The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-24
SUPERVISORS.
Recommendations Made by the
Finance Committee.
No Present Improvement If Golden Gate Park
a Matron for the City Prison-Athletio
Clubs Safe for Eight Weeks.

Tn Board of Supervisors met last even
ing. In the absence of Mayor Pond.
Supervisor Pescia presided. Supervisor
Noble was absent.
The following communications and petit
tions were received and referred to the
proper committees:
From property-owners asking that Van
Ness avenue, from Broderiek to Vallejo
streets, be accepted.
From the Board of Education entering a
protest against a permit to L. j. Moynihan
to erect gas engine on the premises 10
Herman street. 1t is claimed that the work
ing of the engine will interfere with the
public school. which is on an adjoining lot.
From S. L. Wright making an offer to
supply the city at 80 cents foot, In quan-
titles from 500 to 1000 feet, with fire hose OF
q better quality than that now in use.
POLICE ALARM SYSTEM.
From FL. G. Philips, agent of the munich
pal police alarm system, stating that thirty
signal-5oxes and three central station out
fits had been shipped from Boston, and that
the apparatus would arrive here by the
middle of next month. The remaining
boxes will be forwarded from time TO time
as they are made by the company.
A report was submitted by the Finance
Committee recommending for indefinite
pOstponement the resolution introduced last
week to include in the tax levy for the COM
ing fiscal year S3o, coo, which will be used
Tor the improvement of the public squares
Of the city, that amount having been pro-
vided for by dividing the appropriation set
apart for the use OF the Street Department.
In the report the committee also called
attention to the wants of the School De-
tOr ha ar,h
stated that the provisions of the levy are as
follows: Allowance from the State school
funds, 5000, 900; to be derived from the city
and county taxation, $500, 900; special levy
for the Girls High School for new school
edifice, $101, 800; salaries of Superintend-
ent and Secretary of the Board of Educa-
ton, $1,000. The total amount for school
purposes Is, therefore. S1,070,900.
COUNTY CLERKS APPROPRIATION.
In relation to the petition of the County
Clerk for special appropriation of $1,000
for the purpose of renswing the indices Of
the Probate Department, the committee
says it has no power to make such an apprO-
priation and that the application should be
made when funds are more available in the
future.
The committee recommended the indef-
mite p0Stponement OF the resolution to pro-
vide in the levy for taxes for the coming ifs
cal year for levy of SIX cents on the 500
amount allowed by the law for improving
Golden Gate Park. No changes were made
by the committee in the Auditors figures,
one and a half cents being provided
within and three cents outside the limit, the
latter being the extent that could be levied.
No other appropriation could be reduced to
give the full amount within the total limit
OF $4,000 600 to be raised by taxation. The
recommendations in the report were
adopted.
Bids for variety of street work in vari-
Gus parts of the city were opened and re-
ferred to the Street Committee for consid-
GRAFTON.
CITY PRISON MATRoN.
A resolution was passed which author
lied the Chief OF Police and Health and
Police Committee to appoint matron Of
the City Prison at a salary of $50 month.
Con sideration of the proposed ordinance
in relation TO the regulation Of the various
athletic clubs Of the city by special license
was postponed for eight weeks on motion
of Supervisor Bush. The order as present
ed was vetoed by the Mayor in the first
place several months ago, and since then
has been postponed from time to time.
Clerk Russell was authorized to advertise
for bids for lighting the streets with gas
and electricity for TWO years from August
1890.
The Clerk was also asked to advertise for
bids for constructing a building to be used
as police station on Napa street, between
kentucky and Illinois.
A NEW ENGINE-HoUSE.
An authorization was passed in favor OF
| Il. McElroy on the General Fund for S11.-
IA, which sum is agreed upon as the price
for erecting an engine-hOuse on Duncan
street, between Church and Sanchez.
The contract for supplying the Police and
Fire Alarm Telegraph Company with wire
for the next fiscal year was awarded to
| John Roebling & Sons. The contract for a
| boiler for the City and County Hospital
was awarded to Moynihan Il Aitken.
A resolution approving the tax levy as re-
ported last week was finally passed, and the
| board adjourned.