The San Francisco call., 1899-04-28
TWENTY HEADS
FALL into THE
HARBOR BASKET
General Dismissal of
Employees.
TO TAKE EFFECT ON MAY |.
PURCHASING AND URGENCY RE
PAIRS DIVISIONS GO.
Saving of $1S45 Month-A Com
mittee From the Chamber of
Commerce to Talk Over
New Facilities.
TO TAKE EFFECT ON MAY /.
PURCHASING AND URGENCY RE
PAIRS DIVISIONS GO.

Quietly and with no unnecessary argu-
ment the Harbor board swung its ak yes
terday and twenty heads dropped in the
basket. The dismissals had been pre-
dicted and those who were elected to form
vacancies had shrewdly guessed what was
coming, but still there was something
sudden in the way it was done.
The blow came in the form of an order
signed by the three Commissioners AS
soon as the session opened President Kill
burn handed the order to the secretary
with instructions to read it. 1t was spread
upon the minutes and then the board pro-
ceeded to other business. The order was
as follows:
For the purpose of reorganizing the en-
ployes of the Board Of Aarbor Commissioners
/ the following order is made:
That and after May l, 1893, the follow
ing positions under the board are declared va
Superintendent of urgent repairs, 1925 per
month; assistant superintendent of urgent re-
! pairs $3.50: janitor of the urgent repairs de-
| partment, SIS; purchasing agent, $40 purchas-
| ing agents jantor and storekeeper, $40; pur-
! chasing agents wagon and driver, $l25; ser
! janitors at $75 EACH 1925; janitor, $50: six
sweepers $50, $780, night engineer ferry build
| That the salary of the superintendent Of the
union depot and ferry building be reduced
of the head electrician be increased from $40
to 500 per month; that the salary Of the as
sistant electrician be changed from 50 per day
to $50 per month; and that upon the COM ON,
petion of the structure intended for Wells,
Fargo & Co. the two helpers Of the electrician
be dismissed
Those included are L. F. Long. superinr5-
Hughes, his assistant; and Max Wagner,
his janitor; j. j. Flynn purchasing agent;
j. S. McMann, his storekeeper; and
son, sergeant of the Harbor police, and
! Charles Bowen, night engineer. The two
Harbor policemen will be decided upon
later, as will the janitors and the sweep
! erS.
| The following appointments were made:
NJ. E. Arnerich. wharfinger, vice d; "A.
Marina, term expired Frank F. Car
michael. wharfinger, vice M. Mellican at
| the expiration of his term, June q, 1899;
! John Nolan, Ais Clementina street vice
William Barrett removed from position
as Watchman on floating pile-driver.
committee from the Chamber of Com
merce was present to discuss dockage IA
cilities with the Commissioners. Those
! forming the committee were John Dol
| beer Robert Dollar, r. G. Chapman, w.
H Marston and g. b. Kentfield. The
! Chamber of Commerce expects great in
| crease in the shipping to this port in
view of the acquisition of the Pacific
! Islands, and the committee was appoint
! ed to see how far the commission would
! go in the building of docks and wharves.
| There was no complaint about present ia
! cilities and the committee made 1t plain
! that there was no criticism on the pres
! ent rate or tolls, II was only IN regard
! to increased facilities to meet the ex-
! pected increase in the shipping.
! Commissioner HarneY was primed for
! the occasion and explained the extent of
/ the present dockage accommodations. He
! said there is over seven miles of wharf
! frontage from section B of the seawall
/ to Third and Berry streets. This, he
| said, was sufficient to accommodate 120
/ ships each 800 feet long. At present there
are thirty-eight deep-water vessels in
| port twenty-five of which are at the
places.
It was further explained to the commit
| tee that the fact of a vessel lying out in
the stream awaiting a chance to dis
! charge did not necessarily argue that
/ there was no room for her at the wharf.
/ Consignees seek to have their cargoes dis
/ charged at some wharf close to their
warehouses and frequently keep vessels
waiting while such location is being used
/ by some other vessel. This it was eX-
planned was something that would hap
pen under any circumstances and in
! creased facilities would not alter the sit
uation.
The entire question was discussed from
all aspects and the committee departed
with the assurance from the commission
/ that anything to better the water front
of the city would receive it's most care
full attention.
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