The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-19
SUPERVISORS GIVE
MORE LATITUDE,
APPROPRIATIONS CONTAINED IN
THE GENERAL FUND CAN
BE OVERDRAWN.
SPECIFICATIONS FOR PAVING
BITUMINoUs Rock MUST BE OF
THE BEST QUALITY OBJ
TAXABLE.

The Board of Supervisors rescinded a sec
ton of an ordinance at its meeting yester-
day, which at the time of its passage was
generally conceded to be splendid safe
guard against the waste of the appropria-
lions grouped under the name of the gen
eral fund.
Section of order No. 27SO inhibits the Au-
dltor from signing and the Treasurer from
paying any and all demands on the.treas-
ury IN excess of the yearly appropriations.
This was abrogated. The matter first came
up in the report of the Committee on
Finance and Auditing, which stated that
the appropriation for the burial of the in
digent dead, amounting to $500, was ex-
hausted, and that the Pacific Undertakers,
the contractors for burying the indigents;
had refused under their contract, to make
further lnterments until provision is made
for the payment of their claims.
The committee advocated the abrogating
of the ordinance inhibiting the Auditor
from signing and the Treasurer from pay
ing any demands in excess of appropria-
tons provided for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1895, in so far as it applies to the
appropriations in the general fund. The
In that way the bills can be audited and paid
and all demands chargeable thereto and al
lowed out OF any appropriation therein will be
required to be audited and paid until general
fund is exhausted. This is the only course to
| be pursued to meet these and other Obligations
Later the matter came up in the shape
OF resolution, signed by Supervisor
Taylor, resembling the order and directing
the Auditor to pay demands on appropri-
atlons coming out of the general fund
even should such demand be in excess of
the appropriation for the particular ser
vice rendered.
The question of the quality of the bit
umen to be used in paving the city's
streets was settled by the adoption of an
ordinance stating the necessary specifica-
! tons.
The ordinance states that the bitumen
shall be of the best quality obtainable, and
shall contain from 10 to Is per cent
of bitumen. The bitumen contained in
the material shall be such as shall not
vaporize below $50 degrees Fahrenheit,
and be of such nature as to make a good
cement. The material must also be clean
and free from all stone, pebbles, mica,
earthly, gravelly or vegetab bic matter. The
ordinance also provides that in reducing
| the rock preparatory to laying, it must not
be done in open kettles or by any other
process liable to burn or destroy the btu
men in the rock. The rock must be
brought from the mines to this city in
bulk, in its natural state as taken from the
mines and without having been previously
disintegrated.
| Violation of the order is made a misde-
meanor and punishable by a fine of not
more than $500 nor less than $10O.
@. Carpy was granted permission to lay
| and maintain pipes for the conveyance of
wine from the winery, on the southwest
corner of Second and Folsom streets,
| through Second aud Brannan streets to the
winery on Brannan street, near Fourth
the work to be done nnder the supervision
and to the satisfaction of the Superintend-
| ent of Streets.
Supervisor Taylor presented resolution
| requesting the Governor of the State not
to approve Assembly bill 575 repeating the
act relative to the assessment and collec-
! ton OF personal property taxes in the city
| and county, as such action will result in
the city and county being unable to collect
| any revenue for July until the fourth Mon
day of November in each year. practically
half of the fiscal year for which the collec-
| tons are to be made, thus preventing the
| city from paying its obligations as they &C
| crue. The resolution also states that the
bill, if approved, will result in an increase
of cost to the city of necessary merchandise
and general supplies. The resolution was
adopted.
Supervisor Hirsch presented a resolution
requesting the San Francisco Gaslight
Company to paint the lamp posts nearest
| to each of the fire-alarm boxes throughout
the city bright vermiHon and substitute
red glass for each of the four upper panes
of the lamp. The Edison Light and Power
| Company was requested to paint the posts
of their lights near alarm boxes, and also
to color red the upper portion OF the cleo
trio light globes. The measure was adopted.
| The City and County Attorney was in
structed to compromise the suit of J. II.
Sullivan against the city for $3.50 the plain
tiff having offered to dismiss his action for
that sum.
Sullivan sued the city for $1,000 for dam
age to his property on Army street by
reason of a defective sewer. The City and
County Attorney had advised that it would
be cheaper to compromise the matter at
the rate mentioned than to fight the case
The resolution passed at former meet
ing accepting Guerrero street, between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth, was repealed.
| A communication from the City Engi-
neer recommending the denial of the peti-
| ton of the Sutro Railroad Company that
the grade at the crossing of Clement and
| Seventeenth streets be raised was referred
! to the Street Committee.
The same course was pursued with a
communication from Heaiy, Tibbetts &
| Co., stating that Thomas McDermott, en-
| gineer of the Fourth-street bridge, is in
competent, and asking his removal on the
ground that his retention in the place will
| be dangerous to the lives of those using
| the structure.
A fineness and wholesomeness equaled
| by no other leavening agent always i'm