The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-23
Million Dollars
for Improve
1nents.
TAX RATE N.I6
Geary Sire ct
Road to Be
Bought.
REPORT FILED
INK RATE &.I6
REPORT FILED

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
received from the Finance Committee
the draft OF the proposed ordinance TX
Ing the appropriations to be allowed
each department of the city govern
ment during the next fiscal year and
making municipal budget of the
same. The ordinance makes n total ap-
propriation of $7,2S7 900, which necessi-
tates tax rate of 81 OF ON every 800
of assessed valuation, based on esti-
mated assessment of $51O,O00,0OO. In
cluded In this amount Is 1857 900 for
the maintenance of the parks, which
under the charter is outside of the dol
lar limit. To the amount enumerated
must be added the sum of SAT- 900, to
be raised for bond redemption and in
terest fund. which will necessitnte the
levy of an additional 0.36 cents, thus
making the totn1 tax levy for municipal
purposes for 19OJ-19O6 the sum of
S1.1636 ON every 500.
The Finance Committee sets aside the
sum of nearly $1,OOO,00O for new per-
manent improvements, of which 100000
Is for the conversion of the Geary-
street road into an electric municipal
street railroad system and the con-
struction Of new road In connection
Herewith along Point Lobos avenue,
from Fifth to Tenth avenues, and along
Tenth avenue to Fulton street The
sum of S15O,O0O set aside last year for
Twin Peaks auxiliary water supply
system Is reappropriated.
Other improvements designated are as
follows;
Purchase of land for preserving Telegraph
Hill. 5000 improvement OF Precita Valley
swamp, $4,000; bridge at San Jose and Mount
Vernon avenues, $4,000; requirement of land
for ST. Mary's square. $25, 900: restoration of
Townsend, SIC, COS; approach to new Third
street bridge. So. 900; convenience station
south of Market street. $500, removal of
$500; completing paving of Mission street to
county line, $1,000; purchase OF land from Sew
enteenth street to Corbett road. 5000; safety
stations Market street at Battery Mont
gomery. Grant avenue and Mason, $3.50; ex-
of Manchester street $500; bronze balustrade
in rotunda of City Hall, $1,000: additional
street signs, $1,000; culverts or bridges in the
University Mound district 1920; police Sta
ton on Bush street near Polk, $50 600; engine
house in House of Correction district SIS 900;
hrehouse on Preside Heights. $4,000; COM
rleting park on Dolores street. $1,000; improve
ment of proposed road from Ocean avenue and
oa5s tt road 3S to the county line oil
bett, Ocean. San Bruno, San Jose Point Lo-
Dos and View avenues. $4,000; oiling county
city property Including the paving of Baker
street between Oak and Fell, S25. 900.
REPAIRS To BUILDINGS.
Repairs to public buildings other than
schools, SIS 200; repairs to Fourth and Sixth
street bridges, $4,000; repairs to btuminous
pavements, $40, 600; repairs to basalt and cob
bic streets, s5l.5eo; cleaning and repairing of
water front. $4,000: improvement of Berry
street between Second and Third. $500: to
widen Mission street between Silver avenue
and Tingley street. $500.
When the ordinance was read by title
by the clerk of the Board of Supervisors
Boxton wanted to know If any of the
other committees of the board had been
consulted in the compilation of the
budget. Brandenstein replied that the
Finance Committee had labored long and
hard On the document which was now
submitted to the board for its consider
alton. The ordinance contains the in
junction in several places that the
amounts appropriated for salaries are to
be expended for civil service employees
only. The ordinance also specifies in de-
tail the number of employees for which
provision is made, notably in the case of
those of the department of electricity.
Among the appropria tions recommended
are The following:
Finance committee for exporting the books.
accounts and proceedings of public officers and
the books OF corporations having dealings
with the city government $500: completing
purchase Of burial ground for the INDECENT
dead in San Mateo County. S50o0 sanitary
measures IN Chinatown. $500; stationery and
printing, S31 500, purchase of book typewrit-
ing machines. $1,000: for printing report of
Civic Architect D. H, Burnham $1,000: furni-
ture for public buildings, So. 900; expenses
connected with the requirement of public
utilities, $1,000; Grand Jury expenses. $1,000;
s14, oeo MIGRANTS, $50. 900: lighting streets and
public buildings. $500, 600; additional clerk for
auditor, $1,000; additional cleark for Treasur-
er, $780, salary of extra Assistant District
Attorney, $1,000. and extra bookkeeper s1200:
salaries Justices of the Peace in accordance
clerk and assistants, sos, 4co: additional
guards and van driver for Sheriff, $4,000:
maintenance of jails, $4,000.
TEN EXTRA POLICEMEN.
The Police Department is allowed 1874. 400
patrolmen besides appropriations for the regu-
lar complement of commissioned officers
The Health Department gets $1,000 for san
itary inspection. $500 for plumbing inspec-
ton. $2400 for food inspection $4,000 for dairy
for salaries of employees of the emergency and
insane detention hospitals S102 40 for mainte-
nance OF the emergency hospitals.
The City and County Hospital is allowed
s22. 400 for wages of attendants. 500. 100 for
maintenance. supplies and salaries of nurses,
$1,000 for ward equipment, $4,000 for tents for
service,
The Department of Electricity Is allowed
salaries of fire telegraph office, s1o74o for
salaries of machine shop. &c. 40 for salaries
on outside construction. S64S0 for equip
msnt and addition to system, $500 for
hauling underground systems and $4,000 for
outside work
The Fire Department receives Sal. $50 for
salaries. $500 for salaries of new company in
Richmond District. $1,000 for extra five days
vacation. making ifty-one days in all. $1o3. 500
for expenses and maintenance, $1S.s00 for two
new engines, one truck and one chemical en-
CINE
Besides the regular salaries. the Department
of Elections gets 1913. 400 for ordinary clerks.
SAT. $3.50 for general expenses and $50. 900 for
eighty voting machines in addition to the
forty now owned by the city.
SALARIES IN WORKS BOARD.
The appropriations for salaries of the main
office of the Board of Works remain the same
as last and SAT, Jos is set aside for janitor
service The bureau of streets gets $2f $40
for salaries. For cleaning streets $215000 is
set aside, exclusive of $1,000 for salaries, $4,000
for three flushing machines and $1,000 for three
sweeping machines. The division of architec-
ture is allowed s1s900 the same as last year.