The morning call., 1894-01-09
A BOYCOTT LAW.
Supervisor Rogers Order
Is Stringent.
General Ruger Asked to Obtain Per.
mission for a Sewer Through
the Reservation.

The Board of Supervisors met yesterday
afternoon after a vacation of three weeks
All of the members were present with
the exception of Supervisor James Den
man, who is confined to his bed with an
attack of la grippe.
A great deal of routine business had
accumulated during the holidays, but il
was all eXpeditiously disposed of.
In presenting his report as chairman oil
the Committee on Hospitals Supervisor
Stanton took occasion to explain why there
were no Christmas and New Year dinners
at the County Hospital. In 1t he said:
Your committee avaiIs itself Of this Oppor.
tunlty 10 deny tie insinuatiODs made by the
Superintendent of the County Hospital, thai
the patients were not given The customary
Christmas dinner for the reason that the chair.
man OF the Hospital Committee had neglected
10 make provision for lie same.
IL may be proper 10 state in connection with
this subject, that although The patients did mol
partake of turkey and chicken on Christmas
day the state Of affairs did not exist in The
of1lcers' dining-room about that time, as the
poultry account VIII show: For County Hos
pital-Dec. %, two turkeys and six chickens
Dec. 30, TWO turkeys and six chickens
This poultry was procured at the expense OF
the city. and the patients of the hOSpita
would have been treated in The same manner
II the superlnl endent had made an order for
poultry, etc. We uuSt now that this mailer
has been explained that The gentleman Will not
continue 10 insinuate such baseess charges
against this committee. but will confne him
self TO answering the questions asked him daily
as 10 the disposition made of the sums of
. money received from the sale OF junk, bones, etc.
Mayor Ebert sent a short message to
the board on the ACCESSIBILITY of immedi-
ately constructing temporary outlet to
the Richmond district sewer.
A resolution was subsequently adopted
providing that "his Honor the Mayor be
IN
invite the aid of gadier-Generai RugeT
in obtaining permission from the War
Department for the construction OF tenn
pOrary sewage outlet across the Preside
reservation, and for the main tenaDce OF
the same until the permanent brick sewer
outlet for the Richmond district is COM
pleted."
The following resolution, embodying
several economic suggestions of th e
Finance Committee, was referred to the
Street Committee for onsideraton
Rescued, That an amount not exceeding
$4,000 DE allowed to be expended out OF the
SZo,OJo appropriated for repairs and alfera-
ions III The City aud County Hospital. leaving
$4,000 applicable for other purposes, also that
no demands the Street Department fund
viii be allowed 10 provide 10 the balances re-
naming on The following special appropria-
lions for Alta Plaza, 1000; Alamo square,
S62OO; Holly Park, $1,000 Lobos square,
$1,000 ;.cTematoTy, SO, 900; engineers in charge
of recOnstructing sewers, S34 $50 so and that
the same be retained for the purposes intended
unless the amounts should be required to re-
.duce the city's Indebtedness IN which case pro-
vision must be made for the projected i'm
prOVements in the tax levy of the next fiscal
. year
Supervisor Rogers introduced resoIu-
ton providing that j oh1 CuIrev be paid
$500 for professional services In the suit
of julius Jacobs vs. the Board of Super
vsors in the Superior and Supreme courts
TO determine the legal construction and eff
feet of article XIV of the constitution,
under which the sole power and authority
TO fix water rates was determined to be
vested in the Board of Supervisors
Several members of The board inquired
who authorized ex-Judge John Currey to
appear for the city in the case. Rogers
was unable to answer and the resolution
was referred to the Finance Committee,