The morning call., 1894-04-10
OPPOSED DOWLING'S CLAIM.
Proposed Evacuation of the Old
City Hall.
BARNEY HUGHES HAS RESIGNED.
Bids for Lighting the Public Build
ings-Res olutions Adopted.
Routine Business.

a lively breeze of words blew diagonaly
athwart the chamber of the Board of
Supervisors yesterday afternoon. 1t
waited back and forth for few minutes
between Supervisors Denman. Kennedy
and Ryan, and did not calm down until
the Mayors gavel sounded halt.
1t was all about claim of }. j. Dowling
for $500 for paving done on Pacific street,
between Mason and Taylor. When the
clam came up for consideration Mr.. Den
man took the floor and objected. He said
the work was badly done, was not in ac-
cordance with the specifications. as the
basalt blocks were too small and short in
weight, and the rocks had been laid two
inches apart in many places. He asked
that the contractor be called upon to tear
up the whole thing and do it over again.
Mr.. Kennedy was of the opinion that
the work 10 question had been done about
as we'll as the average of such work Is
generally done. and he vaguely hinted at
personal animosity on the part of Mr..
Denman. This brought the latter gentle
man again to his feet, and he hurled sew
eral caustic retOrts on personalities against
Mr.. Kennedy. Mr.. Ryan then took turn
in the matter and made few illusions
which irritated Mr.. Denman some more.
He again took the floor before Mr.. Ryan
had taken his seat, and then Mayor
Elert came to the rescue and restored
peace with gentle reprimands.
The matter OF Mr.. Dowling's claim was
postponed for the week.
The next matter of importance was the
proposition to vacste the old City Hall,
move all the prisoners to the City ana
County Jail and TO locate the two Police
Courts in the new City Hall. Supervisor
Kennedy is the champion of this move
ment In his report for the Police Com
mittee he recommended that the City Hall
Commissioners be Instructed to make suit
able arrangements for the proposed re-
moval and evacuation Of the old City Hall.
He said that the main aiming of this es-
tablshment is an unuecess ary and waste
full expenditure that Can be easily dis
pensed with. The gas bill alone tor last
month was 1886. There is ample room for
$50 or 200 more prisoners In the new Jail
and at present there are 115 in the old City
Hall prison. No further action was taken
for the time being
Tne Finance Committee In its report
recommended that the Metropolitan Rail-
way Company be called upon TO pay into
the treasury to the credit Of the Street
Department fund, S16S4 go, this amount
being per cent of the gross receipts of
81, 1898.
The resignation of Barney Hughes, jani-
tor of the old City Hall. was presented and
accepted. Thomas keueley was appointed
to Nil the vacancy.
A resolution was adopted to- notify the
Salvation Army 10 feed 10 more people at
the city's expense after May /. clause
notifying the army to yacate the present
feeding quarters was embodied In the
resolution.
Ia the matter of paving to be done on
Railroad avenue, where the Southern Pa
cifc holds franchise, it was resolved that
the railroad company be required to pay
its just share for such work.
The contract for grading Sunnyside ave-
nue., between Circular avenue and Ham,
burg street, was awarded to j. w. Smith.
The Jordan Btuminous Rock and Paw
ing Company was awarded the contract
for granite curbing on Capp street, also
for paving the crossing ana roadway of
Clay and Webster streets.
The Pacific Paving Company has secured
the contract to pave the roadway and
crossing of Walnut d Sacramento streets
with bituminous rock.
An artificial stone sidewalk VIII be built
at Sacramento and Walnut streets by the
jordan Bituminous Rock and Paving Com
pany.
The contract for laying granite curps on
Union street. between Hyde ana Larkln,
was awarded TO j. j. bowling.
The San Francisco Concrete and Con-
tracing Company was given the contract
for laying granite curbs on Railroad
avenue, from Kentucky street to Eigh-
teenth avenue south.
A resolution was adopted requiring the
Tax Collector TO prepare and furnish speci-
fcations for the publication of the delin-
Quent tax list for 1893
The Board IF Fire Commissioners was
authorized to employ competent harness.
maker TO repair the harness of the depart
ment, his salary to be $50 month.
The following bids TO renew contracts
for heating public buildings were placed
on file: The San Francisco Gas Company,
81 rs per thousand cubic feet of gas the
Pacific Gas Company. 81 rs per thousand :;
the Edison Electric Light Company, 10
cents per thousand Watt hours.
A batch of unimportant communications
of the usual size was received and laid
away for future reference.