The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25
MAYOR IS GRANTED
ABSENCE LEAVE.
Board Of Supervisors APP
points Gallagher to Act
While Schnlitz Is Away
ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
adonted a resolution granting Mayor
Schmitz permission to absent himself
from the State for sixty days from
October 1. The preamble Of the reso-
lution sets forth that it is the purpose
of the Mayor during his absence to en-
deayor to secure a settlement by the
welching foreign insurance companies,
and also to study municipal conditions
in this country and Europe with a
view to applying the result of his in
vestieations to the advantage and BEN
eft of this city in her restoration and
upbuilding"
Supervisor Gallagher was appointed
Acting Mayor by the board during
Schmitz's leave of absence.
sPUR-TRACK BILL PASSED.
The board passed to print the amend
ed ordinance regulating spur tracks. 1t
prohibits the indiscriminate use of spur
tracks on private property by all rail-
road companies, but will permit the
Joint use of spur tracks laid on public
streets.
The board passed to print an amend
ed ordinance suspending for one year
the provisions of section of ordinance
240. prohibiting the construction of
wooden sidewalks in the burned dis
trict. The amendment permits the lay
ing of such sidewalks, but they may be
maintained for a period of only one
year after the date of the passage Of
the ordinance.
The following ordinances were finally
passed:
Fixing the assessment for State pur-
poses at AIS cents per 500 of assessed
Fixing the assessment. of the South
ern Pacific Railroad in this city at
s119.675 and of the Central Pacific Com
pany at $2O.10S.74:
as to permit the use of asbestos mate
Providing a uniform numbering
scheme, for the houses on Dotn sides
Establishing grades at designated
points on Madison, Eighteenth, Mont
gomery and Parnassus avenues, Cali
fornia, Leavenworth and North Point
Authorizing the payment of $4,000
to the c. E. Loss Company for the office
building now being used by the Board
of Works at Leavenworth and McAllts-
Authorizing the payment of $24 900
to p P. Quinn for the construction OF
the Laguna Honda School under q
compromise agreement with the Board
of Education.
LIQUOR LICENSE PAYMENTS.
providing for the payment of liquor IL
censes in quarterly installments of
s125 each, the installment to date from
the time the license is issued, was
finally passed. Heretofore the license
had to be paid at the end of each
quarter, even if it was issued at a
date near the end of the quarter. The
new plan will equalize the work in the
license ONCE, besides being deemed
Just to the holders of licenses.
The communication from J. A. FIJI
cher. secretary of the State Agricul-
tural Society, asking If the board has
appointed q statistician for San Fran
cisco, as required by an act of the
Legislature, was referred to the COM
mittee on equalization of assessments
The petition of stewards of the emer-
gency hospitals for an increase in SAL
aries from SIS to $50 per month was
referred to the fiuance committee.
County Clerk Mulcrevy was author
lied to employ six additional clerks
on the Mayors recommendation.
Supervisor Kelly called attention to
the bad condition of Potrero avenue
as the result of being torn up by the
| Ocean Shore Railway Company. Kelly
| said property owners were complain
| ing that the street was impassable
and had been so for four months Chair
man Rea of the street committee said
| the company had promised to restore
| the street to it's original condition.
The East Mission Improvement Clut
| filed a petition that the company be
compelled to put East Mission stree
| in good condition, and the board di-
rected the street committee to have
| the debris removed.