The San Francisco call., 1910-02-08
ASKS STATUS OF
TWO BIG PROJECTS
Mayor Would Know Just Where
City Stands on Geary and
Water Propositions
Supervisors Pass Bill Requiring
United Railroads TO Pave
Disputed Strip

y have asked the city attorney and
the city engineer TO submit reports
Upon the present status of the Geary
road and the Sierra water supply mat
ters," announced Mayor Mccarthy to
The board OF supervisors at the close
of yesterdays regular weekly session.
Il have done this SO that we may be
in position to proceed with these
projects"
City Engineer Manson viii today
submit his reports to the mayor. City
Attorney Long viii shortly report on
the legal status OF both propositions.
ORDERS BONDS ISSUED
The board itself took action yester-
DAY on both matters. The issuance
and reception Of S45O00.000 worth of
bonds TO build the Lake Eleanor Tuol-
umne river water supply system was
authorized IN a bill passed to print in
accordance with the mandate of the
people at the election of January Il.
Final action was taken on a similar
bin in reference TO the 100000 bond
issue for the Geary road.
A "hagrant violation Of the terms
OF the Robinson and Windell bequest
funds upon the part Of Mayor Taylor
and the former board of supervisors
was discovered by the finance com
mittee and reported to the board yes
terday. Chairman Kelly called up the
appropriation of S100 in December 10
the health board for the purchase Of
antitoNin as the case in point. The
antitoXin was for the use Of children
ill with diphtheria whose parents were
unable TO pay for medical aid, but
Kelly held that the beQuests meant
strict and direct giving Of aid.
Supervisors Bancroft Cutten and
Murdock sidestepped voting for the
resolution. whose only effect was to
place 500 in the mayors hands for
charitable purposes. but whose pream-
bic reflected on the last administration.
Kelly and the mayor explained that
really nothing was meant by II. and
every body then voted to replace the
sum diverted in the hands Of the mayor.
THROW GLOVE TO CALHOUN
The paving OF California street be-
tween sixth and Twenty-third avenues
by the United Railroads was yesterday
ordered by the board. In a bill passed
20 print the works commission was di-
rected to proceed and TO charge the
cost TO the company. According TO its
franchise. expiring in December, 1911,
ihe company must keep the central
stretch of the roadway paved, and Gen
.raI Manager Black has declared the
company MOulu dUdIuOl AliC SCI ANS
over the blocks in dispute rather than
pave the street.
ANYTHING that can be done should be
done said Mayor Mccarthy in the
chair TO the board members yesterday
in reference TO the project for the city
TO cut down the Hayes street hill be
tween steiner and Scott streets. The
petitions Of Edward T. Marshall of the
Ifaves Valley and the West End clubs
and others that the city make this i'm
provcment viii be considered by the
Joint public utilities and street COM
mittecs.
AWARD FIGHT PERMIT
Tie White Rock athletic clubs APP
plication for an amateur boxing permit
brought out Supervisor Hergets eX-
pianation that that club is on the
same basis as the other clubs All
have been refused countenance by the
Pacific amateur athletic association,
but Herget and the mayor Joined in the
declaration that that association, de
spite the ordinance requiring its ap-
prOVal OF a clubs amateur" standing
was not running the matter" but that
the supervisors are. White Rock was
given the permit for February 2S.
Slot Machine Protest
Al 4 banquet Of the Young Mems
Christian association. held Friday
night at the Oxford hotel. the following
resolution was adopted by 50 represen-
tative professional and business men:
Resolved. that we. the citizens Of
san Francisco here assembled, in the
name of the Young Mems Christian as
sOciati0n 20 on record as being opposed
10 the Introduction Of slot machines in
san Francisco and earnestly request
our board Of supervisors 10 deny any
such proposition
The above and a number Of other
protests against the slot machines have
been filed with the board of supervisors.
The police committee viii have the
matter before it this afternoon
The board passed TO print bills per-
lnitting the use of wood lathing in
loft buildings up to 20 feet in height.
Supervisor Nelson stating that this had
the approval Of Fire Chief Shaughnessy;
granting the United Railroads permis-
sion 10 install feed wire conduits in
Lesvenworth and Mason streets be
tween Sutter and Post, TO do away with
the overhead high tension cables in
suffer street
Two More Feel AK
Two more time keepers were cast
adrift by the board Of public works
yesterday, and several appointments
nlled up most Of the gaps made by ak
work last week.
". N Spaulding and w. +. Boswell
were the men dismissed. Those given
Jobs were:
Vincent Bello. John Denahy and
frank Dsunet. time keepers: James K.
Murphy. inspector OF brick laying;
Charles Olivia, curb setter and John K
Reynolds. 3. Coyle, b. Kendrick and
John Dhue. stone cutters.
Discuss Tunnel Project
The mayor and II. H. Allen, president
Of the Downtown association, conferred
yesterday in regard to the proposed
tunnel advocated by the mayor to con
meet North Beach with Market street
They discussed the feasibility of tun-
neling stockton street between Bush
and California. with inclines of not
more than 3 per cent grade at either
end. The cost was estimated to be
about S25O.00O and the formation of an
assessment district was tentatively
mentioned. Allen viii bring the project
concretely before the association.