The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-06
WHAT THE CIVIC
LEAGUE HAS DONE
JDleRdid Achievements in Rehdbili-
tdtiR8 the City and Bringing
About Many Reforms

Macarthur and Andrew Gallagher spoke
was held under the auspices of the
civic league.
PLAN ASPHALT PLANT
The present municipality owned as
phalt plant was the suggestion of the
Civic league The city has been en-
abled to save thousands of dollars q
year through the operation of this plant
and to keep its streets in better con-
dition than ever before. It is said that
asphalt repair work can now be done
cheaper here than in any other city
in. the United States.
At the time of the sanitary crusade
here three years ago the league rem
dered vigorous assistance to the citi-
zens' health committee and the federal
government officials. 1t recommended
the tin can garbage ordinance. 1t is
also responsible for the two COW ordi-
nance and the milk inspection law, the
appropria tion for the armory in San
Francisco, the tenement house bill and
several other local and state laws. II
drafted and submitted the ordinance re
auiring teams to keep to the right OF
the street.
Its latest accomplishment has been
the passage of the meat inspection or
dinance. San Francisco now has a bet
ter meat inspection law than any other
city in the United States. In securing
the passage of this law the monopoly
of the Western meat company was
broken.
The ordinance as originally proposed
provided that there should be local in
spection of meats and that the meat OF
any other county that was inspected by
the federal authorities should be ad-
United to this county. AS the butchers
of the other counties could not afford
fereral inspection this would practic-
ally mean a monopoly for the Western
meat company
The ordinance was amended so as to
provide that the meat of counties hav-
ing the same meat inspection require
ments should be admitted to this
county. Since that time Marin county
and Alameda county have adopted sim
liar measures. San Mateo county meats
come from the Western meat company
which has federal inspection.
Another change suggested by the
league was the reinspection of meats
at any time and a provision for the in
spection Of slaughter houses and sau-
sage factories.
REFUTING LIBELS ON CITY
Another matter taken UP by the
Gus articles that are appearing in east
ern magazines in regard to San Fran
cisco. During the months of April
May and June of this year several
ridiculously false articles appeared in
eastern magazines. Pictures of former
Mayor Schmitz and the rat squad were
published. Deaths from bubonic plague
were declared to have occurred. The
city officials were declared to be sup
pressing these conditions The articles
were made to read not as If these were
the conditions that were imagined to
exist four years ago. but as if they
were the conditions actually existing
today.
The publicity committee of the league
undertook to correct these statements
and make clear to the eastern maya
zines what health and sanitary condi-
tions actually exist here.
The petitions of the Jordan Park
club for the removal of the cemeteries
has been referred to the committee on
ordinances and legislation. This COM
mittee is examining the law TO ascer-
tain whether the cemeteries can by or
dinance or legislation be compelled to
move outside the city limits. Burials
within the city limits are no longer
permitted. This was accomplished by
an ordinance that stood the tests of
the courts. The cemeteries occupy a
very large area in the very best part of
the residential district of the city.