The morning call., 1894-02-20
MoFFEEs SCHEME FAVORED.
Supervisor Del1nlan' s List of Bad
=s.. .: 4: E. s Streets.
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AS " no THE clIY's: GARBAGE.
CASTOR M. *Astie Appointed Fourth
F: =.::llA4ssistant in the Office of Dis
..# :. :. tr1ct attorney Barnes.

:At:a injecting of the Board of Supervi-
= soT8 yesterday the Health and Police Com
mittee reported that it had under consid-
eFat1on the question of the best and most
!. effectual. method of disposing of the gar
: hage and house refuse of the city, and had
published a notice requesting propositions
from persons DESTROYS of entering into the
business who would undertake to remove
and dispose OF. either by cremation or by
deposlllng the same in the waters of the
ocean, all garbage and house refuse of the
city for term. of years, together with a
statement OF the terms and conditions upon
which privilege of this character would
be accepted. The propositions will be re-
ceived 0y the committee on Friday morn
Ing next at 10 O'clock.
The Health. and Police Committee also
reported that there is at present an aver
age of 900 unemployed persons nightly
given food and shelter at the City Prison
at the contract rate for prisoners, which
amounts to 243a cents for each person so
fed and sheltered. Tie committee did not be-
He4e ina continuance of The custom, as The
:: cost largely exceeded what the service can be
rendered for. d.
: :''ARO1her reason; xIsts" said the committee
that tpls serYlce SOimposed upon The officers
OF he jail In addition to- heir care OF prisoners,
gives opportunities to persons other than those
Who are. anfofTunate:tO be the recipients of this
CHARITY AID; fn-:the: case of those unfortunate
= persons the tlty. Prison Is not the proper place
10. afoId them accommodation.
-. = per: pplylng to:Captatn McFee of the Sal.
vatlen Army, that body would, if granted the
use Of the old Hall of Records building, agree
Ia. pefofm the same. service practically that is
= give. each: person Iw0mea1s and shelter during
lie plgits With blanket ron:the floor for 1919
b ceIIts.n -: =. =: -
The committee. said ain agreement would be
p Iesched.Gn Ibis proposition at its next meet
- supervisor Denmap said that in obedience to
ae'1esplnglQn adopted by the board requiring
each MEM Der toinsbect the newly paved streets
In mrs respective ward, he Fad examined the
following; and Tepotteu on 1heurf0r the benefit
OF. Tie CONTRACTORS tgterestef:
Ffnestreet, between SeQtt and pevisadero, btu
nsiAoHs pavement gceq 1922 rec9mr men ded for
2eeepIance; Buchanan; between OAK and%Page,.
b4tupsp, :eoBcreIe good. but the bttGfRen- very
steiner BET Been Cal toFnia and Pine, CON
Steiner, between California; and. Sacramento,
;: lh5tuuens good, recon- a3enned for 4fceptance
eyelheF,: between "a clttc and broadway cebbleS
very poor ana stones of pro perry laid, not RECON-
: men ded; crossing of stefner and jackson. btu
IleT ceAtTete poor not recon ~ ended; w ashihg>
& tou, beIw cen Central Avenue aud Walnut Street
:: e9neIete. poor, not Teccmm ended :; crossing of
r nSehded: crossing of Frederick and oak bltumen.
!: goo1t recommended cFossfng:of Pierce and Page
3. bitggen good. recenlmeuq edit: Crossing of Pine
and webster. bltnnae good rec onl Ilended; Bush
s street, betw 9ctsyia.ahd 1aguha basalt blocks
EqtterSnUt properly laid MORGAN ted Hot recon-
g. nlended Central ayenue, he tween California and
Pima Streets basaIt Blocks cutters not properly
3 laid OF gran ted nor recommended; walnut be-
: tween Clay and Warrington, bftumen, concrete
OF good, net recommended 7.
he street Committee did not report TO the
BOARD" the proposed kiosk franchise which il
y IdNoraoly CONSIDERED at its meeting on Thurs
DAY. This was not only due to the strong op-
position TO the proposal of suTrenderlng the
eity's streets To: corporation for the purpose
specitea, bur also to the discovery of the fact
Al the California Construction Company,
which holds the street-swee ping contract was
also behind the new scheme to erect kiosks on
the principal street corners. There Is DO
doubt 1t would have had the monopoly of q
very profitable business.
Supervisor Goodwin intredu ced an amend
ment 10 the fie order extending the fire limits
from point on the center line of Suffer street.
distant POS feet westward from Powell,
thence al right angles southerlV parallel with
Powell street, and 206 feet westerly therefrOm
to the center line Of O'Farrel street.
AT the request OF certain residents of the
Richmond district Supervisor Forman intro
duced the following resolution, which was re-
ferred TO the Street Committee:
WHEREAS, The Richmond sewer system has no
outlet, and the city though familiar with this fact
permitted the Midwinter Fair managers and 9th
ers 10 connect with and send sewage into this sys
ZEN; and whereas. the said sewage has formed
lake at the southeast corner of Lake street and
Iwenty:second avenue that threatens TO ruin the
water supply OF Point Lobos Greek, and VIII GER
tsinly damage property on the north side of Lake
ResotUed, That: the Street Committee Of the
board be and hereby is empowered TO drain the
lake at the southeast corner of Lake street and
1Wenty-seeond avenue at an expense not to ex-
ceed $4,000.
In accordance with a recommendation of the
JudlelaTy committee CASTOR NJ AsHe was ap-
pointed fourth assistant to District Attorney
Barnes from daIe until June 30. 1894 at a
salary Of $3.50 month, said appointment being
deemed necessary Oh account of the over
crowded condition OF the criminal court
calendars.
Supervisors James and Denman were opposed
70 the appointment on the ground Of lack OF
funds and the creation of a new office, but
Supervisors Rogers and Forman placed the ur-
gent necessity OF cleaning uD the criminal
court calendars In such strong light that the
board voted for The appointment for the time
a resolution was adopted authorizing the
CHIEF Of the Fire parlmrnt to loan fifteen
additional hre-hydrants 10 the management of
TN NJ ldwlnter Fair, with the understanding
exhibition.