The San Francisco call., 1896-03-31
The Chief Executive of Mime.
apolis Sits With the
Supervisors.
ARCHITECTS ARE IN SUSPENSE
A Tie Vote Prevents Action Regard
ing the Hog Ranches-Bids for
Public Lights.

Mayor Pratt of Minneapolis occupied a
seat beside Mayor Sutro during the meet
ing of the Board of Supervisors yesterday,
while the other members of the Minneapo
lis city government who are visiting this
City were given places of honor about the
assembly chamber.
Mayor Sutro introduced his guest to the
board In few well-chosen words, and
then the regular business of the meeting
went on. At the close of the session
Mayor Pratt thanked the board for the
courtesy shown himself and his associates
and spoke of the benefit that they hoped TO
derive from watching the workings of the
San Francisco government. He was en-
thusiastic of the beauties of San Francisco
and remarked that it was a revelation to
those who were unfamiliar with the City
by the Golden Gate.
He mentioned that the party had been
invited by Supervisor Spreckels to make
an excursion about the bay, and stated
that his friends, as well as himself, would
be very glad to take advantage OF the offer.
Supervisor Taylor extended the glad
hand to the visitors, and moved that they
be rendered the freedom of the City and
an invitation TO drive through the park
and to the principal points Of interest.
Three weeks of suspense is before the
architects who hope to receive the con-
tract for supervising the construction Of
the new municipal building. When the
matter was taken up yesterday the dead
lock which has existed ever since the bal
loting began still existed, and though the
Ill la1 q,
lacked one vote to get the prize. The re-
suit each time was Shea & Shea 6, Banks
5, Mooser & Mooser l.
A motion from Supervisor Spreckels
that the matter go over three weeks was
carried unanimously. Later Supervisor
King made a motion that the subject be
left to the decision of special committee
consisting of Supervisors Hobbs, Spreck-
els, Dimond, Morganstern, Hirsch, Taylor
and Benjamin. AS this would give the
Shea forces majority of one in the COM
mittee the measure was not acceptable to
the friends of the other architects, and it
was opposed until Mayor Sutro voted it
ont of order, the whole matter having been
POSTPONED three weeks.
The action of the board in relation to
hands of the Board of Health, and unless
that body decides to condemn and remove
them under present existing laws they
will remain as long as it pleases their own
ers. The matter came up when the report
of the Health and Police Committee estab-
fishing new hog limits, but deferring put
ing them into effect for six months, was
read.
Supervisor Dimond objected to the re-
port, on the ground that it had been agreed
at the last meeting of the board to allow
the rancheTs but three months to move
He made an amendment that the time for
putting the new limits into force should
be made ninety days from the date of the
passage of the measure. The vote on the
amendment resulted in a tie, King, Scullv.
Benjamin, Bunker, Morganstern and Wae-
ner voting against it.
The same six voted in favor of the origi-
nal report. the tie vote rejecting it and
leaving the matter in the same condition
it was before the board took it up.
The ordinance declaring Van Ness ave-
nue. a boulevard over which no heavy
traffic will be allowed. and on which no
street railway franchise may ever he
granted, was finally passed.
Supervisor Hirsch introduced resolu-
ton, that was carried directing the clerk
of the board to advertise for bids for
lighting the public buildings for two wears
beginning on May /, 1896, according to
specifications prepared by che Committee
on Street Lights.
The Judiciary Committee was instructed
to investigate the following communica-
ton:
To the Honorable Board of Superpisors-GEN
TLEMEN: have reported a dangerous sidewalk
on Bernice and Thirteenth streets that was
complained OF over year ago. A deputy un-
der Mr.. Ashworth told me that the owner had
received six months extension to do the work
of repairing, so went with another property
owner (Mr. Ryan to the Superintendent of
Streets office to-day, and he called Mr. Ho-
gan, who said that the owner had received an
extension OF three months more. ! asked him
let me see anything he had on hle Being a
public document, ! thought | should be per
mitted 10 see it, and do not now understand
why my request was denied. Kindly investi-
gate the matter.
JOHN RYAN, 161a Bernice Street.
A large number of street improvements