The morning call., 1890-12-17
THE SUPERVISORS.
Reappointment of Fire Commits.
SiOners.
Five Street Railway Franchises Vetoed-New
Fire Limits Fixsd-Bold Strikes
Made.

The SUPERVISORS surprised even themselves
last night at the neatness and dispatch OF their
proceedings and the early hour of adjournment.
Ii was quiet ana orderly session from begin
ming to end; no wrangles, no fiery eloquence, aud
few differences, 1he elements OF Doodle ana
jobbery were of course present and noticeaDie-
il could not be otherwise with "the solld nine -
but not so eonspcuously and disgustlnsy So as
on most occasions.
The FIRST matters OF interest presented were
the MAYORS yetoes of five street railway fran
chisesl
REASONS FOR THE VETO.
The order granting franchise over certain
streets to Henry Moffatt j. b. Reinstein and Nj.
S Eisner was vetoed, for the reasons that IL
authorizes the operation OF the road by means OF
electric motors, which Is clearly in violation OF
that section Of the Civil Code which provides that
''1n no case must permission be granted TO
pTOpel cars upon such tracks otherwise than by
horses, mules or wire ropes running under the
ground ana moved by stationary steam en-
glnes."
Also that fifty years Is too long term for any
kind OF franchise. This franchise e seems TO
have been granted" adds the Mayor, " Tor the
purpose OF tieiug up routes of travel as 1t covers
some twenty different streets, or parts OF
streets" The opposition to the franchise by SO
many property-owners along The route Is re-
earded a sound objection 10 1t.
another strong reason why the franchise
should not be granted is that Devlsadero street,
along which It IS proposed TO run The road, IS the
only wide street running across the western Ad-
dilion. and should be reserved for u driveway
for which IL was originally intended. railroad
along il would defeat this Intention"
TWO OTHER vEToEs.
SThe other two vetoes of the franchises granted
TO this same company were on substantially the
same grounds. The third one proposed TO run
over nine different streets, not one OF which is
opened.
Behrend Joost and w. +. Thomas was also
vetoed on account OF the clause providing for
electrc-motor power and the term of nifty years.
The same objection was urged against the
SutteT-street franchise Tor an extension OF It's
present Polk street line The yetoes VIII take
The usual course. that Is be published three Times
and on next Tuesday night the orders will be
passed In spite of his disapproyal by the dis
gtaced Solid Nine.
y REMOVAL OF CARRIAGE.
When the resolution to award 10 the Pacific
Fertlizing Company The contract for twenty
years to remove the garbage, ofal, etc, came up
for final passage Pills er arose and handed an
amendment To the clerk. 1t inserted a clause
providing that the company should not be
allowed TO charge more than 20 cents load for
such removal
1t VIII be remembered that when this resolu--
ton appeared at the preceding meeting Boyd
objected to IL because il stated no price To govern
The company, and OH his motion IL WAS sent back
TO the Health and Police Committee
The committee made 90 change whatever, but
recommended It's flual passage as II originally
appeared. But ii was SO apparent job tnat the
committee had not the courage TO rush IL
through, aud hence the amendment
Before the amendment was acted upon Mayor
POnd called attention TO the fact thai several
years ago The GARBAGE men themselves did not
think IL worth more than 10 cents load to re-
move debris. lie suggestion. however. had no
effect and the order as amended was passed TO
PRINT.
1t Will come up for final passage on the Esd.
ana the Mayor can hold II ten DAYS which will
take II Into the next year. aud by this process il
may probably be defeated.
EXTENDING THE FIRE LIMITS.
passed, and unless defeated by the Mayors veto
the new boundaries OF the FIRE district viii be as
follows:
Commencing at the foot OF Greenwich street,
thence westerly TO SansOme, thence 10 Broad
way, TO Powell, TO Sacramento, 10 stockton, 10
Suffer, to Powell, to O'FaTrell, TO Mason, TO e.
lis, 10 Taylor, 10 Eddy, TO Jones. TO Turk, TO
LeayenwoIIn, TO Golden Gale avenue thence
westerly 10 point l37 u feet east OF the easerly
line OF La kin street, thence at right angles
southeIly, parallel with and 1879 feet from the
easterly line Of LarSin street 10 Suffer street;
thence 10 point 137 y feet west OF the westerly
line OF LarklD street; thence AT right angles
soutllerly, parallel with ana 1874 feel from the
westerly line OF Latkin street to McAiiister
street; thence TO Polk TO Hayes, To Van Ness,
10 Fell, 10 Franklin, To Page, 10 Cough; thence
TO Market and Haiencia, TO Hermann, TO Mission,
to Ninth, 10 Mlnna, TO Sixth, 10 Howard 10 First,
TO Folsom, 10 Steuart, TO Howard, TO the bay;
thence by the snoreine 10 The point OF begin
ming.
