Show BOARD I WORKS IN DOUBT May BeNo Be No Such Body Legally i it t at the Present Time HITCH IN APPOINTMENTS MAYOR AND CHAIRMAN HAVE NOT QUITE AGREED AGRE D DOwing Owing to the fact that there Is a question as aa to whether there is le legally legally gally a board of public works at the present time there will be no meeting of that body tonight The members of the board are appointed by the mayor to eerie for or two years and do not hold holdover holdover over like other appointees of the chief executive of the city liz In most in instances instances stances the mayor does not have to re reappoInt reappoint appoInt his men but they continue to hold bold office until their successors are named u But With the board of works they are I appointed the first days of the new I term ot of the mayor an and In office for two years when they must be I reappointed or give way to their S sue Mayor John S Bransford said last night that lie he had not named the I members yet and would probably not take action until next wee week The rec records records In the city recorders office show I that the members of the board were I appoInted in 1908 and confirmed on January 13 1 of that year This would give ghe them until January 13 of this year ear earIt It Is contended though some believe the board ceased to exist after the first of the present year ear There Is a warm fight being wage waged In regard to the personnel of the new board It Is believed that Mayor Bransford will demand the dismissal of Mike Fitzpatrick chief Inspector be before before fore he reappoints Henry G McMillan to the board McMillan has been chairman of the board for three years I and is a candidate again with the re oUest auest that his bis salary be raised from to 1000 a year But if remains on the board it is understood Fitzpatrick too will remain Mayor Demands Scalp Mayor Bransford has demanded the scalp of Fitzpatrick In naming mem members members bers of the new board and most of the present members favor the move with the exception of Who has haa stood with Fitzpatrick through aU all of the of the inspection system of the board It is understood that Mayor Bransford will wUl be in favor of Increasing the salary of the chief Inspector in inspector from to about a month but that the man placed in inthis inthis this will have to be compe competent competent tent anti ana able to hold the position It is known that H G McMillan is acting upon Instructions from Thomas Kearns and others of one branch ot of time the American party and that those In Instructions are that Fitzpatrick must remain It Is on this question that th thc mayor and have nearly parted company and which may yet cost the scalp ot of unless he succumbs to the mayors wishes and drops Fitzpatrick i Until this Is settled Mayor 1 will withhold the names of members mem bers of the new board of works The only question It is said raid is in regard to If the present chairman decides to drop Fitzpatrick in spite of other Influences th board will likely rEmain as it Is now constituted with McMillan W Yo J I Halloran Charles D C P Brooks and T J 3 Arm Armstrong Armstrong strong |