The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 27, 1899, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 27 CORKSCREW FRANCHISE IS OFFERED FOR SALE The Valued Privilege Piaced on the Public Market. Supervisors Ignore the Captious Objections of Mayor Phelan and Grant the Appeal of Merchants for a Cross=Town Road. HE merchants and property | business men, workingmen and prop- owners of the northeastern and | erty owners,” he sa “want thig cross- outhern districts of the city | town railroad, and do not let us jeo- have at last won a victory, not- | pardize it by plling amendments upon vit nding the antagonism |it. Let us dispose of the crosstown persistent opposition of Mayor road and then 1 am in favor of the 1 n and Supervieor Byington. The ant-avenue loop and not before.” Aigeltinger, “‘the Mer- favor of this “But,” urged chants’ Associatfon is in irant-avenue spur.” Bupervisor offered for sale corkserew franchise, and on July 31. The ened M ay Company was nd I see no objection to it,” added t to use t over- | Mayor Ph who had undergone a | of electricity on its Post- | change of m 1. “Indeed, 1 see many | oth propositions were 3N 17" advanta “So do 1,” interjected Supervisor Hol- land. “I am ready to vote for it after we finish with the crosstown railroad.” “Since you are talking about amend: men interrupted Supervisor By- ington, “how about my amendment on the rail There had been a linger ing hope that Supervisor Byington was ¥ came from the Street the franchise for the loop enue and Bush street being st Mayor Phelan and ston offered objections but they were Mayor, who had been til the very 1 ervisor Byir 3 on and placing all | asleep, but he was awake and watch- responsibility upon that official's | ing. He was resenting what subse- | as forced to show his hand, | quently proved to be the Mayor's merchants, who | hobby. It was shown that the amend > did so th , made their plea no comment and o0 vote. The franchises »ard without his sanction. ment on flat r the Street Committee, Byington, with a pe a better cause, reintroduce worthy it upon the the Supervisors v warning suggestion of Mayor Pt vas Interesti from many | A vote was then taken on the amend- its view. As soon as the minutes ment offered by Supervisor Ai read the Mayor exer: to provide for the Grant avenue loop. The amendment lost, Supervisors Algeltinger, Attridge and Phelps alonc privilege in an nsibility of the g: wch an inglorious | voting for it. This kil proposi- ’ awell’s court. | tion beyond the possibility of revival, : 10 a thousand feet for a result that some members of the a illegal because it | beard did not realize until it had been t certain classes in accomplished. resoluti adopt- Consi ation of Byington amenc ¥ Supervisors had ment was next in order. There w I Mayor Phelan’s office | long discus: over flat rails, but the 1 The responsi- | arguments were precisely the same as v ; ination rested, e that had been advanced before T Street Committe on Thursday. H opportunity dent Dohrmann of the Merchants' ster ; emphatically ciation pleaded for the road. He < He declared that ged that the Mayor the Super- hs for the mistake permit an improvement, which H resolut did not | me a ne it The n and aid not nts, he said, are willing to accept k did come, | the terms of the railroad and only offi- 1 Jonsibility | ¢lal objection can block the building of a1 that as the | the road. Others spoke in the same | res ted in a hurry the in and urged the objectors to give T ability was inno- | WaY. Mayor Phelan had a score of objec- o 5 Mayor leaves | iOns to offer. He said that he could 1 srious condition | €€ NO Teason why the flat rails should o very interest. | DOt be used. He 1 heard no reason- P e :use why the railroad company s office of Mayor | Should not use such rails. He wanted 1 S o hear some practical objection to . mot e hat the It was pointed out to him that S Samer B e s are not objectionable. They & s it s e 1 by the AT® as good as those mow in use or i he from his offiee. More than | Market street, and the people who want his Honor handed it in person to | the Crosstown road are willing to. ac- r Perraglt to be introduced | CePt them. But the Mayor talked about | . of the board on April | Wheel flanges and other Interesting de- M : e The people of two great sections Stdeats ¢ transaction in | Of the city were thinking of the bene- fadinons detall of publle busi. | fit of a'new road, iThe Mayor said the 1dinous detail of public busl-| g, rags were in use in other cities | and the merchants reiterated that they want a road. The di the Mz »r had made his expla- of