The San Francisco call., 1905-03-21
BOARD ADOPTS
RATE FOR GAS
Supervisors Finally Pass
Ordinance Fixing Price at
81 Per 1000 Cubic Feet
DEDICATE MISSION PARK
Demands Are Ordered to Be
Drawn for Purchase OF
Presidio Extension Lands

The Board Of Supervisors yesterday
finally passed the ordinance fixing the
maximum amount to be charged Tor
illuminating gas at 81 per 1000 cubic
feet.
Supervisor Gallagher favored 10
cent rate, arguing that $500. 600 would
be fair valuation of the plant ana
that rate would net the company per
cent on the investment He held that
the item of s227,0 for interest on bond
ed Indebtedness should be eliminated
and that the San Francisco Gas Com
pany's valuation of s14,000,000 placed on
its plant is excessive.
The ordinance fixes the price for
street gas lamps at 81 cents per night
and for clusters of three lights at 10
cents. The vote on final passage OF the
ordinance follows:
Ayes-Booth. Brandenstein. Braun
hart, Compile, Connor. D'Ancona, Eg-
gers, Hooks. Payot, / ck-10
Noes-Alpers, Bent, Boxton, Gala
CHER, Lunstedt, Mcclellan, Rea. San
derson-S.
The contract for doing oricial adver-
tisjng for the city for one year was
awarded to the Post at 25 cents for
each one-half inch. The bid of the
Journal of Commerce. at S15 cents. was
rejected because it did not file affida-
Wits of circulation and publication.
MISSION STREET SEWER.
The ordinance ordering the construc-
tion of concrete sewer in Mission
street, between Onondaga and Amazon
streets, and also in Amazon street, be-
tween Mission and London streets, at
cost of $4,000. was finally passed.
The amended ordinance exempting
ha11 v1rthIfn
tainments from the prohibitory pro-
visions of the theater ordinance was
finally passed The amendment is de-
signed to permit the Century Club to
continue the construction or its build
ing at Sutter and Franklin streets.
which was stopped by the Board Of
Works.
blocks Nos. Sc and 81 to park purposes
and naming the same Mission Park"
was finally passed.
The ordinances declaring Baker
street, from Golden Gate avenue to
Turk street, a boulevard and authoriz-
ing the appointment of three civil serv-
ice clerks for the Auditors Office, to
prepare demands for rebate taxes, were
finally passed.
The Chinese Hospital, a corporation,
was granted a permit to conduct a SAN
; itarium at S10-S12 Jackson street for
the treatment of Chinese patients by
white practitioners. The institution is
a charitable one and is indorsed by the
medical department of the University
of California.
The board adopted a resolution as
signing the premises on Brenham place.
now used as a fire alarm and signal
station, to the Veteran Firemen'S AS
ISOLATION when they ere vacated by the
removal of the Department of Electro
city to the City Hall.
GRADES ARE CHANGED.
Grades were ordered changed On Full
ton street, from Twenty sixth to Thir-
ty-sixth avenues; Waller street and
Buena Vista avenue and Twenty sixth
avenue, at California street.
The Board of Works was directed to
order the removal by the owners of
certain articles which constituted OBJ
structions to the public streets and
moved, on that account, to the corpora
ton yard. The City Attorney was asked
to advise the board If it has power to
sell the material If it is not taken away
by the owners.
The roadways of Second avenue, be-
tween Hugo and l streets. and 1 street,
between Third and Fourth avenues,
were conditionally accepted.
The Bay City Athletic Club was
granted an amateur boxing permit for
April 6, 1905.
Resolutions were passed to print au-
thorizing the payment to G. G.. Hooker
of $50, $50; Louis Metzger, s6400; Carrie
E. Bridge, $500; Carlton W. Miller,
$3.50. and Marie Roccataglata, $1,000 for
lands conveyed to the city for the Gold
en- Gate Park and Presidio extension
bonded Improvement.
Supervisor Eggers gave notice that
the special committee of Supervisors
will attend the funeral services of the
late Mrs. Leland Stonford at Palo Alto
! next Friday at 1:30 p m.
The proposed resolution granting
the Sailors Protective Society a lease
of the Sailors Home was made a spe-
cial order for next Monday at D. m