The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-04-08
Discussion Regarding the One
Around Portsmouth Square.
The Supervisors Receive Complaint Against
Charles Alpsrs-A Saving in Water
Ellis Suggested.

For the nrSt time since the present BOARD
assumed office, the minority, consisting of
Supervisors Ebert, Boyd and Wright, had
things their own way. The vote of at least
one of these was needed for any solid
Nine proposition and this, of course, they
could not obtain. Mayor Pond presided.
Two lengthy additional protests were re-
ceived from prOperty-Owners against the
paving of Railroad avenue, and both were
referred to the Street Committee.
A protest was received from property
owners against the manner in which the
crossing of Pine and Octavia streets is be-
ing graded. Il was sent to the Street Com
mittee.
A SAVING SUGGESTED.
A report was received and filed from John
Q. Brown, gas and ex-offco water inspec-
tor, giving an account of an inspection of
the fire hydrants, engine-hOuses, police sta
tions jails and school-houses. He finds
that the water company's rating under the
new order is correct. He suggests that
during the long summer vacations of two
months, when school-houses are closed. the
water should be shut off. The bills for
schOol-houses amounts to $1,000 month.
For this money no service has hitherto
been rendered.
Referring to the public parks and
From information gained from those in charge.
find that during the months of November and
December. 1883, and January, February aud
March, 1S90-hve months IN all-nol drop
OF water has been used for lrrlgating
The public squares aud no water Will
likely be used duiug the present month OF
April, as the ground is too wet to admit
OF any more water. This IS also the case In re-
gard 10 the irrigation OF public grounds sur
rounding public buildings HE charge Tor
water per mouth for irrigatlng public squares Is
S424 10, and for public grounds S6lZ o.. Dur
Ing ordinary winters those IN charge inform me
that no waller Is used IQr lifgatlhg purposes 1Or
four months at least. | would therefore suggest
that during the winter months this service,
which is useless, be dispensed with.
MEAT-PEDDLERs' LICENSE.
The retail butchers of the city presented
a long petition, representing that certain
persons who are peddling meats, thus inter-
fering with their business, pay an INSULT
clent license. They request that such
licenses be increased to SO quarter. 1t
was sent to the Committee on Licenses and
Orders.
- The Park Lane Tract and Seventeenth
street Improvement Club presented a con-
yeyance to the city from Adolph Sutro of
lands in the Park Lane Tract and San
Miguel Rancho for the purpose of streets,
and requested its acceptance. A similar
petition was received from Jacob Heyman
deciding to the city strip of forty feet in
the Cobb Tract, from California avenue to
Prospect avenue. Both documents were
referred to the Street Committee.
Chief Crowley reported the expenses of
the Police Department for March to be
S44.021 TO-
a communication was received from the
Fire Commissioners, requesting the pay
ment OF 500 to Edward Fleming, tillerman
of Truck Company 8, who was injured
while responding TO an alarm on January
2Sth.
The Board of Health submitted request
from the City Physician that furniture be
supplied for the upper story of the City
Receiving Hospital, where patients who
cannot be readily removed Will be treated.
a protest was presented to the board by
several hundred residents, taxpayers and
prOperty-owners in South San Francisco
against the establishment of Charles Alpers.
There is in our midst a great nuisance"
they say land in our opinion destroyer
OF health and happiness. We are COM
PEELED to pass this place every day from
one TO three times, and very often We have
to stop and Vomit. When drawing Oft the
kettles therein, in fact at any time the smell
is unbearable. The place We refer to is the
dead horse factory, situated at the corner of
Fifth avenue and n street, South San Fran
cisco. Gentlemen, il it is in your power,
we ask you to have this place moved to some
place where nobody lives"
An order was finally passed providing
for the erection of fire escapes on buildings
above two stories in height.
REMOVING a FENCE.
The order providing for the removal of
the iron fence from Portsmouth square and
Its sale, came up for final passage.
Supervisor Pescla suggested that a part
OF Washington square. from which the
wooden fence was recently removed, had
several entertainments which were extremely
dangerous and liable, if left unOpen, to
mulct the city in damages. He suggested
that the fence be removed there.
Supervisor Wheelan said that the base of
the fence was rusted aud would not stand
removal.
Dr. Pescia moved that the resolution be
laid over for two weeks, but the motion
was lost by one vote.
Supervisor Boyd said that the fence
ought to be erected as suggested, because it
would prevent accidents. He was opposed
TO an indefinite pOstponement as proposed
by one of the members.
supervisor Bush thought that the fence
ought to be removed, as it was a screen for
criminals and DRINKS who went to such in
closures TO concOct crime or sleep off the
effects of Chinese gin. In all Instances
where the fences had been removed the
moral tone has been Improved.
Supervisor Wright favored the removal,
he said the abSurdlty of the arguments ad-
vanced against removing the fence to Wash
ington square were shown by simply stat
ting them. In once Instance the claim had
been made that by fencing two sides of the
square 1t would be inclosed and be a screen
for criminals, and that if person fell down
might be so in the case Of a child, but an
elderly person might be severely injured.
The matter was then laid over for a week
Tor further investigation, Supervisors Bush
and Pilster opposing.
A BIG WATER BILL
A resolution providing for the payment OF
S22,051 43 to the Spring Valley Water
Works, for water furnished the CITY from
July, 1889, 10 March, 1890, was laid over.
and the Water Committee was instructed to
examine the bills from November, 1889. to
March, 1890, as charges had been made for
water Tor lrrlgating purposes which had
not been used, owing to the rains.
Inc resolution providing for the extern
sion Of Dolores street south to Mission was
referred back to the Street Committee to
give the DIRECTORS an opportunity to protest
A resolution was adopted providing for
an expenditure of Sl2,0 600 during the next
fiscal year for the improvement of San
Bruno road.
A resolution was adopted providing for
the erection of fire-alarm box at the cor
ner OF Market, Church and Fourteenth
streets.
The Chief of Police was instructed to
have plans and specifications prepared for
the erection of tOuT-cell police station on
Napa street, near Illinois, in South San
francisco.
The order providing for the opening and
extension OF Howard street south to North
avenue and appointing Frank McCoppin,
ID: j: Ioohy and j. Downey Harvey Com
mlSsioners, which was passed at the pre-
Vlous meeting, came up again, as an omis-
sion mad been made in that part of the order
declaring the street an open one On mo-
ton the matter was referred to the Street
Committee to adjust.
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