The morning call., 1890-07-30
HARBOR COMMISSION.
.Sea.Wall ExtensiOn-A Contract
for the Freight Ferry-Slip.

= The full Board of State Harbor Commits
si6ners was present at the meeting yeSter-
day, W. d. English in the chair. The room
was well filled with interested parties, the
bidders for the construction of a freight
ferTy-slip al Section Of the sea-wal at the
foot of Lombard street, and committee
representing the North Beach Improvement
.sClHb, being among the number.
- About three weeks ago Chief Engineer
Manson prepared an estimate of what the
cost would be to have the slip built, and
upon this occasion measures were taken to
keep the estimate from the hands OF the re-
purters so tina. the bidders would have to
make their own estimates The figures
submitted by him were S43,S70. The cor
rectness Of his estimate may be judged by
the bids, which were as follows: MeMahan
& Sons, So, 800; San Francisco Bridge Com
pany, S43, 1873: Randell. Hunt Il Co.. S44,-
$40; Healy, 1ibbetts Il Co., $50, 100; Pacific
Bridge Company, SIS, 800; American Bridge
Company, $4,000.
bid of the San Francisco Bridge Company
be accepted, and that IL be authorized TO
proceed with the work upon filing a good
and sufficient bond IN the sum of $4,000 for
faithfH performance. The motion was
carried.
The privilege Of using the wharf at the
foot OF Steuart street was leased to the
[Grays Harbor Lumber Company at the
moRthly rental OF S62 90.
The question OF building pier at the foot
of Second street was brought up, but it was
not deemed advisable to 60 on with the
work at present.
%. Pay-rolls amounting to $4,000; sundry
bills, Sl744 IS; bill Of Golden Gate Lumber
Company for S4492 81, and D. II. Bibb's
bill for S1992 90 were ordered to be paid.
tod hn 1f
foTty-thTee feet on the hay wharf for 40
= cents per foot
The extension Of Section of the sea-
wall, frOR Powell street to Taylor, was
then taken up, and Engineer Manson sub
mitted plans and specifications for doing
the work and gave his explanations in de-
tail As the work to be done involved
-! great expense and responsibility, and as
there are many things to be considered that
could not be decided upon in hurry, Chair
man English suggested that the cOnsidera-
ton of the matter be laid over until Friday
next, at which time an endeavOr would be
made to have Governor Waterman and
Mayor Pond present.
At this juncture ex-Commissioner John
II. Wise entered the room, heading COM
mittee consisting of Messrs. Stewart Men
Zles, a. ,. Hallldle, MI WllmOtr John
Shirley. MI. Msngels, a. Ruef, w. +. Gran
Miss. William 5, Phelps, J. Brown, j. j.
Rey, eX-SupervisOr Mcdonald, J. w. II.
Campbell ard Frank Pixley. They desire
the sCa-wall extended to Van Ness avenue,
the intention being to grade and pave the
avenue to the sea-wall aud have a maguili-
cent boulevard. They were requested TO
attend the meeting on the 9Th day Of
August.
S. L. Graves who was the contractor to
whom was given the contract for building
q scow pile-driver, forfeited his bond Of
500 for not having the work done and new
bids for the work we're ordered.
Bids were ordered to be advertised for
removing the shed from Section 4 of the
sea-wall, and considerable amount of in
formal discussion was had, after which the
board adjourned.