The San Francisco call., 1910-03-26
DROP SURGEONS
FROM CITY ROLL
Health Board Makes Changes in
the Emergency Hospital
Service

Three surgeons were dropped from
the emergency hospital service yester-
dav by the board of health after WORD
had been received from the mayors
Office via that Of Attorney Cleveland
Dam, and three other physicians ap-
pointed to the posts. few othel
changes were made.
Assistant Surgeons +. II. Zumwalt
Robert Patek and A. J. Remmel were
the men dismissed, and L. w. Parsons
Lewis c. Jacobs and T. H. OConnor
were the ones appointed.
Health officer McNutt's salary was
raised from s275 TO $500 a month, as
he viii he called upon to assume the
additional duties of the chief sanitary
inspector after April l. The boaro
feared to appoint a successor TO sur
geon Hassler in this post, as ne coulu
have interposed judicial obstacles from
his civil service standing, having been
dismissed without charges or trial
Chief Clerk Coffey was also given
boost in salary 10 5000 monthly
Miss A. Johnson was dismissed from
rhe post of dietician at the city ano
county hospital and replaced by MISS
Ma arsaret Mccall r. B. FrieZen was
supplsnted by J. McFadden as machin-
isl al the same institution. Miss Mary
Malone was reappointed stenographer
at the isolation hospital
Doctor Atcherly. who for the last
three years has been treating tne
1eners at the isolation hospital with
some paration whose nature he re-
F,,se5 70 divulse 10 the health officer.
was forbidden TO continue the pfacuce
by the board of health.
The board ordered that the relief
home do the laundry work for the
emergency hospitals for the next three
months free of charge. The home IN
mates have been doing the work Tor
the last nine months, but the hospital
has been paying $40 monthly Tor IL
The hospital is behind in its eNchequer
and the plan was adopted TO let IL
catch up.
The hoard called a special meeting
for next Thursday night TO consider
the annual budget. 1t must be sub
rnitted TO the supervisors by April t.
CHARTER AMENDMENT DISCUSSED
At its initial meeting yesterday the
charter amendment committee of the
board of supervisors took up Charles
Wesley Reeds proposal that legislation
IN the way of franchise grants should
be taken out of the hands of the board
and left directly in the hands of the
people
Chairman ODoWd and SUPERVISORS
I.oughery. Walsh and Bancroft con-
sidered the proposition that the per-
centage OF voters signing a petition
necessary TO force the call of an cleo
fion be reduced to 10 per cent from 10,
and that the time given be increased
from so to so days. Reed was re-
Quested TO draft an amendment incor-
porsting his ideas in detail.
The late grand jury's recommenda-
tion that the police judges be appointed
by some responsible authority already
elected. instead of elected directly by
she people on nomination was shelved.
The petition of the clerks in the tax
collectors Office that the charter limi-
tation of monthly salary to 800 be
lifted was taken under Amusement
TO OPEN FORTY BLOCKS
The election commission adopted
President Gators suggestion yesterday
that some IS or 40 district registra-
days during June, and asked the su-
the plan
The Sunset sewer contract was
awarded by the board of works yes
terday to the Metropolis construction
company for s167, 900.
Daniel Condor, the tender of the
Fourth street bridge was removed and
J. ]. O'Connell put in his place.
Some 80 Greeks were laid off yester-
day by contractors doing municipal
work at the word of the commission,
under the enactment which limits city
labor to citizens.