publie ttention jon continued for an hour and then a vote was taken on Bying- called for a con- |y ,.q amendment. The amendment w es out of order. | o gupervisors Byington, Heyer, s who have haunted | 15 ckmann and Perrault alone voting eet Committee Were | ro; ¢ The board then voted to offer They were deter-| n, franchise for sale. The fight had time not to be trapped bY | peen won and the Mayor's opposition bustering of the Mayor. They | paq- counted for nothing had found his Honor profuse In prom-! ppe Market-street Railway Company ax in performance, and they expected to be the only bidder, and themselves. Repre- view of that fact Mayor Phelan se- rs, merchants, | cyped from the corporation a material the Merchants’ | . neession. e T gressive ‘The franchise act of 1897 says ‘“no ht began, percentage shall be paid for the first rme from the *t | five years,” but thereafter at least smmittee were read, and then Super- | por cent shall be paid of the gross re- vigor Aigeltinger moved an amend- | ceipts. But the charter iwhich goes ment | into effect January 1 next says that at t the Grant-avenue and | jeast 3 per cent of the gross recelpts eet loop be included in ‘the | ghall be pald during the first five 3 rkscrew franchise. Supervisor At- |4 per cent for the next ten years and Ige immediately seconded the| per cent thereafter till the franchise dment expir Holland objected em-| The board could not, under the ex- pi ny changes, amendments | isting act of 1897, require any percent- v tions at that time. * age for the first five years, but the com- pany could, as they did, agree to bid more than the present law requires. Just before the meeting of the board the Mayor asked Attorney Jeremiah Burke and Agent Lynch of the Market- street Railway Company if they would respect the charter provisions if the franchise were granted and they finally | agreed to do so. The franchises are | only granted for the life of the con- re | necting franchises, so they will all ex- | d T ! pire together then a valuable 00 ca | property, with all their feeders. and be l The agreement which binds the Mar- number of people, merchants, | Tea If it’s you want — ket-street Railway Company to re- spect the provigions of the charter is | as follows: Try (ireat American [mporting Tea Cu's Have 100 Stores = That's Why Quality so Good | { Prices so Reasonable | STORES: 361 Market St., opp. Powell. Central Store. 140 Sixth St 705 Larkin St- 2510 Mission St. 1419 Polk St. 3006 Sixteenth St. 1819 Devisadero St. | Board of Supervisors, ! June 26, 1899, We agree that we will bid at least the minimum percentages of the gross re- ceipts as required by the new charter if the rkscrew’’ (so-called) franchise is offered for sale by the board under the provisions of the law of 187, as reported by the Committee on Streets. MARKET-STREET RAILWAY CO. Per H. H. Lynch, agent. This ends the long controversy over franchises. The city gains a benefit and the railroad retires p tless from a raid. To Abolish Commissions. At the meeting of the local passenger | agents to-day it will be proposed that the 5 S 21 Montgomer, - | custom of paying commissions to outside o et 18 Inird ot Y ®V | persons who bring business to the differ- 2 3Ath St~ 5385 MissionSt. | ent roads be abolished. It has been thé habit of brokers, hackmen, hotel run- ners and others whose vocations bring them in contact with the traveling public to divide their commission with the pur- chaser of the ticket, thus to all intents and purposes cutting the rates. —_———— Rag Time Hayes, the Pianist. At Kapp & Street, tamale Grotto; nightly. * 2008 Fillmore St. 506 Kearny St. 52 Market Street......Headquarters. OAKLAND STOR 5WashingtonSt. 1185 23d Ave. 7 Broadway. 616 E. Twelfth St. 1510 Seventh St. ALAMEDA—1335 Park St. SAN RAFAEL—B St., near Fourth. , | that FRAUD AND FRANCHISES BEFORE THE SUPERVISORS THOUSHADS DOLLS TOKILL | PLAGLE SPOT Dupont Street Pest Must Go. ! ! i SUPERVISORS PROMISE FUNDS S ELOQUENT APPEAL MADE FOR | MUNICIPAL AID. pos Provision Will Be Made for an Ap- propriation of One Hundred and Twenty-Five Thou- sand Dollars. e | The Supervisors have by a unanimous { vote promised to fnclude in the next tax levy an appropriation of $125,000 for the creation of a park on the site of the plague spot included between Dupent, St. Mary’s, California and Pine streets. This decision of the hoard represents a victory which has been won after four years of persistent agitation and endeavor. The crusade | was begun by the Paulist fathers and | was continued through the able assist- ance of all decent classes and creeds affected by the criminal