The San Francisco call., 1904-12-28
Ordinance Requiring Use
of Fire-Proof Material in
a District Goes to Print
DEMANDS ARE REJECTED
Petition of Fair Heirs and
Others for Return of In
heritance Taxes Denied

ing that when roofs in the district
bounded by Van Ness avenue, Baker,
Green, Geary and Broderick streets,
Duboce avenue. Mission. Thirteenth,
Division and Channel streets are dam
aged by fire they shall be repaired'with
fire proof materials only. The ordi-
nance will take effect on May 1, 1905.
The roadway of Church street be-
tween Clipper and Twenty-sixth and
the crossing of Central avenue and
Grove street were accepted.
The amended ordinance on street
work specifications permitting the use
Of California asphalt in street and side
walk construction was passed to print.
The ordinance ordering the improve
ment of San Jose, San Bruno, Corbett,
View, Ocean and Point Lobos avenues
and streets and sidewalks around Ala
mo Square was passed TO print.
resolution was adopted ordering
the construction of q safety station al
Market and Powell streets. The station
will cost $500. Two ornamental lamps
which will cost $3.50 will be installed at
some future time.
TO REGULATE AUTOMOBILES.
The ordinance requiring the attach
ment Of suitable devices to automobiles
in order TO prevent oil drippings being
deposited on public streets was finally
passed A proposed ordinance prohibit
ing unnecessary or unusual noise TO
be emitted from the exhaust pipes OF
automobiles was referred to the street
committee.
The ordinance requiring street cars
to be cleaned and washed daily and dis
infected upon the order of the Board
of Health and requiring gongs on street
cars to be sounded only when about to
cross the street were passed.
Deeds were accepted TO lands for the
opening of Shrader and Cole streets
from Parnassus avenue to Grattan
street.
The ordinance prohibiting the con-
veyance OF bread, cakes or pastry
through the public streets in open Das-
kets or exposed containers was passed.
Certain designated blocks on Pierce,
Laguna, Clayton, Scott streets ana
Central avenue were accepted anu
street work ordered on Parnassus ave-
nue.. Sixteenth and Twenty-first ave-
/ nues.
The board on the advice of City At
toruey Long decided to take no ap-
peal from the decision of Judge Hep~
bard that the clerks in the Tax Col
lector's office are entitled to their sal
aries for May. which were not PAID pe-
cause of a deficit in the fund.
The board adopted a resolution re-
iecting the demands for the refund of
moneys paid into the City Treasury as
collateral inheritance tax by Theresa A.
Oelrichs and Virginia Vanderbilt in the
sum of $3.50, 800 65, Charles Allen for
S31S9 13, B. T. McBain for S32,9O7 IL,
and Philip l. Fisher for $40,155 As. 1t is
understood that the courts will be ap-
peaIed to in order that the legality or
the tax may be determined.
NO MONEY FOR YORKE.
The ordinance authorizing the pay
ment Of the demand for 1927 to F. M.
Yorke & CO. for repairing bituminous
pavements during September was laid
over for one week Brandenstein ex-
planned that the bill was to be paid
on condition that the company con-
tinue the work Of putting the streets
in good condition and file daily state
ments of the surface area repaired. The
company had agreed to the conditions,
but evidently changed it's mind as 1t
now refuses to go ahead with the re-
pairs.
Bids for shoeing horses of the police,
hospital, Sheriff's and Coroner's de-
partments and the Almshouse were re-
ferred to a joint committee. The bids
for shoeing each horse are as follows:
Nicholas MGrrissey. 81 so; Edward
BuesSher, 81 40; J. j. Klapperset, 81 so;
NJ. NJ. Mcneil, 81 so; E. NJ. Graney,
81 so; Ed. ICY, 81 %; Joseph f. Far
rell 50 so; Norris & Lynch, 81 so; j.
T. Mooney, 81 90.
SWINE LIMITS NARROWED.
The amended ordinance prohibiting
the keeping of swine within the city
and county limits except within that
portion known as Butchertown, to go
Ia q
passed to print.
The finance committee began an in
quiry into damages alleged to have
been done to sidewalks in front of 229
Dolores as the result of a truck loaded
with voting machines driving over
them. Claims were filed by J. Spring
and Mrs Libby. The committee direct
ed the Election Commission to take the
matter up with B. Hayes, who had the
contract for moving the machines and
whose bills were reduced because they
were considered too high.
The sum Of $500 was allowed out Of
the urgent necessity fund to continue
sanitary work in Chinatown until Feb
ruary l, 1905.
The committee cited A. Carlisle to
appear next Tuesday, to explain his
charge of $400 for printing voters
guides which the committee consider
excessive.
The committee again heard evidence
relative to the charge by Gray Broth
ers of $12 per day for street sweeping
machines. J. Harvey testified that he
had paid the same sum to the City
Street Improvement Company H N
Gray objected to his bills being held up
claiming that he had bid $12, which was
accepted by the Board OF Public Works
and the contract had been legally
awarded to him. The committee took
no action, but asked Gray to file segre-
gated bills for sweeping and sprinkling
WARDEN McCLAUGHRY
FINISHES INSPECTION