The San Francisco call., 1909-10-02
BLAME ARCHITECT
FOR ADDED COSTS
Supervisors Censure City Off
cials for Extra Sums Need
ed for Schools
Board Must Appropriate Sl37,-
900 to Get Municipal
Structures Done

Something Like $4,000 more than
the original estimate called for will
have to be found by the finance com
mittee and the board of supervisors
before the city has completed its in
firmary and the first seven bond issue
schools. This situation faced the COM
mittee at its session yesterday, and
Chairman Jennings sent for City Archi-
tect Rixford and President Day to tell
them what the committee thought
about it. The sum asked by them
was even larger.
You never should have allowed
things to come to this pass said Jen-
nings to Rixford. ''As head of the
building committee, before taking your
present office, these matters were un-
der your supervisions The late Mr.
Tharp told me that about $4,000 would
be needed over the appropriation for
the equipment of the infirmary, and
you confront us with demand for
$4,000 to equip the institution and
$4,000 for the completion of the build
ing itself"
CONTRACT SYSTEM BLAMED
Rixford replied that the sums asked
were needed to bring the schools to
state flt for use, and Day admitted that
the former system of letting contracts
one at time, and not all the Contracts
FOR a building at the same time, had
led to losses in the later agreements
In addition to the sums asked for
the infirmary the committee recon-
mended that the schools be helped out
as follows: South End primary, So, 900;
Garfield, $500; Madison, $4,000; No
Coppin,s $4,000; Sutro grammar, $4,000;
Newton j. Tharp commercial, $4,000;
Bryant Cosmopolitan. $4,000.
TEACHERS WARRANTS READY
The 1850 teachers in the public
schools may get their salary warrants
for september at the auditors Office
this morning and have them cashed.
Deputy Auditor Mathewson and his
force Of clerks worked last night TO
get the $125 900 worth of demands in
readiness, and the office will issue them
this morning to all teachers who call.
The policemen and firemen were paid
earlier in the week
MARBLE CONTRACTS OFFERED
The board of works will receive bids
for the marble work of the new hail
OF Justice on October IL, and will allow
70 days from the awarding OF the con-
tract for the completion of the lob.
permits for opening streets in or near
the route of the presidential para0e
Tuesday will be issued by the board
until after that event
Van Britton & Co. were awarded the
contract to install a gas and water
meter testing plant for the use of the
inspection bureau. The cost
will be s1,724.75.
PROPOSAL CONsIDERED
The ordinance which is designed to
compel surgeons. physicians and heafs
OF private hospitals to report to the
chief of police any case of injury com
ing under their observation or treat
ment, so that investigation NAV he
made promptly wherever foul play NAV
be suspected, was considered and am
proved by the supervisors police com
mittee yesterday.
Ihe committee considered also tho
protests OF numerous property owners
against the street and window adver-
tlsements of the so called medical in
sututes. which were declared 10 be in
decent in many cases, but postponed
action.
right Promoter Lercari was given the
october permit. with the understand
ing tnat he keep out Of PortoIa week