The San Francisco call., 1898-04-26
Declares That He Is Not an Expert in the Art of "Hefting''
 Sacks of Money.
Another Step Made Toward Extracting Money From the City Treasury for the Proposed Monkey Ranch
 in the MisSion

Even the war, with all its attendant sensational reports of impending battles and captures of prizes, could not keep the lobby and gallery of the Board of Su- pervisors chambers from being crowded to its capacity with interested citizens, who came to listen, to protest and to ad- Vocate. The subject under discussion was the proposed Mission park and geological garden, as 1t has been grandiosely termed by those who are endeaVoring to unload upon the city a ''gold brick in the real estate line.
 After a free-and-easy discussion be- tween the Supervisors and a number of citizens, which lasted for more than three hours, another blow was struck the wedge that is designed to break open the city treasury for the extraction of a sum of money that will not be less than quarter of million dollars. The resolu- ton instructing the City Attorney to be- gin condemnation proceedings to acquire the lands that are alleged to be necessary for the establishment of the projected monkey ranch in the Mission was adopted by the following vote:
 Ayes-Devany, Haskins, Delaney, Sheehan, Dodge, Rottanzi, Morton, Britt, Rivers. Total, Q.
 Noes-Smith, Clinton. Total, 9.
 Lackmann asked to be excused from voting ana Ills request was granted
 While the debate was in progress there was a hot exchange of words between E. P. F. Troy and Supervisor Sheehan, which might have become something more serious were it not for the prompt and energetic intervention of the ser geant-at-arms, who held Mir. Troy in his seat. Supervisor Clinton also gave some spice to the. proceedings by referring to the proposition as a ''clean steal''
 But this was not the only matter that enlivened yesterdays session of the board.
 Supervisor Devany, as a member of the Finance Committee, treated the mem bers of the board and the large assem- blaze of spectators to timely and very amusing dissertation on the art of "heft- ing, using the Mayor as living illustra- ton Of what consututeSa failure in that obsolete profession. Particular reference was made to his Honors method and eX- perience in netting the money sacks in Mayor did not enjoy the manner in which he was used to point the essay.
 AS an evident preliminary to bringing mandamus suit against the board, the Mutual Electric Light Company presented a petition demanding that it be granted the same privileges in the erection of poles outside the city limits that had al- ready been granted to its rival the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company. The petition was referred to the Street Committee.
 By the vote of the seven members then in their seats, and without dissenting vote, the Mayors veto on the resolution awarding the contract for the repair of Third street, between Mission and Howard, to Flynn & Treacy was sus- tained. This is one of the jobs" that The Call exposed. The action taken by the board to-day will save the city about $l200. Flynn & Treacy had been awarded the contract for $2l0O. notwithstanding that J. J. Bowling had offered to do the work for Sg00. Bowling. on q trifing pre- text, had been allowed to withdraw his bid by the Street Committee.
 In the absence of the Mayor. Supervisor Sheehan was called to the chair, but dur ing the debate on the monkey ranch prop osition the Mayor entered and took his post of duty.
 After bids had been opened and read for furnishing supplies and services to the various city and county institutions the resolution authorizing the City Attorney to begin condemnation proceedings against the owners of the lands to be used for the education and maintenance of monkeys, goats and similar geological specimens was brought up as unfinished business. All the Supervisors were pres ent.
 Clinton moved that the matter be post poned until the first regular meeting of the board after May 26. He asked for the postponement, he said, because he wanted to bring out a full expression of the people-nOt only of the people of the Mis- sion but of the entire city. He declared that he thought 1t was the almost uni versal sentiment of the people of the Mis- sion that no park was necessary in that district at this time. He wanted the mat ter deferred until after the charter cleo ton, as if that instrument was adopted the Board of Public Works would pass upon the proposition. The motion was Smith and Clinton voting for It.
 Devany moved the adoption of the reso- lution.
 Clinton spoke against it and called at