evil. Rev. Dr. | Foute of Grace Episcopal Church be- | came an active and able coadjutor of | Father Otis, and together they have won triumph which means an im- T surable benefit to the ecity. In the promise now given the Super- visors will donate the stipulated sum, menced, rookeries will be removed and condemnation proceedings will be com- | FIRE DEPARTMENT GIVEN A SCORING Sensational Charges Made by Some Prominent Business Men. Contracts for Supplies Ignored and Heavy Purchases Made From a Favored Firm—Only 10 Per Cent of Hardware Bid Upon. N explosion occurred during the)ment for the months of April and May | meeting of the Board of Supervis-|amounted to only about $100, while Dun- ors yesterday, which, if the charges {x\;;n;-(‘arrig.«lg's bill amounted to $1890. | by s s ulzer would agree to furnish the same voer, Dade by reputable business men In | arijcie now, even at the advanced mar. | pen session are substantlated, promises | ket price, for $1000. and eald. he would | | to shake the Fire Department from cen- ter to circumference. The statement flatly charged that not | | “The assertion was boldly mada in writ- | OVer 10 per cent of the hardware used by | ing that the grossest fraud exists and has | (B¢ S tmentinEskeupplled hvioontract | existed for a long time—probably years—| cupposediy, but in reaiity way. purehased | In the purchasing of supplies for the Fire | exclusively’ of the Dunbam, Catrigan & | Department.. The assertion was denied en Company. by the heads of the department who were | The reading of this statement caused a present, to be sure, but not in a way that ") '“{P'! sensation among the members of carried conviction to the Supervisors, and ‘“‘."Iz’g;;f'i‘flfiniler‘mulr called upon Mr. | the matter will be given a thorough ven- o, Who was in attendance, to sub- tilation. stantiate it if he could. Mr. Wulzen | promptly replied that he had secured the It was charged that although the Fire figures relative to purchases for April and | Department is supposed to advertise for anything needed in the way of supplies May from the Auditor's books and they not more than 10 per cent of the articles were easy to verify, | actually needed, particularly in hardware, ‘m:xk-: a good profit on it. Perrault demanded to know responsible for these purchase: zen o who was | nd Wul- plied that he supposed Chief Sulli- | is actually enumerated in the bids, while n was. Wulzen went on to s that | % per cent is purchased in open market | some of the articles that had been award- | it prevalling market rates, and that one | €d to Snook & Co. last year had be oo G i G “ ot 3 epa 00 per cent | ::‘-T\l’dl patronage of this Fire Depart-|gpve the contract price. _]')unh:\r:\, Carri- | ent. : __|Ban & Hayden, he said, could afford | After disposing of the street railway | to give the articies bid on 'to the depart- | fenohi and other important matters | ment in return for the monopoly they en- | board settled down to routine busl- |Joyed. He reiterated. the assertion that | a park will be created. In setting aside | . and among other matters was the | Only 10 per cent of the supplles were | $125,000 for this purpose the Super-| passage to print of the bids for supplies }«u&:rv‘i‘mi_ by <‘“mrm‘§(' all lllmlrr t were | visors will not violate thel ledge. | for the Fire Department uas recommended | PO in open market and all went to | They will still be withi ; ]‘;'Ifi by committee. \When the bids came up the Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Com- €3 sti e within the dollar | ¢5r consideration by the committee last | Pany. A H limit. As Supervisor Perrault pointed | week it was shown that the proposals for | Mr. Wulzen xl‘mdur'r(;)a bill purporting | out at the me vesterday $80,000 | furnishing hardware in many instances | to gve pri ckarged by Dunham, Carii- ing yesterday $80,000 bre o sively high, varying from 60| £an & Hayden, among the items being | | alone will be saved in gas bills. Further provision will also be made to insure the money for the purpose for wh it is appropriated. The discussion of the proposed appro- priation was the first business of {m- portance transacted yesterday | meeting of the Board of Super | Supervi. Lackmann moved that the T $1 50 for a single door knob, when a whol lock could be bought for $1.25. Light T hinges, which had been awarded to Snook | to 200 per cent above present mark Moreover, suspicion was aroused | the bids of two comp above market ra .