The morning call., 1890-12-16
SUTRO WRATHY.
He Says the Corbett Road Scheme
Is an Outrage.

The Street Committee of the Board of
Supervisors rarely have session nowadays
that does not witness a wrangle between
Adolph Sutr0 and the Spring Valley Water
Company, or between Mr.. Sutro and Beh-
rend Joost. Yesterday both wrangles,
splendidly developed, took place.
The origin of the difference between Mr..
Sutro and the water company was the pro-
posed extension of Seventh avenue south
ward. AS already stated a great many
times, the water company has a large
, waste pond Immediately in the rear of
Seventh avenue, between L and M streets.
Mr.. SutrO wants the avenue extended in a
straight line and the pond filed up. The
water company wants to preserve thu
pond and deed the city a strip of land equal
to the width of the avenue around the pond.
Mr.. Sutro refused to give the right of way
through his land for the continuation of the
avenue unless the water company does as
he desires, and at this point the whole
scheme hangs fire.
Hot words were exchanged quite plenti-
fully yesterday. but settlement is no
nearer than it was a year ago.
Another proposition that Mr.. Sutro OBJ
poses is the closing of C0rbett road, between
Clara and Douglass Streets Behrend JoeSt
has made this request of the board and as a
fair exchange of favors agrees to deed to
the city strip of land thirty feet wide ex-
Park Lane Tract, thus making Corbett road
for that distance forty-eight feet wide.
Corbett road sprang into existence a good
many years ago. A tract known as the Nc
kee Tract was surveyed out of the San
Miguel Rancho in 1864 and subdivided into
lots and map thereof filed, on which
Seventeenth street, Clara avenue and
Douglass street were laid out and defined as
they now exist. AT about this time what is
now known as CoIbett road began to be
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western hills as a shorter and more conyen-
lent route for travel. Only small strip of
land, from ten to eighteen feet in width,
was so used. and this with the temporary
license of the then owners of the land
In later years Mr.. Sutro became the owner
of, and sold in subdivisions, land known as
the Park Lane Tract lying west of the Nc
Kee Tract. COrbett road begins On the line
of the Park Lane Tract, and as represented
by Mr.. Joost, from the line of the Park
Lane Tract to the junction OF Seventeenth
and Douglass streets has always run over
private property, the lands being assessed
to the owners thereof, and Corbett road east
of the Park Lane Tract having never been
laid down as such upon any map of the
city.
The part that Joost now wants closed
runs diagonally through block of property
that he owns. The other portion, to which
lie agrees to add thirty feet, also runs
through his property, but bounds block on
one SIDE instead oil lnterSe ctlng IL.
The members of the committee have ex-
amined the premises ana think Joost's
proposition n fair one. True, it will put the
settlers west of the block to the inconveni-
ence of going around instead Of across
block. but the committee argue that the
grade will be easier.
Mr.. Sutro's patrons are the ones that win
be so inconvenienced, and it is in the de-
Tense of their comfort that he opposes the
measure and characterizes it as a petty steal.
During the hearing of the matter MIR.
Sutro be anne quite emphatic and declared
The scheme an outrage.
Barry, acting as Chairman. instructed the
Sergeant-at-Arms to eject Mr.. Sutro if the
language was repeated.
1t was finally decided to recommend favor
able action on Joost's petition. and the COM
mittee's report to the board will contain the
following paragraph:
In favor OF accepting deed from b. JoOst con-
veyng 10 The city piece OF land thirty Ieet in
width from The westerly line OF Clara avenue to
The Park Lane Tract, and vacaling Corbett road
from Douglass TO the westerly line OF Clara
avenue. And In consideration thereof to de-
clare that portion OF CorbeIt road running
through HOrner's Addition Block 2o4 private
property. ana that it never had been public
pIOpeIly.