The San Francisco call., 1905-05-30
POUND SCANDAL
TO Be PROBED
Supervisor Rea Threatens to
Make Surprising DisclOs-
ures in Charge of Bribery
RESENTS INSINUATIONS
Board Declares Nineteenth
Street in Mission Park to
Be a Public Boulevard

The Board OF Supervisors yesterday re-
ferred to the joint Committee on judiciary.
Finance and Police the petition of B.
Mozetti for the refund of s315 paid to the
poundmaster for the release = 1O5 cows
impounded for being at large. The COM
mittee will also investigate the. charges
of extortion made by MoZetti 10 the effect
that he had paid money to Deputies Unger
and Edwards so his cows could Craze on
the hills surrounding his corral. The joint
committee will take up the investigation
next Thursday at p. m.
Action was not taken before some of the
Supervisors had engaged in a lively
wrangle on the subject. Rea claimed that
Secretary Holbrook of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals which
conducts the pound, had cast reflections
on his character as a city official.
Mr.. Holbrook has insinuated that Mo-
ze.ti and his friends had been induced to
swear falsely before the Police Commit
tee, which made partial investigation
of the bribery charges said Rea. "Hol-
brook also said that $50 was paid to
Mozetti to make the charges against
Unger. 1 am without fear or favor in this
matter and 1 demand that the charges be
probed to the bottom. I will have some
thing to say then. that will cause sur
prise
Eggers thought that in view Of the
threatened scandal hinted at by Rea the
investigation should be taken up by the
entire board. but it was finally agreed to
refer it to the committee named
The following ordinances were finally
passed.:
Granting permission to Henry c.. Callahan
to lay spur track on Japan street.
Establishing grades at certain points on
Pwenty-thiEd street <Twenty-frst avenue and
Providing for the acceptance of Duboce ave-
nue.. between Market and Church streets, Lily
Avenue between Buchanan and IAguna streets.
Widey avenue. between Webster and Fillmore
streets.
Declaring Nineteenth street between Dolores
and Church in the proposed Mission Park. to
be a public boulevard.
Authorizing the appointment by the District
Attorney of additional assistant at a salary
of $3.50 per month.
The following bills were passed 10 print
Granting Andrea Sbarboro a permit TO erect
an oil fuel tank in premises on the east side
pf Powell street. between Bay and North
Providing for the full acceptance OF the
roadway Of Shrader street. between Carl and
Parnassus avenue.
The Mayor was authorized to accept
bid of S1376 made by Fl. B. Belden for
lot on Peralta Heights, Oakland, the
property of former City Treasurer Wild
ber, who embezzled S116.O00 of the city's
funds R. d. Winters offered 1920 for the
same property. .f
City Attorney Long informed the board
that successful defense would be made
to the pending suits to restrain the city
from using oil on its roads in alleged vio-
lation of a patent granted TO F. W. Mat
tern. II. A. Mason has been engaged to
secure the necessary data on the subject
and a demand for $3.50 was drawn in his
favor.
The following matters were dispatched:
The petition of Sister Mary Ephraim Sui
livan OF ST. Mary's Hospital to erect a. hos
pitaI on the block bounded by Hayes. Grove.
Stanyan and Shrader streets referred 20
the Hospital Committee.
The petitions of the Board of Works for
authority to widen and repave Mission street
westerly from Porter at a cost Of
Sf3 OC0 and to pave and widen Fourth street
from Howard TO Townsend at cost OF s54. 200
were referred TO the Street Committee.