| for 2 cents each Wulzen asserted were were the same. ‘This particularly no- | purchased of Dunham-Carrigan for $1 20 able in small articles, for furnishing | each and there were many other exorbi- | | which they were the only bidde: Chief | tant charges given. Articles were con- | Sullivan_had quietly sent around to the | tracted for but were not supplied under various firms and obtained market price | contract or by the contractor. lists of the various articles bid upon nd Mr. Wulzen's statement read by his at- when the bids were read off a compari- | torney, together with the bill he quoted | son readily showed the discrepancy. | from,” were filed with Clerk Russell, and | rules be suspended and that he be per-| The two firms—J. A. Snook & Co. and | then Chief Sullivan called upon for mitted to introduce a resolution. Per-|J- F. Wulzen—were accused of collusion | an explanatfon. The Chlef denied that he = ¥ 50 for the purpose of raiding the treasury, | had any authority to purchase supplies | | mission was granted, and he moved the | and the committee determined to recom- requisition and said that rested en- adoption of a resolution providing that [ mend the on of bids for all articles | tirely ' with the heads of departments. | P00 he it g e Lonewhichy sion was attached, award- | Articles could be purchased without his 0 be set aside. In the next mxf ing contracts to the lowest bidder only [ knowledge. He thought the bids included | 1 for the condemnation and pur- | on such things were shown to be with- | about everything needed with a few | | chase of the land which is now the | in prevailing rates. |Fminoriexcentionsiamin jras positive that | et e *| The suspected merchants were pres % per cent was not omitted from the con- | plague spot of the central part of the | yosiergay, determined to clear themsclves | tracts i city. In moving the adoption of his | of the imputation of collusion and at the | Peter H, Fleming, clerk of the Corpora- | | resolution Supervisor Lackmann urged | Same time exploit certain conditions pr on Yard, was positive there had been | resolution Supervisor Lackmann urged | 05 W (1 Rire Department thut Tew | nothing wrong in the purchase of sup- | that r .ntatives of the St. Mar: e PR wereTaareior | plies for his department. He was of the Park Association be heard. | Several bids were passed to print, in- \-;"Il'gxl“f;;l\;gall }'\-‘1 nul;\dwf:re m\r{chased m 2 e Ohie e .| cluding that for hose, despite the pro- | 0pen market during April and May woul Rev. Father Otis then addressed the | {liding that fof, hose, despite the pro- et amount to more than $l0. Not more | Mayor and the Supervisors. The rev-| wnich claimed its bid was the same as | than 5 per cent of what he purchased | erend gentlemn ) 2 e long | that of the Bowers Rubber Company, to | Was outside of the contract. exend Erentiemanioutlined B e R OnE O e ihe oo ! “John W. Reilly, superintendent of en- ruggle that has been going on to rid | FRCh, Wi AWErCee e e » and machinery, admitted, after | the city of the Dupont-street plague. | Instantly there was a clamor for e ":‘ l’f‘"fl‘.lt'(‘- l‘hri\l e Se . d the evil as a criminal | nition from the waiting merchants. eded articles were omitted from the o e L d the evil as a eriminal | K58 J00 Cuspended in- order. to bids and had to be bought in open ma pest which has brought shame to the | {nem a hearing, and a represéntativ k 538 2 3 : : : ault moved that all bids for hard- | people of the city and is existing a . read a long statement, ot m”]‘" - e laat bt f-‘l '1; ce to morals and decenoy: e rd filed with the clerk | Ware be rejected and the matter referred | menace to morals and decency. Itis a Statemant drm:\l any | 1o the Merchants’ Association and the blotch upon the communityeand may be removed only by annihilation. | Fath Otis showed that th sentiment of the community 1 and nothing but success can end zgitatlon. ‘‘As long as these shack: | main,” he said, “there is nger of a | revival of the evil. As long our petty police courts do as they do, and I mean in particular Departments 2 and this district will be a menace to the city. 1 ask you to help us to destroy it. | We want from you $125,000 and we will secure the rest.” Rev. Dr. Foute followed in a brief address reiterating what Father Otis had said and pointing out the general public benefit which will follow the ondemnation and confiscation of the | land. i When the reverend gentleman had | coneluded Supervisor Aigeltinger spoke. | “I am not opposed to this resolution,” he said. “On the contrary I am in | favor of it, but I fear that we cannot | make such a large appropriation and moral aroused the re- as remain within our pledge of a dollar levy. I think that §100,000 would be suf- | ficient.” | Supervisor