The San Francisco call., 1905-08-01
CITY. PURCHASES
A SCHOOL LOT.
Supervisors Accept an Offer
to Sell Site OH Castro
Street for New Building
WANTS LICENSES PAID
Troy Asks Board to Compel
United Railroads to Com
ply With It's Franchises

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
adopted a resolution accepting the offer
of James Irvine to sell for $4,000 lot
on Castro street. between Fourteenth and
Henry, as a site for a new schoolhouse,
and demand for the amount was order
ed drawn.
E. p E. Troy sent communication to
the effect that in his opinion the board has
no power to remit any portion Of the
licenses on the street cars belonging to
the United Railroads. Troy says the
company admits it has S79 cars and
should pay on that number. The COM
nunication continues:
AS this company is pleading conditions of fran
chises your board should compel 1t to comply
with these conditions which require 1t to keep
the streets in repair between its tracks, many
of which are in dangerous condition par
Eddy and Ellis streets. You should also COM
pei it to comply with the provision OF It's fran
chises requiring the use of material OF Cali
fornia manufacture in the construction ana
operation of its lines.
The company asserts that most of the fran
chises require the payment OF proportion Of
calls for a strict Investigation by your board.
While the receipts of this company now
have increased at the rate or I per cent. COM
pounded yearly, 1t pays a percentage on but
board OF its Kearny, Fourth and Folsom street
lines shows an increase OF but 1-3 per cent
per, annum. .
/ The petition of the engineers and
watchmen of the Fourth street bridge
that their salaries be increased respect
lively to $50 and $125 per month was re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
The Joint committee on Judiciary Fire
and License took under advisement the
proposed ordinance imposing a license ON
stationary engineers.
+ The Finance Committee postponed ac-
ton on the acceptance of the statement
of the Unitad Railroads relative to the
gross receipts of certain of its lines on
which a percentage is paid to the city.
D'Ancona stated that he desired to verify
the figures first.
No action was taken on the petition or
the Ocean Shore Railway Company for
q street railway franchise. as under the
charter the ordinance may be finally
passed after the Introduction of such an
ordinance which in this case was about
one month ago 1t was desired TO pass
the bill to print as the board is about to
take a vacation.
The following bills were finally passed:
Authorizing the appointment of thirty addi-
tionsi clerks by the Auditor for thirty days.
Ordering the construction OF sewer IN IN
Nineteenth avenue from Clement street TO
California street. and the bituminlzlng OIL
Buchanan street between Filbert and Green
wich
Authorizing an expenditure of s12. 600 for
the construction of the approach to the new
Third-street bridge crossing Channel street.
Ordering the removal of the bluff and the
grading of city property at Twentieth and
Kentucky streets at cost of $1,000.
Accepting deed from the Home Realty Com
pany to lands for the opening of College ave-
nue. from Mission street TO st Marys avenue.
Ordering the payment of SOS, ,500 TO the Pope
Estate Company for a lot selected as site
Tor public school; S6500 to the City Realty
Company for site on Frederick street where
he w PQlVtpchniC SchOOl.
and 5000 to the Sanitary Machine Company
for three flushing wagons.