The morning call., 1891-10-20
SUPERV VISORS.
HoWard.Street Extension Inter
rupted.
County Worlds Fair Association-Ch Chinese in
the County Jail-Serpentine Avenue
Cut Up.

The session last night of the Board of
Supervisors was sort of citizens or prop
erty-owners' field day. There were hun
dreds present, and nearly all of them had
something to say. The matters that brought
them there in such numbers were the pro-
posed change of grade on Market street,
west of Valencia, which is now simply un-
der discussion, and the final hearing on the
report of the Howard-street Extension
Commissioners.
In relation to the Market-street grade,
arguments were made for and against the
change, but nothing was added to what was
said and published at the time the scheme
was first projected year or more ago.
The familiar protest was raised agal nst
the system of assessments embraced in the
report of the Huward-street Extension
Commissioners, declaring that the whole
scheme was unjust and oppressive, and
that the assessments had not been fairly
distributed.
FAVORED THE REPORT,
Taber and Burling both favored the adop-
ton of the report. They had worked nlght
ana day for weeks and months to have the
assessments ON fair basis, and believed
they had succeeded. AS evidence OF their
success there were only sixty obJectorS out
of 1890 pTOperty-owners affected. Property
had been quadrupled in value, and many oil
Ebert opposed the report. He believed 1t
q bad plan to pass any measure against o
many protests.
A resolution was proposed that the report
as modified and corrected be approved and
confirmed, and that all objections TO it other
wise be Overruled
The resolution was lost by the following
vote:
Ayes-Jackson, Burling, Hunt, Taber, WIlkin-
sOn-5.
EXcused-Curtts.
This does not kill the matter. The report
may be still further modified and again SUBJ
mitted for approval
WORLDS FAIR ASSOCIATION.
resolution was passed requesting the
Mayor to communicate with leading citizens
and arrange for conference for the pur-
pose of organizing a county Worlds Fair
Association, in order that this city may be
represented and make a creditable sho wing.
The Committee on Public Buldin gs re-
ported the attic of the County Jail in very
bad condition and in urgent need of repairs.
1t IS only four feet high, and yet is used for
the confinement of Chinese prisoners. Be
tween March and September the United
States Government paid into the city
treasury $1,000 for the maintenance of Chi
nese prisoners confined there. In view of
this TACT, the committee thinks the walls
should be built up four feet higher to make
the place haDitabls for human beings.
A resolution was passed instructing the
clerk Of the board TO invite bids on such
work and putting on new roof.
Lily avenue, extending easterly from
Webster street 137 Is feet, was ordered eX-
plunged from the official map.
sERPENTINE lAvENUE CUT UP.
The County Surveyor was instructed to
make a survey and map Of what was for
merly Serpentine avenue, running from
the old San Jose road to San Bruno road
the land to be divided into lots and all
transgressOrs to be elected. When tn e sur
vey is completed the Mayor is authorl zed to
sell tie lots to the highest bidders.
The street railway franchise asked for by
Abner Doble, w. b. Chapman, William
Hollis, W. Il. Hearst and others to South
San Francisco was lost. 1t came up on
passage TO print and the vote stood:
Ayes-JackSOn, Burling. Ellert, Hyer. T aber,
NlkinsoD-6.
Noes-CurtiS, Carnes. Coffee, Hunt.