The San Francisco call., 1901-10-29

notes and in addition to my other misfortunes
had the misfortune to lose them.
Mr.. Brandenstein has spoken TO you of the
old order of things and the new order which
the charter inaugurated and which we, the
first officials under the new administrator, dld
our best to carry out L Will give you an eX-
ample under the old order of things: For some
time it was a crying shame in the city OF san
Francisco that there was no adequate accom-
modation for any person the victim Of a con-
tagious disease The habitation that was af-
forded them unfit for the habitation OF a
dog To make the necessary improvement it
was determined to buy new site for pest
house, Now this, ladies and gentlemen. is a
Of any man, no matter how canoused it might
have been. no matter how hardened it might
have been by political life, by political cor
ruption and by political debauehery.
The Pesthouse Job.
Did they fail to take advantage of 1t as an
opportunity for stealing the public funds? No
it was proposed to buy Mission Rock. a desc
late rock about a mile from the shore Of
$780, 1t is a rock about fifty feet square, stand
ing alone. open open to the winds in the the mid middle OF
worth $780, the sum of $1,000 Where was the
s14, 500 to go, ladies and gentlemen? 1t was to
go into the same capacious NAV that has swal-
lowed millions of the dollars raised in this city
and county by taxation, and the many, many
millions of dollars raised besides by the cor
rupt bribery of corporations. We came into Of
flee, gentlemen, when that scheme was almost
carried out, but at the last moment it was ex-
posed 1t was exposed in the press. there was
an outcry on the part of the Merchants Asso-
citation, the part of the capitalists interested
and the thing was stopped. We came into Of
flee and the same subject was raised How did
we provide for it? The Merchants Association
proposed to site which they said could be
purchased for $15 coo. We chose three reputable
real estate agents appraise that site. They
appraised it at $4,000. We were not satisfied
We made provision in the budget for the pur-
chase OF that site for S12 000 and last week the
sale was about completed at that figure.
Business Methods.
This site Mr. Sutro in his lifetime offered to
purchase for $4,000. That, ladies and gentle
men, is the difference between the way busi-
ness is done under the new administration and
how it was done under the old administration.
We propose to buy a site for So, 900 that was
appraised by Mr.. Baldwin and other real estate
agents at SIS, 900. And the old administration
proposed to buy for S15. 900 a rock which is ap-
praised to-day at not more than $500
Now, will give you another instance. Some
years ago the franchise of of the railroads
in the Western Addition about expire
man in this city, a capitalist who owned
the railroad at the time, wished to secure a.
renewal of the franchise. He went to the man
who controlled the Board of Supervisors at
that time-and you all know him, his name is
| famous. and Infamous, too-and he said to
that 81 want this franchise renewed
What can l get il for?' And he said to him
this story was told to me the other day by the
man who made the proposition, the Capitalist
trolled the board said to him: II will renew