The morning call., 1892-09-07
SUPERVISORS IN SESSION.
Proposals Asked to Do Public
Printing.
Steel Bridge Contemplated for Fourth
Street-Electric Railways Exempted
From Wire Rules.

mass OF business was dlspoScQ or IN
short order last evening at the meeting Of
the Board of Supervisors.
This business had accumulated on the
files OF Clerk Russell during the long period
of vacation. broken into only by the special
meeting held on Friday evening.
The Pacific Mall Steamship Company
called attention TO the Inconvenience and
expense arising to the business community
by the closing OF a private roadway between
Its wharf and Fremont Street and used by
the public for many years. 1t suggested
that Bryant street be opened from First to
Beale. This matter was referred to the
proper committee.
Ex-City and County Surveyor W. p.
Hum phrey stated in communication that
his duties as engineer i'll charge OF he COL
lection Of data for system OF sewerag
ceased on the 1st inst, and he had placed in
the hands of the clerk Il preliminary map [
the city and county showing existing
sewers. their size. material and grades, also
q record book OF the sewers, & iving depths
of same below grade, their size and material.
BY resolution adopted these documents
were ordered transferred into the keeping
OF the board Of engineers, which will have
charge Of the matter.
During the course of the evening there
was read a resolution fatheref by Super
visor Carnes, calling for some important
changes In connection with the subject of
public printing. This resolution, which
WAS in the due course OF procedure referred
to the Committee on Printing, Is as follows:
Rss0Iucd That the clerk be and he is hereby
authorized and directed 10 advertise tor pro-
posals 10 do tile public printing IN q daily news
paper published In the city and county
In the English language. from January !. 1893, ,
10 January !, 1895, In accordance with the
specifications 10 be prepared by said clerk,
which specifications shall set forth that all
printing as hereinafter defined shall be classed
under one head as public printing and shall
invite bids for doing said work as follows:
Bidders shall bid a specific amount per thou
sand ems agate type, for each and every inseT-
tlou for all public printing, and said specifca-
lions shall otherwise conform TO The terms
provisions and conditions herein contained aud
prescribed
That said public printing shall comprise and
include and is hereby defined 10 comprise and
include. all orders, resolutions, ordinances and
authorizations and all notices and other publI-
cations ana advertisements published or caused
10 be published by this board or the clerk there
| OF, or by any other board or commission or the
clerk executive officer thereof of or 10 the
| city and county OF San Francisco, caused
| or required by law 10 be published
or advertised tn any newspaper OF Rad
| TN the city and county Of San Francisco,
| other than such orders, resolutions, notices,
| publications, or advertisements caused or pro-
cured 10 be published or advertised BY the Board
! Of Election Commissioners, the Board OF New
| CITY Hall Commissioners OF The said city and
county OF San Francisco. Also all notices, or
| derS or other publications aud advertisements
caused or procured 10 be published by said off,
! GERS Offices departments I'm pursuance or By
| authority or by direction " law.
Said public printing 10 include all OF such
| orders, ordinances, resolutions, authorizations,
notices publications and advertisements, ,whet her
| the expense thereof be chargeable against and
| cOllectbe ftom the said city aud county OF San
Francisco or be chargeable against or cOllectible
| from private individuals or corporations or pT-
| vate property interested In or affected by said
orders. resolutions. ordlna noes. authorizations
| notices, publications or sdsertlsements.
j In TnpN Ntrh nf c1aCl ha
| awarded shall bid and contract with the under
! standing that said city and county OF San ii an
cisco shall only be liable for and shall only pay
at the figures and prices in said bid and contract
| specified for the publication and advertising Of
| the orders, authorizations, resolutions, ordi-
| nances, notices, publications aud ADVERTISE
ments. in or by which private individuals, cor
| poTalons or property shall not be interested or
affected, aud the cost thereof shall not be charge
| able against colectible from private individ-
! uals; that as 10 all orders, resolutions, ordt-
nances, notices, publications and advertisements
| IN or by which individual citizens, persons, cor.
| poTatIOns or property shall be interested, bene-
| he'd or affected, including notices, advertise
| ments or publications concerning. affecting or
| relating TO public contract on 10 street work, or
under the street law OF the State the cost OF
such advertising or publication shall be colecti-
bic and receivable from said persons individ-
uals, corporation or property.
The said bidder TO whom such contract shall
! be awarded shall bid with the understanding
| that The newspaper owned or controlled and
| designated by such bidder shalt be- designated
| by this board as the official paper Of this city
| and county for the term herein speclhed; that
| any contract let In pursuance hereof shall be
void IN the event OF ihe exaction or collection by
| such bidder of the paper designated as aforc-
said OF any compensation or price for advertise
! ments or publications In excess OF the rate In
said bid and contract provided.
The clerk Of this board Is hereby directed to
advertise this resolution as required by law
| A res olution was adopted authorizing the
| Committee on Streets to have plans and
| specifications made for a steel bridge on
| Fourth street, over Channel, reporting the
| same TO the board with an estimate of the
cost.
The board adopted the resolution OF
| Tsber, amending the ordinance defining
| limits within which the electric railways
may not use overhead wires. The effect Of
| the proposed am endment is to exclude from
operation of the provisions OF the order the
n. b. and M. Railway Company. the Metro
politan Railway and the San Francisco and
San Mateo Railway. Such special exemp-
tions had In fact already been granted to
the roads named.
Ellert asked the purpose Of this resolu-
tion
1aber replied that it was practically to al
low the North Beach and Mission Railway
Company to place overhead wires on Fol-
som street. and the Metropolitan to do like
wise on Eddy street, Co Market.
The vote on the resolution was:
Ayes-Curtis, Aver, Carnes Coffey, Hunt,
Taber, Wilklnson-7
NOes-Artigues, Eert, Heyer-3.
Excused-Burling
IN