The morning call., 1892-09-14
RESISTING TIE GRABS.
The Street-Extension Job Out
at the Mission.
Property.0wners Before the Board Of Super
visors-some Vigorous Protests-Eotion
Of the Board.

A special meeting of the Board of Super
vsors was held last night to hear protests
against the confirmation Of the report of the
commissioners appointed on the extension
of Twentieth, Twenty first. Twenty-second
and Twenty-thirG streets, and the widening
and extension of Nineteenth street westerly
from the present termination to the COrbett
road.
The lobby was thronged with property
owners in the district affected by the meas
ure.
The work performed by the commission,
and how the total expense of $4,000 was in
Cured was explained in detail by Mr.
Charles w. Welch, one Of the commission
ers. Among the principal items were S12,-
600 for commissioners salaries, $500 for
advertising, $1,000 for office rent and ex-
penses, $4,000 for deficiency fund to pro-
vide for probable law suits and contingent
cies, and $1,000 for fees of experts, $1,000 for
clerk hire and other inc identals.
Il. Jeost said his assessment of So, 900
was only another word for cnnfiscation. Ii
his assessment was Cancelled he would be
willing to deed the necessary land to the
city,
Counselor Alfred Clarke delivered an
elaborate argument to show that the pro-
ceeding was in violation of the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution of the United
States, and that ii was an attempt to take
property without due process of law.
j. r. GunnisOn denounced the proceeding
as having for its object the putting of money
in the pockets of men who do not earn it.
B. Mckinney branded it as movement to
expend 100000 to collect $4,000.
A. p. Van Duser suggested to the Super
vsors 10 reduce the assessment TO mere
nominal sum and thus tie up the hands of
the commissioners until next winter, when
the people would ask the Legislature to re-
peal the Infamous statute which authorized
such raids upon them.
Messrs. 7. Bangs, Donald Bruce, John Z.
Boyle. ID. HI. Smith, Ludwig AltschuI, Will
liam Ede, DR.. Matthews aud A. d. Allen
spoke in a similar strain. All declared that
the report of the commissioners if con-
irmed would result in a cOntiscation Of
their property.
When all had been heard, Supervisor
Taber remarked that the streets proposed
to be extended were or no use or value to
most OF the people who were to be assessed
for the work. The only street that had any
merit was Seventeenth street. He was in
favor of reJe citing the report OF the COM
mission altogether, but. as such action might
not afford the desired relief, he thought it
would be best TO refer the report TO the
Street Committee to confer with the prop
erty-owners Interested and decide what had
best be done. He was inclined TO agree with
Mr.. Van Duser that the best plan would be
to modify the report until the law could be
repealed.
Supervisor Burling said he was satisfied
that the rejection OF the report would
amount to nothing, otherwise he would vote
TO reject. He thought that Mr. Van Duser
had recommended the proper course.
The board thereupon unanimously voted
to refer the report to the Street Committee
to confer with the protesting property
owners and agree upon a course of action.