscal year, which ends on July l next. The jury has spent S2667 9. This is the amount to date; there will be S200 added to it before the month is out and the body adjourned. lii all justice to the jury, it has not really spent that amount of money. Auditor Broder- ick would not let it. It has passed claims to that amount, but MT. Broderick has only allowed the payment of them to the limit-S1500. The rest is to come from some source that even the Grand Jury has'not been able to find. In it's eXtrem- ity 1t has turned to the urgent neces- sity' fund but that plan will not work for the reason that that fund is to be re- payment is provided by the statutes.
 The jury's overhaul consists of luxu- ries rather than actual necessities. Pro- lessor Fitzpatrick, who was employed to expert the funds and finances of the School Board, is do, down flor for $l1S. A. ": investigations of the Directors, is in for S9O Miss Clara Stockton who started in last July as stenographer to the jury at a meager $l00 q month, was raised in October to $l25 for merit!o2rious service. tackled on as rent for her accompanying typewriter, no one said anything unkind about it and she was paid forthwith F. A. Elliot has also posed as an expert an expense since July l. at $5 a pose. eX- cepting Sundays. His total bill will be close to $500. There were also numerous inspections in which the jury and prom inent citizens in carriages ran up an ac- count for livery that foots up $lS5, and there were others on the list which with those already mentioned foots up as follows:
 F. A Elliot. expert, s79O Clara Stock ton, stenographer S0S; D. Hughes, sta tionery, $179; Thomas Kelley, carriage hire, s143; M. Flagley, carriage hire, S42 50; Howard Vernon, stenographer, Sl3 75; G. Edward Wright, expert, S0S5; k. C. hll- patrick. expert, SIG; A. w. Atherton, ex- pert, $90; total, $2667 p.
 Of the $500 apportioned to jury purposes the present body was entitled to only S750. but as it was not hedged in by the restricting conditions Of the one-twelfth and that of its successor, but has left a deficit of s1l67 25. This amount may be S5S5 claim of G. Edward Wright, also an expert. MT. Wright's duties were in the investigation of a State matter and upon that account Auditor Broderick has refused to allow his claim, despite that Mayor Phelan has ridiculed the Auditors law. and has sent him several pointed let ters embodying the Phelan idea.
 The grand jurors are not alone in their little shortage. The stationery fund is depleted and by the end of the year will be shy nearly 5000. The public buildings fund is already S2500 to the bad with more to follow The repairs fund is in the same delicate condition, and though all of these moneys are supposed to be protected by the one-twelfth act there will be a big deficit to meet the officials of the succeeding term. The officials of the Auditors office and those of the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors say positively that these over-allowances cannot be paid out of the urgent neces- sity fund, although at present all de, mands are being made upon it. Just where the puzzle is going to ind a solu- tion is just now matter of much con- lecture with those directly concerned.