The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-05-14
Grand Jury Makes Suggestion
That May Swell the
Relief Fund.
Looters Manage to Reap a
!. Rich Harvest in the
Fire Districts.


Saturday the inquisatorial body drew
up two sets OF resolutions. one
to the Police Commissioners and
the other to tho finance committee,
suggesting that all the available cop
per, lead and the like In the burned
section of the city be gathered and
scld and the money turned over to the
finance committee to be devoted to the
relief Of sufferers or to some other
good cause.
The, Grand Jury is in possession OF
information to the effect that many
hooters have been plying their voca-
ton throughout the harmed district
and gathering together great quanti-
ties of the valuable metals and SELL
ing them for fraction Of their real
value To put a stop to this 1t sug-
sests that tho Police Commissioners
refrain from issuing any more ped
t,ler's junk licenses for the present
and also make an Investigation OF the
various shops and conf1scate all such
material If the dealers are not In
position to show evidence that they
came by 1t through proper sources.
. 3.
The resolutions In full follow:
"SAN FRANCISCO. May u. 1906.
ITO the Honorable Finance Com
nlittee Of the Committee Of Forty
Gentlemen: We beg to inclose here
with q copy of resolutions this day
adopted by the Grand Jury Of the
city and county Of San FRANCISCO and
Rewarded to the Honorable Board of
Police Commissioners, and we beg to
recommend to your committee that, II
1t lie within your power. you take
steps to gather together Ill brass,
copper, lead, window weights, ETC.,
lying in the burned district and sell
So me for the benefit of the relief fund.
We feel that there Is not sufficient
quantity on any one mans property
for him to go to the expense Of gath
ering and selling the same, but that
IL collected by your committee it will
be large in quantity and make a
substantial addition to the re fund.
by our recommendation to the
Board of Police Commissioners we
hope to stop the collecting of such
material by unauthorized persons.
which will leave your committee in
I'VE understand that large quanti-
ties have already been connscated by
the civil and military authorities and
respectfully recommend that your COM
mittee confer with such authorities
and arrange to have the proceeds from
the sale thereof turned over to the re-
lief fund Very respectfully yours,
"GRAND JURY OF THE CITY AND
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
by MYRTLE CERT. Secretary"
SAN FRANCISCO. May IL.
ITO the Honorable Board of Police
Commissioners Of the City and County
Of San Francisco-Gentleme Where
as. 1t has sheen brought to our notice
that large quantities Of brass cop
per. lead, etc. are being gathered iron,
throughout the burned district by per-
sons without authority; and
Whereas, said property is being sold
for prices far below normal prices by
persons not the owners thereof and
not. authorised to, sell the same; and
recognizing that It will be impossible
for, you to cope with the situation
without drastic action, e~respectfully
recommend that your honorable body
suspend all licenses OF junk dealers
and confscate all Junk that They may
have acquired since April, Is. 1905,
and which is not shown by the books
to have been bought in accordance
with the laws and ordinances in force
Very respectfully yours. : 80
GRAND JURY OF THE CRY AND
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,
by MYRTLE CERT, Secretary.