The morning call., 1892-07-12
SUPERVISORS.
A Protest Against the POst.Street
Commission.
lie Roy's street-Railrosd Franchise Referred
Back TO Commi tee-Alpers Loses His
Contract - Petitions Etc.

| The Supervisors at their meeting las
| evening disposed of large amount OF rou
tine business. Mayor Sanderson presided
Petitions were received as follows anC
| referred to the proper committees:
From the Citizens League Of San Fran.
| cisco, with copy OF resolutions adopted al
| a mass-meetlng of citizens held last Sunday
| reiterating their request that the Board Of
/ Supervisors vest the whole power of grant
| ing or Withholding liquor licenses In the
| Board Of Police Commissioners. The peti-
| tion was referred to the Committee 0niLi-
| cense and Orders.
From Joseph de Forest and Fl. n. Tilden.
| protesting against the confirmation of the
| report of the commissioners for The opening
and extension of Sixteenth street.
From the management OF the Home for
| the Care Of Inebriates. for payment 10 the
| petitioner of the sum of S54l1 collected by
| the clerk OF the Police Court from March 3
| 10 October, 1889
From }. B. Haggia et al. presenting a
| quitclaim deed Of a strip of land on Vallejo
| street, between Sansome and Battery, to be
| dedicated and used an open public
street, TO be known as COwell place.
| The report OF the House of Correction
| showed that the expenses of that insIitu-
tiOn during the month Of June amounted to
| S39S7 80.
| Chief of Police requesting that the China
| town police station on WaveTly place. near
| Clay street, be continued, as he has received
! notice from the Chinese Vice-COnsul that
the rent of the same will not be paid by the
| Chinese merchants and Six Companies
after the month of July. Referred to the
| Health and Police Committee.
THE PosT-sTREET EXTENSION.
Angus MackiIlop. on behalf of the Post
street Extension Protective Association.
| sent in communication to protest against
! any renewed action by re-refeTring the re-
| port Of the Post-street Extension Commls-
| sioners to them for further revision. The
| communication SAYS:
I'VE have in plain and unmstakable
| words and actions shown 10 your honorable
| board that We have good cause not 10 trust
| our affairs TO that commission by reason of
| the fact that we have not been fairly and
| honestly dealt with by them. We now e.
/ new all our former protests IN this matter
| submitted TO you at various times with the
| additional REQUEST that you give this exten-
sion scheme its final quietus. If the COM
missioners want law. let them submit their
| grievances to a court. We are ready and
| willing TO meet them there"
The matter was referred TO the Street
| Committee.
A resolution was adopted referring the
report of the commission back to that body
| for them to correct and reduce the cost and
| expense OF the proceedings.
LIE RoY's FRANCHISE.
Upon motion of Supervisor Burling the
| order granting a street-railrOad franchise TO
| George lie Roy 10 build and run a road over
streets in South san Francisco. the Potrero,
| Mission and Park districts was referred to
| the Street Committee for modification OF
| the right of way.
| Supervisor Ellprt said that he had not
| opposed the granting Of the franchise at the
| previous meeting for any other reason than
that he did not think it proper TO give the
| right of way over nearly 20 miles of streets
| without IL being considered very carefully.
lie was not opposed To the Omnibus Rail-
| road Company, but, on the contrary, thought
| that it deserved credit for what IL had ,iUne
with its railroad lines already. but there
were several defects in this order which he
thought should be remedied.
Supervisor Taber spoke in favor Of O. q
order and said that there could possibly be
| no objection TO it,
a resolution was adopted by which the
contract OF Charles Alpers for the removal
| OF dead animals was revoked This action
was taken as the result of complaints that
Alpers continually violated his contract.
| THE cHAYNEL-sTREET BRIDGE.
| Bids were received as follows for the con-
| structlon OF steel drawbridge across Chan
mel street at Fourth: Union Iron Works,
| $4,000; w. III. Norton, S16.500; T. ID. War
wick, S22,5O0 for one plan and S20.750 for
another; Darby. Layton & Co., ST.
| 9S7; ID. McMahon & Sons, S16. 500; Cotton
| Bros. IL Co, S13S53; Doe, Hunt & Co. one
place s14,9eO, another place SI5, 200; HeaIey.
| itbbetts IL Co., S13. l25, with sidewalks
| S13,500; James }. Searle, S27 OO0 The bid
| of the Western Bridge Company was re-
Jected. as 1t was unaccompanied by a GER
| tilted check
The contract for sweeping the streets fol
two years TO July l, 1894. was awarded tC
| the California Construction Company. their
bid being SIC 40 mile.
| The North Beach and Mission Railroad
| was given permission to abandon tnat part
OF It's franchise south Of Stoneman street
| ana OH San Bruno avenue.
| An order was passed to print allowing the
| Fourth OF July committee the usual ap-
propriaton oil $1,000.
An amended order ordering that so feet
| OF The southeast portion of Jessie street
| adjoining the new postolliee site be closed
was adopted. Accompanying the order was
| q description OF the district which will BE-
assessed for the payment OF damages caused
| by vacati9g the street.
The board adjourned to meet ON Friday as
a Board OF Equalization.
COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
The Commercial High School will be
| moved to-day from its present quarters on
| Powell street to the building formerly oc.
cupied by the Humboldt Primary School al
Bush and Stockton streets. There will also
be change in studies at the new school,
The course will hereafter be one. two and
three years, the latter being a sort OF post
| graduate or elementary high-school course
The additions 10 the studies will consist oi
| elementary algebra, Intentional and practi
cal geography. history of the United States
| civil government aud free-hand drawing
This. with bookkeeping. stenography ant
typewriting. will form an elementary hiph
school course.
| REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENTS.
The real estate assessment rolls are nov
K ey at fbs g a.. @.
sors for the benefit of taxpayers. So fa
but few formal applications for reduction O
assessments have been filed with the Super
visors. ID. r. Hayes has asked that the as
sessment Oh SIO59 on property 213 Fremon
destroyed by fire on May %. John Ham
mond, who owned adjoining property. ais
wants bis assessment Of $1,000 cancelled
Only three other petitions have been filed
The Supervisors will meet as a Board G
1 EQualZulion on FRIDAY