The San Francisco call., 1896-01-21
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The Poolroom Ordinance Fails
to Pass the Super
viSorS.
The Order Prohibiting the Sale of
Burial Lots in the City Limits
Finally Passed.

The Board of Supervisors had it's usual
wrestle with the pool-selling problem yes
terday and from the present appearance of
the matter the advocates of the ordinance
which prohibits book-making outside the
confines of racetraks are not yet out of the
woods.
At the last meeting of the board the
ordinance, despite the opposition of the
Supervisors from the First and Twelfth
wards, was sent to print and in order to
get another chance at it the latter voted in
favor of the measure and then gave notice
that he would move for a reconsideration
at the next meeting. When the matter
came up yesterday he claimed his privilege
and moved that the board review it's ac-
ton. When the question was put there
were only three votes in the negative.
Then Supervisor Benjamin moved that
the matter be referred back to the Health
and Police Committee, stating that several
sections of the ordinance could be changed
to advantage. Supervisor King moved to
amend by referring the order to the Health
and Police and License committees jointly
King is member of the latter committee,
as is also Supervisor Wagner, the main
opponent of the ordinance.
Supervisor Dimond protested vigorously
against any such course being taken.
He arraigned the majority for their
laches in regard to the measure, accusing
the members of being afraid OF allowing
the order to go to print Tor lear tnat tne
people would see that the ordinance they
were clamoring for was before the board
and demand its immediate passage.
He ridiculed the idea of placing 1t before
the License Committee, pointing out that
there was nothing in it to give the License
Committee any excuse for considering 1t.
The continuous delays he considered as an
intentional effort to retard the passage or
secure the rejection of the ordinance for
some purpose not apparent on the surface.
"Why do not the members of this board
come out in a manly way and put them
selves on record in this matter" he said,
''instead of lodging around the bush and
sending this ordinance from one commit
tee to another where it does not belong Pr
In spite of his protestatlons the motion
was adopted by vote of to 3, Supervisor
Spreckels being absent.
A resolution introduced by Supervisor
Taylor. fixing the compensation of Thomas
| Tenant for keeping the City time, as de-
noted by the bells of the fire alarm tele-
graph, at S25 per month from the 1st day
of January, was adopted.
Supervisor bunker introduced a resolu-
tion, that was adopted, providing that in
future ali proposals for buildings for the
Fire Department which may hereafter be
invited must be segregated into the differ
ent lines of work necessary to construct
the building. The resolution also provided
| that no bids will be considered unless the
bidder is actually employed in the partic-
ular line of work called for.
Walter NJ. Willett was appointed special
counsel TO collect, by suit or otherwise, all
sums of money to which the City and
County may hereafter become entitled
upon bonds for street work given by con-
tractors who fail to enter upon the work
awarded them and to collect on the bonds
of the contractors who fail to do their
work according to specifications. His
compensation was fixed at so per cent of
the amounts collected.
The petition of Elizabeth Ina Joy to
construct at her own expense a safety
landing on Market street, between the
corner of Market and Powell and the Par
rott building, for the protection of the
travelling public, was granted on the
recommendation of the Street Committee.
The Superintendent Of Streets was in
structed to recommend the paving with
bltuminous rock the number of accepted
blocks and crossings on Folsom street COM
mencing at Nineteenth street and extend
ing easterly therefrom that can be paid for
by the $35, 600 recently decided upon by the
Street Committee as available for the work.
The ordinance preventing the further
sale of burial lots in the cemeteries within
the City limits was finally passed without
discussion, Supervisors Taylor, Dimond,
King and Scully voting no.