The San Francisco call., 1908-07-28

BOARD ACCEPTS BID
OVER MAYORS VETO
Supervisors Close Contracts
With Printing Firms Despite
Protest of Executive
Accumulated Business Causes
Decision to Hold Extra
Session Monday

The board Of supervisors overrode a
veto Of Mayor Taylor yesterday in the
acceptance of the contracts Of Brown
& Power and Phillips & Van Orden for
printing and supplies, the mayor hav-
Ing charged coIIusion between the firms
in their bidding The board was salts
Eeo the city had received no damage
ttota any understanding entered into
supervisor Connolly alone voted against
Tue bestowal of the contracts. The bid
oI tne City commercial company was
.eterfed 10 the city attorney for opin-
On account Of the large mass of new
matter passed yesterday the board Will
convene again next Monday TO clear
away Old matters. Among the matters
passed 10 print which viii come UP for
-Inal action next week were: The ap-
preparation Of Sf-375 TO the district at
torneys Office for the salaries of Spe-
cial Agent William Burns and - assist
ants, and the sum OF $1,000 to complete
tho surveys being made in the Hetch
Hctchy Of the city's holdings.
The board sold SlSls 200 worth Of
sover bonds, maturing June so, 1903,
TO the Croclzcr estate company, at par,
the understanding being that the money
viii be used in installing main sewers
tricts- Street bonds TO the amount Of
Sl2,500 were sold 10 the North Central
Improvement association. the money to
be used 10 improve Montgomery street
from Market TO California The appro-
priation OF s27.oO 10 repaye Kearny
street with basalt blocks went back to
committee upon the protests Of various
. persons asking a smooth pavement.
The salaries in tho department OF
electricity were fixed by the board yes
terday. as directed by the charter, the
htit being introduced by Supervisor
EcLeran upon the recommendation OF
the 5oint police and fire commissions.
An increase totaling s235 per month
was made in the pay roll of the de-
paTtrnent 10 bring the various schedules
up to the standard approximately Of the
wages paid outside Chief Hewitt came
IN for 2 grilling by members Of the
board who described his conduct Of the
department as incompetent
The bonfire ordinance was again
passed 70 print, forbidding street fires
ia bitumen. asphalt and basalt block
rhoroughfares. but allowing them in
Hacadsm streets
The top story Of the new Mechanics
savings bank building at Market and
Mason streets was leased at a monthly
rental Of 1915 for the use Of the city
engineers Office.
boa boulevard" and "Junipero Sierra
boulevard for the great highway and
the automobile boulevard respectively,
and reconsidered its determination to
rename Nineteenth avenue Dupont
boulevard"
Architect William Mooser has put in
a claim TO the right 70 plan the new
bond issue s.. 2.O0O. 600 hospital by virtue
n an old appointment by the allagher
board. and this contention was referred
10 the city attorney for an opinion as
70 it's validity.
The United Railroads filed a state
fnent showing its indebtedness 10 the
city IN the sum Of s22.s05.51 as a per
centage Of the fares collected in 1907
The California line made a similar
statement 70 the amount Of S604.41.
Leaves Of absence were granted Su-
perintendent Roncovierf and School
Commissioner Joseph O'Connor for 80
DAYS to attend the national civic fed
GRAFTON convention in England in Sep
tember. They will also visit the con-
tineut