The San Francisco call., 1905-01-10
WORK ON new
LINE DELAYED
Supervisors Defer Action on
the Permit to Electric
California Street Road
PASS ROOF REPAIR BILL
Ordinance Requires That
Fireproof Material Shall Be
Utilized in a District

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
postponed action for one week on the
resolutions granting the United Rail-
roads permission to use electric mo-
tive power on that portion of the
steam road on California street from
Parker to First avenue. The franchise
for the rest of the road already per-
mits the use of electricity thereon.
Supervisor Boxton urged that ac-
ton be postponed, saying that the
privilege was in the nature of a new
franchise. Braunhart explained that
the privilege simply gave the United
Railroads the right to use electricity
instead of steam on two and half
blocks where it has now no such
right.
E. P E. Troy filed a communication,
which was referred to the Street Com
mittee, asking that the following con-
ditionS be imposed on the United
Railroads in return for the privilege:
That cars shall be operated in an cas-
terly and westerly direction to each
terminus at intervals of not less than
five minutes; that each car shall be
equipped with air brakes, and emer-
gency hand brakes; that mail car
riers, members of the Police and Fire
departments shall ride free: that all
machinery, iron, cars and other ma
terial used in the construction and
operation of the road shall be of Cali
fornia manufacture, except when the
same cannot be made here: that
the grooved rail shall be used
throughout: that, as provided in the
charter for new franchises. all the
roadway and street equipment shall
revert to the city at the expiration of
the franchise; and that ornamental
iron poles shall be used.
The United Railroads obtained a
permit to explode blasts for grading
purposes along the right of way
through the Sutro estate property
bounded by Thirty-third avenue, Pa
cific Ocean shore line, Forty-eighth
avenue and by the notherly boundary
of the city cemetery.
The ordinance regulating the con-
struction Of fireproof roofs and the re-
pair of roofs within certain limits so
that if they are destroyed fireproof
material only shall be used in their
reconstruction, was finally passed.
Little interest was manifested in the
measure, some of the Supervisors not
taking the trouble to answer their
names, though they were marked as
voting in favor of ii.
The proposed ordinance prohibiting
the keeping of swine within the city
limits was recommitted to the Health
Committee owing to a clerical error
in the draft. A petition was filed by
the Santa Fe Railway Company that
the bill be amended so as to permit
the loading and unloading of cattle
and swine at the Union Stockyards.
The bill fixing widths of sidewalks
on Lincoln street was passed to print.
The grades on the street were ordered
changed. Preliminary steps for the
Improvement of Fulton street were
taken by the adoption of resolution
changing the grades on the thorough
fare from Twenty-siXth to Thirty
sixth avenues.
Grades were ordered changed on
Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh and Forty
eighth avenues.
A demand for $3.50 was drawn in
favor of J. Fl. Dockweiler for expert
services.
The width of sidewalks on Lake
street. from First avenue westerly,
uac fiyad of fifteen feet