The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21
TELL OF NEEDS
FOR THE YEAR

The Finance Committee OF the Board
OF Supervisors listened yesterday TO
estimates of various departments Of
the city government of the amounts
needed by them for the next fiscal year.
The claims of the Board of Health, the
Election Commission, the Civil Service
Commission, the Coroner and the JUS
tices of the Peace were presented.
The Peace Justices claim that the
additional salary granted them at the
last session of the Legislature should
become due with the beginning of the
fiscal year. Supervisor Brandenstein
contended that as they were incum-
bents the increase did not apply to
them. After some discussion the COM
mittee decided to refer the matter to
the City Attorney.
Many Innovation are proposed by
the Board Of Health. 1t asks for four
medical inspectors, whose duty will be
TO examine school children for skin
diseases. This custom, DR.. Ragan
maintains, is observed in nearly all the
large Eastern cities.
Four extra market inspectors, a
plumbing inspector, two factory inspec-
tors, two general nuisance inspectors
and eight extra laboratory assistants
Gre also asked for. One Of the most
immediate needs, DR.. Ragan declared,
was a night steward for the detention
ward at the Central Emergency Hos
pital. At present there is but one
steward on duty for the entire hos
pital at nights. When he is out on an
ambulance call the insane patients are
left practically unguarded. Besides
there is more work in the detention
ward than the matron can possibly
attend to.
The board recommended that the Of
fer Of the Dundon Iron Works to equip
and care for the automobile sterilizer
for $3.50 a month be accepted 1t is
believed that this method OF operating
the ''bugkiller'' would be the cheap
The Election Commissioners want 1s5
voting machines, which number, with
the forty now on hand, will be suffi-
cient for all the precincts. The COM
mittee expressed some hesitation as to
recommending the purchase, as ii was
said the voting machines were being
improved continually and those avail
able now might soon be out of date.
Commissioner Leffingwell recon-
mended the copying of the assessment
roll and the preparing of a list of
Federal, State and municipal employees
IN order that the board could protect
itself from ineligible applicants for po-
6itiOns as election officers. The COM
mittee pronounced this scheme i'm
practicable and advised the board to
have applicants sworn.
Coroner Leland declared that DR..
Bacigalupis time was continually TAX
en- up with police work and that the
Morgue needed a pathologist and toxi-
cologist. The Civil Service Commits
sioners want $500 to remunerate ex-
perts called in to help at examinations.
Following are the amounts asked yes
tErday:
Department OF E1ections-E1ection Commits
sioners' salary. $1,000; Registrar, S2400; depu-
ties, $4,000. stenographer, $1,000; mechanic,
$1,000; csretaker. $500; advertising. $780, ball
lot paper, $1,000; printing ballots $1150; print
ing and binding index, $500; binding registers.
$3.50: postage, $500; stationery $1,000; rosters,
poll and tally lists. $4,000; lithogra phing maps,
5000; blank form. $I700; office registers.
5000; booths. S65o0; repairing booths, $4,000;
furnishings $2150: salaries of election officers,
$24, 500: rent of polling places, $3.50; delivery
Of supplies. $500. livery. $3.50: telephone serv-
ice. $75; copying assessment roll. $500: copy
ing list Of Federal. State and municipal
ployes, $1,000; card file of assessment roll,
$500. Total $11e, ,275.
Health Board-Health ofnce salaries. s7e.-
salaries, $37. 40 expenses S12. 600: miscellane-
ous S12T5; Leper Hospital salaries $46S0; ex-
house, $780, coo; miscellaneous. $2950; City and
Total s423. .4s5.
civil Service Commission. s142, ,000 the same
amount last year, and $500 additional for
costs of examinations.
Coroners Offce-The sum requested last
year. s23, ,965. and $500 additional to pay sal
airy Of toxicologist and pathologist
Justices of the Peace-Increase to $500 a
month each in salary, provided for by the
last Legislature.