HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1927-10-17REGULAR ~EETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH
OCTOBER l?TH,1927.
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of.South San Francisco was held in the
City Hall Monday evening, October 17th,1927.
The meeting was called to order at 7;50 o'clock p.m. by Councilman A.J.Eschelbach, Mayor of
South San Francisco.
Roll Call.
Roll call found all the members of the council present, to-wit;-
..... · R.Tibbetts, A.J Eschel!?ach.
Councilmen A.Hynding, R.Lloyd, ~,,I.M~nucciani, .
The minutes of the ~revious meeting were read. There bein~ no errors or omissions Councilman
_,. ~ ~,~nucciani and regularly
~-~ Tibbetts moved they be sdopted as read. T~e motion was seconded by ~ouncilman ~'
carried.
A reply from the City of Berkeley was received concerning the city's request for a copy of their
ordinance covering the burning of grass on vacant lots. Uhe rep~y state~ the City of Berkeley has no
ordinance covering the subject, but does tke worz of burning off the grass under State Act.f,~S197 of
the State of California. The cit~ attorney was ~n~ ~ructed to prepare ~'roceedings nez% year in time
to begin ti~e u~ork.
Chief Belloni received a conmmnication from the California £tate Automobile Association concerni
the ere,~tion of s'~o~,.,_ signals at railroad .~,~rade crossin~s~ . The Assocation states that there is no law i
~-~ California com~ellin~_ motoriste to sto~ at railroad ,~ra~e crossings, git attorney, s, Coleberd stated he
would investigate ti~e matter.
The report o~ Ci't~/ Treasurer Xauffmann for the month ending Se~.tember ~Oth,1927, wss read and ac
d. The second application of Antone Veroni for a pool room license was denied unanimously by the co~
Mr.~'".Lister ~.~.~'~-~eared before the board and requested ~ '
~ermms~,ion to r~m a shootinf~ gallery in the
city. iieferred to ti~e police commission.
The matter of in{'urance on the city Do~ge car was left unsettled. City attorney Coleberd state
he was inquiring into the case of ~.~a_',nucci, whose car ~,~.~'~ o struck ~,., tke c~t~, .~, fire truck, and who
has so far been unable to recover damages fron the insurance conpany.
Co~mcilman liynding re?'~orted to Ike Co~kncil that first uniforms and cull'it should be purchased
by the city for the cits. firemen,after which they should furnish 'their own outfit, S.F.re?~ulation tyl~e
T,'~e recommendation was ~::ell met by the Council. Accordin ~ly Councilman Lloyd moved that the outfits be
~.urchased, by the chairman of the ,~urchasin!7 committee. The motion waa seconde~ by Councilman ~',"nucc~'an
and regularly carried.
~ayor Eschelbach stated Contractor ~tickle would prepare plans and srecifications for the new
fire house, would furnish the same free to :~he city if awarded the contract after bidding, and if not
successful bidder woul8 charge the city a r,:~asonable fi~!.~ure for the plans and specifications. This of~
was satis£actory to tke council.
Councilman Lloyd stated great dsnger exists at the Southern Pacific railroad grade cros~ing at
and ~wift avenues. That the filling between the tracks should extend the £ull width of the s~reet and
between all the tracks. The clerk was instructed to v:ri~e the railroad company and re~uest that the
improvement be made a~ the ear~iest convenience.
Jules Ferre stated he was unable to secure a~ sewer passage at Linden Avenue Extension and San
bruno Road on account of !he STrinj Valley ¥;ater Co' pipe ~.~ in ds~!meter being on the sev:er leve~
~an,~rmno Road under the
~..~ ~'ermiss~on was granted to run a ~'e,.'.er acros~ .~inden ~.venue on the west side of
sumervision of Councilman Tibbetts.
Councilman H~mding reverted that Fire Chief ~[ur?hy was in town recently and wished to know the
distance in miles and time from South San Francisco to the i,~i]ls Air ?crt, a:d also wished to know ii'
the City oi' ' outh San Francisco could give aJ~d in case o±' i'ire at the ~ort. The clerk %~'as instructed t
write the fire chief givin~ the distance and run~:~ing time to the ?crt, and also state that the city
of Oouth~. San Francisco is willin? to do its best with the limited a~,~arat~s~ . on hand,ere, and when more
equipment arrives the city would be in a position to co-operate effectively.
aiayor Escnelbach re orted that Lir. Kordos of the Metal & Thermit Cor~'-oration is desirous of
knowin~:r when he can secure the use Of the Ball 'L '~ ~
..... ~ro~nc,~s for his men. The ~erby Club
the use of the ball gromads Sunday afternoons. The matter v,~ss referred to Oomncilman Tibbetts, in ¢haz
of tLe grounds. Comucilman Tibbetts stated he r~ould tak~ the matter und,~r ~dvisement.
