The morning call., 1894-11-27
WAS CAUGHT ON THE WAY.
Depending on the Members
ForgetfuIness.
1T WAS TAKEN FROM THE FILE.
Rogers and His Resolutions Grant,
ing the Street Railway Company
Sweeping Privileges.

All thu new business" to come before
the regular meetings OF the Supervisors is
placed on large file. The mem bers have
access to the file and any matter which
any one of them desires to have come be-
fore the board he may place upon it, his
name being written to it.
The routine. for instance, of resolution
for street repairing or any other more or
less important business is to have it come
before the board In the shape of petit
ton; it is read by the clerk and referred
to its proper committee; the committee
reports favorably upon it. say, at the next
meeting ard it is then ''passed to print"
that is, advertised. II the advertisement
brings a protest from citizens, that is re-
ferred to the same committee; it hears the
protesting citizens and reports finally for
or against the improv ement. and after the
proposed lapse of time the final action Is
taken by the board.
Among the multitude of these things
that are constantly passing in procession
before the board the members quite as
constantly lose track of some and seldom
know what stage of the proceedings any
particular matter has reached.
As the clerk reads from the file 1t is nee
essary that some member make the proper
motion, either to pass to print" or to
finally pass" or whatever the stage of its
regular progress may be, and the clerk,
who has the mem orandum before him, II
being marked upon the paper itself, as
this progress is made, is constantly re-
quired to advise the members what is the
proper motion to be made.
With this explanation, little circum-
stance that took place at the meeting of
the board yesterday afternoon will be
readily understood
Since the counting of The election re-
turns began Mayor Ebert has been so ell
gagged with that work hat he has not once
presided at the meetings of the Supervis-
orS, Mr.. James having usually taken his
place. Mr.. James. as Is well known, has
a way of getting all tangled up with Cush-
ing when he occupies the high chair and
it is as much as he can do to keep from be-
ing ruu over by previous question with
out being expected TO be up IN history at
the same time.
But Yesterday afternoon Mayor Ebert
took an unexpected notion 10 ''go round
and take while with the Supervisors"
just to see how it felt once more.
The newspaper reporters had been going
over this file referred TO, as usual, and one
of them. as Mayor Ebert was about to
climb up in bis seat. called his attention to
a resolution 10 which was written the
name of Supervisor Rogers, granting the
right to the Market-street Railroad Com
pany to erect poles and string electric wires
thereon for the operation of the trolley
system of street railways along all its lines
south of Market street and ALEC on kearny
from Market to Broadway. also Oh Wash
ngton from East to Stockton, along Stock
ton 90 Union, to Montgomery avenue, to
Powell, to the terminus of the Kearny-
street road also on jackson street from
Stockton to East street.
At the foot of this resolution in red in k
was written the word adopted"
That word was the troublesOm stranger
in the woodpile. The resolution had
never been introduced before; it had gone
through some of the routine which gives
to all these important matters the pub
Lefty which is required and carefully pro.
vided for by law; 1t was making its debut
before the board and yet was already
marked for adoption.
Mayor Ebert took his cue, called up
Supervisor Denman and then Dundon and
then Stanton, asking them quietly if they
knew anything about it. They did not.
few minutes after Mr.. Rogers sum-
moned the messenger and the next seen or
the file the resolution referred 10 was miss
ing It had been taken off.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Rogers
introduced similar but little more
sweeping resolution some time ago, and il
passed in the regular way through its
first reading. There was considerable
pubic CnlD!H6ut pun Lie DOluB6H5 OIL the
move intended 10 grant the railroad the
right to use electricity on al its lines save
Market street, aud Mr.. Rogers with
drew it.
There can be no doubt but that the same
end was desired to be reached now at one
stroke and before public protest could be
made, depending upon ne forgetfulnesS
of the members and the absence of the
Mayor. The resolution did not again make
Its appearance.
1t was Mr. Rogers, also, as chairman of
the Judiciary Committee, who recon-
mended that the railroad company be al
lowed to substitute one for two tracks in
Turk street, and depended upon a suit at
law later to take the franchise from the
company.
petition was read from number of
citizens asking an extension of the time
from four TO twelve months in which TO
erect the garbage crematory, an extension
of from twenty-five to fifty years Of the
life Of the franchise. reduction of the
bond required from S25, 900 to $4,000 and
the requirement OF bond of $4,000 from all
bidders.
The petitioners say that this change in
the specifications is necessary. as four
months will be required 10 make the plans
and dra awnings; that the work will cost at
least $250,000, and that SO much capital
will not readily invest for the period of
twenty-five years. If these changes are
made the petitioners say they will furnish
the bond aud themselves make a bid.
They are: j. a, Macdonald, p. Ameraux.
+. +. Dietz. Ii. Schussler, q. F. Rixford'
Wakelee 81 Co., j. H. Wissinger, Warren
e. Mallon. Frank A. Vail, Herman Cohen.
M. j. Mcdonald. Louis Sloss. A. E. VIII
liam, f. w. Randall, John Mallon, r. L.
johnson.
The matter OF paying the construction
company its claim of $500 for street
sweeping caused little passage-at-arms
between Mr.. Denman and Contractor
Eager, and was referred to the Mayor to
appoint some one to arbitrate with the
company.
a resolution ordering the Sutter-street
Railway Company to pave the street prop
erly between it's tracks was passed.
A resolution also passed refusing to ac-
cept Alamo square from the contractors.