The San Francisco call., 1910-11-15
PHlLADELpH FIRM
Will PRINT BONDS
Hetch Hetchy Issue Goes to My
sell=RoIIins, Agents, for
Sl6,33l.25

The s45,000,0o0 Hetch Hetchy bond
issue will be printed by the Security
bank note company of Philadelphia
Yesterday the supervisors, on the minor
ity report of Murdoch, awarded the con-
tract to the firms local representa-
tives, the Mysell-Rollins company, for
s16,331.25.
The majority report of Minehan and
Walsh that the job go to the H. S.
Crocker company, representing the Re
public bank note company of Pittsburg.
for s19.703.13, was rejected. Their
plea had been that the Philadel-
phia house was nonunion. Myself
Rollins submitted a protest that the
Pfttsburg concern was, according to a
telegram from President Gompers of
the national federation of labor, unfair
to labor, and, further, that If given the
contract their own house would print
the bonds under fair conditions.
c. w. Radebold, speaking for the allied
printing trades, alluded to the Philadel-
phia house as the Otis of the east"
but the members, holding that none of
the eastern concerns was irreproach-
able. decided to follow the charter man
date of award to the lowest responsible
bidder and by vote of 10 to sup
torted Murdock's resolution.
ODowd, Pugh, Healy and Nelson
went down with Minehan and Walsh.
FAVOR LOCAL FIRM
Just by way of contrast, the board
then voted to give the Rulofson metal
window works the contract for putin &
metal cases in the auditors Office at
$1,000, the bid of Brown & Power bein g
s1,147, representing an eastern house.
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to the local firm.
The North Beach Thanksgiving car
nival association was given permission
to use Filbert street for booths and
stands to conduct q three day celebra-
tion November 24-26, and the city will
furnish flags and poles to aid in the
decoration of Washington square and
the adjacent streets.
The protests of 80 property owners
near the block were needed when the
Bothin real estate company's applica-
tion for a garage permit in Broadway
west of Larkin street came up.
Nelson, however, gave notice of a
motion to reconsider the rejection of
the permit at next weeks meeting.
A license fee of SIS and $40 was i'm
posed on automobile trucks of one and
two tons capacity respectively.
The Shasta athletic clubs application
for a professional boxing permit in
November was referred to the police
committee.
The Sunset women's Improvement
clubs protest against any permission
for automobile tryouts in Lincoln way
and Nineteenth avenue was sent to the
street committee.
Mayor Mccarthy appointed Super
visors Hayden, Healy, Bancroft and
Walsh to represent the city at tn.
municipal convention in San Diego, and
the board voted $500 for their expenses.
CANVASS THE VOTE
The election commission began yes
terday the official canvass of the vote at
last Tuesdays election. No changes of
any Importance were noted in the re-
turns
1t was stated at the mayors Office
yesterday that in accordance with a
decision of the supreme court ali
municipal offices will be kept open for
business today, the charter amendment
election not constituting it a legal
holiday.
City Attorney Long informed the po-
lice commission yesterday that it could
not create an eleventh captaincy in the
department on the theory that the as
signment of a captain to the command
of the detectives left vacancy in the
ranks. He pointed out that upon the
mayors recommendation IA supervisors
might create the position and the COM
mission fill 1t. Lieutenant Patrick
Shea had been picked for the advance
ment