The San Francisco call., 1908-12-08
WHERE ARE THOSE
ORNAMENTAL POLES
Mayor TayIor Says United Rail
roads Should Be Prodded
About Promise
Question as to Legality of Fran
cilises Prompts Supervisors
to Be Cautious

The United Railroads officials should
be prodded in this matter" said Mayor
Iaylor yesterday at the meeting of the
board OF supervisors when Supervisor
POLLOK inquired what was being done
about the ornamental poles which
were promised last spring for Market,
Sutter and other streets. Supervisor
Murphy pointed out that it was strictly
up TO the company to proceed, the Off
cials having secured through former
Supervisor Sachs certain action with
view to getting the poles up before the
arrival of the fleet"
The fleet has come and gone" said
Murphy, but the poles are not here.
The design was selected and consented
TO by the board members, formal ap-
provai not having been given for the
reason that the validity of the general
trolley franchise is still in question and
1t was not desired to cloud the citys
right to challenge that permit. Per-
sonaily, added Murphy, Il am not yet
satisfied the trolley grant is legal, but
those matters are in the criminal courts
at present, and we can not take civil
action without embarrassment until the
criminal matters have been disposed Of"
The artificial lights committee was
instructed to ask the roads officials
why the poles were not put in place.
The -nickelodeon ordinance pro-
hibiting their erection within 200 feet
of the front and within loo feet of any
part of any school or church structure
was finally passed unanimously and
without debate.
SLOT MACHINE TAX
The license tax on nickel in the slot
machines was increased to SIS per
quarter, and the schedule of hack car
riage fares was slighriy reduced. The
general liquor license ordinance was
amended to make more easy the con-
yiction of persons carrying on blind
pigs" by provisions against the giving
away, etc. of liquors. The one night
liquor license ordinance was finally
passed, the tax being fixed at $40.
number of citizens were present to
protest against the passag ge of the bill
prohibiting fortune telling, spirit med
iumship, etc, but the ordinance was
referred back to the police committee
and will be considered next Friday in
committee session.
The board set aside S10,000 for plans
for the fire protection system and
$4,000 for the sewer system plans;
granted a. spur track permit from the
Fifth street tracks into the block
bounded by Bryant, Brannan, Fifth and
Sixth streets, and withdrew the spur
track privilege asked by the Rincon
Hill improvement association upon the
request of the company. This permit
was to have been used to fill in the
Potrero blocks east of Kentucky street
and the petition was withdrawn because
of the Overwhelming local affirmative
vote on the India basin act.
CONDITION OF STREETS
Supervisor Murdock called attention
to the unclean condition of the streets
and asked the street and finance COM
mittees to see what might be done to
better the thoroughfares. Rixford in
troiuced a bill appropriating $4,000
for a frehouse to be erected at Ashbury
and Carmel streets, and desired to have
it passed to print. On Baneroft's mo-
tion. however, it was referred to the
building committee.
The real estate boards recommends
tion that the fire limits be extended one
block west of Van Ness avenue was
referred TO the fire committee.
The Spring Valleys plea that the
city add Is per cent 10 the contract
prices for water furnished the munici-
pality was referred to the water rates
committee.
The mayors veto of the ordinance
granting a blasting permit to the San
Francisco rebuilding company was ap-
proved.