The San Francisco call., 1910-02-01
BOARD PREPARES
RAILROAD BONDS
Supervisors Unanimously Pass
Bill Providing for Geary
Street Car Line
Preliminary Steps for Sale OF
Securities Will Be Taken
Immediately

4 bill providing for the issuance and
redemption of 5000, 900 worth of bonds
for the construction of the municipal
Geary road was unanimously passed 10
print yesterday by the board of super
A-isors. In the absence OF the mayor
and with Supervisor Kelly, chairman of
the finance committee. in the chair, the
NTH and fnal ordinance of the series
required by the charter was acted upon
afirmatively, all the labor union super
visors uniting with Supervisors Ban
croft and Hooks of the old board and
Cutten and Harris of the republican
minority in its approval
Supervisor Hayden alone was absent
No date was set for receiving bids
preliminary TO the sale OF any portion
Of the bonds. The supervisors VIII
have TO confer with the board of works
and the city engineer in regard to
working plans, and according to prece-
dent viii confer with different bond
buyers in regard to fixing the date for
the sale of the bonds.
ELECTION RESULT ANNOUNCED
The board also formally announced
the results of the water bond election
Of December so. An ordinance was
unanimously passed TO print setting
forth that at the election the people
authorized a bond issue of S45.o00,00O
for the Lake Eleanor and Toulumne
river water supply system, including
complete transmission and distribution
system, and that the authorization for
the purchase Of the entire Spring VAL
lev plant failed Of receiving the neces-
sary two-thirds vote.
The public utilities committee gave
= general invitation to board members
10 ioin in an excursion down Market
street from Fifth TO the ferry this
morning at 10 o'clock. al the instance
Of the United Railroads in a car
equipped with a fender of the San
Mateo" type The railroads purpose
IS 10 show that the forward reaching
fender will interfere at turns and at
the ferry loop with foot passenger
traffic TO a dangerous extent. and that
the board should relieve the company
Of the expense and necessity of in
stalling the new lifeguards on all its
cars.
WILL NOT APPEAL LIQUOR CASE
The board refused to prosecute an
appeal from Judge Seawelrs decision
that the ordinance requiring dance
halls TO have a special liquor license
was Illegal: included false calls for
an ambulance in the acts penalized in
false fire alarms and patrol wagon
calls. and notified all the municipal de-
partments to submit their estimates for
supplies and stationery during the next
fiscal year by March !.
Supervisor Bancroft reported to the
board that a bonus had been promised
Dyer brothers as we'll as penalty
eNacted of $50 per day in the terms of
their contract TO build the hall of jus
tice. This removes a legal obstacle
hinted at by Mayor Mccarthy at a
former session against collecting the
fine which the firm has incurred by its
delay in completing the job. which
Bancroft, said was the worst negligence
known to him in the course of munich
pal contracting.
The board awarded amateur boxing
permits TO the South Side club for
February 4: Pacific club. February H.
and the West End club February 49,
The board adjourned to meet tonight
At 8 o'clock TO take up the water rates
investig cation
Manson Appraises Water Plant
City Engineer Marsden Manson has
computed the value Of the Spring VAL
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