The morning call., 1890-06-13
STREETS AND SEWERS
Action Taken Regarding the Mar
ket-Street Extension.
Recommendations for Street Work Reported
Upon Favorably - Property Owners
Protests-Contracts Awarded.

meeting OF the Street Committee OF the
Board Of Supervisors was held yesterday, Super
visor Barry presiding in the absence OF Chair
man Bingham
Ii was decided to report in favor OF the follow
ing street work recommended by Superintend-
ent Ashworth to be accepted: On Suffer street,
from Franklin to Cough; Suffer street, from
Van Ness avenue TO Franklin street; Suffer
street. from Cough to 0ctayia; crossing OF Suffer
and Cough streets: Hyde street, from Jackson
10 Pacific: Twenty fourth street, from Howard
to SGotwel; Twenty Fourth and Folsom streets
crossing; California aud Hyde streets. TO LeaV-
enworth Taylor and ilbert streets 10 Green
witch, and NaIOma and Fifth streets 10 Sixth.
Ii was also recommended that John Higgin be
granted permission 10 reconstruct the wooden
sidewalk ON Broadway, between Sansome and
Battery.
PETITIONS CONSIDERED.
Adverse action will be reported on the petition
OF property owners for the establishment OF an
intermediate grade on DanYerS street, between
Eighteenth and C0Tbett.
Ii was recommended to grant the petition OF A.
j. Hughes for permission 10 explode blasts for
grading purposes on Minnesota street, between
SOlano and But lie.
E. l.. Parker petitioned that Carl Jurgenson,
who has about une-half OF Epstein street, for a
distance OF 125 IeeI under fence. be requested
by the city TO remove the same. Ii was recon-
anime the same, and, II found 10 be as stated, 10
cause the removal OF the ience.
The committee approved the expenditure OF
$4,000 by The Omnibus Cable Company as a
compliance with the provisions Of the order
granting the company a franchise.
1t was decided to report favorably on the petl-
ton of proper Iy-Uwners for the eurbng aud paw
ing with bitumnous rock OF Austin, from Frank
lin tn Cough.
The protest OF w. P. Humphreys against a
change OF grade of Hyde, between francisco and
Chestnut, was Withdrawal.
Favorable reports will be made on forty-Ihree
more peutions for the grading, sewering and
macadamiZlng of streets on Preside Heights.
favorable report Will be made on the petition
of the Central Nomau's Christian Temperance
Union for permits sion 10 erect bulletin board IN
front of restaurant at 1908 Market.
Antonio Vifginne was granted permission to
| erect a merIy-g0-rOund ON the corner Of Howard
Mary Nolan was granted permission to repair
the wooden sidewalk al 8 Seymour place.
CHURCH STREET PRoPERTY-oWNERs.
Properiy-owuers on Church street. between
| Twentieth and Twenty hrst, were present win
a petition to be allowed to perform the street
! work which has been ordered by The board In
| font OF their respective properties. Il was
decided by The committee that they should have
| fled bids with the clerk OF The board as other
| contractors, and as lie bids had already been
| 0Iened II was recommended That The work De
| awarded TO the lowest bidder.
In the matter of the protest OF property owners
| against being assessed Tor street work on Cousa
| slIeet, between San Bruno avenue ana Ken
tucky street, IL was decided 10 lay the matter
over until the next meet ing OF the board, when
| all parties interested VIII he heard
petition was received from Archbishop
| Riordan asking Tor the passage OF an order per.
| mILting The removal of bodies from the cemetery
| on Dolores street. IL Was decided TO recommend
that tile Superintendent OF Streets be instructed
TO take sucn action as Will permit the removal OF
| the bodies.
CONTRACTS AWARDED.
The committee reported In favor OF awarding
| the following contracts for street work:
Grade macadamize and sewer Lucy street, from
| Frederick to Waller. Peter McHugh, $500; sewer
| in Adler street, from Dupont to Montgomery, l..
| fitzgerald $500; grade, sewer and macadamize the
crossing of lie Long, Lucy and Frederick Streets j.
W Mcdonald $1,000; sewer in the crossin of Nine
| teenth and Eureka streets Thomas Clark SIOO5;
sewer In Lombard street, from BrOderick TO Baker,
1 FitIgerald 500: sewer in the crossing of Lom-
bard and Broderick streets. d. Kelleher, 1887:
grade Tennessee street. 400 feet north OF Sierra, T.
Gafney 5000; pave the crossing OF Tenth and Har-
rison streets, j. j. bowling $50 pave with oitum-
nous rock, crossing of haight and Scott streets,
Pacific Paving Company aggregate not stated)
| teenth John Kelso q Co., $3056; grading Church
street. from Nineteenth 10 Twentieth, California
from twentieth to Twenty-frst, California Con-
| struction Company, Slb13.
Upon The petition Of j. NJ. Manning, 1t was de-
| cided TO recommend the grading OF Noe street,
from Tweniy-sixth TO Twenty-seventh.
A communication was read from John Weir,
general inspector OF all concrete and bitumuOus
work now being performed in this city, stating
that the WORK is being performed in strict &C.
| cordance to law and to his entire satisfaction.
| A petition to cnange the grade on seventeen h
| st eei west of Douglass, WAS vigorously opposed
| by some Droperty-owueTS, and Tie matter went
| over fOr one week.
| lie petition of Main & Winchester TO con.
| struct plank sidewalks on Eddy, Ellis, O'Farrell.
| Steiner and Fillmore streets, III front of their
| property was favOrably acted on.
| Property owners presented a petition against
| the construction OF a sewer in Carlos place, be-
| tween Powell and Mason streets. On the prom
| Use TO Immediately repair the brick sewer now 10
use, the committee reported faVoraDy on lie
| petition.
MISsIoN-STREET SEWER.
| AS regards the construction of a sewer on Mis-.
| sion street. between Cortland avenue and Army
| street, a number OF propeIty-owners interested
| were present Quite diversity OF opinion
| seemed TO prevail 10 the size OF the sewer 70
| be constructed, some favoring 24-inch 1ron'
| stone-pipe sewer, while others claimed that a
| sewer Of that size would be inadequate AND
| desire ed 3x5 foot brick.
| The committee finally resolved TO refer the
matter TO the City Surveyor, with the request
| that he ascertain the size or sewer needed, anC
| that the matter be laid over for one week. Chair
| man Barry was OF the opinion that the board had
| no Jurisdiction in the matter as private con
tract had been entered into by The property
| owners
In the matter OF the extension of Market
street southwesterly to the ocean it was decided
that lie district 10 be assessed for right OF way
| aud damages extend 1000 feet westerly from
| Seventeenth street on each side OF Market
| Lake MERGED lies In the direct line OF the pro
| posed extension, and it was thought that the
right to bridge the lake could be obtained; or, i
| not, that the line OF the street could be easily
| changed ut that point
TIE committee agreed to report In favor of thu
| petition Of pr0periy-owners for the modification
| of the grade OF the crossing OF Army and DO
| lores; also Dolores, near Army.
| The protest against sewer In the crossing o
| Douglass and Elizabeth was sustained.
| The petition OF properiy-owners for change
| of grade OF Stauyan where the center line would
| intersect Eighteenth, if EXTENDED westerly, vii
| be recommended.
| The petition OF property-Owners for the lower
| ing OF lie grade OF the crossing OF Folsom ant
| Preeia place VIII be recommended.
| Tile committee then adjourned.