Perrault assured his asso- cfate that the Finance Committee of the board had considered the matter and was certain that the levy of $12 000 could be made and the pledge still { honored. Supervisor Phelps belleved the matter should be referred to | the Finance Committee, but his belief | was not shared by the other members | of the board. The resolution was put to a vote and was adopted unanimous- ly, even Phelps voting for it. So the Supervisors stand pledged to appropri- ate $125,000 for the park in the next tax levy. PERRAULT EXPOSES A PECULIAR CONDITION BIG DEFICIT IN FIRE AND PO- LICE TELEGRAPH FUND. | Thousands of Dollars Worth of Cable Purchased in Small Lots on Requisition. Supervisor Perrault handed up a nica little problem for the hoard to solve at yesterday's meeting. He stated that as chairman of the Finance Committee ne had a bill regarding which he wanted the advice of the entire board. Dr. Perrault explained that Superin- tendent Hewitt of the Fire Alarm and Police Telegraph had been authorized to spend $20,000 for an underground circuit. | This had all been spent and there were now in his hands bills for cable amount- ing to $8227 30, which, if ordered paid, would make a deficiency of $8249 16. The cable instead of being advertised for and purchased by contract had all been hought by requisition in small lots to keep within the law. The Supervisor regarded this as a remarkable proceeding, but as the cable had been delivered unless tne board created a deficiency by ordering its payment the firm from ‘@hich it was purchased would have to suffer. None of the Supervisors had any ad- vice to offér Dr. Perrault as to what he should do and it was finally decided to turn the bills over to the Fire Depart- ment Committee for investigation. Supervisor Holland offered a resolution granting Bateman Brothers an extension of sixty days on their contract for build- ing the Hall of Justice on condition that board’s expert to prepare a new sched- | with | ule. Byington objected to delegating the | Wulzen or anybody {ted the fact that the bids we els der on eighty-one items and the fire com- | he s brought up with a turn by Per- | s attention to the great difference be- an amendment to his motion rejecting all | een his figures and those of Dunham, | bids. Sarrigan & Co. he replied that if the | The Mayor said that certain contracts | Fire Department would agree to purchase | for Suppil 1 been passed to print al- | all the hardware supplies not called for | in the bids from his firm at market rates he would willingly furnish the articles he ready, and Perrault moved that a re | lution' be prepared rescinding such action. | villi i Mayor Phelan said the vote would have had been awarded free of c to be reconsidered, and Collins moved Attorney T. D. Riordan, who represent- | that it be reco lered at once. It was ed J. I°. ‘Wuizen, was next permitted to | ruled out and Collins appealed from the address the board. He, t0o, had a writ-| gecision of the chair. ten statement, the ri what caused the e ro mincing of words ading of which xplosion. There A8 |~ Perrault insisted that the resolution | Clerk ~Russell had prepared, cinding | or concealment of | the vote, be acted upon, and finally names, and flgures were quoted to sub- | Mayor backed down. from. his "p(lqu‘u'n‘;f stantiate the charges. saying it could be rescinded, as the Beginning with a sweeping denial of the | swards had only been pa: to print, charge of collusion and showing how such | The resolution rescinded the action pass- would be impossible, it accused the print such awards as ing to had been acted upon, rejected all bids and referred the matter to the Merchants’ Association | and the pert. It was adopted, but later the board declded to award such con- tracts as were in reason and not dis puted and reject all the bids for hard- ware and hose. There will be an investigation now and some startling disclosures are likely. heads of the Fire Department of purch. ing all of the suppli for hardware not called for in the bids nd even much that had been awarded to other firms, to the Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden Company. In proof of this assertion the statement recited that although Wulzen had been awarded the contract for many articles last year, his bill against the Fire Depart- L e e R I SRCES SF DS S they execute an order for $5000 which they shail forfelt If the building is not com- pleted by September 1. The contractors also agree to allow the furnishing con- tractors free access to the building from now on so that the structure will be ready for occupancy on that date. Collins