The San Francisco call., 1898-06-02
ANOTHER CITY
 HALL STORM Tr 4 J u H1 Mr. Dow Refers to the Borrowing Bureau. ...- -- Q. .
MAYOR. THOMAS IS ANGRY.
OBJECTS TO. THE USE OF THE j.. :.-== WORD. ROTTEN
The City Attorney Ignored in the :: ..'.>' Maxim t5a of Several Changes: ;: :: in. the Fire Depart
 .~a. .':e+ " ment.
oakland offiee San Francisco Call,

:. =: ":-c::: :, =; 90S Broadway. June l.. :: After. two months of comparative tram 1Quillity the storm at the City Hail has broken out once more. This morning dur ing a meeting of the Police and Fire Com nfssioners, City Attorney Dow remarked in no uncertain tones that he thought +the borrowing bureau had resumed bus -iness. :z-. =. ...:r
 : This remark, of course, precipitated a storm City Engineer Clement was pas :sive knowing full well that Mir. Dows s remark did not apply to him, but the Mayor was not so quiet. He jumped from his seat and shouted at MT. Dow little louder than Mir Dow had shouted. Mayor ~ Thomas demanded to know what 1t all : meant. Somehow or other references to tile. borrowing bureau always do arouse the Mayor, though there has been so far - no display of facts to justify connecting him ::witn. any of the bureaus transac- tionS. =: ..-
 < @Alr Dow felt he had been slighted. There. are three members to the Board :: of-<NF oTks, and naturally two control, : while the third Is somewhat similar to the proverbiaI fifth wheel of a coach. For : the: past two months Mir. Dow has been that wheel, and he does not like it. This morning Chief Engineer Ball of the Fire department handed in several communl- cations: These communications recom- mended. several changes in the depart ment. It was evident that the whole pro- ' SGSu4nS IlSu btsell cut anu uTleu, ana JneCS " MT: Dow was the only stranger 10 the transaction. The recommendations went .. through flying, Mir. Dow's mo" being
 hardly heard as the vote was recorded : In a minute one fireman was promoted : another. reinstated, another dropped. and another. one. given position, to all of which Mir, Dow objected.
 There. is no reason in the world for this5 said Mir. Dow. "I consider II a..- solutely Indecent. This is a part of the general scheme to throw out good men and put in others: It looks as If the l,Ur- rowing bureau had resumed operations
 :. " nat do you mean by the borrowing bureau?', demanded the Mayor:
 T mean to say that. things are getting rotten around here, that is what 1 mean to say quoth. Mir. Dow . Well, said. his excited Honor, "I am
 getting tired of. these .slurs, and I won't t
 stand them. It was all right while you were getting what you wanted, but. when you don get everything you commence . Kicking: know you thoroughly" But the Mayor did stand 1t, at least nonody
 was Knocked down, and the final letter from Mir. Ball was then passed upon
 IS due to the inability of the two Repub-
 lican members-Mayo Thomas and MT. pow-to- unite. MT Dow was very ar1x- ious t9 retain In office the eX-chiefs 1f the . Police and Fire Departments, and noth- : ing could persuade him to vote for their successors. An attempt to form a com -bine between the Mayor and MT. Dow was made for nl)re than year. but no agrae-
 mcnt could be reached, and finally the
 Mayor and City Engineer Clement decId- ed to share everything that was good be-
 tween them. This of course leaves out
 Mr. Dow entirely, and explains the pres ent strained relations at. the City Hal.