The San Francisco call., 1905-04-01
OAKLAND'S NEW MAYOR IN POWER
Frank K. Mott Will Assume Office
at the City Hall To-Day.
Forecast of Policy of Men Who Are
to Compose Boards.

OAKLAND, March 31.-The new city
officials will take Office tomorrow. the
first day OF april. This has been agreed
upon between the old and new admin
istrations. though there is no law to
show exactly when the Oakland mu-
nieipal officers go into power. To-
morrow Frank K. Mott will actively
assume the duties of his office, and
Warren Olney will retire AS most of
the city officials have been reelected
to Office there will be few immediate
changes at the City Hall. The only
new officials who have appointments TO
make are Frank K. Mott and Charles
d. Bates Jr.
The great interest centers around the
actions of Mayor Mott. for he will be
! expected to outline the policy of the
three great departments of the city,
the Street. Police and Fire depart
ments. g" This policy will not be an
nounced until the first meeting of the
new Council which will be on Monday
evening next, when Mayor Mott will
Issue his first message. Between the
time that the new Mayor takes office
ana the time that his message is pre-
sented the administrative boards of the
city VIII be organized, and there may
! be some inkling dropped as to what
the new executive wants
The Mayor, together with the City
Engineer and City Attorney, constitute
the Board of Public Works and the
Boaro OF Police and Fire Commission
ers, both of which boards will organ
ize Tomorrow morning. Mayor Mott
Will be made president OF the Police
and Fire Commission, which would in
dicate that he intends to take an ac-
tive. hand in the shaping of both of
these departments. City Engineer
/ Turner viii become president of the
Board Of Public Works.
There will be a complete change in
the officials of the Board of Public
Works, who are also the officials for
the other board. w. B. Fawcett, now
secretary, and James Hammore as
sistant secretary, will retire, and will
be succeeded by George z. Jackson
and Edward Terrell These two Off
cials are practically the secretaries to
the Mayor. The new boards will in the
future meet on Wednesday morning
The only changes that will be made
in other offices will be the retirement
of r S. Finch as Chief Deputy Treas
urer, to be succeeded by r. B. Aver
City Treasurer Bates has decided to
retain ali of the 9TH deputies now in
the office. Mr. Aver is now chief clerk
L.
Flint, now in the Street Department:
w. B. Fawcett, retiring secretary of
the Board of Public Works, and E. S.
Finch, retiring Chief Deputy Treasur-
er, are candidates for this place, with
Fawcett in the lead.
The question was informally raised
this afternoon in the Board of Public
Works as to the eligibility of Mayor
elect Frank K. Mott to take his seat
owing to contracts the Frank K. Mott
Company holds with the city to sup
ply hardware. Concerning the sub
ject Mr.. Mott said tonight:
All contracts which my firm has
had with the city and in which l have
any interest have been assigned to the
Pierce Hardware Company of this citv
Copies of these assignments will De
filed tomorrow morning at the CITY
Hall before / take the oath of office.
fully understand the municipal char
ter provisions on the point and have
made proper arrangements to meet
them. The charter provides that no
city official shall have any pecuniary
interest in any contract with the city.
My assignments dispose of the oues-
tion.''
The contracts were made last year
on the annual awards by the Board of
Public Works for supplies.
The caucus action last night of the
City Council touching the positions of
John Wiids, janitor Of the City Hall.
and Postmaster Julius label, has not
been final. Robert Johnson of the
First Ward is in the fight to get Wilds'
place and Charles Lochran of the Sixth
Ward has appeared as candidate
against label The contests will go
into the Council Monday night