The morning call., 1892-05-27
SWEEPING THE STREETS.
The San Francisco Cleaning Conn
pany Shows Its Hand.
a Proposition to Tax Proporty-0wners for the
Work-The Market-Street Company's
Little Joker.

Inc Street Committee Of the Board OIL
Supervisors met yesterday morning. Pres
ent, Chairman Taber, Jackson. Burling,
Artiguez, Wilkinson.
Attorney Ruef appeared for the San Fran
cisco Stveet-cleaniug Company, which had
offered to sweep the streets and keep them
Clean without cost to the city. When the
proposition was first made, it took away
the breath of the Supervisors. That
there was joker somewhere was evident,
but 1t did not develop until yesterday The
company wanted permission to clean the
streets for % years. Mr.. Ruef outlined the
modus Operandi. The scheme is to sweep
all the streets AMI make the property
owners pay for il Instead Of the city. Ruef
SAID that % cents per month would be
charged for each frontage. He said that the
company expected to get only 1000 or 5000
owners who would pay.
HOW He WOULD DO IT.
He was asked how he was going TO pick
out those who we're to pay. He said that
an attempt would be made to have property
owners sign a contract 10 pay for the work,
but whether they signed or not the streets
would be kept clean.
M I. Levenson. the only one who hasyet
appeared for the company, was present. aud
he was asked II there was a company lncur-
p0rated. lie said no and admitted that the
company Itself was myth thus far, but
SAID he had all the members in sight. One
man he named was Bethlehem His peti-
ton was for % years, but he was satisfied to
take 1t for 20 years, or even - years. Ii the
committee held out any hope to him he
would incorporate Immediately. Ruef said
each taxpayer was now paying 33% cents
month for street sweeping. The committee
thought that the proposition was in 90
vague q shape, and the matter went over
n u q ha int q M o.
time to put their petition III a more definite
form.
SEVENTEENTH STREET GRADE.
The matter OF changing the Seventeenth
street grade, which was sent back to the
committee on Monday night on the protest
OIL large number of property owners,
was then taken up. Behrend Joost, one
OF the principal owners, aud NJ. Y.
stevens were at the meeting TO OPP
pose the charge, but the majority vented
IL and The committee had to listen TO con-
siderable oratory. Joost and his party
wanted commission appointed to assess
the amount Of damages and benefits that
might be sustained by the petitioners
property through the proposed change of
gr"de on Seventeenth street at its inter-
section with Clara avenue and al points
west OF Clara avenue and Uranus street
lie majority Of the property-OwneTs repre-
sentlng that the petitioners would not be
damaged no commission was appointed and
the change VIII be recommended.
THE RAILROAD FRANCHISE.
Mi r Mcktnne wanted the committee to
have inserted in the franchise OF the
Masket-street Cable Railway Company that
transfer, be issued 10 the ocean beach
road from the CEurch-street system Unless
the insertion was made he wanted the com
mittee to go to the Mayor and ask him to
veto the measure. AS the franchise had
already been passed to print the committee
nnWqrlpSS To fTHprn va
warm discussion afterward outside. Major
Mcktnne said that at last Monday nights
meeting OF the board the impression had
been given that only one fare was to be
charged and that transfers were to be given
to the beach road. Mr. Haley of the Market
street system said that such was not the
Intention as the company could not afford
II. Behrend J0ost said Immediately that
he would like to take franchise from the
ferries TO the ocean with the privilege of
charging cents a fare. The franchises to
continue the Church-street road TO the
beach were granted last Monday night and
are now III the hands of the Mayor.
STREET WORK.
II was decided to recommend the award
ing of the following street work to the
lowest bidders:
Sewer and pavement on Berry street, between
Filth and Sixth. 10 the City Street Improvement
Company, S1400; sewer IN Baker street. from
Hayes TO Fell, W. C. Raisch, $50; to complete
IrFdCN.
Sll9 each; paving with bituminOus rock Jack
son street between Octava ana Laguna. CITY
Street Improvement Company, at 2 SO cents
per square foot; also Bush, from Lynn ana Cen
trail avenue, CITY Street Improvement Com.
pauy, at 81 cents paving with basal the cross
ing OF Bryant and Jumper. Finn & Treacy
$500 sidewalks on Lynn, from Grove 10 Hayes
j. b. Frck, SAL.
An appeal was received from F. Haywood
| from the assessment for the construction of
sidewalks on the crossing of Hayes and
Baker streets. 1t was set for hearing On
June Is.
Protests were received against proposed
street work. which will stop operations for
SIX months, against regarding Filbert street,
| between Buchanan and Laguna; grading
and paving Union street, from Sansome to
| Battery grading Buchanan street between
Lombard and Chestnut; Chestnut street.
between Cough and OCtavia, and Francisco
street. between Cough ana Octavia.
NO LUMBER FURNISHED
Superintendent Gilleran complained that
| O. H. GreenwaId had failed to keep his
contract for supplying the Street Depart
uent with 1t mDer. Gillcran was instructed
TO get the lumber elsewhere if GreenWald
refused TO comply with his contract and
charge 1t 10 its bundsmeu.
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