The San Francisco call., 1904-04-19
COMMISSIONERS
MUST SETTLE
Supervisors Order Legal
Steps to Recover Short
age of Ex-Cashier White
MORE LANDS FOR A PARK
Condemnation Proceedings
for st. Mary's Square Not
to Be Dismissed by City

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
took preliminary steps to collect the
money embezzled by ex-Cashier White
of the Board of Public Works by
adopting the following resolution:
Resolved. That the City Attorney be and he
is hereby directed to take all the necessary
tuted the Board Of Public Works at the time
OF the defalcation of w. H. ]. White. former
cashier of said board, and also against all
money stolen from the city and county of San
Francisco by said w. H. j. White while
holding the position OF cashier In the Board
of Public Works.
The Commissioners that are held
responsible under the charter for the
shortage are Marsden Manson, Michael
Casey and the late George H. Men
dell. AS the estate of the last named
has been finally distributed it is not
thought likely that his pro rata Of the
defalcation can be recovered. In the
event that it cannot the loss will fall
on the other two named. 1t was ascer-
tanned that it was not through neglect
of Mayor Schmitz that action was not
brought in time against Mendell's es-
tate. The papers in the case were only
put in the Mayors hands two weeks
after further claims against the estate
were barred by the Superior Court in
the final discharge of the estate.
The resolution directing the City At
torney to dismiss the action of the city
against Victor Albouze ct al for the
condemnation Of lands proposed to be
purchased for st. Mary's Square was
indefinitely postponed on recommends
tion of the Finance Committee. AS
sistant City Attorney Partridge ex-
planned that the dismissal of the suit
would invalidate the city's title to
lands already purchased under con-
demnation proceedings because the
poses.
Attorney George Shadburne ad-
dressed the committee and urged that
the suits be not dismissed, because le-
gal complications of grave character
would result thereby.
The petition of Beatrice M. Hinkle,
Assistant City Physician, for an allow
ance for transportation and telephone
expenses was denied, as the Finance
Committee has decreed that such ex-
penses will not be paid unless the
health official interested devotes his
entire time to the city's business.
The demands of various State insti-
tutions for the maintainence of GRIM
inal insane were denied, because the
fund is exhausted. ]. w. Stetson, at
torney for the institutions, was in
structed to obtain final judgments for
the amounts claimed In order that they
may be paid out of the surplus fund
at the end of this fiscal year.
The Board of Works was requested
to compel the Real Estate Development
Company to blast on it's property on
Tennessee street, near Eighteenth, at
such times as will cause no danger and
inconvenience to children going to
school and other persons. and also to
cause the removal of debris and boul-
ders from the sidewalks.
The roadway of Dupont street, from
Montgomery avenue to Vallejo street,
was ordered improved at a cost of
$10,475.
Grades were ordered changed on
Fifth and Sixth avenues, j. and Allen
streets and Leroy place.