The morning call., 1892-06-03
GIVEN MORE TIME.
Contractor McCOy Must Get to
Work by Monday Next.
The Street Committee Decides Not to Extend
Clara Avenue Buchanan Must Not
Do ANY Blasting.

The Supervisors street committee met
yesterday morning, Chairman Taber pre-
siding There were also present Supervi-
sors Antiques, jackson, Burling and Wilkin-
son. There was considerable routine business
transacted, and the session was a protracted
one. Protests we're received against the
proposed work of paving Broderick street.
btween Clay and Sacramento, and grading
Green street, between Polk and Franklin.
Contractor Mccoy, who has failed to enter
into his contract to construct the Lake
street sewer, was represented by Attorney
George Perry. The latter said that Mccoy
fully intended TO perform the work, but as
yet had been unable to raise money for the
preliminary expenses. Judge Waymire had
agreed to back him, though, and the money
would soon be forthcoming. On this repre-
sentati0n Mccoy was allowed until Mon
day TO sign his contract.
A BITUMEN CONTRACT.
When the petition OF w. c. Raisch came
up asking the committee to recommend that
the Mayor be authorized to contract for the
paving. with bitumen, of Scott street, be-
tween Geary and O'Farrell, at % cents a
foot, Supervisor Burling objected. lie said
that pTOpeTiy-Owners were paying only ZOR
and p cents. and did not see why the city
should pay any more. Ralsrh SAID there
were many disadvantages under which the
work would have TO be done, and 1t was de-
decided TO let him have the contract at %
cents.
Superintendent Gilleran was requested to
clean the sewer in Bryant street, between
Fifth and Sixth.
The petition of property-owne for an
extension OF Clara avenue from the San
Miguel Rancho TO State street was denied.
the committee being Of the opinion that
the prOpertY-OwnerS who would be Dene-
tod g 81 Ion
| unite, purchase the necessary property and
convey it to the city. II proceedings should
be Instituted, it was said, uuder the statute
the cost Of the land acquired would be con-
siderably more than it Is worth.
1t was decided to recommend the petition
of John FlOurnOy for the removal Of the
iron pavement in front OF the Academy OF
Sciences building.
The petition of ]. Roach to have the ac-
ton in granting the Market-street Cable
| Railway Company franchise over Church
street rescinded was placed on file
Neither Nj. ID. LeYinSOn of the San Fran
cisco STRENGTHENING Company nor his at
tOrney were present, and no action was
taken on LeVinSUn's petition.
STREET CONTRACTS.
1t was decided to report faY0rably on the
following street work contracts: SeweTlng
Central avenue from Suffer to Bush streets,
TO I. Mccoy, for S240; cesspooIs, ETC., inter-
SOULFUL Va NhoALo anu lICHl1 eOlbClcs W. W.
Hoag kamer, $40; sewering crossing
! Dolores and Twenty-seYenth streets, Thomas
! Mccoy, 5000; sewering crossing Dolores
and Liberty streets. Williams. BalseT Il Co.,
| S160; sewering crossing Pierce and Green
streets, w. q. Hoag Kamer, S63S; seWering
Jones street from Clay to Sacramento.
! Thomas Mccoy, S240 sidewalks and curbs,
| Jones street from Sacramento to Clay, T. p
! Clery, 5000; grading, paving, etc, crossing
FIlbert and Sansome streets, City Street
! Improvement Company; paving with basalt
! rock Green street between Battery and
SansonIe, City Street Improvement Com
pany; grade and pave crossing Of Sansome
and vallejo, City Improvement Company /;
pave and curb Union street between Larkin
and Polk, j. j. Bowling, $500; sidewalk
| AShbury street between Oak and Page,
| Finn & Tracey. $3.50.
The appeal of Behrend Joost from assess
ment for a sewer in the Corbett road was
! dismissed. The assessment had not been
! Issued when the appeal was taken
The protest of property owners against
| grading and Sewering the crossing Of Sew
/ enteenth street and Clara avenue was placed
! on file. Those interested have allowed the
! time for appeal to expire.
q. T. Buckman was refused permission
! TO blast on Sanchez street. between Liberty
and Twenty-frst.
The committee will report in favor of a
large number of protests against the grad
ing of certain streets IN the northwestern
portion of the city west of Van Ness
avenue, between Green and Bay streets.