The San Francisco call., 1904-03-29
COUNCIL FAVORS
A BOND ISSUE
Recommends That More
Than S2.500.000 Be Raised
to Insure improvements
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
Ills Broadway. March 28.

lllS Broadway March 2S
The City Council tonight adopted
recommendations for a bond issue for
general public improvements totaIing
Sz,51s.000 The only vote against the
bonds was that of Councilman G. f..
Aitken. There were ten votes for the
bonds. City Attorney McElroy was di-
rected 10 prepare the ordinance calling
the bond election and TO present it to
the Council on April 4.
Additions 10 the original bond plan
were made recommending that public
parks be established at West Oakland.
in the Second Ward and. in the block
bounded by Fifth, Seventh. Chestnut
and Linden streets for children's play
grounds. An allowance Of $50. coo was
made for the Improvement Of Cemetery
Creek An item Of $4,000 was added
for the purchase Of a gore block east
OF BushrOd Park TO be added TO that
park. and bounded by Racine and
ThOrne streets and Telegraph avenue.
The item of $4,000 for water meters
was eliminated. as was the proposed
S6s, 900 for Fire Department improve
mcnts. The Council adopted Council
man Fitzgerald's resolution TO include
the children's Fairgrounds, De Fremery
Park Independence Square and Bush
rod Park under one head and to submit
all Of the other items separately to the
vote Of the people. The recommends
tions as finally adopted tonight are as
follows:
Chidren's Fairgrounds - Reclaimed land al
West Oakland Improvement, $50. coo; site
seventh Chestnut Fifth and Linden streets
SO. GOO. improvements $1,000: site. Second
Ward. S2j. 600 Parks - De Fremery property.
Sixteenth and Adelfne streets Ss5 O0O i'm.
provements $1,000: 300 acres Sather tract
500. .OUo improvements ST. OO8; Independence
square improvements. s2o. Ooo: Bushrod PARK
improvements. gore addition and improvements
S2a-oVo: improvements south OF Twelfth street
dam Sle5,ooO; extensions OF Lake Merritt
$4,000; new City Hall. $4,000 furnishing
So, 600; purchase Clay. Fourteenth and FIJI
teenth streets block west OF City Hall $3.50
600. bitumen crosswalks and culverts. slOO-
$50 O0O city wharves. sl5. 900 sewers-West
outlet. main lake sewer $4,000; east sid,
drainage outlet, $1,000; Polytechnic HAT
School. $4,000 Cemetery Creek improve.
ment, including boulevard drive from Bay
place 10 Hume property. $4,000.
Councilman Fitzgerald's resolution
that the water rates suit be prosecuted
to final judgment in the Supreme
Court was adopted by vote of to 2,
Councilmen Howard and Pendleton
voting no. Howard said he was op-
posed TO the appeal because there was
no point to be gained by the action
provided a proper stipulation of dis
missal were signed by the water com
pany and the city. Such stipulation
/ Howard said, had been prepared by
Mayor Olney and had met the ap-
proval Of City Attorney McElroy.
Howard added that his reason for
favOring a dismissal of the suit was TO
stop the drain of city money that had
been going on for three years. He
said the water company had spent
$4,000 in the litigation, all of which
had been charged to the ratepayers.
and that the city to date had spent
$4,000.
1t is purely a matter OF cold busi-
ness with me-" declared Howard.
Councilman Elliott declared his be-
lief that the subject of the water rates
suit ought to be dropped at least until
the bond question was out of the way.