The morning call., 1894-11-06
WILL STOP WORK.
Supervisors Decide Upon
RetrenCiln7ent.
Mr.. Dennan's Statistics Come Home
to Roost and Check Twelfth
Ward improvements.

Supervisor Denman's fight against the
kearny-street improvement on the grounds
that the street committee had planned
for more work than it could ray for is
playing the part OF boomerang. Yester-
day a resolution was introduced at the
meeting of The board recon sidering resolu-
tiOns for certain street improvements about
Alamo square IN Mr.. Denman's ward, the
twelfth.
Mr.. Denman opposed the resolution.
He said that he had opposed the Kearny-
street Improvement because, if basalt
blocks could be taken up in one accepted
street and another pavement put down,
then the same could be done in any other
accepted street. for he believed in showing
no determinations between streets. 1t
should not be urged against new work al
ready resolved upon.
Mr.. Day, chairman of the Street Com
mittee, had been digging up some statistics
himself. He said that there had been a
good deal of talk about the funds for
street work running short, and it was quite
true. There was great deal of work that
was mandatory, and The means TO do it
must be looked out for. Twenty people
used Kearny street where one saun tered
through Alamo square, and the greatest
good 10 the greatest number should be the
motto of the board. Then he introduced
his figures. lie said that the total appro-
priatlon for street work for the year was
S114,0O0. and out of that $50, 900 had been
spent or was planned TO he spent 10 the
Twelfth Ward, and he thought some other
portions OF the city should be attended &c.
The resolution TO reconsider the award
Of street work passed with vote that
would have been unanimous except for
Mr.. Denman's vote.
On the same grounds bids were reported
for the improvements in Clay street, from
Steiner to Pierce; Pacific avenue, from
Webster to Fillmore. Resolutions for i'm
prOvements IN jackson street, between
Pierce and Scott, and Steiner street, be-
tween Clay and Washington, were recon-
sidered. Resolutions granting contracts
for improving Broadway. between Polk
street and Van Ness avenue, were re-
pesled.
Contracts were awarded for the building
of the new Collingwood-street schoolhouse
as follows: Carpenter and plaster work
to r. Doyle & Co., S13, $3.50; excavation,
cement work, etc, to Ii. Nj. Peterson e
Co.. S6250; plumbing, William F. Wilson,
S2946; painting, B. Y. Hobson, S157S.
The ordinances against immoral solicit
ing and obscene monographs were re-
ferred back to the Health Committee to
be made more binding; also the resolu-
ton granting the Ladies' Seaman's
Friend Society lease of the Sailors
Home.
The matter of granting the Sutro street
railroad the right 70 use electricity as Il
motive power was referred back, there
being doubt as to whether such grant was
not in conflict with the law that says the
Supervisors have no right to grant any
franchise within thirty days Of an election.
A long communication was received
from the Park Commissioners on behalf of
the Southern Pacific spur track which
Mayor Ebert is determined TO have torn
up. 1t was introduced by Sands Fnrman
and was referred to the proper committee,