The San Francisco call., 1901-10-01
BOARD CREATES
TWO POSITIONS
Registrar Will Have a
Chief Deputy and
Head Clerk.
Santa Fe Road Will Begin
Construction Of Its
Terminal.

The Board of Supervisors adopted a
resolution yesterday creating two new
position in the Registrars Office, those OF
Deputy Registrar and chief clerk, at sal
aries of S15o per month each This action
WAS taken under an opinion Of the City
Attorney. who advised the board that
such appointments might be made with
the consent Of the Mayor and fourteen
members of the board and at such sal
aries as the board might fix.
Mccarthy quoted the charter which
provides that the salary of any clerk in
the Registrars Office shall not exceed 500
per month. Mayor Phelan said that the
resolution was in effect the creation of
new places and that the men chosen to fill
them were experienced and entitled to
higher salaries. His Honor declared that
IL was evidently an oversight on the part
Of the charter trainers when they did not
make provision for the responsible posi-
LlOns. Mccarthy held that the defect in
the charter could not help matters. He
was the only member who voted against
the resolution. Harry Zemansky and
Dennis Gordan will be promoted from
their present clerkships in the office to
the new positions.
The ordinance granting the Santa Fe
Railway permission to lay railroad tracks
and run cars from Illinois street, near
1wenty-siXth, thence TO Twenty-fifth, to
Indiana, to Iowa, TO Twenty-secopd, to
Seventeenth street, for the purpose of eX-
cayating and filling in land adjoining
these streets and China Basin, was finally
passed. This enables the company TO be-
gin immediate construction of its term
inal
Reed Objects to Advertising.
Reed objected TO eXpending $50 out of
the urgent necessity fund for advertising
notices in regard 10 payment of taxes and
Tor the hire of a horse and buggy for the
Tax Collectors use for three months
The advertising notices are intended to
notify the public when taxes are due and
payable, and the buggy for transporting
moneys collected for taxes from the banks
to the City Treasurer. Reed held that it
was an unWlSe expenditure of money out
OF fund which should not be used for
the subject was indefinitely postponed,
but the Tax Collector was authorized by
ordinance TO hire horse and buggy sub
1ect TO the approval of the Finance Com
IniJtee.
The balance of SO, $50 "a in the school
fund of 1889 was ordered transferred to
the surplus fund of 10000 to meet pay
ments made to school teachers for SAL
aries of previous years.
The Civil Service Commission was au-
thorlzeG TO appoint clerk who is also
strenograDher for three months at $l00
per month The Mayor explained that the
commission has rush of business
An amended ordinance defining the
mode Of procedure for changing the
grades Of streets was passed to print. The
bill as amended conforms to the substi-
tute draft furnished by the City Attorney
after consultation with the City Engineer
The ordinance providing revenue for
State and city purposes and fixing the
valuation was finally passed.
The petition of Archbishop Riordan for
permission to construct a spur track from
the Gibraltar warehouse to the belt rail-
road on East street was referred to the
Street Committee. The Archbishop is
president of the st. Mary's Help HOSPITAL
a corporation which owns the warehouse
property
viii Sue Telephone Company.
The ordinance directing the City Attor-
ney TO commence new actions against the
Pacific Telephone Company for back
license taxes on its nickel machines was
finally passed. Similar action was taken
with the ordinance providing that cor
porations that fail to pay legal licenses
shall be liable therefor in a civil action.
Ordinances were finally passed ordering
the repaYing Of Scott street between Full
ton and Grove. and Polk between Sutter
ana Jackson; also declaring the length, of
the main tracks and valuation in this city
Tor assessment purposes of the San
MateO, Central Pacific, Southern Pacific
and Pullman Palace Car Railway COM
panies.
The ordinance providing for the refund
ing OF excess amounts collected as tax on
personal property for 1901-02 was finally
passed. -
The ordinance authorizing the Mayor to
lease Tor three years to the Ladies' Sea-
mems Friend Society the premises known
as the Sailors Home at a nominal rental
was re-referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee
The San Francisco Chapter of Archi-
tects was requested to reduce its objec-
tions TO the proposed building ordinance
TO writing.
An ordinance was passed to print
authorizing an expenditure of $4,000 for
the repaVing of Mission street from Silver
avenue TO Onondaga avenue. The property
owners on the street have subscribed an
additional $4,000 through the efforts of
Commissioner Mcguire of the Board of
Works
The ordinance also provides for the re-
paving Of Fourth street from Harrison tn
Bryant at a cost of $500; Sutter street
from Grant avenue to Stockton s25z5:
Stockton street from Pacific to Union
1890: Post street from Leavenworth To
HYDE, s2970; Powell street crossing of
Bush. $3.50: Bush from Grant avenue to
Stockton, 1895; Jackson from Montgomery
10 Sansome. $500.