The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-01
SUPERVISORS.
Routine Business Only Trans
acted at Their Meeting.
Bids for Supplying Fire Hose-Printing Mu-
nicipal Reports-A Matron tor the City
Prison-Police Patrol System.

A meeting of the Board of Supervisors
was held last evening, Mayor Pond in the
! chair.
J A petition was received from G. G. But
| Ter and others, against the opening and eX-
tension of Post street from Central avenue
west to First avenue. and referred to the
| Street Committee.
A communication was received from three
! local iron manufacturing firms calling at
| tention to the fact that the California-street
Cable Railroad Company had allowed ma
terial for the beams and Orders in the con-
| struction Of the engine-house on the corner
of California and Hyde streets to be man
ufactured outside of the State. 1t is set
forth by the authors of the communication
that the iron work has been ordered in the
Eastern States in violation of one of the
sections of the franchise granted to the
company by the Board of Supervisors. The
firms signing the communication are the
| Western Iron Works, Calvin, Nutting 81
| Sons and Rix & Firth.
| BIDS FOR FIRE HOSE.
The following bids were received for sup
| plying fire hose Tor the Fire Department;
For 5000 feet of Paragon cotton 21A-inch
| hose, with couplings complete, 81 per foot;
| AOl OVOO lCCb VI DOllL6u nOoC Vi
the Maltese Cross brand. 81 10 per foot.
| Bids were referred to the Fire Department
| Committee. This was an unnecessary pro-
| cedure, as the 10000 feet of hose has al
| ready been delivered to the department by
| the agents of the two brands of hose
named, there being no competition in the
| matter.
w. NJ. Hinton & Co. were awarded the
| contract for printing and binding $500 copies
| of the Municipal Reports for the fiscal year
| 1SS9-90 at the rate of 81 cents per page, long
| primer.
-, Mrs. E; Gilmore was appointed matron of
the City Prison at salary Of $50 month.
| a motion made by Supervisor Ebert to lay
| the matter over for one week having been
| lost by vote of S to 3.
a resolution was finally passed request
| ing the Board of Supervisors to supply the
| City and County Hospital with whatever
| hose is necessary for the institution
POLICE PATROL SYSTEM.
! A resolution was passed authorizing the
! purchase OF horse, cart and harness Tor
the use Of the Police Patrol System at an
| expense not to exceed $500.
| Another resolution was finally passed au-
thorizing the Superintendent of the Police
and Fire Alarm Telegraph System to con-
| tract with the Pacific Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company Tor the erection of eighty
eight telephone boxes at an annual rental
| OF $50 each.
By resolution Ash avenue, from Bu-
| chanan to Webster streets, was expunged
| from the official map of the city.
On the recommendation OF the Street
I Committee it was decided to open and ex-
tend Twentieth, Twenty first, Twenty
second and Twenty-third streets. west from
| their present termini.to the Corbett road.
a resolution was passed authorizing the
| payment of $500 to a. McElroy for the
| construction. of the engine-house of Engine
49, on Duncan street. between Church and
| Sanchez.
| 1t was resolved to meet as Board Of
! Equalization, beginning with next Monday,
| until the last Monday in July.