All decisions
37 Board decisions about Western Union Telegraph, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Western Union Telegraph Company's request for more time to ground overhead wires was referred to the Electricity Committee.
- Western Union allowed to dig across Market Street for a conduit
- Board urges Congress to acquire telegraph and telephone systems for a federal network serving local and interstate communication.
- Finance Committee's city payments totalling $239,560.61 were presented and approved, along with several urgent necessity bills.
- Payment of $35.20 to Western Union Telegraph Company for telegrams was approved.
- Finance Committee recommended paying $226,864.11 in city bills, including $94.89 to Spring Valley Water Co. for public troughs. linked by the name only, not checked
- Three small payments, to Spring Valley Water, Western Union and Mrs. Dorris Moore, were laid over one week.
- Urgent payments approved for Marina Airport rentals to four people and official telegrams to Western Union.
- Urgent payments of $109.80 to Spring Valley Water Co. and $8.26 to Western Union Telegraph Co. were approved. linked by the name only, not checked
- Board approved $308,059.46 in city demands, including telegrams and water for public troughs. linked by the name only, not checked
- Board approved a $30.07 payment to Western Union Telegraph Co. for telegrams. linked by the name only, not checked
- Board approved a $25.40 payment to Western Union Telegraph Company for official telegrams.
- Board approved urgent payments of $69.47 to Western Union, $89.22 to Spring Valley Water Co., and $89.27 to Sabina Churchill.
- Finance Committee demands totaling $237,474.70, including small payments to Spring Valley Water and telephone and telegraph companies, were approved.
- Four urgent claims were approved for payment, covering water, a telegram, insurance and typewriter tables for the Recorder. linked by the name only, not checked
- The Board approved three small urgent payments: water for public troughs, insurance, and official telegrams, totaling about $191.
- Finance Committee recommended paying $39,226.12 in miscellaneous demands, including Spring Valley Water's $112.02 for public troughs.
- Urgent payments of $105.28 to Spring Valley Water Company and $4.48 to Western Union were approved.
- Board allowed $44,094.77 in miscellaneous city bills, including telegrams, water and a City Hall directory.
- Board approved a $2.33 payment to Western Union Telegraph Company for telegrams. linked by the name only, not checked
- Western Union Telegraph Co. was paid $8.71 for official telegrams under an urgent necessity vote.
- The Finance Committee's miscellaneous demands of $45,574.21 were allowed and ordered paid, including water and telegram bills.
- Urgent payments of $13.31 to Western Union and $81.37 to Spring Valley Water Co. authorized.
- Western Union Telegraph Company's $4.21 bill for official telegrams was laid over one week. linked by the name only, not checked
- Small urgent bills for water, telegrams and sundry items were laid over one week.
- Three small payments for water, telegrams and telephone calls were allowed under urgent necessity.
- Five urgent payments, including hoof and mouth quarantine services, were laid over until the next meeting. linked by the name only, not checked
- Western Union Telegraph Company was allowed $12.16 for official telegrams.
- Payment of 60 cents to Western Union Telegraph Co. for an official telegram was laid over until the next meeting.
- City Attorney authorized to intervene against Western Union's new intrastate telegraph rates before the state commission.
- The Board authorized the City Attorney to represent San Francisco in Western Union Telegraph Company's application for increased telegraph rates before the state commission.
- City Attorney authorized to represent the city before the state commission on Western Union's telegraph rate increase.
- Western Union's application for higher intrastate telegraph rates was referred to the Public Utilities Committee, with the City Attorney asked to advise. linked by the name only, not checked
- The City Attorney was asked to advise on Western Union Telegraph Company's application before the State Public Utilities Commission. linked by the name only, not checked
- Board adopted a resolution letting the City Attorney represent the city against Western Union Telegraph Company's request for higher telegraph rates.
- Relatives of Old Age Security recipients can be made to help pay
- City approved a $6,598 payment to Western Union Telegraph Co. settling an unlitigated claim.