The morning call., 1893-11-20
NORTH END TALK.
Meeting of the Golden
Gate Valley Club.
The Adoption of Resolutions Censur-
ing the Pacific Gas Improve
ment Company.

A meeting of the Golden Gate Valley
Improvement Club was held at Tilton
Hall on Saturday evening, E. ii. Knight
In the chair.
Thomas Terry called the attention of
the club to the action of the Pacific Gas
Improvement Company in fencing In a
whole block on Steiner street. He said
that company had made most bitter
fight against the improvement of the north
end. They have protested against the
work of improving Lewis street and the
filling in of the overlooked land, although
they they will not be called on to pay one
cent of the cost of it; and when their OBJ
jections we're overruled they got an njuu c.
ton out to prevent the Board of Supervis-
Ors from doing the work.
W. Wright and other members of the
club deprecated the action of the Gas In
provement Company in retarding the
work on Lewis street. He said that COM
pany is working To keep the district in the
same condition it has been in for the past
thirty years. Ii they can stop Improvement Is
through the courts and inclose streets by
force it Will mean contscatlOn to all other
property-owners.
The following resolutions were pre-
sented by Mr.. Terry AMI were unani-
mnusy adopted.
WHEREAS. The Pacific Gas IMPROVEMENT
Company, corporation doing business in this
city and county, has filed complaint in the
Circuit Court OF the United States against the
Mayor, Board of Supervisors and Superintend-
ent OF Streets OF the city and county OF San
Francisco. alleging hat said parties have insti-
tuted proceedings under the street law OF the
state Of California 10 improve certain portions
Of Lewis aud Laguna streets In said city and
county, and further alleging and claiming that
said improvements IL completed will interfere
with and prevent access to their premises stu
ated and lying between Francisco and Bay
streets and Fillmore and Pi-rce streets
in said city and county, and further
claiming that they have right to
highway over the overlooked lands lying
south OF Lewis street. and north of their prem
ises described as aforesaid, which overflowed
lands, together with that portion of Lewis aud
Laguna streets ordered 10 be improved. are all
inside The waterfront line of this city and
county as by law established, and whereas said
Pacific Gas Improvement Company did pray
that said court do forever restrain said Mayor,
Board of Supervisors and said Superintendent
of Streets from contracting for or permitting
the whole or any part of said Improvement 10
be performed, and whereas said court did issue
temporary restraining order, forbidding SAID
public officers to proceed further in the matter
thereby frustrating aud delaying great
public Improvement which Is of para
mount Importance TO all owners of prop
and county which 1t is the province Of this
club to advance and defend. And whereas the
aforesaid company have heretofore. without
warrant or authority OF law, taken In aud IN
closed a portion of Steiner street, lying be-
tween Francisco and Bay, in this city aud
county. and do stu occupy and iDcoSe said POT
tlou OF said public street and deny all public
travel thereon.
And whereas said portion Of Steiner street Is
within the buundari s of the "Puebo lands OF
San Francisco as finally confirmed to the city
OF San Francisco aad surveyed under instruc-
tions from the United States Surveyor.General
in December, 1888. Therefore. be il
Resolved, That we the members of the
Golden GateV alley Improvement Club, and also
owners OF property within that territory. do
most respectfully petition the Board of Super
viscrs of this city anu county 10 cause The inn
mediate removal of the fences ana all other
distractions placed or main tanned by said
Pacific Gas improvement Company on said
portion OF Steiner street; and be ii further
ResolUed, That copy OF these resoluti Ons be
forwarded to said Board of Supervisors and
prompt &C ion requested thereon.
The meeting then adjourned until the
first Tuesday In December