The San Francisco call., 1909-04-27
MAYOR VFTOES Fire
ALARM BOX ORDER
Supervisors Action Not Ap-
proved on Ground That 1t
0Ierrides Charter Provision
Board Gives Final Passage to
Ordinance Providing for Civic
Center Bond Issue

Mayor Taylor vetoed another fire
alarm box appropriation of the super
visors yesterday and breezy time may
be expected in the board next Monday
when the message comes up for con-
sideration. The $4,000 set aside called
Tor box having the noninterfering
feature of the Star and Gamewell
types, but virtually superseded the
electricity commissions specifications,
which, President Mccarthy admitted,
were drawn TO exclude any but the
GameweIl machine.
The mayor refused approval of the
supervisors action as overriding the
charter in encroaching on the commits
sion's prerogatives. The supervisors
retorted that the commission had yio-
lated the spirit Of the charter in sub
hitting a proposal which debarred alb
solutely competition in bidding
McLERAN AND CENTER PROTEST
As a mayors veto must lie over FIVE
days before action the discussion could
come To nothing, and DR.. Taylor finally
ruled it out of order, but not before
McLeran and Center had informed him
they would never consent to vote
money upon such specifications as the
commission had put forth and that their
own measure left the commission free
10 pick the box it thought best after
receiving bids.
A large number of the supervisors
We're, in feeling, supporters of Nc
Lersn and Center. but il is improb-
able that they viii muster the Il votes
necessary TO override Mayor Taylor's
objection. Their challenge of the COM
missions specifications, however, is
likely TO prove embarrassing to mayor
and board. as it was founded on fact,
and another compromise viii be the
probable solution.
The telephone rates bill was finally
passed by the board unanimously and
without any protest upon the part of
the companies.
CIVIC CENTER PROPOSITION
Final approval was given the ordi-
nance putting before the people at a
bond issue election the acceptance or
rejection of the $S.50U.OO0 civic center
and city hsu project. the polytechnic
high school project, the building of a
detention home for Juvenile offenders,
the creation of 500 acre park in the
POtrero hills, OF a water park at the
foot of Van Ness avenue and several
playground propositions.
Broderick Giannini and Pollok op-
posed the submission and Jennings IA
Vored the city hall civic center propo-
sition alone.
OCEAN SHORE FRANCHISE
City Attorney Long having assured
the board that the stipulation entered
into last week between the Ocean
Shore management and the city that
ii would never use steam power in
Richmond was sufficiently binding, and
having for double precaution submit
ted a substitute which specifically
bound successors and assigns as
we'll the board yesterday finally
passed the franchise giving the COM
pany right of way to the water front
via Army street.
The board set aside $4,000 to build
the Mckinley primary school; passed
10 print ordinances prohibiting smok-
ing on the wharves and docks of the
water front, removing the restriction
against tying horses to lamp posts,
regulating the character of moving
pictures to be exhibited in nickel
odeons, and gave the May fight per-
NIT TO the Mission athletic club.
The bill requiring nickelodeons to
be lined with sheet metal where now
walled in with board and burlap Gov
erings was passed to print
The committee to receive Ambassa-
dor Jusserand of France upon the
occasion of his visit to San Francisco
was named by the mayor who ap-
pointed for this duty Supervisors MUIR
ply. Connolly. Comte, Payot and Booth
and Raphael Well, James McNab, Hon.
William II. Beatty, Hon w. w. Nor
row and Charles S. Wheeler.