The San Francisco call., 1906-05-16
POLICE Loss
A HEAVY One
Committee Estimates II at
S232,lg5 Without the
Records.
Department Loses ldentltlca-
ton Photographs OF
Great Value.

Judge Thomas T. Graham and Attor>
ney John P. Coghlan, the suoconlIhl>
tee appointed to prepare an estimate Oh
the loss sustained by the Police De
partment by the earthquake and nre'
submitted the following report TO Car
ret w. McEnerney. chairman or ths
committee on municipal departments
yesterday:
A conservative estimate places the loss
sustained by the Police Department OF
the city and county OF San Francisco IN
the earthquake and fire OF April lS-Zl.
1906. at s232.195. No account IS taken OF
the contents Of destroyed records, for
In most cases 1t Is impossible TO restore
them, and equally impossible to estimate
their value in the public service BY the
Chief OF Police II Is asserted that these
records. now beyond all hope OF restora-
tion, and not included in this estimate.
were worth to the department at least
$500. 900. For example,. two cabinets or
photographs Of criminals. prepared un-
der the direction OF the late Chief. l. W.
Lees and his SUCCESSORS, are given
value Of S15, 900, the mere cost Of making
ike number of photographs OF any
character, when IN fact the originals
would be worth $4,000 to any police de-
partment In the United States. Again.
an estimate OF $4,000 Is placed on a
walnut cabinet Of foreign Photographs
Of prisoners with records and descrtp-
tons, whereas the collection could not
be duplicated for less than $50 0o0-
Thirty-six thousand Photographic mega
tives, which were forty-dve years In the
collecting, are placed at $4,000, though
in their original form they were worth
to the bureau Of Identification 500, ,0OO-
A file Of local directories from 1S49 TO
date Is placed at $500. yet any amount
Of money could not restore them Neither
Oh fHa I0za n
records as the chronological history OF
the department, the records OF sick and
disabled officers, on which all claims for
pensions are based the records OF
charges against officers and like files OK
the department. which went to make Up
its records as branch OF the city gov
eminent.
Two stations owned by the department
were destroyed and another badly dam
aged. The Southern station on Clara
street, near Fourth. which was burned
In the first hours OF the fire. was valuedz
at 1900. 1t was built less than hve
years ago and was modern in every way.
The Harbor station. which was recently
purchased by the city. was burned on the
second day Of the fire 1t will cost S20,-
900 to replace. without equipment.
The Mission station at Harrison and
Seventeenth streets. a model police build
ing. erected about ten years ago. was
badly damaged by the earthquake. Il
Is estimated that II viii cost $4,000 to
restore 1t and $4,000 to rebulld the sta
bles that adjoined IL.
BY way OF specification Il may be said
that s2o95 will be required to replace
the Office OF the Police Commission
$1,000 to replace the Office OF the Chief
Of Police; 1896 to replace the Office OF
the clerk to the Chief; 1915 to replace the
Office OF the captain OF detectives; $945
to replace the ONCE OF the detective ser
geants; $56.75o to replace the bureau OF
Identification. s142o TO replace the public
Office OF the Chief OF Police S11s715 10
replace the general business ofhce OF the
Chief OF Police; S10S0 70 replace the
liquor license Office; $2771 70 replace the
department record room; $10.913 70 re-
place the once OF the property clerk;
S22,6Ss to replace the City Prison; s403
to replace the department printing Of
fee; 1883 to replace the department.
photograph gallery; $21s2 TO replace ths
department carpenter shop; s4360 TO re-
place the Central police station; SAB. $50
TO replace the Southern police station;
S23. .015 to replace the Harbor station
$50, 600 TO restore the Mission station. and
sT725 to restore the City Hall station
No attempt Is made here to place any
value upon those portions OF the Hall OF
Justice or the City Hall occupied by the
department. attention being given solely
to the equipment required for police SER
vice. Both these buildings are under ths
Jurisdiction and control OF another
branch Of the city government. and with
them fixtures will probably be Included
in another estimate.