The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-19
CLASSED AS A NUISANCE.
Defeated Yesterday, but to Be
Brought Up on Monday
Next.
NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING
Several Thousand Signers of Pc
tition Want Work Begun on 1t
at Once.

Supervisor Dimond sprung a surprise on
the friends of the railroad in the board
| yesterday when he offered the following
ordinance, aimed at the check system OF
| transfers now used by the Market-street
Railway Company, in the form of a reso-
| luton:
The people of the City and County OF San
| Francisco do ordain as follows:
| /. Every person, firm and corporation opera
| ting streetcars within the City and County OF
San Francisco that issue transfers TO passen-
! gers to enable them TO transfer TO other cars
| operated by the same or different owner shall
issue and deliver said transfers upon or within
the car from which the passenger is trans
! ferred and not elsewhere.
2. Every person. firm and corporation oper-
ating streetcars within the City and County of
San Francisco that receives transfers as fare
| from passengers shall take said transfers from
/ the passengers who received the same within
or upon the car to which the passengers are
| transferred and not elsewhere.
! 3. Every person, firm or corporation oper-
/ ating street railroad within said City and
! County, and every conductor, agent or other
employe of such person, firm or corporation
! violating the provisions of this order shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall De punished by a fine
not exceeding $500 or by prisonment in the
County Jail not exceeding six months or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
In order to cover the issuance of trans
fers at points of change, Mr.. Diamond also
offered the following ordinance:
The people OF the City and County of San
Francisco do ordain as follows:
]. 1t shall be unlawful Tor any person, firm
or corporation. or any employe OF any person,
firm, or corporation operating streetcars with
In the city and COUNTY of san Francisco. to re-
ceiye, issue or deliver to passengers on the
public streets of said City and County any
transfer, transfer check, ticket or carfare.
2. Every person, firm or corporation operat-
ing a street railroad within said City and
County and every conductor. agent or other
employe OF such person, firm or corpora ton,
violating the provisions of this order shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding $500, or by Imprisonment in
the County Jail not exceeding six month, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
Mr.. Dimond made strong address in
support OF his motion to adopt, saying
that few dollars gained by the company
by issuing checks for transfers and COM
polling people to stand on the street cor
ners waiting for their bits of cardboard
would scarcely make no for the incon-
venience to the passengers.
He cited cases where passengers-some-
times ladies-had been compelled to leave
cars and mortified because they had not
understood the check system and had neg
lected to exchange their checks for trans
fers.
The crowds resulting from the presence
OF the company employees on the street
corners, issuing transfers, was also
touched on and held up as nuisance and
an imposition.
Mr.. Diamond urged immediate action on
his resolution. Supervisor Hughes moved
to amend by referring the matter to the
Health and Police Committee and Super
visor King offered substitute that the
matter be disposed of at once. The SUBJ
stitute was lost by the following tie vote.
Ayes-King, scully, Hirsch, Dimond and
Hobbs.
Noes-Benjamin, Hughes, Bunker, Morgan
stern and Wagner.
The amendment was also lost bv a tie
vote and the original motion by vote of
6 to 4, Supervisor Dimond voting in the
negative in order TO move for a reconsid-
Grafton at the next meeting. He is conf
dent that the ordinances will go through
at that time, as he believes that Supervisors
Spreckels and Taylor, who were absent
will vote with him.
Supervisor Wagner presented a petition
signed by 6872 residents of the North End
district asking the board to reconsider its
action in putting over the selection of a
plan for the new municipal building for
four months and proceed to chose an
architect at the earliest possible momeut.
Later Mr.. Wagner introduced resolution
that was carried that the balloting be
taken up again.
Only one vote was taken, the result
showing that deadlock still exists. The
matter was put over for week or until a
full attendance OF members can partici-
pa e in the balloting.
The ordinance granting franchise for a
telephone and telegraph service to be sold
to the highest bidder was referred back to
the Street Committee for the purpose OF
having it still further amended to suit the
views of the mem bers.
The contract for supplying rations for
! the prisoners confined in The various tails
was awarded to the Pacific Marine Supply
| Company.
The matter of selecting a site for the
Pesthouse went over two weeks.
| A petition signed by 1856 property.
| owners protesting against the use OF pub.
lie money for sprinkling the streets was
received and referred to the Street Com.
mlttee. The petitioners declared that
spr1nkllng was not necessary for the
preservation of the public thoroughfares.
They cited the cases of number oil
streets that have not been sprinkled fol
years and yet are in as good condition as
those that are sprlnkled every day. The
petition also protests against the sprnk.
ling OF few streets to the exclusion Of
many others on the ground that such q
course would be unjust to the taxpayer:
whose money pays the sprinkling bills.
The petition of the Geary-street Park
and Ocean Gable Railroad Conn any for q
renewal of its franchise to run cars or
Geary street to Point Lobos avenue and or
Fifth avenue TO Golden Gate Park for fifty
years was referred TO the Street COMMITTEES
The report of the Finance Committee
re-engaging Waiter S. Hinkle as specia
Assistant District Attorney for a period O.
three months was adopted.
ST Rect IMPROVEMENTS.
Complete Summary OF the CITY