The San Francisco call., 1905-01-10
'YORKE WANTS
DEMANDS PAID
Company Says 1t Will Not
Repair Pavements Until,
City Pays for Past Work
IN REPLY TO SCHMITZ
Finance Committee Issues
Statement Showing Money
Allowed for Street Paving
IN REPLY TO SCHMITZ

The Supervisors Finance Committee
yesterday again considered the resolu-
ton authorizing the payment of 1927
to F. M. Yorke & Co. for repairs to
bituminous pavements, the bills for
which have been held up because the
| company refused to continue the
,, for the company, said the repairs
would be resumed only on condition
that the bills of the company, amount
ing to $4,000. be paid by the city.
The company is unable to carry
out its contract" said O'Grady, be
cause it has no means to do so. Things
appear to be in such a hopeless condi-
ton that we do not know where we
stand"
The committee replied that it had
imposed a condition that repairs
should be proceeded with before the
September bill would be paid. Dan
all subsequent demands would be paid
if the contractors would go ahead
with the work according to the speci-
fications and file daily records of the
measurements of the areas repaired.
O'Grady agreed to confer again with
his clients.
The petition of the Mission clubs
that the Southern Pacific Company's
bridge at Mount Vernon and San Jose
avenues and the approaches thereto
be put in good condition was referred
to the Street Committee.
The Finance Committee submitted
to the board a reply to a statement
made by Herbert Schmitz, the retiring
president of the Board of Works, CIV
ing as his reason for resigning that
the Finance Committee of the Board
(f r@rvse H.
ficient money to keep the city thor
oughfares in shape. The committees
statement contains figures showing
that the committee recommended
100000 for repairs to streets for
19O4-19O5, or an increase of $10,-
822 OF above the amount allowed in
10000. In new construction of
streets during 10000 the Works
Board allowed $69442, while during
the present fiscal year, when the seq
regation of the funds has been made
by the Board of Supervisors, the al
lowance is $220,000, or an increase of
$15O,553. The statement says:
For the fiscal year 19o3-19o4 the Board Of
Supervisors appropriated for the use of the
Board of Public Works $416 100 the Beard of
Public Works being allowed to subdivide this
fund as 1t might deem best. During said fiscal
year the Board of Public Works expended in
rock and asphalts s22 954 81; basait block ana
eobbles, S57.1s3 %: street and water front.
S1366 "a; county roads, Ss746 OF: San Bruno
road, $e4e8 40: extra amount taken from re-
serve fund. $1429 II: total. SOS. 1T 93
In the preparation of the budget OF the
present fiscal year. in order to prevent the
diversion of the funds from the purposes In
tended and to safeguard the civil service sys-
TEN. your committee recommended the fol-
lowing segregation of items: Btuminous re-
pairs. $4,000; basalt blocks and cobbles.
$50, 600; streets and water front $50OO San
Bruno avenue. 5000: San Jose avenue. $1,000;
| COrbett 5000. Ocean &o5Q0.
Point Lobos avenue, $1,000; View avenue, $500;
total, S109. 000
A committee from the California
Spiritualists' Association addressed
the committee in support of it's petit
ton that its members and mediums
certified by the organization be ex-
empted from a proposed ordinance
imposing a license tax of $40 per
| quarter on mediums, clairvoyants and
the like. The matter was referred to
the joint License and Finance Com
mittee next Monday.