The San Francisco call., 1905-06-06
OF F|C|AL PLUM
OUT OF REACH.
Councilmen Blocked in Eff
fort to Give d. w. DOody
Street Department Job
MUCH FEELING AROUSED
Lawmakers Talk Bitterly,
Appealing From Decision
of President Fitzgerald

OAKLAND, June 5.-The majority of
the City Council was blocked tonight in
an effort to land Daniel w. Doody. for
merly secretary of the Board Of Health,
as assistant clerk in the Superintendent
OF Streets office at a salary OF $l25 a
month. To make room for Doody 1t was
proposed to vacate the position held by
George M. Flint. Although the neces-
sary resolutions were adopted, Council
man Edwin Meese, by a notice of recon
siderat1on, held UP the action at least
temporarily.
A hot fight on the floor of the Council
was developed when a report from the
Street Committee. signed by the five
members, Councilmen McAdam, Donald
son. Baccus. Aitken and Burns. was read
recommending resolutions removing Flint
and naming Doody. Councilman Elliott
declared the Street Committee had no
right to report such resolutions, as they
had not been first handled by the Coun-
cil His point of order was overruled by
President Fitzgerald. Upon that decision
Elliott declared:
You have robbed US of the rights we
have as legislators and the protection to
which we are entitled
1t developed that the Street Committee
had met a o'clock, a few minutes be-
fore the Council convened. Elliott SAID
further:
II warn you that a ruling of that kind
is subversive of all principles of legisla-
tion and democracy" AS the fight waxed
hotter Elliott talked of 'conspirators, %
to which term Councimen Burns and
Baccus objected. while President Fftz-
gerald ordered the speaker to his seat
Elliott continued his denunciation of the
presidents ruling and of the action as
attempted. He appealed, as did Council
man Meese, from the chairs decision
calling for the roll call on the resolutions.
The president was sustained by the fol-
lowing vote: To sustain-Aitken, Baccus,
Burns, Donaldson, Hahn, McAdam. Not
to sustain-Elliott Meese. Pendleton,
Thurston.
The same vote, with President Fitz-
geralds AYE carried the resolutions.
AS soon as the vote was announced on
each resolution Meese changed his vote
and gave notice of reconsideration.
City Engineer F. c. Turner submitted
a report on the condition of sewers and
estimating that 100000 is required to
place them In good order owing to the
filling in of tide lands and the railroad
improvements. that have cut off or COL
lapsed many sewer outlets. He cited as
requiring immediate repairs or extensions
the following: Main lake sewer, west
of Adeline street. S75000 water front
sewers in West Oakland, $4,000 or $20.-
600; Twenty ty-second avenue outlet, $4,000:
Eighth. Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh ave-
nue. outlets, 5000 to $4,000: Commerce
street sewer, south of East Twelfth
street, $4,000: east side sewer extension,
$4,000.
Oak and Linden street sewers, $4,000;
Adeline street storm sewer, $4,000; Mar
ket street sewer, s25000. The report was
referred to the street committee. An
ordinance providing for the district un-
dergrounding of overhead wires was re-
ferred to the committee of the whole.
An ordinance was passed to print to raise
the salary of Assistant City Attorney w.
II. OBrien from s125 to $50 month.