The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-01
HOLDING THE Ak ON HIGH,
The Solid Eight Fail to Agree
on Police Court APP
pointments
TWO vETOEs BY THE MAYOR.
Final Opposition Is Overcome In
Awarding the Franchise for the
New Raoetrack.


There was hitch yesterday among the
members of the Solid Eight over. the
matter of ousting the assistant prosecuting
attorneys of Police Courts 1, 2 and s.
Messrs. Jackson. Seaman and Graham.
Some of the membe said they could not
do the ousting if the prosecuting attorneys
objected, but as the Supervisors appoint
the. prosecuting attorneys of course any
Solid Eight among them can bring the
latter to. time ON any question they like.
Prosecuting Attorney Dare has given out
that he will stand by his assistant, Ora
ham, on account of the latter's ability and
efficiency. Graham, however, dislikes
making a fight for the. place if it will
jeopardize Dare's position. Supervisor
Benjamin has notified the prosecuting
attorneys to drop their assistants and. SO
the matter stands. Nothing was said
about the matter at the meeting of the
Board of Supervisors yesterday. 1t is I'M
derstood that a new. deal is being en-
! gineered to capture the places. The only
appointment made by the board was that
of Walter Hinkle to be Assistant District
Attorney for three months.
|
| against the order paying Contractor A J.
Raisch 1857 70, as the first installment on
the eight blocks*of what is called the Fell
! street sewer contract: the other veto was
against the order granting the Market
street Railway Company the coveted
franchise to the new racetrack for 1881.
The veto against the payment of the Fell
street sewer bill was ordered passed to
print without any apparent objection. The
contract and everything else is snarled up
ina number: of legal questions. Con-
tractor Raisch is as anxious as anybody
| else.to have them settled before the work
is proceeded with. Something like $4,000
hangs on the decision The City is inter-
estedi In one-half of the bill and the prop
erty-owners living on the north side of Fell
! street, along the Park panhandle, are in
terestedin the other one-haff. The matter
will be turned over to the City and County
Attorney for advice.
The veto against the order granting the
| franchise to the Market. street Railway
| Company was received in an altogether
different spirit. The message: received all
| the stubborn opposition that was given the
| veto against the 81 % tax levy.and it met
I the same fate.
! Supervisor Benjamin moved: that the
| veto be placed on lille instead OF taking the
| regular course" 49, 3.
Mayor sutro unhesitatingly declared the
| motion out of order.
| Then, Of course the Solid Eight appealed
! to themselves from the decision of the
chair. With great dignity they sustained
| themselves.
Supervisor Dimond tried to amend by
/ having the veto passed to print. The veto
| was placed on file by the old time shoulder
to shoulder vote, eight against the rest.
| Ayes-King, Scully, Benjamin, Hirsch,
! Hughes, bunker, Morgenstern, Wagner.
/ Noes--Dlmond Taylor, Spreckels.
Absent-Hobbs.
| The Mayors veto was based on the three
| following grounds: The order granting the
| franchise did not contain the proper econ
ditions"; the advertisement for bids" as
| published and presented TO the board as
! the basis of its action, did not state the
| term for the continuance of the franchise;
| the franchise was not properly offered to
bidders, by the terms of the advertisement
| the privilege was not open to any bidder
| but the Market-street Railway Company.
This practically settles the matter, and
| the Market-street corporation will proceed
| to annex the streets named in the fran
chise TO its system, unless the Civic FEEDER
alton or some kindred organization can
| find something in the statutes to block it,
| One such attempt has already been made
but it failed.
| q motion was made that John J. Sulli-
van be appointed bond clerk of the Board
of Supervisors at a salary of 500 month
instead of bond clerk in the Office of the
District Attorney. On suggestion of Su-
pervisor Wagner the matter was laid over
j one week.
| W. S. Hinkle was appointed Assistant
District Attorney in Judge Beleher's court
at a salary of $3.50 month for three
months.
The discussion of the new order limiting
| the height of buildings to 100 feet was laid
| over one week.
| The lottery law amendment making it a
| misdemeanor to print lottery drawings
was ordered laid over one week on motion
of Supervisor Hirsch.
| 1t was ordered that the Street Committee
| be empowered to enter into a contract with
the City Engineer to prepare a new official
map of the City and County at cost not
to exceed $4,000.
communication was received from the
| Sutro Railroad Company, giving notice of
! abandonment of the following portions of
its right of way to the Cliff House: Coma
mencing at the intersection of Central ave-
nue. and California street, along Central
avenue to Washington street. to First ave-
! nue., to Richmond avenue; also commence
| ing at Thirty-third avenue and Clement
street, along Clement street to Forty
| eighth avenue, thence southerly to Point
| Lobos road, thence westerly to the Cliff
House.
The notice was referred to the Street
| Committee.
| All bids received by the board on Nav 81
f! last for franchise for the right to cremate
were ordered rejected. The CITY Clerk
was directed to readvertise for new bids
under the specifications prepared by the
| Committee on Health and Police.
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| Society Item.