The morning call., 1894-12-04
NEW PESTHOUSE.
An Effort Made to Have
One Erected
ON THE ALMSHOUSE TRACT.
The Supervisors Lay the Matter
Over Indefinitely.
COMPLAINTS OF STREET WORK.
The Heads of Municipal Departments
Cautioned About Appropria-
tion Funds.
COMPLAINTS OF STREET WORK

The Board OF Supervisors met yesterday
afternoon, Mayor Ebert presiding. and
transacted considerable business, routine
and otherwise. All the members of the
board were present. Next to the matter
of the Mar ket-street trolley wire system
in Importance was the project to erect a
smallpox hospital on the Aim shouse tract.
In its report the Health and Police Com
mttee referred 10 the petition of the Fed
Grafton Of improvement Clubs taat. the
smallpox hospital be removed from its
present site and suggesting that it be To-
Gated on some part Of the S0-acre Aims
house tract The committee thought the
suggestion good one and recommended
that ARRANGEMENTS be made for the cree
ton of the hospital. A plat OF ground
100X25O feet. it was thought, could be
picked out in some isolated corner and
uSsd for the purpose.
In accordance with this report resolu-
ton was introduced 10 the effect that the
Police Committee choose site and make
arrangements for hospital.
Supervisor German moved that the mat
ter be Indefinitely postponed.
DR.. Stanton protested. Winter was COM
ing oD, he said. and the city should take
some steps TO provide for those who might
possibly 0e taken down with smallpox.
postpone. There is virtually no smallpox
hospital in the city and the Almshouse
tract was The proper place for one.
Mr.. Denman said the board had been
struggling with the proposition for two
years and it was too late TO take it up. 1t
should be left as tie board found 1t.
Mayor-elect SutrO asked permission to
very vigorously against having pest
house in the tract. which was, he said, al
most In the heart Of the city. There were
no sewer facilities there, and the winds
would blow from its direction right over
Golden Gate Park. To Locale it there, ne
thought. would be a barbarouS act. He
also added that he had not been notified
of the proposed site, and had been given
no chance To protest.
The motion TO POSTPONE was carried, the
vote being 9 tG g.
When it came 10 the passing upon bills
Supervisor Denman objected to the pay
meDt of the claim of the California Con-
strnction Company for $j440 for laying a
bituminous pavement Oh Third street..
from Market TO Howard. He said that he
understood that the maIeriaI used in The
werk was OF very inferior Kind, and that
1t was already In need of repair. He
was having a sample Of the bitumen
analysed. and wanted action on the bill
deferred until report was made on tue
bitumen.
A long discussion ensued as to whether
the bill should be allowed with the others.
A motion 10 pay all the bills except that
one was lost. Another motion to pay all
the bills, that included, was carried.
MIR. Denman then offered the following
resolution, which was referred to the
Finance Committee:
ResOlued. That the Auditor is hereby re-
qnested 10 tturn TO this board the warrant in
favor of William FltZhugh for engineering eX.
penses Oh Railroad avenue; and further. that
the Finance Committee be requested 10 invrs-
tiEaI6 and report TO this board by what aulDor-
ity This warrant and The warrant for paving
Third street, from Market TO Howard. were
sent TO The Auditor for his approval.
The Finance Committee in its report re-
ferred to the $4,000 appropriation for
election expenses, and then went on TO saw
that this year the expenses of election
would greatly exceed that amount. In
view of this 1t became incumben upon the
officers of the city and county to prevent
any additional expenditures being made
that will absorb the money in the treasury
which has been raised for other PURPOSES
The committee expressed the hope that the
Auditor and the Treasurer will not audit
or pay for election expenses any sum or
sums in excess of the appropriation so
that other appropriations will remain in
tact for the respective expenditures
chargeable 10 them. In cases where de-
mands in excess OF the appropriation are
made such demands should remain charge
able thereto, and any inconvenences
caused thereby should be borne by the de-
partment thus exceeding the amount set
apart for its use.
Resolutions in accordance with the pro-
visions of this report were adopted, one
cautiOniDg the heads Of departments TO
keep within their appropriations and the
other bearing upon the Auditor and
Treasurer.
A resolution was adopted granting
Adolph SutrO the privilege of erecting
poles and stretching wires along the line of
his proposed electric road from Central
avenue to the Cliff House.
a resolution was passed to print setting
apart plat of ground in the City Gene
terry, 100x250 feet in size. for use as a
japanese cemetery.
A resolution was passed also authorizing
the Finance Committee to have a suita b e
concrete pavement and iron railing pla CO d
around the Lick statuary in City Hall ave-
nue. TO prevent any possible injury, the
same to be- constructed under the super
vision of Architect T. j. WEIGH.
A large number of protests and petitions
were referred to the proper committees. as
were several bids for street work. The
board then adjourned until newt Mondav