The San Francisco call., 1910-01-09

p.vot chairman, reported favorably
1o the board upon the purchase or
the DIaut of the Sanitary reducuon
works in the sum of 100000, Wnicn
sale was contaminated, thereby reliev-
ing the Sanitary reduction works OF All
further liability TO the city.
The sum of $350,000 was pald IN
cash and the company given an exten-
sion or lease of the plant to operas
the same under the terms OF tne OTIS
nal franchise for perloo OF Two ySalSs y5s;s
the company was obligated TO pay the
CITY > per cent and before the per
cent period under the franchise oegah-
am further Informed that the IN
come 10 the city from this source has
been in the neighborhood OF 81 a,VVV
Der year Whether the same has been
paid for the current hscal year an an
not informed, but as the city sun
holds $4,000 of the original purchase
price 1 feel that the city Is secured IN
this respect.
is more or less objection to the loca-
tiOn of the incinerator at the DeIore
mentioned location and that the a.ore +
said committee, Mr.. Henry Payot
chairman, has recommended TO the
board of supervisors that the properly
be sold for the sum OF $%OU,OOV, Dn.
such sale has not been consumlna'eus; iLs. ss y;
Thus il will be seen that the sum OF
100000 has been paid for thts prop
erty. together with the assortment OF
Junk thereon in the shape OF an IN :
value. The Sanitary reduction WORKS
has been relieved of white elephant
AT a very handsome figure, which IN
all probability Will bring TO ITS stock
holders par value or better for very
inferior stock. = -
The city is now confronted with the
important problem of the dlsposal OF
the garbage. The before mentioned
committee, MIR. Henry Payot chairman,
recommended TO the board that at ieast
two incineratipg plants ne estaDishea
A.. ,f mn and the board
proceeded 10 acquire property at North
beach and south san Francisco.
The North beach purchase is so
unique that it is interesting and worthy
of mention.
In December, 1905. Citizen Meyer
Wood sold to Citizen Daniel Roth two
80 Vara lots at Bay and Taylor streets.
The deed recited the consideration TO
be SO. although like property of the
same dimensions in the same locality
and equally as good, sold at the same
ON November IL, 1909, Citizen Roth
conveyed this same property TO Cti-
zen Walter III. Linforfh, the son In law
of Mr.. Henry PayOt, the aforesaid
chairman of the aforesaid committee,
and on the same day, Citizen Walter
III. LinfOrfh conveyed the property TO
the city and county OF san Francisco
for the sum of $4,000.
II is said that contrary TO all GUS
tom, Mr.. Henry Payot- personally car
ried the demand drawn for the pay
$4,000 from the clerks Office to the
Office OF his honor, former Mayor
Taylor, for the Iatter's signature, hrst
having had the same taken from the
bunch of demands passed by the board
the previous day.
There is a marked difference OF opin-
ion as TO the value of this property be-
tween Assessor Dodge (wbo is COM
PEELED under the law to assess property
at so per cent of its value) and the
board of supervisors. Assessor Dodge
. &c T-ff
as follows: 1905, S1S.650; 1906. $11,910;
/ 1907, sl7,S50; 1908, $3.50: 1909, $751;
/ 45O I am inclined TO believe the as
/ sessment a just one.
The foregoing reveals the facts that
our city has paid the enormous sum
of $4,000 for property which was worth
! ing the interim has never been assessed
/ above S1S,8J0.
similar transaction was attempted
by which the second piece of property
for fncinerator purposes came near be-
ing sold to the city. This property is
located in South san Francisco and be-
! longs to former Supervisor Center. Ths
deal would have been accomplished
had not former Supervisor Center dis
covered that ne purchasing fOI
the city property owned by himself.
In this instance Mr.. Charles ID. Marks
was the middleman, and he agreed IL
/ convey and the city agreed TO buy 1O,-
/ 600 square feet of land in PotrerO
Nuevo block No. 13o tnO other descrip-
ffOn) for the vast sum of $4,000.
Assessor Dodge in this case also
takes different view of the valuation
L of the property. The assessment rolls
show the following: 1905. $500; 1908
land, $500, improvements, 500; 1909
/ land, $4,000, improvements. 500.
The ordinance purchasing this prop
+ erty in the sum of $4,000 was finally
approved by former Mayor Taylor on
! November 10, 1909. (ResOlutiOn No
4763 new series).
Supervisor Center then caused the re-
peal of this ordinance by resolution No