offered a resolution provid 18 hereby empowered and requested to use on and after July 1, 159, the moneys col- lected by the Asgessor as and for personal property taxes for the payment of sal- aries; also for goods, wares, and labor supplied the city and county dur- ing the fiscal year commencing July 1, 189, and on the fixing of the tax levy and the collection of taxes merchandise that managers and stockholders of cours- | the collection of taxes” to apportion the ing parks shall be permitted to receiv accounts and to transfer from the monevs bets and wagers and sell auction pools on | Cillacted for city and counts purpome ine coursing matches in this city and county | amount due as State moneve, : This will open the sixty days in the year. Further resolved, That the attention of parks every Sunday and on holidays the Auditor and Treasurer be and is here- throughout the year. There {s likely 10| by called to the provisions of this resolu- be a lively fight when the resolution tion. comes up for final passage. The proposals called for recently for hy- drants, bends, gates and forgings for the fire department were rejected because of A resolution was adopted requesting th Market Street Railway Com 5 nr: to the board the kind of gua on its electric ds used e 4 5 o s, and whether any of the | heir excessive figures. The Chief En- | e e any of the | ber Wae authorized to manufacture | GUArds prescribed by Order No. 6 have | them instead. e Dot o aeed. | Treasurer was authorized to pay | $IST7 10 out of the general ik e State for the care and ntenance of pu- | pils at Whittier; also $24.600 97 out of the | street light fund for lighting public streets | and buildings for June, PETITIONS RF VED. The following petitions were referred to the Street Committee: The Spring Valley Water Company was requested to lay water mains and hy- drants along Q street South, between Fif- teenth and ¥ighteenth avenues South. The San Francisco Gas Company was ordered to move a lamp post at 1373 Eddy street. The Tax Collector was authorized to spend $1500 during the month of July. fund to | | A resolution introduced by Perrault | vis, for permission to remove. tw, allowing the Tax Collector $150) a month | from the northeast comer of Bacific o to the end of the year to conduct his of- | and Laguna strest to Broadway, between I fice. Tax Collector Sheehan asked for |guna and Octavia: Samuel Hyman, for per 32500 a_month. The Treasurer was empowered to trans- fer from the coupon account of the City Hall construction bonds to the sinking fund for the redemption of those bonds $1201 28 after the amount for the redemp- tion of the bonds and the account has been met and provided for. The following order was adopted: Whereas, In the collection of personal property taxes by the Assessor amounting at this time to about $497,348 22, it {s deemed proper and_expedient, as no appor- tionment can be made until the time of fixing the tax le: on the third Monday in September, 1899, to empower the Treasurer to use the moneys so collected by the As- sessor as and for personal property taxes on and after July 1, 1899, for the payment of salaries; also for goods, wares, merchan- dige and labor supplied the city and county during the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1899; and ~n the fixing of the levy and the collection of taxes to apportion the amount received to the several funds and accounts and transfer from the moneys collected for city and county purposes the amount due as State moneys; therefore, Resolved, That the Treasurer be and he mission to erect pole with electric light sig: at 104 Powell street: Ocean View and fl\p:h\:-l\):l‘: Assoclation, - for extension of the its to county line; Van Ness Avenue mprovement Club, for provieion in next {ax levy for better lighting of Van Ness avenue, Filbert and North Point streets and of Lom: bard street, between Van Ness avenua and Lyon street; J. B. Arramblde, for permission to construct small projecting window in front of premises on -east side of Jones street, be- tween Jackson and Washington; E. J. Sanoutte, for permission to maintain an old horse car o northwest corner of Hyde and Beach street: thirteen Chinese associations, for permission to maintain wire screens at windows and sky- lights of their respective premises: John Craig, for favorable consideration of his fender for street cars; San Francisco Bridge Company, for extension of ten days on contract for ex cavating, piling and pumping for erection ef an_engine ho «n Bluxome street, near Fourth; G. W. McG w1 r a license to solfcit street work; Droperty owners, to