The morning call., 1893-10-16
BERKELEY.

In the last three years Berkeley has
grown from q suburban village of some
natural beauty, but without paved street
or cement sidewalk In the town, to a city
of 1000 people. with scores of miles OF
streets macadamized aud lined with cement
walks. And If the present rate Of i'm
provement continues for three years more
no city on the coast will have such perfect
streets, sewers and walks. This work is
not only being done by the consent, but
for the most part az the desire Of the
prOperty-ow1ers affected. Among i'm
pTovementS now desired are:
The grading, macadamiZng and side
walking of Haskell street, from Mabel TO
San Pablo avenue; the sewerlng OF Rose
street, from Third to San Pablo avenue; ;
of Virginia street. from Sherman TO Sacra-
ment to, and along Sacramento; OF Fourth
street, from Jones TO Folsom; sidewalks
ing of Blake street, from Shattuck avenue
to Dwnele street. and the grading OF
Telegraph avenue, from AShby TO Web
Ster.
Resolution for the most of these i'm
proyements Will probably be passed or
ordered prepared at the next meeting OF
the Trustees.
Work Being Done.
Among the improvements now being
arranged for or carried out are the side
walking Of Hanley street. Stanford ave-
nue., AlcatraZ avenue, Paradise street.
0Oth sides; Shattuck avenue from Asbby
avenue TO Ward street. and Fulton street,
both sides; the sewering OF Claiming way
through the land of the Oakland Light and
Heat Company from Third street to the
bay, the draining of Virginia street from
lie Roy avenue TO Arch street, the grading
of Ia
TO the bay, the sldewalking of Essex street
from Wheeler street TO Shattuck avenue,
the sewering of Fourth street, the side
walking with cement of the cast side o.
Miivia street from Rose to Virginia street.
except where already laid, and likewise of
University avenue from Shattuck avenue
10 the bay front; the sewering of Blake
and Prince streets and the grading, ma
cadamizlng and gutering of SEattuck
avenue from North Berkeley to the south
charter line. These and other improve
ments, proposed or being made. recorded
in the Town Clerks books, show that
never before has SO much work been
under way at one time as now.
improvements Yet Needed.
Still there are many Improvements
needed in this town OF magnificent dis
tanceS, especially in the south end. Town
Engineer Higgins states tnat Kent, New
berry, We bster, Stanford avenue and all
streets south of Prince should be severed
TO connect with the Mabel-street sewer
now being constructed, or with the south
line sewer, now about completed, Aud
among the Lorin streets most needing
sewers are: Tyler. Fairview. Woolsey,
Todd, Harmon. Ellis, FELTON,. King,
Harper, Handy and Adeline, from south
line sewer south. These ought all to be
laid before the winter rains set in.
There VIII Be Light.
j. G. Gardner, general manager of the
San Francisco Electric-light Company,
announces that he will have the electric
plant and current all in order for starting
the arc lights this week. The old plant
belonging to the city has been thoroughly
overhauled, new 65-light dynamo has
been put in position, the wires repaired
and the arc lamps ready to place in posi-
ton. The residents in the vicinity OF
Ashby avenue desire more lights than
they had under former systems, and as the
| Improvement company desires 10 sell its
! L0rin circuit OF wires and poles this may
be bought by the city, and anything saved
| thus be expended in increasing the South
Berkeley service.
The Deaf Mute Colony.
The deaf mute colony on the Parkhurst
| season being over, but as fifty mutes are
| wanted on vineyard in the vicinity OF
Santa Cruz the boys desiring will go there
| for work. The experiment was com.
! plete success and deaf mutes are acknowl-
edged as faithful workers when they
understand what is to be done.
f. Lohmeyer of the Berkeley institution
will leave in about month for Hawaii
where he goes TO work on the Spreckels
plantation, and add one TO the colony OF
some fifty deaf mutes now on the Islands
Second Anniversary.
On Saturday next the students of the
Deaf and Dumb Institute will celebrate
the second anniversary of the founding OF
their debating sociely-the de lEpee Ly-
ceum. A pleasing and instructive pro-
gramne of speeches and songs has been
prepared. Messrs. Koch, McCarty. Frank,
Isert and Miss Langstrom will give talks.
and Messrs. Cotter. Dixie, Strobel, Lip
setI ana Misses Hatch, Gande, Perslta,
Gould and Craddock musical selections.
Athletic Representatives.
at the annual meeting of the Pacific
Association OF the Amateur Athletic
Union, at the Olympic Club rooms, this
evening Ben Weed, president of the Attn
letic Association of the y. c.. VIII Den.
man, football manager, and MYRTLE Cert
will represent the Berkeley athletes.