The San Francisco call., 1895-11-05

main there all day. He thought they
should be cleared away.
Mr.. Sonntag next touched upon the fruit
and bootblack stands. He said it could
be shown that the property or
tenants collected rent from these small
merchants for the use of these public
streets.
Mayor Sutro said he agreed with Mr..
Sonntag in his belief that the streets be-
longed to the people and should not be en-
croached upon by private persons for pri-
vate interests, but that these small busi-
ness concerns should not be swept away at
moments notice-they should be given
at least three months.
The Street Department came in for some
sharp criticism. Its methods were char
acterized as loose. 1t was recommended
that the paragraph in street specifications
providing that work be done ''to the salts
faction of the Street Superintendent be
stricken out and the Superintendent be re-
quired to see that the work is not done
merely to his satisfaction, but that it be
done according to specifications. He rec
commended that property-owners be noti-
he'd by the Superintendent by postal card
when work was proposed to be done in the
streets in front of the property. Also that
the Superintendent be required to employ
as his inspector of such work some person
whom the property-owners NAV recon-
mend. None of these suggestions pro-
voked discussion.
| The next recommendation was that the
! building of stables be prohibited IN the
residential portion of the City bounded
by Devisadero, Sutter and Fillmore streets ;
that provision be made for salary for
the Milk Inspector; that Objectionable
posters and advertising signs, especially
that of a certain brand of tobacco, be pro-
hibited on the dead walls; that Golden
Gate and Van Ness avenues be named as
boulevards and the heavy hauling that
had already destroyed Golden Gate avenue
be prohibited; that it be made unlawful
for peddlers to cry their wares on the
streets OH Sunday.
All this was done in committee of the
whole, Mr. Taylor in the chair. The COM
mittee now rose, reported, and these rec
concentrations were referred to the several
committees to which they applied.
H. S. Scott, School Director, was granted
leave of absence for sixty days.
An extension of time was allowed the
Sutro Railway, in view of the injunction
suit pending.
The following letters explain themselves
The one from M. M. Estee expresses the
opinion, as lawyer, that the Supervisor.
have the right to do as they have done
The other, from prominent Republicans
indorse Mr.. Young for the Office. They
read:
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, october 81, 1895
TO the Hon. Charles ". Matn,paring Chairma,
Republican County Committee, San Francisco
Cdl.-DEAR SIR: We, the und ersigned member.
OF the Republican County Committee, hereby
express ourselves in favor of the appointment
OF the Hon. c. S. Young to the position O
superintendent of Common Schools of Sar
francisco, made vacant by the death of tn,
Hon. A. ]. Moulder. We would also, In the in
terest of the public schools and the Republi
can party urge upon you the necessity O
using your best efforts with the Board of Edu
cation to secure his appointment. J. H. Thomp
son, Thomas McDermott, Charles c. Morris, A
A. Watson, P. H. Prendergast, John Jackson
Thomas w. Chandler, G. Bacigalupi, james
Gately, C. W. Heilmann, Jesse E. Marks. A
houston, c. S. Clinch, John E. Donovan, A. A
Louderback, James Alva Watt.