The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-25
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
The Order Increasing the
Police Force Is Finally
Passed.
The Entire Board VIII Consider the
Financial Needs for the
Next Year.

The meeting of the Board of Supervisors
yesterday afternoon was almost everything
but exciting. The tidblt of the session was
the unopposed reduction in the price of
the proposed smallpox hospital by clean
$4,000.
This was done by Mr.. Wagner. The
Health and Police Committee, by resolu-
ton, proposed that provision be made in
the next tax levy for $4,000 structure.
When the matter came up Supervisor
Wagner opposed it. He thought that
smallpox hospital at that price was too
much Of luxury. Smallpox hospitals
were institutions that should be burned
down every once in a while, he thought
and that $780, 900 would build sufficiently
good one.
He was seconded in this by Supervisor
Taylor, who, as chairman of the Finance
Committee, is showing some signs of wear.
He took the occasion to refer to Auditor
Bro6erick's estimate of the money needed
for next year. He said the Auditor had
left large, gaping areas i'll his estimates,
which would have to be filled in by the
Finance Committee and the board. He
referred to the additions to the police force
and the other items which had already
been agreed upon but which were not in
the Auditors estimates. Among them was
the salary of the Fish and Game Warden,
entirely overlooked He had figured up
that the Auditors estimate fell short by
81, 100000. Now, in view of all this, he
thought that the building of $50,O hos
pital which might never be needed was not
good policy. Smallpox does not thrive in
this climate, he said, and if an epidemic
occurred and we were provided with a
reasonably ample hospital additions could
be built to it. He thought a $20,0 hos
pital would serve every purpose.
SO it passed, provision being made for a
hospital at the reduced price.
A resolution was introduced by Wagner
| under which all the members of the board
were invited to take part in considering
the schedule OF necessary expenditures for
next year. This was also adopted.
resolution was passed granting the
right to the Fourth of July committee to
erect two reviewing stands on Van Ness
avenue for the Fourth of July parade, one
between Geary and Post and the other be-
tween Post and Suffer.
Police Commissioner M. A. Gunst was
granted leave of absence from the City for
sixty days.
The Market-street Railway Company
was directed by resolution to permit GER
tain inventors of street-car tenders to adj
just their devices to cars at their own (the
inventors expense and put them to the
test on West Mission street.
T. J. Welsh was instructed to protect the
wall ofthe new Potrero School with under
pinning, as against the effect of excava-
tons being carried on by adjoining
property owners.
The basalt block paving ordinance was
sent back to the Street Committee at the
instance of Supervisor Taylor The or
dinance provides that the rock shall be
laid on concrete. Mr.. Taylor thought that
this was altogether too expensive for very
many streets over which there is COM
paratiyely little heavy hauling. For these,
sand foundation he thought, was good
enough.
The order increasing the number of the
police force to 500, with six captains, five
Geutenants, forty-three sergeants, fifteen
detectives and twelve corporals, was passed
finally, also the order providing for an
additional fire engineer and that reducing
the width of sidewalks from ten to seven
feet on Dore street, between Ninth and
Tenth, and on Folsom and Harrison streets,
and on Putnam, between Cortland and
Jefferson.
IT is an alarming fact that every baking
powder exhibited at the Chicago Worlds
Fair, except one made in New York, was
found by the examining chemists to con.
tain ammonia. Royal Baking Powder is
absolutely pure and contains neither am
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