The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-29
CITY HIGHWAYS.
Various Schemes to Extend
Market Street.

The dispute between Ad0lph Sutr0 and
the Spring Valley Water Company, con-
corning the grade of Seventh avenue, be-
tween * and NJ streets, is not settled by
any sort OF means, as might have been seen
| by any one who cared to hear the ba-
rangueS and controversies INDUCED in by
representatives of both parties all yester-
Gay forenoon before the Street Committee
OF the Board of Supervisors.
A few days ago Mayor Pond went with
MI. Sutro and the water company's chief
| engineer, Herman Schussler, to inspect the
premises and see if something agreeable to
both could not be fixed upon. The report
was circulated on the following day that
happy compromise had been effected and
all supposed that was the end of it so far as
tney were concerned.
far from it. Yesterdays w0rdy battle
was WoIdler than ever and the parties are
| as lar from agreement now as they were
wnen the first gun was fired.
=, Inc compromise that Mr.. Schussler had
Deeh anxious to effect proposed to change
the grade on Seventh avenue, between X
| and l. streets; also on l. street, from
Elghth avenue to Serpentine avenue; also
on SiXth avenue, from X street to Ser
pentine avenue. The company would make
eerpentlne avenue of uniform width, and
abrupt turns would be avoided. Eighth
avenue would be projected 40 feet through
me property Of the water company and so
mat THIS might be done the capacity of tile
reservoir would be reduced.
MIR. SutrO's objections to this scheme
were the same as at first made. He thought
seven h avenue should be straight, and did
NOT tnlnk the water company had any busl-
ness To maintain a reservoir there anyhow.
The whole matter was finally laid over
1or another week in the hope that the
parties could agree upon something mean
while.
The committee agreed to accept from
Ezekiel wilson deeds to certain land in
outside Land Block 1856, to be used for
street purposes and to be known as Tacoma
and Roselyon avenues.
The following petitions were passed upon
favorably and will be recommended TO the
board next Monday evening"
A. Mclean, to erect q stand On City Hall
avenue for the Admission day parade.
II. II. Frisch, to erect an arch in front of
13l2 Market street for period of sixty days
III honor of Admission day.
Hanley u Hansbrough, to erect review
| stand In front of the old st. Ignatius Build
ing on Market street.
Arthur Wheeler, to erect a review stand
| in front of 1908 Market street for the Ad-
mission day parade.
The acceptance of the following streets
and crossings will be recommended: Pow
ell, Bay to North Point; Pine, Stockton to
Powell; crossing Twenty and How
| ara; Prescott, Pacific 10 Broadway FRANK
lin, Turk to Golden Gate avenue. Also
conditional acceptance OF the following
streets and crossings, Union, Hyde to
heayenworth; Powell. crossing. North
Point; Pine, Powell to Mason; Battery.
crossing Filbert; Clementina, Fifth to
| Sixth; Prescott, Pacific TO Broadway; De-
tayla, Haight to Page; Laguna, Golden
Gate avenue to McAllister; crossing Web
ster and Haisht; Myrtle avenue, Larkin to
Folk; Webster, from Vallejo to Green.
The committee decided to start the work
OF grading, sewerng and macadamiZing
Fifth avenue, from Point Lobos avenue to
| street, in a resolution Of intention.
The Superintendent of Streets was in-
| structed to repair, if necessary China
avenue, in front of the Five-mile School
mouse, at the expense Of the property
| owners, 1t having been represented that the
avenue is in dangerous condition.
Most OF the afternoon was consumed in
another hearing of the scheme to extend
Market street TO the ocean. Mr.. Sutro pre-
sented number of profile maps to show
that Its extension in straight line would
not be feasible; it would run directly over
the summit of Twin Peaks and make
grade impractieable for any purpose what
eyer, except, perhaps, for a cable railroad.
nc plan he proposed was that the street
take an angle to the left from the crossing
OF Douglass street and pass through the
gap where the road to Spring Valley now
runs. From this point there would be
practicable grade clear through to the final
point agreed upon.
The only difference Mr.. Schussler urged
was that tue point Of angle should be Cas-
tro street, instead of Douglass.
Representatives from all the Market
street Improvement clubs were present aud
opposed like Il unit any such scheme. They
all favored the extension OF Market street
lin direct line to Lincoln road and there
let it stop. Then il the city felt like going
to any such expense, let it acquire Twin
Peaks and establish on them q beautiful
park and observatory.
The hole matter was laid over for
further discussion.