The morning call., 1892-12-29
CLOSED. STREETS,
Forty-two Vacated: by the
Supervisors. s:
A PRESENT TO THE RAILROAD
Property Owners Protest. but. Only
Three Members of the Board OPP
posed the Petition.


The Board of Supervisors ordered last
night that the forty-two streets on MISSION
Bay, south of Channel street. be closed up
and vacated by:grantfng Coils T. Hpnting-
toms petition TO- that effect =
There was a strong protest against this
action, signed by nearly all the property
owners in the district affected. but. a lthough
many of these signers appeared, either Ia
person or through their attorneys, before
the board to speak against the passHge:of
the order, only three of the eleven Super
visors present voted no =
These were Messrs. Elert, Antiques; and
Heyer. :
The first speaker who addressed the meet
ing after the protest had been read and its
sdoption had been moved was Frank j.
Sullivan. the attorney. who argued the IL
legality of any action. Of the board ia. the
premises, and spoke in behalf of the-tax-
payers, whose protest ought to have more
weight than HantinEton's unsupported Pc
ttion.
You have no right to give away the
city's property, and even il you had, said
Sullivan to the Supervisors; ''you would do
an act of injustice to ths people who elected
you if you block cut ompettiye railroads
by delivering all the outlet OF the city into
the hands Of the Southern Pacihc:Company
OF Kentucky"
streets Huntington wants closed ares the
only avenues to fidewater and are there
fore of great value 10 the community. lie
compared them also TO trlbutarleS OF Dig
rivers by explaining that their closing
means ruin to Fifth and Sixth streets like
j. NJ. Rothschild. another attorney, fol-
lowed Mr.. Sullivan and spoke IN .the:same
vein.
Then came large number OF citizens who
| own propertyin the Mission Bay district,
each one of them protesting warmly against
the closing Of the streets,
Among them was ID. c. NJ. GoOdsell, who
| came prepared and spoke's0 fearleSsly that
| Supervisor Burling, who wasin the chair,
| considered it necessary to stop him from
| continuing his eXposc.
Mr. GoodselI who said he has been tax
| payer for forty years, and whose venerable
| appearance adted much force TO his elo-
| queDce. told the board that the latter's
] record of two years was such tnat he Qhe
| speaker did not hope TO be able TO accom-
| pliSh anything by protesting against the
| closing OF these streets. But he desired TO
! use his privilege as a citizen TO tell the .Su-
perVISors some truths. ::
"Do you know how much this city has al
ready given to the Southern Pacific octo-
| pus? ," he. asked. and then he produced a
| paper from which he read that the city
donations TO the railroad during the last
| twenty years were in bonds aud interest
| S1,256, 600 and in money paid for grading
| and filling Kentucky and RailraOd avenues
| S199.275, half of which latter amount, at
! least, should have been paid back by the
| railroad company to the city.
| The city alsO.haS given TO Mr.. Hunting
| tons corporationf according 10 Mr.. Good-
sells figures, sixty acres of land in the
| Mission Bay district, and now they want to
| gobble up forty-two streets.
The numerous stTeet-railway franchises
| granted the Southern Pacific Company were
also mentioned by the speaker, who was
! very much in earnest when he said that he
| believed the whole business of closing up
| these streets was a put-up job. -,
! He then started in to overhaul the record
| of the board, before which he appeared,
| but it was at this jUncture that Burling in
| terfered and perempterily ordered hin to
| stop talking.
j. j. Haley of the Southern Pacific Com
panyS law department. spoke against the
protest. which was then ignored by vote
| of s to 3.
Taber introduced the resolution ordering
the closing up of the streets asked for by
Huntington.
Ebert said be would vote against such
! measure. He considered the protestants
| had a good case and he would noteon slider
himself a good citizen should he vote to
| close the streets.
| There was much applause from the lobby
| after Ellert's remarks.
| Iaber made speech in support OF his res
| olutiOn and so did DIR. Aver.
| When Iaber mentioned that he was in
| favor of granting Huntington's petition,
because 1t was intended tor the benefit of
| the poor people, there was much derisiye
| laughter.
The vote resulted. as stated. in Ebert.
| Heyer and Antiques being the only Opro-
! nents to the scheme, and Mr.. Huntington's
~ txroc
| granted.
Nearly all the rest of the business trans
| acted by the board was routine. although
| there was great deal of it.
Bills were ordered raid. resolutions which
| had been laid over several times were finally
| adopted or killed, permits of minor nature
| were granted by the wholesale, and authori-
| Zatien to the Fire, Street AMI other depart
ments were disposed of as fast as Clerk Far.
| QuharSou could manage TO read them.
| = JoostS petition for an extension and
| branch of his San Francisco and San Mateo
| electric road met with defeat, but the Omni-
| bus Cable Company was given a franchise
| to extend its system so as TO embrace a
number OF streets north and south of Golden
| Gate Park, and Irwin c. Stump was per-
| mltted to erect electric poles along the route
| of his proposed new street railway.
| Among the resolutions and petitions re-
| ferred to committees were the following:
A petition of Warren & Maley for a
| franchise to remove garbage from the city.
| They offer to pay $1,000 per year for the
hrst i've years. $1,000 per year for the next
ten years. and $4,000 per year The ensuing
ten years, also 5000 in advance On the pas
sage OF the order.
District Attorney Barnes opinion sus-
tanning Auditor Smiley in refusing a bill
OF S1lOO Tor a stationary engine furnished
the corporation yard by the Union Gas
engine Company on the ground that the
purchase was unauthorized.
A petition OF property-owner5 requesting
that ByTnes and Hunting be granted the
right 10 reconstruct the buildings known as
the New Wigwam, on the northeast corner
of Jones and Eddy streets, so that the same
may be used as a theater.
notice of withdrawal Of the protest of
Emily b. Hopkins, E. W. Hopkins and
Charles a. Gros, executors of Moses Hop
kins' estate, against closing certain streets
A petition OF Nj. +. Dolan, requesting that
the roadway OF the crossing of San Bruno
avenue and Army street and the sewer
therein. which are in deplorable condition,
be repaired and put in good order.
The City Attorney. Auditor and Treas
urer were required by resolution to notify
all property-owDers whose property was
sold for taxes in 1S70-71 and 1S9O-9I to re-
deem the same according to law
An appeal of j. j. 0Farrell. r. p. Ham,
mohd and &. ID. Carter from the action of
the Auditor in refusing to audit their claims
OF $3.50 each for services as expert witnesses
in the City Cemetery condemnation pro-
ceedipgs was referred to the District At
torney.
A resolution, introduced by Washington
Aver, that the Police Commissioners be and
are respectfully requested to direct the Chief
OF Police TO close all the dives in San Fran
cisco where intoxicating drinks are or NAV
be sold, was adopted.
The board adjourned at a late hour To
meet again this evening.
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