The San Francisco call., 1905-02-14
HORSESHOEINC
CAUSES A ROW
Graney's Exclusion Results
in Defeat of Resolutions
Parceling the Contracts
LIMITS SPEED OF CARS
Supervisors Consider Ordi-
nance Fixing Rate at Ten
and Eight Miles an Hour

There was lively row at yesterdays
meeting Of the Board OF Supervisors
over the proposed parceling out Of the
contracts for the shoeing Of the horses
of the police, hospital. Almshouse and
electricity departments, to the exclu-
sion of Edward Graney, one OF the bid
ders. After a heated discussion lasting
three hours all the resolutions dividing
the work up among N. Morrissey, ]. T.
Mooney. Norris & Lynch. j. McNeill. ].
F. Farrell and Edward Graney, men,
bers of the Master Horseshoers' Asso-
citation. at 50 so per horse, and to Ed
ward Toy at 81 % per horse, were de-
feated
When the resolution awarding Ed
ward Graney a part of the horseshoe
ing was taken I'D D'Ancona said he
was opposed to It,
You have no right to blackmail me
in your narrow-minded way" said Gra-
ney. You have jobbed me. and can
prove it,
: Supervisor Boxton said:
see that 1 have been nimnammed and
given the double cross because 1 stood by
Graney. in the committee to give him part Of
resolution down. / want to be treated fairly
and not asking any more for Mr.. Graney
I than Tor any others
/ The defeat of the resolutions came
after separate resolutions had been
adopted parceling the awards to Nor
rissey, Mooney, Norris & Lynch, Nc
Neill and Farrell, and was caused by
| Gallagher and Comte changing their
votes from aye to no. Gallagher was
the only Supervisor to vote in favor of
the Graney resolution.
! e. p. Troy submitted an ordinance,
which was referred to the Street Com
mittee, prohibiting the operation of
street cars at greater rate of speed
than eight miles an hour within that
portion of the city bounded by the bay,
Larkin, Ninth and Channel streets, or
ten miles in the district bounded by the
bay, Lyon, Waller, Devisadero Castro,
Thirtieth, Mission and Army streets,
Potrero avenue, Brannan, Ninth and
Larkin streets. The ordinance prohibits
the operation of street cars at greater
rate of speed than fifteen miles an hour,
in any part of the city, and when not
equipped with air and hand brakes at
a greater rate of speed than eight miles
an hour. The same limit of speed is to
apply to cars carrying one-half more
passengers than their seating capacity.
Troy says in a communication:
/ The serious accident OF yesterday at Parker
avenue and California street. and those in
which many persons were killed and injured
/ at Eighth avenue and Clement street. Fillmore
:. and Haight streets, Larkin and Ellis streets
and many other places in this city have been
the result of three conditions-inefhcient
brakes overcrowdins of the cars and high
speed.
The board accepted the invitation of
the United Railroads to visit it's plant
next Saturday for the purpose of sug-
gesting improvements. The Supervisors
will take special car at 10 o'clock on
: Saturday.
/ Mayor Schmitz filed communication
/ stating that he had advised Commis-
sioner of Works Maestretti to file q new
official bond.
! Hooks resolution calling the atten-
I tion of the Chief of. Police to the fast
driving on the public streets, and di-
recting him to see that the provisions
of ordinance No. 500, entitled Prohibit
ing fast driving on public highways"
are strictly enforced, was adopted
! The board adjourned. to meet Thurs
/ day at o'clock to take up the water
rate investigation, and on Thursday at
1880 p. m. to begin the gas rate inquiry.