The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-06
!" in LONG PANTS"
This City Is Getting to Be
a Big Boy Now.
AFTER THE STREET BANNERS
Specifications for Street Sweep
ing Approved.
DENMAN'S AMENDMENT GOES IN.
Mr.. Dundon Fears the Merchants
Association Will Not Get the
Job After All.
AFTER THE STREET BANNERS
DENMAN's AMENDMENT GOES IN

With the amendment offered by Mr..
Denman and printed yesterday in The
CALL, The specifications as prepared by
the Merchants Association were adopted
by the Supervisors yesterday, sitting as a
committee of the whole.
Denman's amendment providing for
leaving the dumping grounds for the main
part of the city to be designated by the
Supervisors was adopted without any talk.
Mr.. Dundon suggested a little change
providing for the care of street-crossings
during rainy weather. which was also
adopted. although it only made specific
what was already provided for in general
way.
Mr. Dundon also wanted separate bids
called for on streets that were to be cleaned
all day as apart from streets that were
swept only at intervals, but this was not
done. Mr.. Dundon voted alone against
the motion TO accept and call for bids I'M
der the specifications He said he Mer-
chants Association could be trusted to do
this work properly, but he did not think
the specifications we're specific enough for
the general contractors, and lnaSmuch as
be did not believe the Merchants Associa-
ton would get the contract great care
should be taken.
MI. DUUIudUu Sdlu duy
would have to bid very low to beat them,
as they were not in the business to make
money, but to keep the streets clean.
That was the point, said DundOn. The
other contractors might bid low enough to
secure the contract, but they would not
keep the streets clean.
The work under the contract to be let
must begin November l.
Mr.. Dohrmann submitted the following
letter, the request incorporated in which
was granted:
To the Honorable Board Of S,tpervisors-
GENTLEMEN: We beg leave 10 submit to you
list OF blocks which we swept during the past
three months al total cost OF S2359 40, which
amount was subscribed by the merchants doing
business on the streets named.
AS these subscriptions were originally made
to September 1 and have now been extended to
October 1 and nave now expired we ask that
your honorable BODY permit this work to be
continued until November l in the same man
ner and at an expense TO the city OF The present
contract price per lineal mile, this association
paying the additional cost for all day hand la
Dor, and that the necessary amount be provided
TO pay for this work in addition 10 the $500
TO which the contractor is limited for this
month. Respectfully yours.
1HE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION,
Il. w. DoHRMANN. President
Streets swept for account of Merchants
AssOcis tinn: Grant avenue, Market to
Geary; Kearny street, Market to Pine :;
Montgo merry street. Market to California !;
Geary street, Kearny to Stockton; Post
street, Montgomery to Stockton; Suffer
street. Market to Grant avenue; Bush
street, Sansome to Grant avenue: Pine
street, Sansome to Kearny; California
street, Battery to Kearny.
The work by the month was: July,
tweDty-three blocks; August. twenty-four
blocks: September, twenty five blocks, the
total cost of which was S2359 Do.
The Supervisors some time ago limited,
by resolution. the amount to be paid To the
present contractors for tie work at $500
and the Merchants Association was asking
for what amount remains in excess of that
sum in the monthly appropf iation for street
cleaning and it was granted. The amount
is about $1,000.
In an informal talk with Chairman Day
of the Street Committee Mr.. Dphrmau
called attention to the banner nuisance in
the streets and urged that they be pulled
Ia. Mr. Day said that there were ordi-
nances against it and that the Merchants
Association had only to make complaint
and the Chief of Police would do the rest.
Il am entirely in sympathy with any
such movement" said Mr.. Day. 81 think,
also, that this thing of allowing horses
and buggies to be hitched along the streets
In front OF the real-es.ate offices on Satur-
day afternoons, just as they do in San
Jose, should all be stopped. Those horses
shoul Id be in stables. 1t is time this city
was being put in long pants"
Mr.. Dphrmann FASTENED off TO see the
Chief, and no one need be surprised al re-
celvng notice TO pull in his advertising
banner from the outward walls"