The San Francisco call., 1910-05-10
BIDS OPENED FOR
PRINTING OF BONDS
Supreme Court Denies Petition
Restraining Supervisors in
Geary Road Sale

The first bids in connection with the
construction of the Geary street rail-
way were opened by the board of su-
peryisors yesterday in the five propos-
ais submitted for lithographing the
2,O2o bonds of the s2,020,00O issue. At
the close of the session word came that
the state supreme court had denied the
petition of Horace G. Platt that the
board be enjoined from receiving bids
May 16 for the sale of $260,000 worth
of the bonds themselves, but had set
June 6 as the date for hearing argu-
ment on the main contention between
the city and the owners of the Geary
1ine-the right of the municipality to
construct and operate a street railway.
BIDS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
The minor bids of yesterday were
referred to the joint public utilities and
printing committees and these bodies
will meet Wednesday afternoon to con-
slider. the offers. For lithographing the
entire issue the bids were as follows
California lithographing company, $549;
A. Carlisle company, $500; Britton &,
Rey, $4,000, and II. S. Crocker & Co,
$3.50 The Western bank note and en-
craving company submitted a bid, but
neglected to inclose certified check
for 10 per cent of the amount and its
offer could not be considered.
Bids for the printing of the munich
pal record, the municipal reports and
the journal of proceedings of the board
were also referred to the printing COM
mittee.
The board voted $4,000 for the Ad-
ans cosmopolitan school and $4,000 for
its equipment; $4,000 for the Franklin
school and $4,000 for equipment, and
$4,000 for the Cleveland grammar
with $500 for equipment.
To erect II watering troughs for
horses with lower basins for dogs the
board set aside 81 900 from the urgent
necessity fund.
SUNDAY CLOSING SUGGESTED
The board voted $4,000 for the
sewer in Seventh street between How
ard and Hubbel, provided a s2,15O au-
tomobile for the health officer and ac-
cepted P. ]. Moliterno's offer to build
harbor emergency hospital in Clay
street near East and to lease 1t to the
city for monthly rental of 5000.
The dafrymen were given until Aug
ust 1 to comply with the terms of the
two cow" ordinance, IL members vot-
ing the three months grace, and Walsh
declaring that the residents in the
neighborhood of the dairies must then
be protected
Bancroft alone objected to giving the
coroner an additional night messenger
O'Dowd tried to get back B. Conlon's
license money for an unused saloon
location In Clay street near East
Chairman Kelly called the boards at
tention to the fact that claims amount
ing to more than $4,000 were before
the finance committee for similar re-
funds and suggested that all should be
considered together.
This city is not overtaxing the sa
loons," said Supervisor Mclaughlin
'Other communities charge them 81 0O0
instead of $500, and it is just possible
1t would be a good thing for a decent
community to close them up SUNDAYS
and after midnight
After Herget and Cutten had ex-
pressed themselves that unused licenses
should be refunded Chairman Kellv
told the board nothing was before ii
and the members might as well save
their thunder and the matter wouId
come up soon enough lin connection
with the budgeD. The board then ad-
journed.