The morning call., 1895-02-26
Rates MAY Be
FIXED TOMORROW,
SUPERVISORS TO HOLD A SPECIAL
SESSION ON THE WATER
QUESTION.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CENTRAL AVENUE LEFT IN BAD
CONDITION BY RAILROAD
CONTRACTORS.

| A larger crowd than usual was present at
the meeting of the Supervisors yesterday,
expecting that the question of water rates
would be settled, or at least discussed, but
| the only reference made to it was in reso-
luton which postponed consideration of
| the subject until l O clock tomorrow, when
a special meeting of the board, as com
| mittee of the whole, will be held and fur
Their testimony heard.
Among the protests filed with the board
yesterday was one from James w. Burling,
trustee of Laurel Hill Cemetery, who had
objections to state against the manner in
which the work of repairing Central avenue,
from Geary to California street, is being
done. The protest calls attention to the fact
that the center of the street has been torn
up for the purpose of laying rails for the
Sutro electric railroad, and that in re-
placing the concrete the contractors have
failed to place the roadbed in as good
condition as they found it. The old con-
crete taken out has been broken UP and
thrown back into the trenches and covered
with thin layer of cement mixed with the
old concrete, and not more than four inches
in thickness.
The protest also states that the work of
repairing has been suspended for a week
past, and that the crossing of California
street and Central avenue is in the same
unsightly condition that it has been for
four months past. This was referred to
the Street Committee.
The same course was taken with petit
ton from Mayor Sutro, asking the board
to order Point Lobos avenue, from Thirty
sixth to Thlrty-thlrd avenues and Thirty
third avenue, from Point Lobos avenue to
Clement street, be severed to connect with
the projected sewer from Point Lobos
avenue and Clement street eastward
The petition of the associated creditors
of the city, asking that the board dis
countenance the charter election or any
other measure involving large expendi-
ture OF money until the claims of the mem
bers were paid, was referred to the Finance
Committed
The German Benevolent Society petit
toned the board to refrain from transfer
ring the chemical engine now stationed at
Hermann and Steiner streets to the engine
house on Sixteenth street, claiming that
the valuable property of the society and the
many patients in the hospital would be in
great danger from fire. Referred to the
Fire Committee.
Property on Mission block 81
asked that the board establish the width
ofsidewalks on Jessie and Stevenson streets.
bounding the block named, at seven feet
This was left to the Street Committee as was
petition from landowners south of the
Park, requesting that the width of the side
walks on First to Forty-eighth avenues
inclusive, and II to w streets inclusive, be
reduced to fifteen feet.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the City and County Attorney to employ
j. Hoesch to complete an itemized state
ment of the defalcations of James B. Cook,
late clerk in the Police Court, the state
ment being necessary in the suit COM
menced to recover 1920 upon the official
bond of the defaulter.
Supervisor King offered a resolution
which was adopted, protesting against the
Legislature giving precedence to the City
Hall finishing bill over the bill authorizing
tax levy for the construction of build
ing on the site of the OLD City Hall, deem
ing the la ter matter to be of the greatest
importance to the welfare of the city.
The board also adopted a resolution ask
ing the San Francisco delegation at Sacra-
mento to urge the passage of bill No 1923,
which authorizes the construction of hos
pital buildings for city and county pur-
poses, and of bill No. S24, authorizing the
construction of public buildings for CITY
and county purposes.
Supervisor Taylor offered resolution
requesting the San Francisco delegation
In the Legislature to use their best efforts
to secure the passage of bill providing
for the loaning of funds in the sinking
funds of cities and counties on real estate
in such cities and counties on the ground
that there are often large amounts of
money in the municipal treasury, which
might with perfect safety and much adj
vantage be loaned out, thereby decreasing
the taxation.
When the resolution closing Rose and
Lyon avenues, which was passed at recent
meeting and was vetoed by the Mayor,
came up the board underwent a change of
heart and voted to sustain the veto.
The proposed ordinance compelling all
cable and electric roads to fit their cars
with gates was indefinitely postponed.
BY vote of 8 to 2 the board decided
that when the Ocean Beach Railway shall
begin operations the per cent of the gross
earnings which the ordinance compels the
road to pay to the city in exchange for its
franchise shall go to the Golden Gate Park
fund instead of to the Street Department.
Dn. PRIcE's Baking Powder is better than
ever before. No other article of human
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