The San Francisco call., 1909-09-14
NO BULL FIGHTS
AT PORTOLA ffTF.
Supervisors Will Not Permit
Exhibition Here of Spanish
National Pastime
New Car Fender Ordinance Re-
ferred to City Attorney for
Opinion as TO Liability

There are to be no bull fights in San
Francisco's PortoIa week festival. Nc
T.eran and Balcom's recommendation to
the board of supervisors yesterday that
Joseph Hidalgo and J. ]. Pollard be
allowed to regale the public with
-hioodless" contests after the Spanish
custom met with coldnesS- Connolly
said he disa greed with his confreres OF
the committee and that on humane
grounds the fights should not be per-
nifted. McLeran wanted to know what
harm would be done.by having them.
We'll. for one thing. the Portola
committee is anxious that there should
bs nothing Of the sort" said Johnston.
Couldn't the committee withdraw its
resolution2"
McLeran chose to ignore this hint.
Il move that the matter be rereferred
Ia the committee" said Johnston, and
the motion was carried almost unani-
mously.
STREECAR FENDER
The streetcar fender ordinance ran a
varied course, ending UP in an assign
ment to the city attorneys Office to
see if the city might be charged With
the damages, should a fender prescribed
by law be mixed up in an accident
caused by the operation of the cars.
committee in a bill requiring all cars
10 be equipped with tenders similar TO
those now in use on the San Mateo
cars. il met the instant opposition of
Pollok and McAllister.
we dona want to act hastily in this
matter said the former
The committee has been consider
ing the matter about a year" returned
Johnston.
Has New York's public service COM
mission approved this type of fender?"
asked McAllister, appealing to circu-
lar letter sent each member of the
board Nobody volunteered that it had.
General Manager Black In his appeal
made the points that the fender had
been abandoned after a trial in New
York: that ii would work satisfactor-
ilv on the San Mateo run, but would
not in the Hill climbing routes; that it
would sweep away pedestrians al the
turns and block traffic at places like
ths ferry loop. He also said that only
about four per cent of the United Rail-
roads accidents were caused by car
end collisions anyhow. where a fender
might be Of service, but he neglected
TO state that this four per cent of the
total number included nearly all the
accidents which resulted fatally or seri-
ously.
Comte raised the point that the adop-
non OF the resolution might DflHS NpVA
The city the cost of damages in cases
of accidents and at his suggestion the
bill went to the city attorney TO see II
this possible result might be obviated.
81 .OoO FEE FOR ATTORNEY
without a cheep from the malcon-
tents. the board voted $1,000 to pay the
fee Of Attorney S NJ Stockslager. who
has been representing the city's Hetch
lIetchy interests before congress and in
Washington, and who is now in the
valley with City Engineer Manson get
ting the lay Of the ground
McLeran wanted TO know if the ad-
visory committee on building laws was
ever going to report. He said IL had
been at work year and that architects
and builders were in suspense. Payot
suggested that Sanderson, its chair
man. would be back next week and
suggested postponement of the bill
calling for immediate report until that
time To this McLeran acceded-
The speed limit ordinance, extending
the ) mile an hour rate for streetcars
10 Fifteenth avenue in Richmond from
3'irst avenue was passed to print
UNSALABLE BONDS
For the second time the 5000, 900
worth Of unstable 31z per cent munich
pal bonds of the old school, street.
sewer and hospital issues was offered
10 no bidders, and upon it's third ad
vertisement a month hence the board
viii be empowered by. the charter to
retire the total.
The County Line water companys
offer of its plant for $4,000, and the
health departments report upon the
salubriousness Of the flow, will be con-
sidered at a special joint session of the
public utilities and health committees,
TO be held next Friday morning. John
ston announced the meeting upon Pol
loks inquiry.
The East End Improvement clubs pc
ttion that passageway in Harrison
street be insured before the working of
making the Beale street cut be under
taken was referred TO the street COM
mittee which has had the matter in
charge.
Upon Jennings motion the board en-
acted the state tax levy as follows:
General tax. ia cents per 500; school,
1873. state high school, 1.6; interest and
sinking fun. s.: University of Califor-
MIA, 5 total. 36.4 cents.