All decisions
about 120 Board decisions about Fred L. Hilmer, in date order. Each links to its printed page.
- Finance and Civil Service committees were asked to study adopting uniform accounting in city offices, following a Merchants' Association accountant's report.
- Free telephones in municipal officers' homes are limited to those who may be called outside business hours.
- Telephone committee's jurisdiction expanded to cover complaints about telephone service and rates.
- The Telephone Rates investigation was postponed from April 5 to April 11, 1912, by Supervisor Hilmer's motion.
- Supervisor Hilmer's amendment to restore Budget salaries to prior levels was adopted, with the full vote continuing onto the next page.
- A proposed ordinance sets telephone rates and service standards for San Francisco, with passage still pending on this page.
- Board resolved to hold a Committee of the Whole hearing on 1913-1914 telephone rates on February 4, 1913.
- Board directs the Telephone Rates Committee to investigate Pacific Telephone's payment to the Telephone Users' Association, adopted.
- Board directs Pacific Telephone, Bay Cities Home and Direct Line telephone companies to file yearly rate statements in January 1914.
- Mayor authorized to sell unfit Fire Department buggies, wagons, ladders and condemned horses at public auction; resolution adopted.
- Board authorized the Mayor to auction unneeded Fire Department scrap iron, hose and old equipment at the Corporation Yard.
- Globe Indemnity Company was released from future liability on the Brown & Power book contract after paying the city $92.94.
- Mayor authorized to auction five unfit Board of Health horses: Lily, Major, Silver, Spider and Jim.
- The Mayor is authorized to auction five horses unfit for use by the Sheriff's Department.
- Clerk authorized to return certified checks of bidders released by the Supplies Committee.
- Bekins-Speers Motor Co. was awarded a $2,100 contract to supply a Lozier automobile for the Detective Bureau.
- Clerk directed to advertise for bids on general supplies, printing and stationery for city departments in 1914-15.
- Mayor is authorized to sell five unneeded Health Department horses at public auction, as the Board of Health requested.
- The Mayor was authorized to sell surplus Brush automobile parts to A. D. McLellan of 423 Market Street for $17.
- Mayor authorized to sell about 40 tons of unneeded gray iron brake shoes at public auction.
- Clerk directed to advertise for proposals to supply eight metal book racks for the Hall of Records.
- The Board urges Congress to fund rebuilding the Bolinas life-saving station and crew after the steamer Hanalei wreck.
- Paul Oest and N. Randall Ellis named expert assistants to the Telephone Rates Committee for the 1914-1915 rate investigation.
- Scrap iron pipe at the Municipal Pipe Yard to be auctioned
- The Board asked the City Engineer to report the estimated cost of extending Twenty-ninth Avenue from California Street to the Beach.
- Board adopted resolution asking the Mayor to sell two unneeded city automobiles at public auction.
- Two street flusher and sprinkler wagons contracts were awarded to A. L. Young Machinery Company and Studebaker Bros. Co., rejecting other bids.
- Pending bids for cement were rejected and the Clerk directed to readvertise for new bids.
- Mayor authorized to sell nine horses and five patrol wagons at public auction after advertising.
- Clerk directed to buy 1914 city directories within the budget appropriation for municipal offices.
- Mayor requested to sell about twenty tons of surplus cast-iron at the Fifteenth Street sewer yard.
- Board adopted a resolution requiring department heads to file semi-annual statements of supplies purchased, starting January 1, 1915.
- Mayor to auction unused election booth panels at Eighteenth and Treat
- Royal Order of Moose allowed a carnival at Twelfth and Market
- The Police Department was authorized to transfer four unneeded horses from the Park Station stables to the Park Department.
- Clerk directed to advertise for bids to furnish the new San Francisco Hospital to specifications from the Supplies Committee.
- Bank Equipment Co. to supply eight book racks for $582.50
- The Clerk was directed to advertise for bids on a street sweeper, machine brooms and three can route wagons.
