The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-06-30
MERRY'S PROTEST.
He Objects TO the Filling
in of Lewis Street.
Surveyor FitZhugh Files a Report
Estimating the Cost of Inprov-
ing That Street.

Captain William L. Merry appeared be-
fore the Street Committee yesterday and
protested against the laying out of al
assessment district to pay the expenses of
grading and filling in Lewis street, as pro-
posed by James 6. Fair. He thought
that the district laid out was too small.
He ackno wledged that the carrying out of
the plan would be a great advantage to
labor. but said it would be long time be-
fore the property would realize
any benefits
"The building of a wharf at Lewis
street." said Captain Merry, would be of
little advantage to shipping men. 1t
would be impossible to dock ships there
during the rainy season if the dock is to
be built as proposed, as the swell is
often seven feet high"
The committee decided not to hear other
protestants who were present and to have
a hearing before the full board one week
from next Monday night.
City and County Surveyor Fitzhugh, to
whom was referred the work of estimating
the cost of building the Lewis-street
wharf and filing in the tide land. filed a
report yesterday, in which he said:
have measured the depth of water and mud
along the line OF said work, and after taking
the soundings taken by other engineers have
assumed that the material under the highest
portion OF the Lewis street embankment will
sink about ten feet into the mud; OF the La
guna-street embankment five feet; under the
slopes OF The embank ment the sinking will be
In proportion 10 the height and consequent
weight of the same and will therefore be moth
ing at the extreme ends. i consider my allow
ance for settling liberal.
IL must be borne in mind that This embank-
ha q a
bay yet need not be OF sucn character as will
BE- required for the seawall 10 be hereafter con-
structed along the wafer front.
My estimate ~ the quantities and cost OF the
Lewis streci-First-class rock, 42,013 tons.
at 81. S42o13; second-elass0 rock, 230.946
filling, 6o,390 cubic yards: at 20 cents,
S15,O97 so; 1864 piles, fifty feet long, at IL
cents per foot. S8784; driving 1864 piles at 81
per pile. s296s; Teal. s2o7 .Sa oeoo ron, :,
81 per ton, 1892; second-class rOcE, il, 10Y
tons, at 80 cents, S7o24 20i earth or sand fill
ing. 7o430 cubic yards, at 20 cents, ST sol 90.
S2S.25a 20. Total cost OF Lewis street,
S1o7.370 10; Laguna street. S28,253 70.
Grand total, S235,623 80.
The assessment per square foot in district
cents or abont 3.Sl per front foot. or $1I5 per
lot 25x1OO. The assessment district contains
5,1o4,687.5 square feet.
/. Harris appeared before the committee
and asked that be be allowed to retain the
mum bers 1907" 1905, "303." "301'' on bis
residence on Van Ness avenue. Hs said
he had been ordered by the Street Superin-
tendent to remove the number 1907" and
substitute "305k"
The Street Superintendent is actuated
by maliceR' said Harms.
HE is mot" retorted Deputy Telch.
You are the malicious one. You said you
would PUNCH the Street Superintendent
head If he took down your number"
Harris denied that he had said such q
thing, but the committee decided that he
would have to change his mum bers as the
law provides that only one number shall
be allowed 10 twenty feet, while Harris has
four within sixty feet.