The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-24
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
To BE ERECTED,
Supervisors Take Initial
Step Toward Provid-
ing Municipal Edifices
BONDS FOR WORK

The Board of Supervisors yesterdav
took the initial steps toward the build
ing of certain municipal structures
under the bond issue. The proceedings
first begun were interrupted by the
disaster and they will now be revived
under the terms OF the following reso-
luton, which was adopted:
Resolved. That the clerk of this
board be directed to transmit to the
Board of Education, the Board Of Ii
brary Trustees, the Board of Health
the Sherfff and the Board of Police
construction Of ali public buildings to
be erected by the city and, county of
sale of its municipal bonds issued for
such construction, approved March IL
1906, and also a copy Of ordinance No.
1888 amending said ordinance No. 1857
with relation to the. payment of archi-
tects' fees, approved March 20. 1906.
The attention of said departments
a aiso 9c e s Is eoy eaed to the pro
No. 1857. wherein said boards or offfcers
shall first determine the necessity of
under the bond issue for public inn
proven and upon such expression
to transmit to the Board of Supervisors
their determination in the premises
with the request that the departments
and officers take prompt and affirma-
tive action Immediately.
The Market Street and Noe Valley
Improvement Club filed a protest
against the proposed amendment to
the stable ordinance doing away with
the consent of property owners before
a permit for stable can be granted
The refugees at Mission Dolores bar
racks filed a protest against the order
OF the Health Board that they be re-
moved to other more sanitary quarters
Supervisor Boxton stated that the refu-
gees were to be removed to Duboce
Park, in the vicinity of which Is a
school with 1000 pupils On Boxton's
motion the petition was referred to the
joint committee on health and streets.
which will meet this morning. Box
ton said the Health Board will meet
this afternoon to take action on the
removal Of the refugees and 1t behooved
the Supervisors to take steps to pre-
vent their removal
The board agreed to take UP at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon the recon-
mendation of the street committee that
the grade on Golden Gate avenue be-
tween Taylor and Leavenworth streets
be reduced so as to eliminate the"'hump"
thereon. Commissioner of Works
Maestretti Informed the board that it
was estimated that the cost of the i'm
provement would be 100000. Macs
tretti said it was the opinion of the
to bear the expense If majority of
owners of property affected by the
change favored the plan. The prop
erty owners will be given an opportun-
ity to be heard at tomorrow's meeting
The report of the street committee
recommending the denial of petition
to change the name of Devisadero
street TO Funston avenue was adopted.
Several more protests against the
change were filed, which caused Chair
man Gallagher to remark that there
was never any intention on the part of
the board to change the name.
The offer of H. NJ. Helm eman to rent
building on Bush street. near Cough,
containing forty-on rooms, for City
Hall, the price to be $500 a month, was
referred to the building committee.
Demands aggregating s24S7 for ex-
penses incurred in the celebration of
the Fourth of July were ordered paid