The morning call., 1894-08-02

The Board Of Supervisors met yester-
day to clean up a lot of unfinished
business preparatory to adjournment for
the summer vacation. At the close OF the
session the board adjourned to Septem-
Der II.
The old fight about grading Polk street
from Union to Lombard was taken up
again and the proposition was carried. A
motion to reconsider the resolution by
which the project was defeated on Mon
day was carried by vote of to 4.
A motion was then made to establish an
assessment district for the purpose OF
raising money with which to make the
proposed cut. Mr.. DeDman spoke against
the motion, basing his opposition Cd the
ground that it was uujus! to tax the people
in one part of the city to make improve
ments in another part. He said it would
establish a dangerous precedent TO take
such a step, as there were hundreds OF
other streets IN the city where improve
ments OF the same kind would be de-
mauded.
Supervisor Kennedy also spoke against
the PROPOSITION, chsracteriZlng 1t as ras-
cally measure that ought to be defeated.
A rOlcall was then ordered, and the mo-
ton was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes-Goodwin. Rogers, Forman, Rels,
Ryan, Day, Dundon and Hinton-o.
Noes-StantOn, Kennedy, James and
Denman-4
A resolution was adopted changing the
grade at Main and Harrison streets. and
an assessment district was organized for
making the Improvement
The Market-street Railway Company
was gran ted franchises to make short eX-
tensions on nine branches of its system in
hn tfxyfr or r
posed the granting of the franchises on
the ground that he considered IL an act of
Tad faith on the part Of the railway CON-
pany to ask for a batch of nine franchises
all at once, instead of making separate re-
quests for each. In his opinion the COM
pany was simply making a play to gain
control OF more territory, Tor the purpose
Of keeping out competition.
Mr.. DundOn said at one time he enter
tanned similar opinion, but much inves-
tigation on his part had failed TO produce
any evidence to su0stantlate his suSD-
ciOns. He would therefore vote in favor
of granting the franchises, unless somebody
should produce evidence tending TO prove
The existence of scheme on the part of
the railroad company.
On the rollcaIl the motion to grant the
franchises was adopted by a vote of 10 to
2, Supervisors Denman and Hinton voting
In the negative.
which are short. were regularly adver-
tised, and the Market-street Company were
the highest bidders
The Market-stTeet Company also fled an
abandonment of its franchise to construct
a road on Church street, which vas ac-
cepted.
The Jordan Bituminous Rock and Pave
ment Company submitted bid to paveVan
Ness avenue from California avenue to
Pacific avenue for 4% cents square foot.
Warren d Maley made bid oil 81 cents
square foot for the same work some time
since, and in the absence of other bids the
Street Committee recommended that the
contract be awarded TO that firm. Owing
10 the fact that a lower bid was suOse-
quently received, the bids were referred to
The Street Committee for a report.
The petition OF AdOlph Sutro TO return
the S60l0 paid byshim for the franchise
from Central avenue to the Cliff House
was denied, the recommendation of the
Finance Committee TO the effect that the
city had no authority for taking such
action being adopted.
The Finance Commi tee also recommended
that he Police Court clerks be instructed
10 observe more closely the ordinance fix
ing the hours in which they are supposed
to be ia their offices. The recommends
tion was adopted.
The report of the California-street Cable
Railway Company, stating the gross
receipts of the Hyde-street branch OF the
company, for the fourteen months ending
June 80, 1894, to be S157, 764 u. was adopted
and the company was invited to pay the 2
cent of the amount to the city.
Chief Sullivan of the Fire Department
submitted a report on the AImshouse, stat
ing that the means for fighting fire were
inadequate and suggesting that the officers
and some Of the employees and inmates be
organized into a fire company.
This ended the regular business of the
day and the board adjourned for the sum-
mer vacation.