The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-18

lew for the purpose of providing an Off
cial map to replace the one made twenty
five wears ago and no longer reliable; that
the claim of c. E. Grunsky for services as
an engineer be referred TO the City and
County Attorney for his opinion; that the
sum of $50, 600 be included IN the next tax
levy to bituminize Van Ness avenue, con-
ditional upon the property-owners paying
half OF the expense; that the san Mateo
electric road pay $1323 sc, being the 2 per
cent on gross receipts.
The proposed addition to the license
ordnance as reported in last thursdays
issue OF the CALL was adopted and passed
to print
The proposition to include 100000 to
oulIo home for dipsomaniacs was laid
over for week, this action being occa-
sloheu by the gift of the home already
established to the City.
III was resolved that the board meet as
e 20 or the whole tomorrow night
10 near bidders for a franchise for the
cremation OF garbage for the next fiscal
year.
Inc AUDITOR was empowered to audit
ana the treasurer to pay out of the special
fee fund certain bills for stationery for the
Superior courts and departments.
Supervisor Dimond offered a resolution
Ignoring the act of the Legislature author
ling the payment of the claim of ]. ].
Conlln for SOL, 577 for street work and the
resolution was adopted, so Conlin is as far
as ever from receiving the money the
Legislature has ordered paid him.
The board decided to INCORPORATE in the
next tax levy the sum of $1,000 to paw
the salaries of the additional seveAty-hye
police officers to be added after July 1.
The ordinance providing for the change
of grades in the Police Department was
passed to print.
The District Attorney, in written opin-
ion a. a.. l..
the Supervisors TO the offices in the Police
Court were entitled to the salary due for
the month of May, and the Auditor was
directed TO audit their demands.
A communication from the Mayor was
read. 1t was in relation to the complaints
made against the Sutro railroad company
for the manner it had laid its tracks on
Clement street. The Mayor declared that
the company had followed the grades, and
that when the grades are properly cor
rected the company will be ready to do its
share in making the thoroughfare what it
should be.
Mayor Sutro expressed desire to retire
and called Supervisor Taylor to the chair,
but before taking it the Supervisor stated
that the Auditor had called his attention
to certain structures in the Grand Jury re-
port on the Finance Committee OF the
board, based upon something the Auditor
had said before the inquisitorial body. The
Audltor, he SAID, had informed him that
the Finance Committee he represented was
not the present one. but previous ones.
The following communication was re-
celved by the board and referred:
The attention of this association having been
drawn to the fact that your honorable body is
about to award contracts for Fire Department
supplies for the next two years, am instructed
by the board of directors to call your attention
to the fact that many of the supplies required
are manufactured in this State, and to ask
your honorable body, in awarding the con-
manufacture, when quality and price are
equal.
This was signed by the officers of the
California Manufacturers and Producers
Association.