The San Francisco call., 1908-12-22
$5,4OO,OOO OF CITY
BONDS TO Be SOLD
Supervisors Order Securities
Offered and Bids Opened
February 8
Ordinance Against Fortune
Telling for Hire Passed to
Print by Board

The board of supervisors yesterday
advertised SIS, 10000 worth of the au-
thorized municipal bonds for sale, the
bids to be opened February s, 1909, and
passed. bill providing for the issuance
and redemption of 100000 worth of
Hetch Hetchy bonds, the date of sale
to be determined later.
The above action was taken after the
board of works yesterday had formally
recommended the steps as required by
the charter and the works commission
was authorized to enter without delay
into a contract for the supply of $780,
600 worth of cast iron pipe to be used
in the installation of the auxiliary
water fire protection system, and to be
paid for out of the $2,000,000 worth OF
bonds put on sale. The urgency of this
worth of pig iron will go into the pro-
posed construction, and it's price is now
lower than for years past.
The $5.400,000 worth of bonds or
dered sold were the following: Fire
protection bonds, s2.oo0.0OO; sewer,
$500, 900; hall of justice, $3.50, 600; gar
bage disposal plant, s640,OO0. Total,
SIS, 100000.
The project of providing the city
with great auditorium was touched
upon in two resolutions introduced by
Murdock. one asking the city attorney 5
opinion If the city could legally permit
private capital to erect municipal hall
on city land; the other asking the
building committee to confer with
Charles C. Naylor and others who have
proposed to erect an auditorium on the
Mechanics institutes lot. the purpose be-
ing to give these men the right OF
way If the plans of their proposed
structure seem adequate.
The ordinance prohibiting fortune
telling for hire or the advertisements
of dealers In occult goods, the objec-
tions of the astrological and spiritual
istic societies having been removed by
exemption, was passed to print with
out dissent; as was the rules of the
road"
The poles used for street decoration
and special lighting. for example, those
now erected in Market street. were
consigned to the care of the board of
works.
The board finally passed the ordi-
nance introduced by McAllister pro-
hibiting the deposit of dirt or rub
bish on the streets or sidewalks: and
that of Payot giving notice that the
human bodies inferred in what was for
merly known as the Golden Gate
cemetery" must be removed. 1t ap-
propriated $4,000 for the construction
of fire cisterns; $4,000 for fire en-
gine house at Ashbury and Carmel
streets; $3.50 to buy a school lot in
the University mound district of Jo-
seph B. Keenan,; $4,000 for a sewer in
Amazon avenue, between London and
Athens streets; s10,S00 for the purchase
of a school lot in Filbert street near
Taylor.
A rule to cut short debate was
adopted by the board yesterday. It
limits the admission to the floor OF all
persons for or against any measure
to three, and their speeches to five
minutes each, and is made applicable
to any citizen not an ex-mayor. BY
the terms Of the charter any ex-mayor
of the city and county has the right
to voice but not vote in the delfb-
erations of the board.
The gas and telephone companies
were asked to submit their statements
during January, preliminary to the Ak
ing of rates by the board in the fol-
lowing month.
Payot had read communication from
DR.. Rupert Blue, which called attention
to the need for public convenience sta
tions. The letter was referred to the
hospital committee.
The bill regulating the opening or
streets for the laying of pipes and con-
duits, prescribing the bonds, penalties,
etc, attached to the companies operat-
ing under the ordinance and providing
for inspection. was ordered printed for
the members information and will be
taken UP next week.
The sum of $4,000 was set aside for
city and county hospital working
plans. and $4,000 for plans of the Han
cock and Mckinley schools
The real estate boards protest
against the purchase of the Schmiedell
estate lands and E. G. Cooks hold
ings for the south of Market street
playground at the offered prices was
70.