raise grade at Twenty-ninth street and Tiffany avenue; George Metcalfe, for permission to maintain a barber pole in front of 440 Geary street; J. Warren, for . permission tq blast out a con- crete engine and boller bed on vacant lot bounded by Fremont, Beale, Howard and Fol- a period of two years; that the market | POWer of the board to the Merch: PROTESTS RECEIVED, [ 2 San constantly advancing and was licery | Association, but Perrault called his F The - following vrotests were received and | E’\TRAU,ED to advance much higher, which fact had | tention to the street sweeping contract, | reterred to the proper committees: Property | WITHOUT to be taken into consideration; that on [ Which was given over to the Merchan owners, against laying of artificial stone side- | WL some articles called for the cost of ad- | Association. . S bacific avenue, between Franklin | S iar s astuolls abreth et Collins asked if the board under the | st 71 Van Nuss avenue: same, against | tal value of such articles supplied to the | terms of the proposal could reject part of | paving balance between Jackson and o department. | the bids. fireets with bitumen: same, against extension Supervisor Byington questioned the gen- | Mayor Phelan proceeded to read one | of pound limits to Ocean View: same. agaiiet tleman at considerable length. The latter | portion of the proposal and construed it | establishment of Chinese FOSPIEE 08 (PG stated that his firm was the 1o bid- | as being against Collins’ contention, when | IS ST 1500 “street from Eighteenth | 3 mittee had recommended the award of |rault, who reminded him that it was his | sidewalks on Grove street, between but five items. If the committee’s recom- | duty to preside over the board and not | i Fillmore; Rosa Rosenfeld, against | mendation was adopted he would ask |to argue on any matter up for considera- | jaying of artificial stone sidewalks on east leave to withdraw his bid. He sald tae|tion. The Mayor then rcad the last| N: Spruce street, between Sacramento and | department did not advertise for any- |clause of the award, which expressly | 2 property owners, against raising SEE OUR NEW where near all the hardware supplics it | stated that the hoard reserved the right Castro streel_at Fifteenth and the | required and when Mr. Byington called | to reject all bids, and Perrault accepted terminus of Fitteentll street: 38pc | gone Into effect. The art of embroidery antedates that of paint- ing. Moses and Homer In olden times it was the chief occu- To-day Germany manufacture speak of it. pation of all classes of women. and Switzerland lead the world in of white embroidery, but the United States is fast developing the industry. Most embroids pur- chased by Hale’s California stores is manufactured in St. Gall, Switzerland. An embroidery clean-up. 2700 ya A Quick Sale of Embroideri out this week. Been accumulating the f Broken lines must go. Some are slightly soiled used for window displays ; some for interior de he lots will be sold as f; are in perfect condition. vard vard 200 yards of skirt flouncing, $1 d $2 v 300 yards swiss flouncing, $1 1 R YAVAVA VAV VAV VAV VAV VAV 200 yards openwork flour cing vard 500 yards openwork embroidery, 3 to 6 inc ard 600 yards op-nwork embroidery, 2 to 3 inches vard 900 yards of white and colored embroidery rard © Ruffling—200 ya in black, w in Fancy A Rustling Clean-up Fancy silk crepe and from 2 to 3 Shirt waists and wash goods. Yards of W cut to close hemmed, ready-to ase heavy, Curtain Swiss in stripes six patterns Reduction in Shirt Wais ment of colors, and a bro this week. These sald fect fit. Perhaps your i Shirt Waists—160 high-gra clean-up tables; a chof for your size; vou find it, An icecream freezer. Tce Cream Freezers—It's re: herd's lightning ice cream free a third of the work; quicker, t eshing t s, with two-quart WU\~ ANASNS S NANNNNANNANANSNS S INANNN Combination Pockethook—F books. We have seen them not Inside card case and outside poc appearance. We u San Francisco’s 935.947 Market Street. Mail-order house. I~NNNAANANAANNN NN % 3. D. Davidson, for permission to is name from protest against la DSal stone sidewalks on Eighteen property cwn- ain in Filbe Kast & Co som street withdraw h ing of artificial s ' street, between Church and No ers, for laying of & water 1 reet, between Baker and Lyon: & Co., | :r(rr ermiselon to make alterations ‘f"x;w;ar’!.vvm“ t 740 Market street; Dennison Con in | &ompany, for permission to grade, macadamiz c., north of L street, between Ninth by private contract NO PAIN. O PAIN PER CE! DISCOU nd Tenth avenues, against laying of artifi- C. Casa: FLESH-COLORED PLATES THINNER AND STRONGER THAN RUBBER inst the construction of cesspools and cul- | Verts In the crossing of Baker and Bay and Baker and Francisco streets; Lake View Im-| provement Club, against the extension of the hound limits to Lake jew and Ocean View: D e Club, against the granting of any irw || Crowns $3.50. Plates $5. Flilling 50c. franchises until the new charter shall !