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Show Tlie Water Conflict nutl Smull A ox. San Francisco, 27. The boi-rd of supervisors to-day adopted a resolution resolu-tion directing the city attorney to hring a Buit against the Spring Valley Water oompany lo quiet tho title to Lobos creek and Mountain lake and I adjacent lands, and to lake measures ia bring before congress an applica tion for ft grant to the city of the rights of the United States to any part of the property in question. Meantime Mean-time the water cempany has forestalled fore-stalled the action of tho city by bringing bring-ing a suit in equity against tho city involving the title to Baid properly. An animated disciission occurred at the meeting of the Board of Health to dAy regarding the disposition of the passengers by the recently arrived Pacific Mail steamer Alaska, from China and Japan, with small pox on board. The quarantine officer and some other members of the board tjtrongly objected to the promptnoss with which the cabin passengers wore slbwed to land and either take up their residence in Ihe city or pursue their journey east before sufficient precautions had been taken to prevent the dissemination of the disease. An eflort will bo made to obtain from the government a suitable hulk for quarantine purposes and the establishment estab-lishment of ft quarantine station on Angel island. ! |
