The San Francisco call., 1910-09-13
FIVE CITY HALL
PROPOSALS MADE
Building Committee and Super
visors Will Consider the
Offers Today

came before the board of supervisors
yesterday and will be taken up by
the building committee at a special
session today, most of the supervisors
having accepted the committees invi-
tation to be present and aid in consid-
ering the offers. The proposals follow:
To build on the old city hall site.
Brady, Sturges & Co. advancing
the new proposal yesterday to erect
on. the cIty's ground $225,000 re-
inforeed concrete structure con-
be leased to the city for six years
at $4,000 per month, or total of
$3.50. 800. The firm set forth that
the building might be so construct
ed as to form part of the perma-
nent city hall.
The De Lisle realty company re-
vived the proposition to build for
the city at the northwest corner of
Mission and Eighth streets, offer
ing to put up a 100000 structure,
with 114,000 square feet of space
and rent 1t for six years at $4,000
per month.
The Land title company present.
ed It's offer to build on the old
Mechanics pavilion lot seven
story reinforced concrete structure
with $4,000 square feet of space
and to lease for five years at $3.50
per month.
George skaller renewed the offer
Rialto building and to lease it at
$4,000 per month, reducing the
term from six years to three and
half years with optional monthly
The offer of the Lincoln realty
company and of l.. P. Lankershim
to build. at Fifth and Jessie streets
for six year lease and a $4,000
monthly rental was presented with
the committees tentative approval
Skaller insisted that each of the pro-
ponents should put up cash bond as
an evidence of good faith. particularly
in view of the failure of the con-
Eighth and Mission streets, but the
board put over all consideration to to-
days hearing.
MONEY FOR RAILS
The first specific appropriation of
money for the Geary street road was
made by the board unanimously in
passing to print the bill setting aside
$130,000 to buy steel rails, the board
of works being authorized to enter
into the contract.
Supervisor Murdock won. But the
union labor members, in coming to his
proposition to give four year terms to
all city and county elective officials, but
providing for an alternate two year
retirement of the supervisors, at yester-
days session ran in little joker of
their own. The amendment to the
charter submitted as a substitute yes
terday at the hands of Mclaughlin ac-
cepts Murdock's main idea but relists
the offices for which short term, two
year elections shall be held next year.
The four year terms are distributed
among the offices of mayor, county
clerk, auditor, district attorney. sheriff
and nine supervisors. These offices are
now held by men nominated on the
union labor ticket.
TWO YEAR TERMS
In order to initiate thorough going
four year service, but with alienation
in office, the amendment provides that
for nine supervisors and for the city
attorney, tax collector, recorder, public
administrator and treasurer the first
term shall be two years, expiring jan
uary 8, 1914, and thereafter four year
periods.
The incumbents of the above offices,
excepting some of the supervisors, were
not on the union labor ticket.
Kelly reminded. the board of the
approach OF Discoverer's day, and by
resolution the members empowered the
mayor to appoint committee~of so for
its due celebration on October 21
that a pedestrian subway should be
built to relieve the pressure of traffic
at Market, Third and Kearny streets
was referred to the street committee.
One bid was received for the proposed
franchise for street railway over Par
nassus avenue, Judah street and Ninth
avenue to Pacheco street. and was re-
ferred to the public utilities committee.
T. w. Forsyth offered the charter mini
mum requirement of per cent of the
roads gross income for the first five
years, per cent for the next 10 years
and per cent for the final 10 years of
the permits life.
THREE CONTRACTS AWARDED
Three awards for city work were
made by the board of public works yes
terday. Foster & Vogt secured the job
of installing the fire protection pipe in
the district bounded by Van Ness ave-
nue. Market and Powell streets and the
bay, at s102, ,S09; McSheehy Brothers, the
Peabody school contract at $4,000, and
the c. A. Blume construction company
the steel work on the San Francisco
hospital at $4,000.
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