The morning call., 1892-11-15
DISHING OUT FRANCHISES.
The Board of Supervisors at Its An
nuai CIean-Up,

The annual street-rairoad franchise
cleanup is In full swing at the City Hall
The outgoing Board of Supervisors has no
meeting that it does not receive petitions
for street railroad franchises or passing
orders granting them.
A stack CT them reached Clerk Russelps
desk in one form or the other last night.
The votes on the passage OF these
measures represent solid eight. the same
in every instance, with Supervisors Ebert.
Antiques and Heyer recorded against them.
The City Railroad Company requested
permission to extend its tracks on Silver
avenue, Mission and other streets to the
San Mateo County boundary line. This
was sent 10 the Committee on Streets
The Market-street Cable Company filed a
petition for a franchise 10 extend its tracks
from Seventeenth street along Castro,
Ridley, Devisadero and other streets north
erly TO the bay shore near the Preside.
This petition had the same reference.
Protests were received from Mrs. N A
| Meyerfield, 4. 4. Schloss and Il. Knight
| against closing any streets In Mission Bay
| for railroad purposes.
| An order was passed 10 print granting 10
! Marc w. Common, John 0Byrne, T.. Avery
| Mccarthy. Raymond A Perry, William a.
| II. O'Connor. of San Francisco. and Charles
Mccarthy and ID. ii. Austin. of New York,
| the right of way for railroad tracks for fifty
years over streets as follows: Beginning al
Circular and San Jose avenues and contin-
uing thence over various streets to Ocean
House road and thence westerly 60 the
ocean. A branch is TO run from Masonic
avenue and Page street to Ashbury and
Casselli avenue. Other branches begin at
Market and Eleventh street, F0rty-seyentb
avenue and Ocean House road and Surrey
and Edna street, all converging TO a point
south OF the park and near the ocean. The
whole right of way covers more than one
hundred streets.
The order as originally reported provided
that 5000 should be expended on work dur
ing the first year Ga motion of Mr.. Bur-
ling this proviso was amended SO as to
make the amount $4,000.
Mr.. Ebert denounced the scheme az a
blank franchise. He said the only purpose
of the projectors was to tie up the streets
indicated so as to sell out the franchise to
bonR-fide builders OF roads. On his motion
the order was amended so as to provide
that the corporation should pay to the CITY
per cent of its net proceeds as soon as apy
portion of the road shall be completed and
In operation.
same vote was one granting TO William
Henry, c. Fowler, Louis 4. Durand and
John w. Eisenbush the right of way for
railroad tracks, beginning at Twenty-ffth
street and Potrero avenue westerly along
Twenty-ffth street to Harrison. northerly
ty-second 10 Folsom, northerly on Folsom
TO Seventeenth. westerly upon Seventeenth
TO Dolores, north upon Dolores to Market
easterly on Market 10 0ctavia, n9rtherly
along Octavia to Fulton, westerly along
Fulton to Buchanan, northerIy along
buchanan to Eddy. westerly along Eddy
TO Steiner, northerly along Steiner 70
Greenwich. westerly along Greenwich to
Frederick. northerly along Broderick 10
Jefferson, westerly along Jefferson to the
eastern line OF the Governments reservation
at The Presidio: also commencing at Sanchez
and Twenty-f0uTth streets. thence northerlv
along Sanchez to Twenty-fourth, easterly
along Twenty-fourth to Dolores. nortberiv
along Dolores 10 Twentieth, westerly along
Twentieth to Church, northerly on Church
TO Nineteenth, westerly on Nineteenth To
Sanchez. northerly on Sanchez 10 Seven-
tenth and easterly on Seventeenth TO
Dolores.
The order was passed without debate.
The third order passed in like manner
was franchise granting to the San Fran
cisco and West Shore Railroad Comnany the
right OF way for railroad tracks, beginning
at Twenty-ffth street ana Potrero avenue
thence across Utah, Nebraska. ARMY and
Vermont streets. Barneveld and I.oomis
avenues. and thence southwesterly over
various streets TO Worcester avenue tho
terminus Of the road. This is the charter for
an electric road to be extended TO Halfmaon
Bay.
An order granting franchise 10 the Olvm.
pic Club to lay down pipes for the convey
ance OF water from the ocean throughout
the city was adopted
This evening the board will meet to hear
the protestants against the report NJ the
commissioners for tho extension of Post
street.