Councilman Hynding recommended :hat a _e~. ~usrd raj: ~o laced along Industrial .ay for the
protection of the public. An estimate of the cos% was ordered - · procured and furr, ished the co~mnc
at the ne:~t meeting. The painting7 of the city hall was nezt discussed, & t~e cit>~ attorney requeste~to
specifi~ations.5[r. Nickoulou?olos of the Superior ~team ~u~dry requested permiss-;on to raise and stucco his
la~mdry building, and also to :~ove the sa~e so~e distance. He was instructed bu Mayor Eschelbach to
make his request in writing, givin~ beC%er snd more details of the work desired to be done.
The ,follow~.n!~ claims against the city were next presented for pavement:-
P.C .Gould
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Superior ~team Laundry
E.E.Brawn
The Enterprise
Seagrave Corporation
Pac. Tel & Tel Co.,
Arndt's Dept Store
F. C .Murray
San I~'~ateo Ce.Title Co.,
Underwood t.~;qoewriter rental
Chas. Bollazzi
L.Devincenzi
So.S.F.Furniture Co
?rice's Furniture Co.,
So.Cit: LL~r & Supply C~
labor on streets
Hall, Road li~hts & ~ower Sept
street lights
hal:L e:.:it lights
v~ sh July Aug. £ept
materials
Ad. Under',",sss Edition
notice to ~axyayers
~t%l~O & ~ose Car
city phones SeTt
blankets etc
compto~eter rents] one month
transfers S e',:~t
rental one month
ma ter ials
material for bal] park
7-5/A b~eds etc
chairs & Rugs
materials bali park
Total
15.75
48.48
Sep$ ~,~ 595.18
q . 76
lll. 25
~, 25.00
"~ 12. O0
~i)12750. O0
~ 44.61
~'~ 100 l0
.~f ·
1.50
Ii 7.0 ~J
12.50
',~ 44.50
~' 174 50
76.20
95.90~
213.6o
claims ~resented continued;
. · ~7 Su~oplv Co.,
So Czt~ Lbr. & _ ~
Cal. Law Boo~ Ex
A.C.Johnson
Flink's servi~e sta
A.Vannucci
C.Landucci
J.Welc~
Fred J.Lautze
Service Oar & Eachine Sho'
Fre~ Brown
Olinto ~iancchini
D.V.Sullivan
E.Ryan
Carlo Rostoni
Joe Dancak
0.EcConajhy
John Figone
Amc:mt carried,~lA,21J.6Z
msterials, fire house ~ 5.75
" ball gr o'~,mds~: 54.68
,, " " " ,, ,, ,, ,, o 24.49
" " " " " " " "~ ~ ~1.06
" " " " " " 2tr. Dept
13.78
State of Cal. State Com?'n I:~,~s Fund ins, city employees~w 557.8~
Patrick & Co rate stamp
Chs, Guidi sheets ? Pillows ~ Ag.00
Fred J.Lautze tires 7 tubes 1! 75.~0
Mrs. Beryl Menzie ~ services ss matrom t~ 15.00
Morton Chevrolet Co labor & Parts ~w 3.70
gasoline grease etc ~ 9.65
Crocker First National Sank assi,jne~, claim Gordin Rowe
auditing July to Sept ~'~ 75.00
~ codes Oalif. ~ lO.00
painting hydrants
gasoline fire de~t ~ 9.00
~ ' 7.56
" police dept~, ~,~ 4.20
" " ~ 7.70
m~iform officer Bildhauer 65.00
killing 16 dogs 2eDt ~ 16.00
hauling still to fire ho~¢ lO.00
' ~' 11 40
gasoline police dept ,,, .
labor or, streets & ~ewer~,? 112.25
grading, etc ~.,:, 56.00
clerical labor ~ 56.25
" " . ~ii:~ 56.25
labor on civic centere~c~ 81.00
labor on streets ~' 18.00
,, ,, .50
cleanin~ hall. windows ~ 20. O0
Southern Pacific Co., privilege main 36" sSwer under o,~tler~: 5.00
Conor's ~araoe bal.due Aug 15th v 5.50
J.W.Cole:,erd expenses to 1926 and 1927 main conventions 61.29
TotalS15,77V.51
The claims having been audited by the finance committee Co~zncilman H~-nding moved they be paid.
The motion was seconded by Councilman Lloyd and regularly carried.
There being no further business Cour, cilman H[,mdin~[ moved to adjo::~rn ~mtil Eednesday evening,
October 19th,1927, at 7 o'clock p.m. The motic, n was seconded by Councilman Tibbetts and regularly
carried.
Time of sdjournment, 9;45 o'clocR p.m.
Mayor o~f oouth San Francisco
Respectfully submitted,
cler