The San Francisco call., 1896-12-22
MAYOR SUTRO
WAS WRATHFUL
Supervisors Call Him to
Order for His Ut
teranceS.
The Row Was Over the Location
of the Pesthouse on the
Almshouse Tract.
Surveyor Tiltcn Will Get His Money
for the New City Map in
Spite of Opposition.

Mayor SutrO and the Board OF SuperVl-
sors had a wordy war yesterday after
noon which threatened for time to ter
inmate in a riot.
The chief executive hammered his gavel
until the walls sent the echo back, the
Supervisors howIed themselves hoarse and
even the policeman who guards the outer
portal awoke from his reverie and pre-
pared his handouts and club for action.
The row started when a motion was
made empowering the board 10 erect a
Pesthouse on the Almshouse tract, to be
furnished and ready for occupancy before
the lepers were moved into it.
The Mayor had stood the acceptance OF
the city map without murmur beyond
a mild remonstrance, but this was too
much for him.
This is a criminal and unwarranted
proceeding" he shouted, rising in his
chair.
"There is no appropriation for this pur-
pose," interjected Supervisor Taylor, I'VE
should leave it TO our successors"
Supervisor Dimond took a hand at this
juncture and declared the present Pest
house to be CRYING shame on the COM
munity.
a motion to postpone was lost by vote
of to 2.
Then the Mayor again arose in his
might.
'iCollis P. Huntington is a corrupt
man" he said, land he has fostered and
incited this action. He is a corrupt man
and criminal"
"Order, order" yelled Supervisor Hobbs
and Supervisor Wagner added still further
to the confusion by admonishiug the
Mayor not to speak from the chair. but to
give it up to some one else and talk from
the floor.
The Mayor would not be put off, how
ever, and went on to say that Hunting
toms hirelings had started the idea of
selecting the Pesthouse site to spite him
self.
Supervisor Hobbs again called the
Mayor to order. and while the din was at
its height the motion was carried by the
votes of Supervisors King, Scully, Ben
jamin, Hirsch, d mond, Hughes. bunker,
Morganstern and Wagner.
The Mayor made a fight against the
payment of the requisition for the new
City map on the ground that it had been
found faulty by the experts employed to
examine it. He declared that the map
would be the basis of the surveys of City
property for years to come and that it
should not be accepted and paid for until
ii was shown to be correct.
He declared that he had not been noti-
fed thar the matter was under considera-
ton and that the people had not been al
lowed proper representation.
Supervisor Dimond declared that the
Mayors statements were unfounded and
that all concerned had been allowed fair
hearing. He thought that it was more
unfair to the maker of the map to keep
him out of his money after the work was
finished.
The investigation has been thorough, "
he said, land it is time the money was
paid"
A motion to postpone for three days
was lost by a vote OF 10 to 2, and the reqIi-
sition was passed over the Mayors veto
by unanimous vote.
Previous to the discussion, protests
against the acceptance of the map we're
received from the following and referred
to the street committee: The Grand Jury.
Shainwald BucKbee 81 Co., Bovee, Toy &
Sontag, A. J. Rich & Co., Thomas Magee
& Sons, 6. A. Um bsen, M. Cooney, Ed.
wards Publishing Company, F. w. Nc.
Even, Samuel Bloom and G. d. SalfieId.
The request of the Board of Health to
have the ordinance against expectoration
on the public side walks and in the public
streetcars and buildings created discus.
sion.
Health Department would probably want
$50, 600 additional to furnish places for
cuspldor inspectors. He thought the
measure absurd.
After Supervisor TAYLOR had hazarded
something about the ladies wearing shorter
skirts if the order was not passed Super
visor Hughes said that perhaps the Board
of Health would be able to furnish com Pc
tent skirt inspectors. The order was
passed 10 print, Supervisor Dimond giving
notice of reconsideration.
The ordinance against pool-selling out
side of the confines of racetracks was
finally passed, in spite of the opposition oi
Supervisor Wagner. No one paid any par
ticuIar notice to the order when it was
read by the clerk and the Mayor declared
it finally disposed of.
Later Mr.. Wagner wanted it laid over
for one week, but Supervisor BENJAMIN
declared that it was too late, and motion
by Supervisor Benjamin to indefinitely
postpone reconsideration was carried; by
the following vote: Benjamin, Dimond,
Hughes, Taylor, Morganstern, SpreckeIs
and Hobbs.
The noes were King, Scully, Hirsch,
Dunker and Wagner.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.