The San Francisco call., 1905-01-17
ASKS FOR BIDS
:. !;
!: ::::ON BOND ISSUE
Board Invites Proposals on
:. Securities to Pay for Ger
tain Public Improvements
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MAYORS VETO
j.. :.
will Consider New Amended
Ordinance to Permit Re-
construction of Stables
SUSTAINS MAYORS VETO

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:. 1.-The ordinance providing for the sale
of a portion of the municipal bond is
: sue aggregating $4,573,S00 and invit-
.. Ing bids for their purchase on Mon
day, February 20, was finally passed.
: The bonds offered for sale include
: those for a new hospital. sewer sys-
!. tena. new schools. street Improvements
:. and for the purchase of a county Jail
and, additions to the Hall of Justice.
= The notice of the banking syndicate
that 1T desires to take up bonds for
:. the Golden Gate Park and Preside
extension. Mission Park. library and
children'S playground amounting to
"$1,474, 500, upon which 1t had already
: filed. bids, was referred to the Finance
: Committee, which is preparing a bill
providing for the numbering and
: signing of the bonds that have been
purchased.
= An expenditure of $4,000 was au-
:thorfzed to be made in payment to
!. H. S. Crocker, being the first payment
on its contract price of $16,500 to fur
nishe 2S.463 steel plate bonds.
-: The joint Police, Electricity and
Health Committee considered the re-
pert OF Chairman dAncona awarding
the contract for shoeing the horses
:. OF the police, hospital and other
branches of the city government to
!. various bidders, but excluding the bid
of. Eddie Graney on the ground that
he already had the contract for shoe
ing the horses of the Fire Depart
m'ent
Graney's attorney protested against
g: shutting out his clients bid, as his
price of 81 SO per horse was the same
as that of five others, whose bids were
. recommended to be accepted. He de-
clared that Ed Toy, whose bid was
< l1nI Il fe,
atory by. withdrawing part of his
check, as he had too much on deposit
and that Toy being outside of the
union could not furnish the Journey
~'Inen's stamp. The attorney filed a
formal protest against the acceptance
of. Toys bid. The committee at this
= point decided to postpone action until
" Next Monday
=. Commissioner of Works Aigeltinger
flied with the board an assignment to
cyrus bunker of certain contracts
=. q AWarded. to the former on July IS,
1904, for the furnishing of hay, oats
:. and straw to various municipal insti-
<tot!ons. Aigeltinger says he has ac-
cepted appointment as a member of
= the. Board of Public Works and the
charter forbids his being interested in
any: municipal contracts.
=: A number of demands for the re-
turn of protested taxes for schools
and: hospital to various taxpayers
Were passed to print.
- The amended ordinance fixing the
widths of sidewalks on Elm avenue,
. hetWeen Pierce and Scott streets was
passed to print.
a.: Grades were ordered changed on
.FWenty-seventh street near Dolores.
" :: Street work was ordered done on
Dubece avenue, between Market and
Church streets; Eighth avenue be-
Tween and j streets; Fifteenth street,
opposite Sharon; Lily avenue, between
BQc chanan and Laguna streets; Lake
street, between Twenty-sixth and
:. Iwenty-seventh avenues; Wildey ave-
::nue, between Webster and Fillmore
{: sireets; Ashbury street near Fneder-
ick,' and Fair Oaks street, between
Iwenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth
-: The Hawthorne Club was granted
an amateur boxing permit for Janu-
=. 'ary: 81:
= :. The Mayors veto of an amended or
>. dinance permitting the reconstruction
: or replacing on its existing site of any
sta bic without the consent of ada
cent property owners being required
was sustained by a unanimous vote
. Ihts Mayor assigned as his reason that
the. proposed legislation could be eff
::..ferted only by amending the ordi-
: narice regulating the removal of build
:tngs. Another ordinance which is de-
: Signed to permit the San Francisco
;. Laundry to enlarge its stable on Fill
= more street will be introduced and
Twill be amendatory of the ordinance
= described.
i: :; The Spring Valley Water Company
=. was directed TO furnish a map show
: .jng. the location and sizes of it's water
mains in the public streets.
=: The claims of Labrucherie Bros. for
81 $50, the value of certain cows con-
hscated by the health officials, and of
w: Temple for $4,000 damages caused
by defective sewer in Mission street
were denied