The San Francisco call., 1896-10-20
Fifteen Lepers Will Get the
Relief They So Eagerly
Desire.
SUPERVISOR BENJAM1N's WORK
The Market.Stre,t Comp ny Called TO
Tme-Numerous Boxing Per.
mits Granted.

Supervisor Benjamin carried out his in
tention of asking the board to appropriate
money 10 buy the GoIo remedy for lep-
rosy for the use of the Pesthouse yester-
day and succeeded in getting all he asked
for. At the close of the meeting he intro
duced the following resolutions which
were preceded by an appropriate preamble:
Resolued, That until further orders of this
Board the Goto remedy as prepared and sold
in Japan be provided for the treatment of all
persons who are main tained by the City and
are afflicted with leprosy, and that sufficient
quantity be kept on nand at all times for this
purpose.
Resolved, That the Committee on Health and
Police is hereby empowered toNorder the pur-
chase OF this remedy to the extent OF 5000,
set aside out of the appropriation for urgent
necessity purposes in the General Fund for
payment of the same.
Supervisor Benjamin made a strong
speech to back up his resolutions and they
were adopted unanimously.
He also said that the inmates were in
need of clothing, and that any contribu-
tions that were reported to him would be
collected and delivered to the unfortu-
mates.
Clerk Russell reported the following
changes among the employees of his office:
ID. c. Farquharson, index and report
clerk, promoted to a deputyship; j. G.
Tomalty appointed to fill the place left
vacant by the promotion, and Charles C.
Parent appointed requisition clerk to hill
the vacancy created by Tomalty's promo
tion.
The board made the following appoint
ments: ]. M. WiIliston, appointed carpen-
ter of the City Hail. vice Charles e. Parent,
appointed to clerkship; Thomas H. Mar
tin. appointed operator of fire alarm and
police telegraph.
SUPERVISOR Hobbs was granted sixty
days leave of absence, with permission to
leave the State, and the leave OF absence
of President of the Board of Education
Henry T. Scott was extended fifteen days.
The board passed a resolution directing
the Market-street Railroad Company to
comply with the terms of its franchise by
running its cars to the Precita-avenue
terminus. The resolution closes with the
following significant phrase: Thereby
preventing further action by this board"
The company is also directed to pave
the space between its tracks on Eighth
street. on penalty of forfeiture OF its
franchise.
The resolution recently passed granting
the Park Commissioners permission to
extend the fences of Golden Gate Park to
the outer line of the sidewalks on Oak,
Fell, Stanyan, Fulton, d and III streets,
was rescinded., This is a fight that has
been waged by the property-owners for
years past and they are much elated over
the result of their labors.
The permit to conduct boxing exhibit
tion recently granted the st. George Club
was extended to Novem ber; the Golden
West and New California Athletic clubs
were granted permits for Novem Der and
December, and the National Club was
given permit for Decem Der.
In spite of the injunction served on the
board forbidding the beginning of work
on Lafayette Park the bids for the work
were opened. Action was postponed
pending the hearing of the petition for a
perpetual injunction.