The morning call., 1890-05-02
STREETS AND SEWERS
A Discussion Regarding Basalt
Block Laying.
Dolores Street Will Be Extended in a straish,
Line-Grading Of Colusa Street
Contracts Awarded.

A meeting Of the Street Committee of the
Board of Supervisors was held yesterday.
Chairman Bingham presiding.
1t was decided to report In favor of the
following communications from Street
Superintendent Ashworth:
Requesting that the work of remacadam-
izing Lott street, between Fulton and Nc
Allister, be stopped. as it will be done by
private contract; recommending an ex-
tension of thirty days to Philbin & King
and sixty days to Thomas Clark on their
contracts; that the Mayor be authorized to
contract with II. G. Partridge for the
paving of the crossing Of Moulton and Fill
more streets; also with Kenny & McHugh
for remacadamizing Fulton street between
Willard street and First avenue; that Ellis
street, between Van Ness avenue and
Franklin street, be accepted also the cross
ing of Pierce and McAllster streets. also
Twenty-fourth street, between Harrison
and Alabama; requesting permission to
construct a 16-inch sewer in Scott street.
between Ellis ana OFarrell.
WORK ON HATTIE STREET
Also requesting that no bids be received
for work on battle, between Eighteenth
and Corbett road; Merritt, between Hattie
and Danyers; Eighteenth, between Hattie
ana DanVers, and Danvers, between Eight
zenith and Corbett.
Recommending that Dolores, between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth, be graded and
macadamized; that McAllister, between
Pierce ana Scott, be paved with bituminous
r0ck; also Moss, between Howard and Fol
SOM, also Minna, between New Montgom-
err and Second; also the crossing of Elm
avenue and Franklin street, and that the
crossing of Eighteenth and Eureka and Fiji
teenth. between Castro and Noe, be remac-
ad amized.
A discussion took place regarding the
paving OF Market street, between Third and
FOURTH, with basalt blocks on a concrete
foundation. in order to test the pavement.
On the suggestion of Mr.. Bingham it was
decided to recommend the paving of the
block on Market street, between Second
aud Third, on the south side.
MRS. DE LONGS PETITION.
The petition OF Mrs. Charles E. de Long.
to change the grade on Frederick street and
DE Long avenue was considered. Mrs de
Long submitted new proposition to lower
the grade on the south side of the street
Superintendent Ashworth was opposed to
lowering the grade on one side of the street,
and it was resolved to recommend that the
grade OF the southerly crossings of the
streets be made three feet lower than that
of the northerly crossing.
1t was resolved to report in favor of ac-
ceptng Jackson street between Buchanan
and Webster, and to declare Dominica
street, South San Francisco, an open
thoroughfare from Railroad avenue to
YaZOo street.
The committee favored the recommends
ton OF City Engineer Smith to change
grades as follows: Crossing of Folsom and
Army streets by raising four feet, estab-
fishing grade at intersection of California
avenue and Folsom street, $50 feet above
base. and that the grades at the intersection
OF Ireclta avenue and Folsom street be
abolished.
A Oatifion of nrnnart,y ovnaro RI asto b1;eh
an intermediate grade on Texas street, be-
tween Napa and Butte, was granted. The
committee favored an intermediate grade
on MISSISSIPPI street, midway between
Napa and Butte, at III feet, and George
Winfield was granted permission to grade
ana pave in front OF his lot on the southeast
corner OF Broderick and Lombard streets.
STREET CONTRACTS AWARDED.
The committee agreed to award the fol-
lowing contracts for street work, except
paving the crossing of Valencia and Tween
tysixth streets with basalt, to d. Harvey
at 81 cents square foot, and Valencia from
Twenty-siXth to Army street, to ID. Har-
ney, at 81 cents, which were laid over for
week: Paving with bituminous rock, Lar
kin street, to Southern California Company,
at 29Hs cents, aggregate, cost, $500; paving
with bltuminous rock the crossing of Sacra-
mento and buchanan, to the Southern Cali
fornia Company at 81 u cents, $3.50; sewer
in the crossing of Pierce and Fell, to J. K.
Carpenter, $3.50; sewer in the crossing of
Vicksburg and Twenty-fourth, to j. K.
Carpenter, $3.50, pipe-sewer in Utah, from
YolO to SOnoma, to Warren & Malley, 1925;
also in the crossing of Elizabeth and Church,
to w. c. Raisch, $3.50.
The contracts for paving with btuminous
rock Myrtle avenue, laid over at the recent
meeting, was awarded to the Southern Cal
ifornia Company at 291a cents square foot :;
also for grading Steiner street, from Folsom
to Hayes, to c. ID. Vincent.
James V. Owens, contractor for regarding
around Alta plaza. was allowed progress
estimate of $500 ON work.
The committee will report in favor of
grading Colusa street, and for the purpose
of paying the expenses adopted district to
be assessed bounded by Illinois, Nevada,
Twenty-third, Folsom streets, Precita
avenue. California avenue. Tomaso and Tu-
lare streets.