Also, beginning at point on the c-nter line of
Suffer street, distant 1879 feet east of the
easterly line OF Polk street; lhencr running
northerly, parallel with and 1877 "a feet east OF
the easIerly line OF Polk street 10 Clay; thence
westerly along the center line OF Clay TO point
distant 1877 y feet west OF the westerly line OF
Polk; thence at right angles southerly, parallel
with and 1877 Il feet from the westerly line OF
Polk 10 SutGer; lheuce easIeriy along The center
line OF Suffer 10 the point OF commencement
This order further provides that every person
who III good faith has entered into a contract
prior TO passage Tor the erection OF building
other than that contemplated by Order No. 1917,
shall be permitted 10 erect the same In accord
apce with Ihe terms OF their contract, II at the
time the contract was entered into the erection
OF The building contemplated by The contract
would have involved a violation OF law or the
orders of me board then in force, and provided
that tie actual work under such existing con-
tracts IS to be commenced within six mouths
after the final passage OF the Older aud prose-
cuted In good faith TO completion.
STEALING A "SNEAK."
The disposition OF The wIped-out Buckley gang
to steal every available "sueak" on tile Incoming
administration Is being aided by the "solid
nine" wherever ii is possible. and Two or three
desperate bluffs were made last night.
One OF these was in resolution appointing
"; B. Wiltshire: h; 4, Mann and Maurice
years from the first Monday in July, 1890.
The Mayor looked CONFUSED as could be when
the resolution was read. Gradually his confu-
sion developed into broad smile, and II
wishing 10 hBd out II his ears had not deceived
him. he asked upon what authority those APP
pOintments were made
Under order OF this board" replied Barry,
establishing fully paid FIRE department"
he mayors klltl6 continued To QGVcl0p I'LL IL
became full hedged laugh but lie put the reso-
luton, ana IT was Carried, Wright ana Ebert
yoIing against IT,
Ii is Understood that this Is, In the ordinary
street Vernacular d "biuff," pure and simple, be-
cause a similar resolution was passed last spring,
tested In Judge Skaters department and ruled
out, and is now on appeal to the Supreme Court.
ANOTHER BOLD STRIKE.
The next bold strike was the appointment Of
Dauel j. Gordon Clerk Ut the Justices Courts
for The ensuing two years, alter having accepted
the resignation of Marion A. Wilson. Ebert re-
corded tie only vote against this appointment.
resolution was next passed declaring vacant
the position Of jaHitor OF the Justices' Court,
held by Edward Riley, and appointing Frank
McCarriek Tor the ensuing Two years.
A resolution was adopted declaring closed
that portion OF Laurel avenue between Franklin
and Cough, TURK and Eddy streets.
The Commissioners for the Post-street extern
sion 10 First avenue filed their bonds and they
were approved, As follows: hugh Grumpy
surelies T. J. Lowney and John Mohoiy;
George Fletcher; Joseph A. Kelly, surety
Thomas w. Brannan. Bond. $4,000.
The same course was taken with the Market
street extension Commissioners: J. J Scrvner
sureties T. j. Cbadb0urne and j. c. Nealon; w
j. Bryan, sureties Charles A. Worth and John
". Mcdonald; NJ Fallon, surelies William Nc
Mann ana L. w. Lees. Bond. $4,000.
ACCEPTANCE OF DEED.
The resolution accepting the deed from Beh-
rend joost and John j. Meehan for strip OF
land thirty feet wide, from Clara street to Park
Lane Tract, was ordered passed to print.
The Point L0bOs Improvement Society submit.
ted a communication recommending the appoint-
ment Of G- j. Bohen, c. Haswell and John Law
as Commissioners for the opening and extension
OF Twenty fourth and Twenty NTH avenues from
Lake street north to the ocean.
Catherine Mah0ney filed petition to have
Lilly avenue, in Western Addition Block 297.
expunged from the official map, and IL was refer
red To the Street Committee
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