The morning call., 1893-05-10

night razlng bee would lave been in order
long ago, for the continuance of the building
In its present upright condition is not only
a menace to life and property but an OBJ
struction to tile actual opening of Cough
street And the delay in opening Cough
street means, II not retTogression, at least
the hiRderance TO any marked rise in real
estate values.
Years ago thb old glue factory. for that's
what IL was originally, was landmark in
that part of the city, which was then but
sparsey settled. Now it is an eyesore
and an obstruction TO the extension of
Cough street.
LeLally Cough street has been extended
for some years now. But even Super
visors, wise and all-powerful as they may
be, cannot extend a street through house
without removing the house. Or, at least,
If they can, such an extension don't
amount to much and won't enable folks
10 drive or walk along that thoroughiare.
Certainly not. The old glue factory has
TO be torn down before Cough street is
q street at that point, despite all the laws
of all the Supervisors in the world.
That's the view the Golden Gate In
proyemeut Club takes of the matter, and
they ought to know, for they live right
there aud their property is being kept
back bv II.
We've done about everything we could
to get that old place removed" says Mr.
Dyer, who is an officer OF the club and
property in the district. We've
sent petitions TO the owners OF the prop
erty and resolutions TO the supervisors
and to the Street Department, but II don't
seem TO do much good.
There the hideous old thing stands and
the street can't be paved and graded until
il is done away with.
The firm of COddington & Daney built
the old place COCO many years ago. Inev
have both been dead for ten wears or more
and l believe the estate is still in the
courts in some sort of way.
The right of way has been acquired by
the city already, ana the only thing TO
prevent the grading Of Cough street from
FlIbert street clear through 10 the bay IS
that confounded old structure.
ITS sometimes used now by SOMEBODY
for driving hogs' brlstles, but most Of the
time it is vacant. Ii TIE CALL would
bring the matter before the public l am
sure 1t would DO a great deal OF good in
fastening the removal Of the old pile"
If remains there till the next big wind
storm comes along next fall the old glue
factory will probably be blown bodily out
into the bay.
There IS not whole window in the
place, all The glass being broken or the
sashes gone entirely. There is little
pond of muddy water Surrounding the
building. Even the lower floor, or so
much Of it as is left, is covered by couple
OF inches Of water.
This is tough on the rats anu mice anu
not at all good for the underpinning OF the
house, which will soon be so rotten that
there will be a collapse Then there will
be big pile of kindliug-wood in the mid
die OF Cough street, where now there Is
ola apidated old glue factory.
The timid servant girls of the neighbor-
hood and the youthful portion of that part
OF the community are firmly grounded in
the belief that the old glue factory 10
haunted, and they do tell some very grue-
some tales about the moving lights on dark
nights, clanking of chains and that sort OF
thing within those decaving walls.
The city ought to wake up bit and re-
move the old glue factory, If for no better
reason than to lay the ghost