The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
FURNITURE IS
NOT OF HOME
MANUFACTURE
Trades Council Makes
a Protest.
HALL OF JUSTICE CONTRACT
MEASURES REFERRED TO
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Byington's Effort to Take Up Turn
table Order Fails-Wooden Poles
on Howard Street Must
Come Down.

The Board of Supervisors received a
communication at yesterdays meeting
from the Building Trades Council. In
which II is claimed that the contractors
were not living up TO the specifications in
providing furniture OF home manufac-
ture for the Hall of Justice building.
| The communication, which was signed
by w. NJ. Page. secretary of the Coun-
Gil, WIGS read and referred TO the Public
Buildings Committee. and is as follows.
am instructed by the Building Trades Coun-
ell 10 inform you that the violation OF the
specifications contained in the contract for fur
nishing the Hall OF Justice by the Fuller Desk
Company brought up at the last meeting
held December H. 1893
AS We understand all work and furniture in
said Hall must be Of home manufacture. and
as this has not been compiled with. deem
a great and severe injustice has been done
mechanics Of San Francisco. and we pray that
your honorable board investigate the matter.
We claim that said furniture could have been
manufactured here equally well and cheap.
Such practices do not improve the building
up or enrlching OF ths municipality and must
OF necessity retard the growth and prosperity
of the city.
Therefore, gentlemen. we pray that you will
give this matter the consideration II deserves.
and II agreeable, the Council will only be
too happy 10 appear before your body at any
time for the purpose OF aiding YOU in any in
vestigation you may chose 70 undertake.
Supervisor Byington felt so encouraged
at the almost unanimous vote TO pass
the telephone ordinances that he thought
II a good opportunity TO ask that the
order forbidding turntables where they
abut on the sidewalks be taken out Of
the hands OF the Street Committee, where
1t has been slumbering for several
months.
The turntable." said Mr.. Byington. lis
just as big a crime and abuse as the
telephone. and l move that it be taken
up by the board Immediately"
Chairman Aigeltinger explained that
the Street Committee was waiting for an
opinion from the City Attorney, which
would be ready, next Thursday. The
board seemed To be satisfied with the ex-
PLANTATION. as Byington's motion was
lost
The Superintendent of Streets was au-
thoriZed TO remove all wooden poles now
being erected by the Market-street Rail-
way Company on Howard and Twenty
fourth streets. The Mayor stated that
the company had not been granted the
privilege and that the franchise called
for ornamental iron poles. Phelps said
that he knew that the company could
not get iron poles from the East for six
months TO come. The wooden poles.
however, Will have 10 come down
The schedule submitted by the Finance
Committee transferring the sum of $50
469 "a TO the general fund was laid over
for one week or this amount A7,9l6 "a
is TO come from moneys paid as taxes on
bonds under protest, and S2552 80 from
fund of 1896 The apportionment OF the
money was published in Sundays Call.
and the following items were added Sal
aries OF Panhandle Commissioners, $4,000;
Fish and Game Warden. salary three
months. $500; expenses, SIS: Gas Inspect
or's expenses. $50.
The Monarch Athletic Club was granted
a license TO give a boxing exhibition on
January p on payment OF 500 license.
The following resolution was introduced
by supervisor Collins and passed TO print:
Resolved. That annual license OF $1,000