\.ne‘ ALL WORK WARRANTED. CHICAGO DENTAL PARLORS, 24 SIXTH ST., COR. STEVENSON. COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED. The following communications were recom- | mended referred to the proper committees: | California Associated Cycling Clubs, re mending Berlin rails for all street rallway — — tracks: Draymen and Teamsters' Union, in- B 3 dorsing same. S'l k n FINAL ACCEPTANCE OF STREET WORK I'Ol'lg KIS ea street work Spruce street, b bitumen; Twent and Florid Resolutions of full acceptance o ed as_follows: v and Washington, between Alabama bitumen; same between Bryant and York; same between Harrison and Alabema; same be- | tween Hampshire street and Potrero avenue; | game hetween Florida and Bryant streets: game between York and Hampshire: crossings of Twenty-third and Hampshire, Florida, York and Harrison streets: Walter, between Thir- teenth and Fourteenth, bitumen. PRIVATE CONTRACTS Resolutions wera passed granting Manuel I. Pires permission to grade, sewer, macadamize and curb East avenue, between Andover and Holly Park avenue by private contract. Flinn & Treacy were granted permission to con- struct an eieht-inch ironstone pipe er in Vermont street, between Seventeenth and Marl- L = DR. CHARCOT'S TONIC TABLETS osa streets, alfo for paving with bitumen and | Tasing grahite curbs, York street, between | arethe only posttiv teed remedy for the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth, by private | DrinkHabit, Nerv elancholy caused contract. | by strong drink. = CORK = | W ) FOUR BOXES STREET WORK ORDERED. | tocureany case witha positive written guar- Resolutions ordering street work were passed | antes or refund the aud to destroy tho as follows: Granite curbs and artificial stone | appetite for intoxicating 11 walks on northerly side of Eighteenth 'YHE TABLETS CAN BE GIVEN WiTHOUT between Dolores and Church, from S r E A TITn rthivesterly corner “of Dolores and Eight- KNG"LH’G&,E;,.;K:&.I“:' ;;ovpr'v ey o et e ier vepavea | STRONG DRINK 86" Beash: “pon receict with bitumen excent that portion require AR10.00 0 Wil ) boxes and poit o written pur 7. h GEORGRE DAHLBENDER & CO., Sole Agts.. 214 Kearny st., San Frascisoo. be kept in order by the street railway compa- | nies. | FINAL ACTION TAK Resolutions were finally passed Reducing width of walks on street from fifteen to ten feet McHugh permission to grade. mac westerly half of Twenty-fifth. a Point Lobos avenue an vate contgget: granting Company mission to D between Buchanan and Webster streets. follows: Bosworth Peter HoTEL EMPIRE | BROADWAY (formerly Boulevard) And 63d STREET, NEW YORK CITY. hity men. by private contract; ramllnzl|‘vt'rm on | e ol Diener Lo move & Ddme feom | pURNIS A BEAUTIFUL AND R eAllistari between Hakerand Lyon: . HOMELIK? MANNER. RESOLUTIONS OF INTENTION. | NOTED FOR THE EXCELLENCE \Resoiutlonsasiaing: (e Intention of S| 1 OF" ¥PS CUISINE | AND o SERVICE. Granite curb and artificial stone sidewalks on Bt St Wineny from e et | ACCESSIBLE MODERN O DOlEes 1 5 be pauea Wit FIREP ROOF. pt that part required to b in_order railroad comvany: stone sidewalk on southerly side of street. between Dupont and Stockton, w! o Already 1aid and except where bituminous rock sidewalks are laid; ten-inch fronstone pipe With three manholes and covers in Chapulte- pec street, between Eugenia and Virginia ave- | ous rock ex | . An extensive library of choice literaturs has ‘ st been added. ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS EVERY EVENING. Delightfuily and Conveniently Located, within ten minutes of the Amusement and Shopplog nues to connect with SewTr Xr; :\_‘;;;’;‘rmn\r-]v- Centers. nue: tencinch lronstene miope: stect ani | RATES MODERATE. I (welve.inch ironstone pipe ; Eugenin aven N westerly portions and | American and Europcan Plans. Siehicinch ironstone pipe sewer n southerly | write for our book, “The sl portion, with manhole and cover in center of Faid crossing: also cesspools and culverts in northeasterly and southeasterly corners of satd crossing. and other parti W. JOHNSON QUINH, Pro rictor, Weekly Gall, $1.00 per Vear —_—e————— Celebrate the Fourth with California fireworks. Buy direct from makers. Cali- fornia Fireworks Co., 219 Front st. . % 4 r - )