The San Francisco call., 1904-02-02
MISSION. STREET
TO Be. NLDENED!
Finance Committee Favors an
Appropriation of $4,000 in
Next Budget Ter Improvement
ORGANIZATIONS QUARREL
Management Of Public Pound
Leads to Disputes Between
Officers. of Rival Societies

The Supervisors Finance Committee
yesterday recommended that If. avail
able the sum OF $4,000 he allowed in
the next budget for the widening of
Mission street frem East street to
Ninth. Property owners appeared be-
fore the committee and said the sum
OF S125,000. would be required. o
The Mayors secretary George b.
Keane, was requested to file a state
raent showing the different benevolent
societies 20 which. the Robinson be-
qCest fund has been distributed.
o The County Clerk was directed TO use
the hood tyrewriting machine instead
Of the loose leaf system in his office.
The committee directed the Society
ofGr The Prevention of Cruelty to AMI
mails to takec charge of the pound for
$500 a month and to file bond of $4,000
for its faithful conduct of the public
pound during it's temporary manage
ment, The society will dispIace H. o.
Irwin, the Mayors aappoiptee.e the Su-
pervis6rs having passed an ordinance
taking the appointment away from the
city's chief executive. T. 90 . ~
.Ren Sterno6. the Pacific Humane So
ciety thought the:latter should be given
Che pound as its offer was more advan-
tegeous to the ccRy than that of the
San Francisco society.CDuring the dis
Gussion Stern said that he could make
out as bad a case against the latter sos
ciety when ii had the pound once be-
fore, as WAS made against Irwin. This
caused John Partridge. president of
the. san Francisco society to cali Stern
liar. Both men advanced threaten
ingly toward each other, but the chair
man made them sit down. % q &c,
The Joint Committee of Finance and
Electricity refused to recommend the
passage of an ordinance providing for
the appointment OF an electrical. en-
eineer, cashier. stenographer, clerk,
nlaehinist and .stenog-
rapher-secretary.f for the Department of
Electricity, as recommended by the
Mayor on July 13 1903 All Of the EN-
ployes are at present employed by the
a month ago. Two months salary is
now due bin, the Civil Service Com
niissioSn claiming that the position
should BE created by the Board of Su-
perVisors The committee was of the
opinion THAI a cashier could be taken
from the eligible list Of experienced
clerks, and as the other employees were
being paid no actiSn should be taken.
An ordigance was passed to print by
the board accepting a. deed fEom the
Spring Valley Water Company of land
to be used for the extension of Nine
teenth avenue to Ocean avenue
The resolution anthorizing the Boasd
of Works to purchase the land for iS350O
was repealed.
The City Attorney was directed not
to prosecute an appeal in the case of
the city versus Albouze ct al, affect
ing the condemnation Of lands for ST.
Marys square. belonging to Annie
Chapman.
The Civil Service Commission fl ID
with the board list showing the
names, salaries and positions of all
temporary appointments subject to
civil service.
The deed made .by c. L. Patton to
lands conveyed to the city for $500
to extend East Park street and Rich
land avenue was accepted