The morning call., 1890-11-25

from central DaSln, future Terry inpuiuss
TO a point near Golden Gate Park, distance
of four miles, and should be reserved for
through line at such time as these I'M
pr0vementS are made.
The franchise asked for by Moffatt, Rein
stein & Co. was ordered passed to print and
referred to the Street Committee
Wright objected to the franchise, because
it was opposed by many Of the most sub
stantial firms and citizens OF San Francisco,
and also for the reason given in one OF the
protests, that it would injUre Sixteenth
street.
Becker introduced resolution giving the
City and County Attorney the power to APP
point special counsel to assist in defending
the city In the Supreme Court against suit
brought by Mary Lee to recover lot on
Market street. between Fourth and Fifth,
valued at $500, COO; also the suit brought by
Eugene LIE Roy for certain other lands.
number Of objections were raised to
this resolution, and it was disposed Of by re-
ferring 1t TO the Judiciary Committee.
THE FIRE LIMITS.
An order extending the fire limits was in
troduced by Barry and passed to print as
of Greenwich street, thence to Sansome, to
Broadway, TO Powell, to Sacramento, to
Stockton, to Suffer, to Powell, to OFarrell,
to Mason, to Ellis, to Taylor, to Eddy. to
Jones, to Leavenworth, to Golden Gate
avenue. to Larkin to Suffer, TO point 1871 e
feet west of Larkin, to McAlliSter, to Polk,
to Hayes, to Van Ness avenue, to Fell, to
Franklin, to Page, to Cough, to Market,
along Valencia to Hermann, to Mission, to
Ninth, to Minna, TO Sixth, to Howard, to
the Bay, thence to point of commencement.
Also commencing 1871 Is feet east of Polk. on
Suffer, 10 point 137 IS feet east of Polk, to
Clay, to a point 1877 &c feet west OF Polk,
| thence at right angles southerly 137 :6 feet
| from Polk, 10 Suffer, thence east on Suffer
! to point OF commencement.
The resolutions passed by the Board OF
| Health at its last meeting requiring physi-
| Clans to report cases OF cholera, smallpox,
| diphtheria, scarlet fever or other infectious
| diseases to the Health Department at once,
| to placard all houses IN which these diseases
| exist; also providing that the remains of
| persons that died of such diseases shall not
| be removed except for burial, or inspected
by any one except by the immediate family
! of the deceased, and that there shall be no
| church segyce, were submitted and ordered
| passed TO print as all amendment TO the
| present ordinance.
The City Railway Company. that asked for
franchise over many leading thoroughfares
some weeks ago, and which application was
| amended last week by Boyd inserting the
| provi Sion that the company should, in con-
sideratiou of the franchise. give to the city
| 2 per cent of the gross receipts of the entire
| line. objected to the amendment before the
| Street Committee yesterday afternoon, and
! WIltD IL came VI lOT
| the board Barry moved to reconsider the
| matter.
Boyd Immediately jumped up and de-
| manded why.
Barry explained that the amendment was
burdensome and unjust, and ought to be
| struck out
CUTTING SARCASM.
Boyd replied with cutting sarcasm that he
had no doubt it would be struck out, too,
and intimated as plainly rs he could With
| out saying it in so many words that the
Southern Pacific Company, who wanted the
| franchise. owned the board, and would get
whatever it demanded-the earth if desired.
Mayor Pond called attention to the cir
| cumsiauce that the franchise was asked
over several prospective streets that III all
| probability would not be opened in three
years, in which time the franchise must OK
! pire.
Boyd again replied with biting sarcasm
| that it made no difference. The Southern
! Pacific Company could have whatever it
wanted, expiration OF no expiration.
| The franchise was amended by striking
| out the Objectionable per cent clause for
the whole system and then passed to print
| Boyd and Wright voting against it.
An application for street railway fran
chise was made by George Hearst, Abner
Doble, John o. Refs, p. n. Lillienthal, L. c..
man, Monroe Greenwood, y. d. Baldwin
and William Hollis. the route defined COM
mencing at Market and Seventh streets,
thence to South, thence TO Missouri, thence
10 Napa also beginning at Missouri and
| Solano streets, thence to Tennessee, thence
to Sierra. The conditions of the franchise
are substantially the same as usually set
| forth of late.
The order prohibiting the stretching or
suspending of electric wires along the tops
| of buildings anywhere in the city was
| finally passed.
The order prohibiting the dumping of
| dirt, garbage and offal Of all kinds on any
| Of the lands of the city or from any wharf
| or water front of the city was finally
| passed, and is now law.
| The Chief of Police was authorized to
have another patrol wagon constructed for
| the department, not to exceed S4g5 IN cost.