The San Francisco call., 1898-02-08
PERMITS FOR
 OLYMPIC CLUB Supervisors Create a aPrac- teal Monopoly of Box
 ing Permits.
One Entertainment Allowed the Club for Each Month
 in the Year.
Spring Valley Company Wants It's Rates to HOusehOlders
 Increased.

The Board of Supervisors created what is practically a monopoly in box ing contests by action taken at yester days meeting. The Olympic Club is the fortunate organization that receiv- ed the boards bounty, and unless the members change their mind about all lowing more than one contest a month other organizations will be entirely shut out.
 The Olympic Club was granted a per init for contest to take place between March 21 and April 1, and the report of the committee was also in favor Of al lowing the organization to hold a con- test monthly for the balance of this year. In response to a question from Supervisor Clinton Chairman Delany of the Health and Police Committee stated that the Olympic Club was the only organization in San Francisco of financial and permanent standing that is promoting contests and assigned this as a reason for giving it the right of way in the matter of fistic entertain ments.
 An ordinance was introduced and passed to print requiring all house. holders to have proper and legible numbers placed over the doors of their residences or over the gates of the same in such manner that they can be plainly seen from the street.
 Supervisor Rottanzi presented an ordinance that was referred to the Health and Police Committee making 1t unlawful for any person to represent himself or to wear any badge or device that will induce the public to believe that he is a special officer unless regu- larly appointed by the Police Commis- sion of the city and county. The ord1- nance also makes it unlawful for any person to demand consideration for the guarding of personal property under the guise that he is a special officer, unless so appointed by the Commis sioners.
 On motion of Supervisor Britt the question of awarding the lease of the Sailors' Home was lald over for three months
 Supervisor Clinton introduced an or der which if carried out will restrict horseracing in San Francisco to forty eight days in each year and will pre- vent such institutions as ladies' days being given at any time. The ordinance reciteS that while hOrseracing was for merly conducted in the interests of the breeding of blooded stock, it is now de-
 
 Sition, resulting in the disruption of homes, dissipation of savings, irnmor- ality and crime.
 The order says that such institutions as ladies days should and must be re- stricted and 1t provides that pool-sell- ing on races shall be confined to forty eight days in the year; also that no person shall be allowed free on a race track
 The extreme penalty for violation of the ordinance Is made a fine of $500, six months in the County Jail or both.
 A resolution was passed to provide for the care of the insane in a building to be leased for that purpose, the mon ey necessary to be taken out of the urgent necessity fund. The matter of providing more revenue for the city out of boxing contests was arranged for in a new license order. By this measure the License Collector Is em- powered and instructed to collect S400 for each boxing entertainment carried on. and no license must be granted un- less under a permit from the board It Is provided. however. that the Super visOrs may grant a gratuitous license once in three months. By the ordinance the Chief of Police is instructed to re- port on the character of all boxing con- tests given as a basis on which to con- sider future applications for permits.
 Anticipating the annual fixing of water rates the Spring Valley Water Company put in an application to have rates restored to the schedule in force during the year commencing July 1, 1895. The company gives as a reason for the application that the present year has been a very dry one the SUD- ply in the reservoirs of the company has not been increased and in conse- Quence of this state of affairs the com pany has been compelled to expend large sums of money for pumping plants and for extra works necessary to keep up a water supply for San Francisco.
 The extra expenditure is given as over one million dollars and the state ment is made that to allow present ex- isting rates to stand would be an in justice to the company and render it unable to pay interest on its large in- VestmentS.