The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-14
The Board of Supervisors Favors
the Prohibitive Ordi-
nance.
WAGNER MEASURE was KILLED
The Order Prohibiting the Sale of
Burial Lots in the City Passes
to Print.

The Board of Supervisors struck death
blow at the downtown pool-selling dens
yesterday by passing to print the original
poolroom ordinance, which prohibits pool
selling outside the confines of a racetrack,
and disposing of the Wagner ordinance by
rejecting it Internationally.
When the matter was called UP under
the head of unfinished business the author
of the Wagner measure, which entirely
prohibited pool-selling within the City
and County of San Francisco, made what
was intended to be an elaborate argument
in favor of his resolution, but became
sadly mixed before he had proceeded far.
He die not think that horse-racing would
be found to be q failure if the pool-selIing
feature was eliminated, and called atten-
ton to the races of years ago. when moth
ing but individual betting was carried on
at racetracks.
Then he betrayed an entire lack of
knowledge of the manner in which tracks
are cared for. He intended to say that
horses sometimes ran when the mud
reached to their knees, but succeeded in
saying that they sometimes ran sup to
their mud in knees" an operation which
he characterized as being against human
nature" He urgently demanded the pas
sage of the resolution. The rollcall being
asked for the vote resulted as follows:
In favor-Ktng, Scully, Hirsch and Wagner.
Against-Benj amin, Dimond, Hughes, Dun
ker, Taylor, Morganstern, Spreckels and Hobbs.
This matter being effectualIy disposed
of Supervisor Dimond offered the original
ordinance, which will close the downtown
dens, for passage to print. Wagner at
once moved as a substitute that the matter
be indefinitely postponed, but this motion
was lost by vote of to 5, King, Scully,
Benjamin, Hirsch and Wagner voting in
favor OF 1T. The original motion was then
put and the vote was to in favor Of it,
Dimond, Hughes, bunker, Taylor, Nor
ganstern, Spreckels and Hobbs, in order to
give notice that he would move for re-
consideration at the next meeting.
The ordinance prohibiting the farther
sale OF lots in the cemeteries within the
City limits was made the basis of a warm
debate when it came up for passage to
print, Supervisor Dimond making a strong
argument against it.
He said that it appeared to him that the
measure had been inspired by real estate
spectators who desired to enhance the
value of their holdings by closing the
CEMETERIES, thereby causing the ruin of en-
terpTises on which the societies which had
founded them had spent many thousands
Of dollars.
He thought that if the cemeteries were
nuisance to the City they should be so de-
clared by the Board of Health, which was
the proper body to look after such matters.
When the matter went to vote it was
carried OF to 4, King, Scully, Dimond
and Taylor voting in the negative.
The milk ordinance formulated by the
Board of Health, requiring dealers who in
tend going into the business to obtain per-
mits from the health authorities and to
sell milk of q certain degree of purity, was
finally passed and goes into effect imme-
diately.
The amendments to the municipal ordi-
nances regarding the carrying or manu-
featuring of burglar tools, which were pro-
posed by Chief of Police Crowley, were
finally passed.
The Supervisor from the First Ward in
troduced a resolution, apparently intended
to be sarcastic, censuriIg Rev. w. w. Case
for certain utterances credited to him re-
garding the board. The board decided
that such measure was unidentified and
uncalled for, and refused to sanction it by
a vote of to g.
At the close of the meeting Supervisor
Wagner introduced a resolution providing
that racetracks or places where exhibitions
OF horses or horse-racing take place shall be
subject to a license of 800 per day, or if
kept open continuously $500 per quarter
Supervisor Dimond moved that the
matter be referred to the License and
Order Committee, which was carried.