The San Francisco call., 1899-05-30
SOLID SEVEN
WANT TO FAVOR
THE RACETRACK
Would Repeal the
PooIselling Order.
BLOCKED BY THE MINORITY
FUTILE EFFORT TO AVOID THE
VETO BY THE MAYOR.
City Will Buy the Land Required for
the Opening of Twenty-Fifth
Street-Other Busi-
ness.

Street-Other Busi-
ness.
The solid Seven" If the Board of Su-
pervisors made an attempt yesterday to
repeal the ordinance prohibiting the sale
of pools on racetracks in the city and
county of San Francisco, the operation
of which resulted in the closing of the in
iQuitous gambling resort known as In
glesde track. That the attempt was not
immediately successful is due to the
watchfulness of the Mayor and the minor
ity members of the board
During the intervals of the wrangle
that marked the attempt of the majority
to secure the passage of the many rail-
read franchises asked for by the Market
street Railway Company Supervisor
Black introduced a resolution providing
fol the repeal of the racetrack ordinance
He Immediately moved its adoption. Su-
pervisors Perrault, Lackmann, Deasy and
Byington entered objections to the pro-
ceeding and wanted to know why the
members of the majority who had voted
for the passage of the ordinance now
wished to have it repealed.
Mayor Phelan ruled that the repeal of
the ordinance would have to be brought,
if at all, in the same way as its adoption
had been effected by the board. The orig
inal resolution had been passed to print
and at the following meeting had been
acted on favorably by the board and had
then gone to the Mayor for his approval.
TC repeal the ordinance the same course
would have to be pursued.
This was not what the solid seven
wanted. They knew that if they sue,
ceeded in passing the resolution of repeal
in the manner indicated the Mayor
would veto it when ii was sent to him for
his signature. For this reason. they
sought to adopt the resolution as it
presented by Black and without having it
go to print The ruling of the Mayor
killed this hope, however, and Supervisor
passed to print and referred to the Health
and Police Committee. Before the full
significance of the motion had dawned
upon Black and his fellow members of
the majority, the Mayor asked if there
were any objections, and hearing none de-
cared the motion carried.
This was a body blow, but there was
no help for it and the majority were
forced, much against their will, to take
their medicine. As the matter now stands
the resolution of repeal even If passed,
will have to go 10 the Mayor and he will
veto il.
The San Francisco Athletic Club was
granted permission 10 hold a boxing exhi-
bition on the evening of June g.
An authorization was passed directing
the Mayor to purchase from the carr es-
tate certain property necessary for the
opening of TWenty-hfth street from San
Jose avenue to Guerrero street. The pur-
chase price is fixed at $4,000
A resolution was adopted appropriatlng
$500 out of the insurance contribution
fund for the payment of extra help IN In
the Fire Department from the evening OF
July 8 to the morning of July o.
PETITIONS RECEIVED
The following petitions were received and re-
ferred to the Street Committee: G. b. Buriing.
for permission to use the rock from the Diggins
rock quarry, situate in the Flint Tract, upon
the streets and sidewalks of the city, w. w.
Stone on behalf of many teachers requesting
that permission be granted the Market Street
Railway Company to erect small station at
the corner OF Sixteenth and Bryant streets;
Theodore E. Rulfs for permission to substitute
an iron gate for a show window in front of
the premises at 1915 Market street; Sunnysde
District Improvement Club, requesting that
chemical engine be stationed in that district;
Goldberg Bowen x Co, for permission to
project the show windows of their new build
ing on the northerly side of Sutter street, be
tween Grant avenue and kearny street, nine
inches over the street line; May Parker for the
construction of an outlet to the sewer in Har-
rison street, at the crossing of Beale street;
Fal Pfaf for a test of his fender for street
cars: North Central Improvement Association,
for the placing OF an electric ight at the cross
ing OF Washington and Sansome streets; James
Feagan, submitting that the protest against
the grading and sewering of Chaputepec street
is signed by less than one-Quarter of the prop
erty owners and that statements contained in
said protest are not true and stating that the
Board OF Health has recommended the con-
struction of the sewer; Mission Business Mems
Association. requesting that provision be made
T.
r. Thompson, on behalf of property owners, to
construct a sewer. etc, by private contract in
Vallejo street. between Devisadero and Brod
erick: Philip Hinke, requestiong inspection of
a device for preventing accidents and injury
by sidewalk elevators F. j Maynard. for a
license to solicit street work; Plastic Fire
proof Construction Company, for $500 in set
tlement of its claim for plastic compound used
in the construction Of the Hall Of Justice; j.
A Sandell, requesting that the contractors for
paving Fillmore street, between Haght and
Page be compelled to perform his portion of
work charged
to other property owners; Sophie Mitchell-Gil-
fIlan requesting the board to reconsider its
action declaring Miles street an open public
street, also in granting permission to Mrs d.
d. Shattuck to extend steps as an entrance to
her property on Miles place; Point Lobos Club,
for the award of a contract for regarding
Twenty-fourth avenue, between and C
nue., Point Lobos to A street. Twenty second
avenue. Point Lobos to Clement, and to grade
Clement, and the crossing of Clement and
Twenty-second avenue; Merchants Association
recommending amendments in the specifications
for street lighting
PROTESTS RECEIVED.
The following protests were received and
referred to the proper committees Property
owners against the laying of artificial stone
sidewalks on the west side of Spruce street
between Clay and Washington; property own
ers, against the paving of Twenty-nlnth street,
between Mission and Noe, by private contract;
cial stone sidewalks on Sixteenth street be-
tween Sanchez and Noe; property owners.
against the grazing Oh the crossing oil Sixth
avenue, south of X street south; property own
ers against~th paving.of Sixteenth street be-
tween Noe and Castro; Mrs. Phoebe J. Nichols
against the establishment of Chinese hospital
on Clay street property owners, against the
laying of an artificial stone sidewalk the
east side of Noe street. between Henry and
Sixteenth; property owners, against the paving,
etc. of Fourteenth street. between Dolores
and Market.
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED.
The following communications were received
and referred From the State Dairy Bureau
calling attention to the act OF the Legislature
which makes 1t the duty of the State Dairy
Bureau to inspect all dairies and canneres as
to their sanitary condition upon complaint
made to the bureau; NJ. Fernandez OF Los An
gees submitting a model of fender for
street cars; Helen j. Hutchinson & Co.. ap-
pealing from the assessment for the cost of
paving of the intersection of Julian and Four
teenth streets; Board of Fire Commissioners
sumbitting and recommending the granting of
a petition of the executors of the Sutro estate
off riu ha of and aII