The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-09
CITY HIGHWAYS.
Opposition to the Paving of Ken.
lucky Street.
Brick" Mcpherson Perpetratss Joke" and
Receives Thrashing Market
Street Extension.

Az tue IDe6llDS VI lIc SUPERVISORS OlTect
Committee yesterday Captain McMurray,
U. S. A, who has had charge of the i'm
provement of Lombard street, asked that
the street be regarded from Van Ness ave-
nue. to the Preside to twelve inches below
the grade.
When this is done he said the military
authorities would macadamiZe it and make
it the finest road in the city. The work will
hereafter be under the charge of Colonel
Ludington, as Captain McMurray is about
to return to the East. The committee de-
cided to report as requested
STREET WORK AWARDED.
Awards for street work were made as fol-
lows:
Grade the crossing of Mississippi and
Napa streets, to T. Gaffney, aggregate cost
$3.50; grade and macadamiZe Thirteenth
avenue, from Clement street to Mountain
Lake, to Clark Schroeder, $4,000; also the
crossing of Buchanan and Vallejo streets.
to j. A. Awen, $500; pave with bitumnous
rock Castro street, between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth, to Southern California
Bituminous Company, at 1914 cents square
foot; pave with basalt Eighteenth street,
from Noe to Castro, to A. j. Raisch, at 1914
cents; a sewer in the crossing of Vicksburg
and Elizabeth streets, to c. b. Williams,
S723 81 also in the crossing of IWenty-ffth
and Florida streets, to c. b. Williams,
$500 10; also in Polk street, from Union to
Green, to ID. Kelleher, S653; also in DeyiSa-
dero street. from Hayes to Grove, to j. j.
O'Connor, $3.50; also in Perry street, from
Second TO Third, to j. K. Carpenter.
The bid for paving with basalt on con-
crete foundation Prescott street, from Pa
cifc to Broadway. by A. j: Raisch, was
laid over for one week, the price, 43 cents
foot, being too high.
FOR CABLE-HoUsEs.
Michael Sicily. Superintendent of the
North Beach and Mission Railroad Com
pany, appeared before the committee and
stated that the purchase of real estate by
that corporation, and for which it asks
credit on construction, was made to build
cable-houses upon. The committee decided
to approve the expenditures.
a large number OF persons interested in
the proposed paving of kentucky street
also appeared before the committee, many
to object to the scheme. The protestants
claimed that the district to be assessed for
the work is too small the system unjust
and illegal, and that, if enforced, it would
contiscate their property.
William Hollis objected on the ground
that the district included land west of Penn
sylvanla avenue, which will not be in any
way benefited by the Improvement. The
land referred to is tributary to Seventh
street, which the property-ownerS intend
soon to pave from Channel street out.
j. J. Haley, representing the Southern
Pacific Company, protested, as he claimed
the road should be public one and should
be paid for by general tax. The cost of
the work will be 100000, which would
scarcely be noticed on general tax.
OPPOSED TO BITUMEN.
J. B. Crockett, President of the San Fran
cisco Gasllght Company, said all the Potrero
manufacturers desired the street paved, but
opposed tile use of bitumin0us rock because
unable to stand the heavy traffic.
L. V. OBrien, attorney for the Potrero
Land and Water Company, and 5. Silver
berg of the wholesale butchers, made strong
pleas In favor of building the road.
The points made in favor of the paving
were that Kentucky street is the main
artery to South San Francisco, and to a GER
tain extent its improvement would benefit
the whole city. AS all the people in that
portion of the town would participate in
the benefit, all should bear the expense.
A large number OF prOperty-owners op-
posed to paving Railroad avenue, which Is
a continuation OF Kentucky street, were
heard, their main objection being that the
assessment district Is too small and would
contiscate their property.
The committee laid the matter over for
consideration.
EXTENDING MARKET STREET.
The petition OF the Market-street I'm
provement Club for the extension OF Market
ocean was favored by James Ii. Bartlett.
Behrend Joost Donald Bruce and others.
UT. Bartlett said that the scheme included
q proposition by Senator Stanford to give
portion of the Twin Peaks for q public
park, and he understood that all the owners
beyond the peaks would donate sufficient
land to open the street TO its full width.
This would give thoroughfare eight miles
long, the like OF which exists nowhere The
land proposed to be donated by Senator
Stanford comprises 947 acres, which would
make park nearly as large as Golden Gate
Mr.. .Sutro. opposed the extension of Mar
ket street to the ocean, but favored pro-
jecting it to Lincoln road. If this were
done, and it was desired to continue to the
ocean, ne would give the right of way
through all his land.
F. II. WoolsOn charged that the talk was
all humbug and in the interest of real
estate boomers.
This matter was also laid over for week.
brick" M'PHERsoN's CHARGES.
Shortly before the adjournment of the
committee, Alexander Mcpherson, a ward
politician Familiarity known as Brick"
from the fiery color Of his hair pushed his
way into the committeeman, and address,
ing Chairman Barry, angrily charged the
latter with receiving $500 from him for ap-
pointment as poundmaster and then refus-
ing to abide by the agreement.
McPhgrson asked the other members of
the committee TO see that justice was done
him or the money refunded, receipt for
which he claimed TO have in his pocket.
Barry Indignantly denied that any such
transaction had ever been concluded, and
ordered Sergeant Monahan to remove the
intruder. This was done, whereupon it was
explained that the incident was merely a
Joke" but Barry did not appreciate it at
few minutes after being elected. Nc
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