The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-11
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ne Mayor also returned unapprOVeQ
resolution 1901, third series, being; petit
and repair GAL Mission street. 1t seems
that this number is borne by a Chinese
laundry and in refusing the permission de-
sired the Mayor took occasion to score
these places very heavily as "plague spots
and nuisances." He referred to the
danger they were to the community and
the costly burden. especially in raising the
rates Of insurance and depreciating the
values of neighboring property.
Official communications were received as
follows and referred to appropriate COM
mittees:
Street Superintendent. requesting that
the clerk be directed to readvertise for
proposals for the extension of the Channel
street sewer.
Requesting that he should be allowed to
retain the clerk heretofore allowed for the
work of completing the written description
OF property sold for delinquency.
City Engineer. reporting that the cost of
surveying and making profes for the es-
Enlistment of grades on P0whattan street
will not be less than $3.50; also that the cost
of establishing grades on Belvedere street
Will not be less than 500.
Fire Commissioners. recommending the
purchase of twenty-one Hale harnesses and
collars; also that The rear wall of the
truckhouse on O'FaIrel street be carried
down three and half feet to secure the
building; also the transfer of two con-
demned horses to some public institution.
Supervisor Denman rose to question Of
privilege and desired to explain that he
and his colleagues had virtually kept
within the 81 limit Of their pledges, That
limit, he said, was 81 on 1915. 900, 900, and
did not include the assessment on the
building. on the park, sinking fund or
judgments.
In answer to Supervisor Forman he
said the difference between providing
money for judgments and tor janitors and
such like was that this board had no con-
troll of the judgments. He maintained that
the present assessment virtually amounted
to 81 cents on the $4,000. 900. or l per
cent per 81 on S275 900. 600, which was what
the pledge required.
A large number of protestants appear
to speak against the final passage Of the
order of assessment for the filling in pro-
posed to be done to James G. Fairs prop
erty near Black Point.
Charles Kerr protested against the pro-
posed seawall on the ground that the land
was partly State property and that the SUI
pervisors had no Jurisdiction there.
w. l.. Merry thought the time had not
come for this particular Improvement, but
anyway, the district ought 20 be enlarged
as far south as Union street. Another
DOlDL was GndG IOuHuatlOO must De
dredged to make the seawall secure. An
other was that the work would lag and the
untitled land would prove a nuisance.
Then the city must maintain the Fillmore
street wharf property. and II by its own
act it inclosed that property it would be
throwing itaway.
The Phelps Manufacturing Company
was represented by Attorney Stratton.
whose argument against the form OF as
sessng the Improvement consisted In the
claim that it would benefit a larger district
than that proposed to be assessed. I
Nelson objected to the size of the dis
trict. Mr.. Phelps of the manufacturing
company summed up the situation, and
Captain Merry said that no ship could
ever lie off Lewis street. 1t was an utter
absurdity. Fillmore-street wharf was
protected by horseshoe bay. but even
that was not secure. The retaining Of
the land was all the benefit to be expected :;
there could be no.shpping facilities there.
1t would make a very valuable manufac-
turing district and bring a manufacturing
population to reside around.
1t was moved by Day and seconded by
RYAN that the protest should not be sus-
tained. About S2.000000 was to be ex-
pended there and any delay now would
have Disappointing effect upon labor.
Supervisor Denman favored larger dis
trict in the assessment
Supervisor Dundon hoped the work
would go on. He thought Mr.. Fairs en-
ierprse should be encouraged.
The motion to denv the protest was
adopted by vote Of 10 to 2. Supervisors
Stanton and Denman alone voting against