The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE,
A New Home for the Inebri-
ateS to Be Erected on
Tenth Avenue.
Folsom Street Improvement De-
ferred-Tax Levy and the
City's Creditors.

The Finance Committee of the Board of
Supervisors met last night for the purpose
OF fixing the tax levy for the next fiscal
year. The first matter considered was the
act passed by the last Legislature creating
a home for inebriates. This bill was intro
duced by DR.. Gavigan, and it was specially
stipulated that the home must be COM
p,eted by August l, 1896 Mr.. Benjamin
favored an appropriation of 100000, Thile
Supervisor Hobbs thought $25, 900 was quite
enough to begin with. The Solid Eight
member at length reluctantly withdrew
his motion, though it was not until 1t was
fully understood that the $25 600 suggested
by Mr. Hobbs was to be used exclusively
in putting up the building. An appropri-
alton for furnishing the home and paying
salaries will not be included in the present
tax levy.
1t was decided to build the home for
inebriates on lot owned by the City on
Tenth avenue, near Point Lobos. The lot
has a frontage on Tenth avenue Of $50 feet,
with depth of 240 feet. This property
was given to the City thirty-tive years ago
and is now controlled by the Private Home
for Inebriates.
Attorney James K. Taylor appeared be-
fore the committee as a representative OF
the City's creditors. He made an eloquent
appeal, urging that the $4,000 due the
contractors for supplies be included in the
tax levy. Chairman Taylor said i'll effect
that the matter was now before the Su-
preme Court and that the committee was
not prepared to take any definite action
until decision had been rendered.
Mr.. Hobbs agreed with the chairman
and the matter went over until the Septem-
Der meeting, when the final appropriations
are to be made. During a discussion of
the City's debt to the contractors Super
visors Dimond and King engaged in
lively tilt. in which they paid their re-
spects to each other in very emphatic
way.
The committee decided not to make an
appropriation for the improvement OF Fol-
som street, though their next move was TO
set aside $4,000 for a new City map.
The Finance Committee and other mem
bers of the board got into heated argu-
ment over the appropriation for Golden
Gate Park, when the former adjourned
and the board resolved itself into COM
mittee of the whole to discuss the appro-
priations of the tax levy as far as made.
Supervisor King argued in favor OF in
creasing the appropriation made for the
City and County Hospital from $4,000 to
$4,000. Mr.. Taylor strongly opposed any
increase stating that Ii there was any IN
stitution under the control of the City that
needed an investigation 1t was the hospital.
He indorsed all that was said by the last
Grand Jury in its report. Mr.. Kings mo-
ton was lost.
Mr.. BENJAMIN moved that the appropria-
tior for Golden Gate Park be increased
from $256, 900 to $1,000 Supervisors Tay-
lor, King and Hobbs were opposed to the
increase, and expressed themselves in such
forcible manner that Mr.. Benjamin S
motion found advocates only in Morgen-
stern, Stone and Wagner.
The Finance Committee met in the after
noon and awarded contracts on the new
schoolhouse to be erected on Halght street,
between Masonic and Central avenues.
The contracts awarded were as follows:
Gray Bros, for excavating, S4SSS; Edward
Hogan, for plumbing, $500; Forderick
Cornice Works, for tin work, $1076; D..
Zehinsky, for painting, $1375; Hansbrough
Bros, for carpenter work, $15,305.