The San Francisco call., 1909-02-09
PROPOSE TO BUILD
ON SCHOOL LOT
Structure to Cost 100000 Will
House City Officials at
Present in Old Hall
Further Delay Experienced in
Securing Desired Data From
Spring Valley

A proposal to build 100000 two
story, brick structure on the school lot
in Golden Gate avenue near Hyde
quartered in the old hall and the mayor
and board of supervisors was made in
the board meeting yesterday by Nc
Leran and referred to the building COM
mittee, which expects to report back
next Monday.
You propose to use a school lot,
said Johnston. Have you asked the
| consent of the board of education?"
McLeran had not. This did not
seem TO the supervisor much of diff
Guilty.
LAS for them, we can get the mayor
to help us out there" he said
His honor in the chair smiled in
scrutably.
1T might be well to establish good
relations with the board Of education"
said DR.. Taylor
They'll get a 100000 building on
their lot" said McLeran. which they
can rent after we leave it,
1t was arranged that the clerk re-
quest the commissioners to meet the
building committee today on the propo-
sition.
On Murphy's suggestion the matter
of underground wiring was recalled
from committee and given to the com
mittee of the whole so that the board
might take 1t up with the public serv-
ice corporations at this weeks night
sessions on the fixing of rates.
SPRING VALLEY DELAYS
Water rates will be further eonsid-
cred by the board tonight, telephone
rates tomorrow and gas and electric
light rates Thursday evening. John
Z
promised by the Spring Valley company
in five days last week had been filed,
and on the clerks report that some of
it was expected tomorrow stated the
water committee desired an opportunity
to look it over before the session. The
chairman of the committee was not
pleased with the further delay.
Pollok called Mayor Taylor's atten
tion to the fact that the board of
works street cleaning department spent
SS,0S0 in January, although there We're
"a wet DAYS. The average for six
months was $500. 1t has been Gus
tomary to save during rainy months, so
as to have money when the good wealth
er comes, but we won't have much of a
surplus at this rate" said Pollok.
The clerk was directed to ascertain
the assessed valuations of Spring Val
leys properties in San Francisco, San
ties for the water rates committee.
The California Promotion committee
was asked to lay whatever plans it had
for municipal auditorium before the
board by the 18th.
MAY USE DYNAMITE
Broderick and Comte opposing the
action, permits were granted the con-
tractors wrecking the city hall to use
dynamite in the ruins.
AS the board has prohibited fortune
telling and similar. vocations, the or
dinance licensing that sort of thing
was, on Connolly's motion, rescinded.
The board accepted the invitation to
attend the Lincoln centenary exer-
cises in Temple Israel Friday evening
The petition from the democratic club
of the thirty ninth district that a spe-
cIal election be held to authorize bonds
for the construction of a municipality
owned street railway over the route of
the Geary street line and down Market
street to the intersection of Sutter was
referred to the public utilities commit
tee
BOND HOLDERS WISH ADJUSTMENT
City Attorney Percy Long, who re-
turned Sunday night from his trip to
Washington IN the interests of the
Hetch Hetchy project, reported to al
number of the supervisors that while in
New York he had several friendly con-
ferences with Thalmann, Ladenburg &
Co. at the firms request. it representing
large portion of the bond holders back
of the United Railroads. Long was given
the assurance that the bond holders
wished to cooperate with the city gov
ernment and not to antagonize it, and
upon his explaining that nothing stood
ia the way of granting a trolley permit
to the Sutter street line to the ferry ex-
cept the company's refusal to grant the
city right of way over the same stretch
of roadway the assurance was repeated
that the moneyed men back Of the sys-
tenn hoped to arrive at an amicable ad-
justment of all disputes.
j. d. Grant applied to the board of
works yesterday for a permit to erect a
sloO.OoO nine story hotel building at the
northeast corner of Geary and Mason
streets.