The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-10
RAILWAY FRANCHISES.
Several Miles More Recommended
to the Supervisors.

The Market-street Railroad Company, the
City Railroad Company and the Geary-
street Company we're represented before
the Street Committee of the Board of Super
visors yesterday, and asked for additional
franchises over the following streets:
Mission and Fourteenth streets, thence along
Mission and West Mission 10 Potter; along Pot
Ter and across Market to Page; along Page TO
the westerly line OF First avenue Also COM
mencing at the present terminus Of the City
railroad Comra ny's track on Mission street,
near Cortland avenue, thence along Mission In
soulherly direction to a point 800 feet more or
less south from its intersection with Crescent
avenue.
Also commencing at the westerly end Of the
railroad track OF said company on Fulton street,
thence TO Seventh avenue. Also to construct
track from Its tracks on Market street INTO ana
SOuthe asterly along Steuart for distance OF 1OO
feet.
To the Geary-street, Park and Ocean Railroad
Company for lie uneXpred term OF Its franchise.
commencing at Point Lobos and First avenues
thence TO Filth avenue aud thence TO Golden
Gate Park.
The franchises provided for the payment
TO the city, after the first year, OF per cent
OF the gross receipts, work to be commenced
within one year and completed within three.
The committee decided to recommend the
granting of all except the on Steuart
street, provided all work except on patents
be performed in this city.
petition of j. G. James and Henry Moffatt
for the privilege of constructing toll-road
over Kentucky street and Railroad avenue,
to be maintaiLe ed eighteen months.
Ihe following street Work recommended by
the Street Superintendent will be favored
Cur Ding Octavia, between Ellis aud OFarrell;
grading Williams, from Point Lobos avenue 10
The sOuthefly line OF Laurel Hill Cemetery; curb
ing at The crossing OF Main and Harrison; on Sill
yer, between Second and Third, and between
Third ana Fourth also, cuI bipg Central place,
from Pine street TO lis southerly Examinations;
grading The crossing OF Army and Folsom; paw.
Ing The crossing OF Suffer and OctavIaj grazing
Alvarado, from Noe TO Castro; grading Twenty
third from Castro TO Diamond.
Adolph Sutro, DR.. Merritt and others
criticized CITY Surveyor Smiths proposed
system of sewerage for the Richmond Dis
trict, and argued that 1t should include the
territory south of the park. The natural
topography of the county made it really
necessary.
Mr. Smith said he had studied the matter
thoroughly and consulted the opinions OF
the best engineers living. He had come to
the only scientific conclusion that such
vast territory directed into one system
would impair its completeness fatally. The
southern district embraced about 1900 acres,
and II that area were added to the 11O0
acres in the northern district the size of the
drain would have to be enlarged, and the
efficiency of the Whole system would neces-
sarlly be diminished.
The matter was taken under adyisement
by the committee.
Adolph Sutro. j. J. Haley, representing
the Southern Pacific Company, and Mr..
Farnsworth agreed TO the abandonment OF
Serpentine avenue, from the San Miguel
ranch line, northerly and westerly to
Seventh avenue. Mr.. Sutro stated that the
purpose of closing the avenue is to open
number of straight streets and avenues
through the track traversed by it. Haley
IN
make Woodland avenue, Lolita avenue, Bel
mont avenue, Sunset avenue and 2O-foot
lane and a G0-foot street to the Byfield tract,
while Mr.. Sutro agreed to continue this
latter on indefinitely.
Another party to this project is the Spring
Valley Water Company, and the committee
decided not to do anything definite without
fist hearing that cOmpany's views.