The morning call., 1894-06-26
NEW TELEPHONES.
Application Made for a
Franchise.
THE TAX LEVY APPROVED.
A Resolution to Reduce the Gas
Rates.
THE TAX LEVY APPROVED.
THE STANFORD ASSESSMENT.
Supervisors Graut Several AppIica.
tionS. for Reductions on the
Personal Property Roll.

Supervisor James presided at yester-
days meeting Of the Board of Supervis-
ors, as Mayor Ellert had not returned from
a trip to Santa Cruz.
The board met in the morning as equal
izers to consider the applications of prop
erty-ownerS for corrections of the personal
property assessment roll. Few applica-
tions are ever received except from big
corporations and large estates.
The board yesterday reduced the assess
menE on the Stanford estate SS46, $50, and
this reduction was ordered on a showing
made by MountfoFd Wilson. attorney for
the Stanford estate, that the sum named
represented bonds which were sold by
Stanford in New York before his death.
The board refused 20 allow any further re-
ducti0nS in this estate, but the big cut
made lessened the Stanford assessment On
personal property considerably, the cut
being from S2,14SS52 to 81. 800. .266.
The application CT Richard V. Dey for a
reduction of the assessment on the Mrs.
Teresa Fair estate was denied by the
board. He asked for cut from 81. 100000
10 SS000
The assessment on the Bancroft library
was lowered from S25.000 to $4,000; the
California Vigorit Powder Company from
5000 to S25O0, and the assessment ou the
barkentine Marion from $4,000 to $780,
In the afternoon the board met in regu-
lar session, the first important business
transacted being the final passage of the
tax levy of 81 on the $3.50, 100000 valua-
tiOn, account Of which was given in The
CALL recently.
Chairman James stated that he had re-
ceived word from Mayor Ellert that he
would affiX his signature to the levy, and
1t NAV now be considered as the law for
the next fiscal year.
A. j. Campbell petitioned the board for
a new telephone franchise. in which peti.
ton he said:
The undersigned respectfully petitions your
honorable body 10 grant 10 him or such other
person or persons as may become entitled
thereto, by virtue Of the provisions OF law,
franchise TO construct, operate and maintain
within the city and county Of San Francisco
and the lanes, streets, avenues and alleys under
It's jurisdiction, telephone and telegraph wires
and other necessary appliances for the purpose
OF carrying on the business of transmitting in
tellIgence by means of telephone devices and
appliances. and wires and cables such as are
customary or necessary for the said business,
and Tor The purpose herewith submit to your
honorable body the form of an order or Ord-
nance suitable for the purpose OF granting such
franchise.
The order mentioned grants a franchise
fo- fifty years, the most important section
to the city baing the following:
Section 5-AU rights and privileges granted
by this order shall be upon the following con-
dttiOnS, TO wit:
That all the machinery and material used in
the construction OF the Work under aud In the
operation of This franchise shall be of Califor-
MA manufacture eXcept such as is not manu-
factured here or may be covered by patent.
That the city and county OF san Francisco
shall during the term thereof have the use with.
ont any expense To the said city aud county, of
one continuous duct through the entire length
OF the cOnduits laid by the SAID grantee or his
assigns. for The exclusive use OF the fire alarm,
! fire patrol and police alarm service.
! The order also provides that work must
be commenced within six months and
! 100000 spent within year, exclusive of
| the purchase of realty.
The proposed franchise, il il is recon-
mended by the street committee, to Viii ch
! il was referred, must be put up az public
auction and sold 10 the highest bidder.
! The board Instructed the clerk to com
municate with the District Attorney, re-
questDg his opinion on the power of the
| board in the matter of the Auditors re-
fussl to audit the demands of George
BeanstcD, secretary of the Board of Edu-
cation, for $50 month extra compensa-
! ton for acting as clerk OF committees.
Auditor BrOderiek refused to allow Bean
siOn's warrants, on the ground that no
public official could draw two salaries.
The Auditor refused to sign Ebbett's war
rant for S144 %. for coal bags destroyed.
because the FIRE committee had not alIo wed
! the bill previous TO lis being allowed by
the Finance Committee, and the District
| Attorneys opinion was also asked ON this
subject.
A protest was filed with the board by
James ID. Phelan and other property
owners against the selling of property on
Dupont street for delinquency in the pay
ment of taxes under the Dupont-street
widening tax.
The board adopted resolution granting
the Presidio and Ferries Railroad Com
pany the privilege of using electricity on
its lines if it so desires 10 do.
Supervisor Denman's resolution intro
duced some time ago providing for the
letting of a contract 10 do plumbing re-
pairs at the New City Hall, instead OF pay
ing for the work in Job lots, was indefi-
| niiely postponed.
He met with a better fate in his resoIu-
tion to have a contract let for providing o
| keys and repairing the locks of the new
! CITY Hall, which costs the people over
5000 a month. The matter has always
been a source of trouble and expense to
the city, as a political jobber generally
received the work. When Superintendent
Denman's resolution was adopted to ad-
vertise for contract, he stated that the
city would be saved two-thirdS of the pres
| ent cost.
A resolution was introduced signed by
Supervisors Denman and Hinton fixing ;he
Illuminating power of gas at seventeen
candle power, and the gas rate at 81 s.
per 1000 cubic feet a fter September l next.
The Introduction of the resolution quite
startled the Supervisors and a motion
was made at once TO refer the matter to
the Street Lights Committee, of which
Supervisor Refs is chairman. The reduc-
ton proposed IN the gas rate is Is cents
per 1000 cubic feet. while the candle power