The San Francisco call., 1905-04-04
ORDERS BLOCK
REAPPRAISED
Board Wants New Valuations
on Library Site and Park
Extension Improvements
LAND TO BE CONDEMNED
directs Legal Proceedings
Against Owners Who De-
mand Big Prices for Realty

The Board OF Supervisors yester-
day authorized the Joint Public IJtfIi-
ties and Finance Committee to cause
a reappraisement to be made Of West
ern Addition block No. rs, selected as
site for the new library. and the
improvements situated on the Golden
Gate Park and Preside Extension.
The resolution recites that the offers
received for the sale of block 7s are
greatly ia excess OF the amount avail
able for the purchase. The commit
tee is also authorized to cause such
appraisements or reappraisements to
be made as necessary to carry to a
satisfactory completion the acQuisi-
uon OF the lands under the bond
issue.
Several protests have been filed by
property owners against the alleged
low appraisements on the property for
The park extension. The committee
has employed Louis H. Mooser for the
work Of fixing the valuations.
The board rejected the offers of
John Benson and william 7. Wallace
10 sell TO the city certain lands form
ing part Of the Golden Gate Park
and Preside Extension for 5000
and $4,000. respectively, and ordered
condemnation proceedings to be
brought against them. The offers of
Charles n. Landers. Edward F.
ssehauh. Mrs. H. Il. Brainard and
Nary F. d'Evelyn to convey their
properties for the Improvement named
were accepted
The ordinance providing for the
grant Of q five years lease Of the Sail
ors' Home 10 the Sailors Protective
Society was deferred one week
The Ladies Seamens Friend So
ciety. which is now conducting the in
stitution. fled a petition that the lease
10 the new society be made to COM
mence on October II, 1905, and that
the Ladies Seamen's Friend Society
be permitted TO occupy the home until
that time. The reasons for making
the request are to give the old so
ciety time 10 get another building for
e sailors home and to enable it TO
collect $4,000 due il by seamen.
A delegation from the Potrero I'M
prOvement Club urged the Finance
Committee TO appropriate $3.50 to
build q culvert on Army street, near
kentucuky, to drain a swamp which
is menace TO health. The committee
ordered the appropriation TO be made.
but viii skip the month Of June in
the cleaning Of Chinatown TO make
up the amount.
The various claims Of the Pacific
Humane Society for prosecuting per-
sons guilty Of cruelty to animals were
referred TO the City Attorney.
y The committee ordered the new
Twentieth-street bridge tested by the
Fire Department on Thursday after
noon.
The amended ordinance imposing a
license tax of SO per quarter on
Observation-Disclosures machines. so as to
make the license collectable from
those in whose possession the ma
chimes are found, was passed to print
Action was taken at the request of the
Police Department, which says thai
license taxes are evaded by people
who claim they do not own the ma
chimes in their places.
The amended ordinance exemptine
employees Of insurance companies from
the license tax imposed on the latter
concerns was passed to print.
The proposed amended ordinance
reducing the license on junk dealers Il
81. 90 and 81 per quarter, according
TO the business done. was referred tc
the License Committee, the point hav-
ing been raised that the low license
would result in many persons going
in the business and making it difficult
TO locate stolen property.