Text Appearing Before Image: THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION — ROLLA V. WATT. PRESIDENT. IN THE CHAIR, CHIEF D T. SULLIVAN TO LEFT SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN 175 MAYOR PHELAN.No book published about San Fran-cisco would be complete without men-tioning the name of Hon. James D.Phelan, our present Mayor. He hasbeen before the people of this city solong as its chief executive, and as a A description of his efforts in helping tobeautify the city and place it on a planewhere it belongs might be given, but hisrecord as an official is quite enough forany intelligent citizen. No Mayor thatSan Francisco has ever had has la-bored more faithfully to see that muni- Text Appearing After Image: MAYOR JAMES D. PHELAN champion of the peoples rights, that itis hardly necessary to call attention tohis history. As one of the fathers ofthe new Charter, and as the leader inevery fight against corporate control ofmunicipal affairs, Mayor Phelan hasdemonstrated that he has the welfare ofthis Western city by the sea at heart. cipal affairs were conducted as theyshould be. In his efforts to have a cleanmunicipal administration, Mayor Phelanhas aroused fierce antagonists, but hisfearlessness has caused him to triumphand the city to benefit by it. No cor-poration owns him, and that is sufficientfor the people who have placed him in 176 SAN FRANCISCO FIREMEN power. His record is one that meanshonesty, progress and prosperity for thepresent and future of San Francisco.In the fire that destroyed the FirstBaptist Church at 320-322 Eddy streeton October 4, 1899, he had occasion todisplay his bravery. The falling of theblazing twin spires, caught and woundedLeo Costelloof Engine Company No. 14
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