The San Francisco call., 1909-11-23
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BOARD FAREWELL
Leaves for World Tour-Super-
visors Finally Pass Several
Important Ordinances

Supervisor McAllfster bade goodby
terdays session. and will today sail
| with his family on the steamer China
Tor seven months trip around the
world. In announcing that he had OBJ
tanned Mayor Taylor's grant of a leave
| Of absence for the short remainder of
his term of Office, McAllister expressed
his good will to his fellow members of
the board and his pleasure that through
all the differences of opinion among
them their personal relations had been
cordial.
Supervisors Pollok and Murphy re-
sponded warmly, and the latter laugh
ingly hoped that McAllister after
prosperous journey would return a full
convert to the municipal operation of
! such public utilities as the Geary
street road and the Hetch Hetchy
water system McAIHster had just reg
istered consistent Noes" against both
bond issue propositions. By a rising
vote the board unanimously expressed
It's good Will toward the retiring su-
pervisor.
McAllister's ordinance designed to
protect horses from danger in case of
ire and requiring that an eight foot
passageway be kept clear in all stables
housing horses at night was finally
passed
OTHER ORDINANCES PASSED
The bills prohibiting unseemly theat-
rlcal shows with the censorship ETA
ture eliminated), requiring a more rigid
inspection of milk sold within the
county; regulating dog hospitals; set
ting aside 100000 for the first pump
ing station of the fire protection sys-
tenn; ordering the installation of the
Twin Peaks reservoirs at a cost of
$195,O00, and requiring all night lights
and fire escape signs in the halls of
hotels and lodging houses were made
law by final passage.
TO the park commission was for
maily turned over the custody of the
land formerly the Golden Gate ceme-
terry. This tract overlooking the Pa
cific and the Golden gate from the
city's northwestern heights will be
named by that body, and a system of
walks and drives, already planned will
be brought to completion under the
direction of superintendent McLaren.
The streetcar fender ordinance was
finally passed by vote of Ii to /, Nc
Allister casting the negative vote. 1t
requires all companies to install and to
use on all tracks of a grade less than
II per cent tenders of type similar to
those now on the San Mateo line.
MEMBERS TO BE ATTEND
Supervisors elect Cutten and Hay
den attended the session of the board
The Western Pacific company was
granted a spur track permit to facili-
tate freight interchange with the
Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Ocean
Shore system.
The nickel refunding ordinance, re-
quiring check return of fares upon
stalled streetcars, was postponed one
week Attorney Cannon of the United
Railroads desiring to be heard and be-
ing busted with a jury case for the
afternoon.
To build the station for housing the
crews of the two fireboats the board of
works asked the supervisors yesterday
for $4,000. 1t will be located at the
| Harrison street dock.
BIDS FOR SCHOOL CLOCKS
Bids for electric clocks to be installed
in the new schoolhouses will be opened
Wednesday. A call for bids for clocks
of the pneumatic type will be issued
and after competitive test the board
viii accept the lowest bid of the clock
found most satisfactory.
The commissions request for 52S 600
for the construction of house for
chemical engine IL in Forty-fi ave-
nue. was later in the day approved
by the supervisors.
Thomas Reagan filed with the civil
service commission yesterday his reply
to the board of works charges of in
competence against him as foreman
of street paving. Reagan shifted the
blame for alleged mismanagement to
his immediate superior superintendent
Benjamin Heath. The commission will
try the case in a few days.