The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-11
To Appropriate Money Condi-
tionaIly to Improve Mar
ket Street.
PROPOSED POLICE INCREASE.
Fred w. Lees Unanimously Con-
firmcd License Collector.
Bac Bitumen.

were there to take All active part in the
fight for the Office of License Collector,
which il was believed was to be contested
by the friends of f. a. Baldwin, the candi-
date OF the Populists, presented by Mayor
Sutro.
In the lobby that leads TO the private en-
trance to the Supervisors chamber there
was another active force at work, composed
of Chief Crowley. Captain Lees and others,
who were engaged in pleasant, earnest,
whispered conversation with the members
OF the board.
The result of the inside conferences was
apparent when the matter of confirming
Fred W. Lees for the Office of License Col
lector came up later in the afternoon.
At 3 o'clock, when Clerk Russell request
ed the mem bers of the board TO take their
seats and he called the roll, the following
named answered: King, Scully, Benja
min, Hirsch, Dimond, Hughes, bunker,
Taylor Morgenstern, Hobbs and Wagner,
the only absentee being Spreckels.
In the absence of Mayor Sutro, Super
visor Taylor was chosen to preside, but
while the minutes of the previous meeting
were being read the Mayor entered and
took his seat in time to say, There being
no objections the minutes will stand APP
proved as read
The clerk then read long list of petit
tions, as follows:
From John Center, against the passage of an
order dedicating certain lots of Mission Creek
lands for use OF the Fire Department H. Hin
richs, 10 erect an engine and boiler at la and
JIG Drumm. Property-owners, requesting that
the City Surveyor be directed TO prepare plans
and specifications Tor sewer system in the
district south of Golden Gate Park. D. O'Shea,
for the cancellation of an erroneous
assessment McPhee ,Groliere, Tor per
mission 10 cover shed at 1913 Mar
l-1s ~ a1x~0y1 1vld ivnr 7 nCrF'OT q
Hilder, 10 alter 7 Stockton street. Property
owners, for an extension OF sixty days on the
contract 10 grade North Point street, between
Hyde and Leayenworth. jeanette G. H1iman
of the Mission Grammar School and Miss
Annie C. Herndon of the Marshall Primary,
notifying the board that they agree to be
bound by and desire to avail themselves of the
provision of the schoolteachers pension
fund act. c. ]. Colley, architect, for permis-
site OF the old one to a height of 70 feet.
]. H. Sullivan, for the return OF 81
paid for the release of q COW from the
pound. Theo Blake, for cancellation of an
the City, submitting a petition OF 1000 tax
payers indOrsing request that provision be
made for payment OF the City's Indebtedness.
Minnie Stebbins, Henrietta Featherly, Mrs.
Cecilia Newhal, notifying the board that they
desire TO be bound by the provisions of the
school teachers pension fund act. C. F. Bas-
sett for the placing OF an electric light on Park
Hill avenue, al Fifteenth street. P. j. Golden,
TO pave with basalt in frontof his property
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Property-owners, for reduction of The width OF
sidewalks on Dore street from ten to seven feet.
Fairmont Improvement Club, for the granting
of a franchise 10 the San Francisco and
San Mateo Railway Company Tor branch
extensions. PrOperty-owners. for an appro-
priatiOn OF $4,000 to improve Alamo square
Mrs. T. Sorack, complaining OF the brutality of
Louisa O'Brien, the matron OF the City Prison.
A. di Necchio, to place an awning nj 1445
Ellis George c. Brooke, stating that in con-
sequence OF interference by plum ers with the
painting of Lolita Fountain il would be ad-
visable to permit the maintenance of the fence
around il until the 10th. William and
Charles BetZ, for the imposition OF license
upon windOw-polishers. Citizens, for the
preparation of official map for the City.
J. r. Pool, TO remove building from Leaven-
worth street, between Post and Geary.
Property-owners, for the placing or electric
lights on Point Lobos avenue, from Twenty
fourth 10 the ocean.
The following protests against proposed
street work were read and referred to the
Street Committee:
Sewer in Oak, from Fillmore to Webster; paw
ing of Vallejo, from Octavia to Laguna; paw
ing of Broderick, from Ellis to OFarreli; paw
ing OF Sanchez, from Fourteenth and Market;
stone sidewalks on the corner of Clay and
Scott streets.
The opinicn of the City and County At
torney TO the effect that the claim of ]. J.
Conlin for SCI, 547, which has been allowed
by Legislature after Legislature, is uncon-
stitutional. was read and placed on file.
There was a profound silence in the
chamber when the clerk read a communi-
cation signed by Mayor Sutro, Auditor
Broderick and Treasurer Widber announc-
ing that at a meeting held, by the vote of
the Auditor and Treasurer, the Mayor vot-
ing in favor OF T. a. Baldwin, Fred w.
Lees, the incumbent, had been chosen for
the Office of License Collector, and certify
ing that the nominee was g competent
person for the office.
motion 10 confirm the nOmlDa
ton was made, and when the roll was
called every one of the eleven members
voted aye. There was a slight commotion
in the lobby, the friends of Fred Lees,
their faces lighted up with smiles, shook
hands and noiselessly walked out of the
chamb Der.
a communication, in which was en-
closed $500 check from the Market-street
Railway Company, was read. This was a
bid for franchise half a block in length
on O'Farrell street to make a connection
with the main system between Devisadero
and Scott.
Supervisor Taylor asked that the COM
munication be read again as he did not
wish to railroad anything.
This was done and when a motion to
grant the franchise was made the roll was
called. Hirsch voted ''no" Dimond
explained his vote, holding that the grant
ing of the franchise was illegal, and mo-
was recorded against his name. Taylor
simply voted a mo" and Hobbs also voted
''no" on the same grounds given by him
when the Church-street franchise came up.
The vote, however stood TO 4, and the
Market-street system got what it wanted
petition to grade Corbett avenue be
tween Douglass and Casselli streets was
referred TO the City and County Attorney
for his opinion as to whether Corbett ave,
nue. is an open public street.
In regard TO the petition OF the residents
of the Richmond district, requesting the
Sutro Roilroad Company to place Clement
street in Its original condition, it was de
cided that the grantee of the franchise
should be appealed to- and the opinion
was expressed that he would have an ex.
animation made by his experts, and il the
complaints were found TO be well grounded
the Sutro Company would no doubt com
ply with the request.
The report OF the Street Committee thai
the sum of $150.000 be included in the next
tax levy to bituminize Market street from
East to Valencia, provided the property
owners pay half the expense, was adopted
The Mayor was authorized to sign deco
for 50-vara lot, outside land, to Marie B
Robins, the devisee under the will o.
Henry NJ. Naglee.
The ordinance providing for the increase