The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-28
ON MISSION ROAD.
PrOperty.Owners Desire Many
Immediate Improvements.
They Insist Upon the Street superintendent
Removing Observation-Disclosures Fran
ohises to Be Considered.

A mass-meeting of property-owners vino
have been assessed for the widening of
Mission street, from Twenty-sxth street to
the county line. met at Laguri Hall, beyond
the Fiye-mlle House, yesterday afternoon.
The meeting was held under the auspices of
the Mission Road and Excelsior Improve
ment Club, and the object was to take some
steps toward obtaining the immediate i'm
proyement of the Mission road. The hall
was well filled with property-owners, among
them being: w. Sturke. 2. Diehl, George
Thistleton, d. ReiDke, A. Huber, p. J.
Cody, II. A. Dolan, j. Reising, P. Isola, S.
c. Meyer, G. Ii. Harmon, Henry Large.
Thomas Shenbridge, Ferdinand Mortella,
S. C. Owen, John j. McKenna, Charles
Lutringer, Joseph Resso, Frank Demartini,
l.. CavanarO, Peter Henberry, John Ii. NJ.
Daniels, Thomas White. A. Bootz, James
Woods, E. Lewis, n. Ward aud others.
OBJECT OF THE MEETING.
W. Siurke, President of the Mission Road
Improvement Cub. called the meeting to
order, and stated that the object of the
gathering was to take steps for pushing the
work of widening Mission street to the
county line. He said that two years ago the
property were assessed Sl56,000,
most Of which money was expended in pay
ing property-owners damages for 16b feet
of land along the line of the road which
was TO be widened. About $4,000 was left,
and it was understood that this sum was to
be used for grading and macadaniZing pur-
| poses but the Commissioners managed to
use the money in other ways. Nothing
| since had been done for the road, though
| two years had passed by. The road was in
a horrible condition. Almost all along the
line in the middle of the road were tele-
| graph poles. which had been ordered re-
moved, but which still stood in the way of
Improvement There were also FIVE houses
in the roadway, but the question of their
removal was in litigation.
SHOULD BE REMOVED.
Speeches were made by many of these
| present, advocating that the distractions be
Immediately removed and that something be
done toward improving the road.
=. +. Cody informed the meeting that a
resolution had been passed by the Super
| ViSOrS some months ago instructing the
Superintendent OF Streets to remove all OBJ
structions along the line of the county road.
| The Superintendent had not done so be-
cause the houses mentioned were in litiga-
/ ton. This, he said, was no reason why the
| other instructions should not be removed.
Accordingly the meeting adopted reso-
| luton that proper steps be taken to compel
| tie Superintendent of Streets to enforce the
| law regarding the removal of distractions
| on the road, as ordered by the Board of Su-
pervisors, from Cortland avenue to the
| county line.
IMPROVEMENTS DESIRED.
The meeting next took up the subject of
improvements being made on the road, and
it was decided 10 draw up petition to be
presented to the Board OF Supervisors. ask
ing that some steps be taken toward inn
proving the road.
The following committee was appointed
to see to and promote the interests OF the
peti when It comes up before the Street
| Committee of the board: Messrs. Sturke,
Cody, Wagenreider, Huber and Reinke.
=. f. Cody stated that he had been we'll
informed that either an electric or cable
road would be built along the road before
next summer by the railroad company, and
| he asked the pToperty-Ow to keep up
their interest in the matter of improve
ments.