- Mayor to auction four unfit horses of the Sheriff's Department
- Year's supply contracts awarded for city departments and institutions
- The Mayor was asked to sell two surplus Studebaker roadsters at public auction, formerly used by Public Works timekeepers.
- Clerk ordered to advertise for proposals to furnish and equip the new City Morgue and Coroner's office in the County Jail.
- The Board rejected all bids received May 4, 1914 for lumber and ordered the Clerk to readvertise the proposals.
- Resolution 10915 proposes awarding contracts for furnishing and delivering hay and other supplies to the City.
- Clerk directed to advertise for proposals to furnish three automobile ambulances for the Health Department.
- Wild West show allowed at Forty-eighth Avenue and Fulton Street
- Irwin Brothers' Wild West Shows granted permission to give an exhibition at Twelfth and Market streets in July 1914.
- Albert Pick & Company wins $1,775 contract for County Jail gas ranges
- Contracts awarded for street sweepers, a roller and wagons
- Tiernan & Beronio was awarded the city's lumber supply contract for fiscal year 1914-15, with all other bids rejected.
- The Clerk was directed to advertise for bids to furnish and install gas ranges in County Jails.
- Contracts to furnish San Francisco Hospital are awarded, with W. & J. Sloane receiving $760.20 for the first items.
- The Board awarded the contract to furnish courtroom furniture at the Hall of Justice to Rucker, Fuller Desk Company.
- The Clerk was directed to advertise for bids for a motor ambulance for the Coroner's Office, paid from Budget Item 112.
- The Mayor was authorized to sell four unneeded motor vehicles from the Department of Electricity at public auction.
- Contracts awarded to seven firms for furniture and equipment for the new City Morgue and Coroner's Office in the County Jail Building.
- Clerk directed to advertise for proposals for two concrete mixers for the Street Repair Department.
- Clerk directed to advertise for proposals to furnish two motor trucks for the Street Repair Department.
- Edward R. Bacon Company wins a $3,093.00 contract for two paving mixers
- Reliance Automobile Company was awarded a $5,700 contract for two motor ambulances for Isolation Hospital and Coroner.
- Board awarded D. H. Gulick a $3,220 contract to supply 500 bedside tables for San Francisco Hospital.
- Board directed the Clerk to advertise for bids supplying city departments with stationery, books, and printing for 1914-15.
- Court University Mound, Foresters of America, was permitted to hold a masquerade ball at 2570 San Bruno Avenue without the usual license fee.
- Clerk directed to advertise for bids on books and printing for the Assessor for fiscal 1914-1915.
- San Francisco Hospital awarded D. H. Gulick a $2,245.85 contract for sterilizers and related supplies.
- Albert Pick & Company gets the $1,739.70 hospital kitchen order
- Printing contracts for the Assessor's office awarded to Edward Barry Co and Shannon-Conmy Printing Co; other bids rejected.
- Contract for one Federal police patrol truck awarded to Pacific Kissel Kar Branch for $3,125.
- Printing and book contracts for the Assessor's office were awarded to named bidders, adopted on Supervisor Hilmer's motion.
- Neal Publishing Company was proposed for the city's printing and blanks contract for fiscal year 1915, with a $500 bond.
- Neal Publishing Company was proposed for the city's books contract for fiscal year 1915, with a $500 bond.
- Contract to supply city offices with books for the 1915 fiscal year proposed for Neal Publishing Company.
- Contracts for furniture and X-ray equipment for San Francisco Hospital awarded to three firms, totaling $2,082.50.
- Contract for city printing and blanks to Neal Publishing Company was refused passage by the Board.
- Contracts for furniture and equipment for San Francisco Hospital, totaling $6,677.74, were awarded to several firms.
- Scrap metal at the Eleventh and Bryant yard declared surplus
- Rudgear-Merle Company was awarded a $2,375 contract to supply fifty fire alarm standards to the Department of Electricity.
- D. H. Gulick awarded a $1,000 contract to supply 500 chart holders for San Francisco Hospital.
- Furniture contracts for San Francisco Hospital awarded, totaling $2,094.10
- The Mayor was authorized to sell two Sheriff's horses, Jim and Bill, at public auction from the County Jail.
- Board ordered a charter amendment to voters, substituting the Commonwealth Club for Associated Charities in citywide unemployment relief work.
- City awards its stationery contracts for the year
- Mayor authorized to sell four ambulances and a spring wagon at the Relief Home at public auction.
- A city printing and blanks contract for fiscal 1915 was refused passage, so Neal Publishing Company did not get it.
- Rucker-Fuller Desk Company wins the San Francisco Hospital furniture contract
- Mayor authorized to sell condemned Fire Department brown mare No. 847 at public auction.
- Board amended the Treasurer's budget for deputies, setting one deputy at $2400 and one at $1800.
- Board orders a main extended on Nineteenth Avenue to Pacheco Street
- Board awards 1915-16 city stationery contracts to thirteen firms, each posting a bond of $100 to $750.
- Board ordered the Supplies Committee to buy ready-made blankets from Greenebaum, Weil & Michels for the newly opened County Jail No. 1.
- $2,250 set aside for the Chief of Police's seven-passenger automobile
- Mayor Rolph authorized to appoint a nine-member Exposition Preservation Commission to care for gifts and plan preservation.
- Juvenile Court staff salaries and expenses, totaling $38,040, were approved after item 232 was raised to $900.
- Cost asked for opening Parker Avenue through to McAllister Street
- Elizabeth Stanton refused a stable at 438 Twenty-third Avenue
- Motions to raise the Sergeant-at-Arms salary by $10 and stenographer J. Kessan's by $25 a month were referred to Finance Committee.
- Neal Publishing Company proposed as city contractor for books and printing for fiscal 1917-1918; a motion to refer to committee was offered.
- Supervisor Hilmer proposed awarding the 1917-18 printing and blanks contract to Neal Publishing Company, with a $1,000 performance bond.
- Neal Publishing Co. was awarded the city's 1917-1918 printing and blanks contract after earlier printing bids were rejected.
- Ordinance to let Public Works buy a used rock crusher and track equipment from A. L. Young Machinery Company was referred to Finance Committee.
- Hilmer's resolution to reject food supply bids and order new specifications was laid over one week.
- Pacific Portland Cement Company was awarded a June 1918 contract to supply Golden Gate cement at $2.80 per barrel.
- Board adopted a resolution naming Canon G. B. Cabanel of the French Blue Devils an honorary citizen of San Francisco.
- Food supply contracts for October to December 1919 are awarded to named firms, including Alaska Codfish Co.
- S. B. McLenegan & Son was awarded a contract to supply 5,000 feet of granite curbing at $1.34 per foot.
- Supervisor Hilmer's automobile and truck tire supply award was recommitted to the Supplies Committee.
- Board awards supply contracts to named firms for city institutions, matching their May 3, 1920 bids.
- Irving C. Ackerman's request to build a dog kennel at 2101 48th Avenue was referred to Police and Health committees.
- Proposed Charter Amendment No. 8 on city supply purchasing was taken under advisement after library, engineering and elections officials opposed it.
- Proposed charter amendment would raise the public library tax to between 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 cents; ordered submitted to voters.
- Frank Schuler was granted permission to hold a wrestling exhibition in the Auditorium Main Hall on December 13, 1920.
- Supervisor Hilmer proposed requiring Supplies Committee approval before the Board of Public Works buys materials.
- Clerk directed to advertise for bids for repairs and added construction on Ambulance No. 1 of the Emergency Hospital Service.
- Pacific Body Works was awarded a $603.50 contract to transfer an ambulance body onto a White chassis.
- Newly elected Supervisors invited to attend Board sessions to learn its procedure.
- The Clerk was directed to advertise for proposals to supply lumber and street and sewer materials for January through March 1922.
- The Clerk was directed to advertise for proposals to supply foodstuffs for public institutions for January through March 1922.