The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-12
'EES SAID TO BE FABULOUS.
Mr.. Fitzhugh Revealed as a
Coming Cr9sus.
NoN-PARTIsANs LOOKING 1T UP.
The Street Committee Hears an
Argument Against the Bay City
Track-Reconsiders Things.

The Street Committee of the Board of
Supervisors was con fronted with rather
serious and interesting proposition yester-
day morning.
Hon. L. j. Sullivan, chairman of the cam
paign committee of the N0n-P artisans, ana
d. j. MahoDey, who had spoken for that
party before the Election Commission, sue
ceeding in turning Blennerhassett down.
ward, and William Hollis, Wallace Brad
ford, George Cumming and Charles Ash
ton, active members of the party, were
present to submit to the company the adj
visibility of their recommending to the
Supervisors the passage of an ordinance
fixing the compensation of the City and
County Surveyor. The sum they named
as about right in their Judgment was
S5O0O They said that not one but the
choice from many good and thoroughly
competent m en- could be secured for that
sum.
Mr.. Hollis did most of the talking. He
said: 81 am credibly informed that the
fees of the City and County Surveyor are
enormous and amount TO q fortune every
single year. This has been the case for
many wears past and IL is tine that halt
was called and some change effected. l
am told that the fees aggregate yearly
from $50, 600 to $4,000. Such enormous
sums are out of all proportion to the value
of the work performed and form heavy
burden for the taxpayers that should be
unlOaded as quickly as 1t is shown 10 be
true. Indeed that formal'y should not be
necessary, but the fee system should be
abolished on general principles and the
compens aton Of the Surveyor liked by the
| board"
The committee did not undertake TO dis
| cuss the matter, but expressed a desire to
| hear further argument, toge her with
submission OF some facts 10 substantiate
the statements, and stixed the time as
THURSDAY mex at p NJ
Then a represent tive for the opening
of streets through the Bay District Race
! track was given an audience. These petit
| TONERS are the people who are said Oy the
! Richmond District Improvement Associa-
| ton to have evil des igns on that section,
and are planning to bring about blight,
| the consummatiOn of which VIII be la
| beled 1.-The downfall of Richmond"
Mr.. Parker. the spokesman for the Pc
tti0ner, declared the statements of the
association as made in their answer were
not true. He said that property in the
vicinity of the track had depreciated in
value, and would continue To do 80 unless
the track was opened up. The place was
gloomy and fpreb0ding when there were
no races, aud when there were the char
acter of the crowds attracted was any,
thing but desirable.
The matter was laid over for one week
upon motion of Supervisor q Odwin.
The Committee with this began the re-
consideration of a great deal of its lately
com pleted work. AT the last meeting OF
the committee Mr.. DOhrman of the Mer-
| chants Association was present to say that
the advertisement for bids for paving
| kearny street appearing in the papers had
created the impression that the city was
| going to do the work. ami so IL was next
to impossible 10 collect from the merchants
| the necessary supplemental sum. The
resolution passed by the committee was
| confusing on this point, and 1t was yester
day recOnsdered and changed. so that 1t
clearly appears that the ely "al ows" the
Pacific Paving Company $3.50 for each
| block paved, S166 for each crossing.
AT the former meeting they rejected all
bids tor the paving of Merchant street, be-
tween Montgomery and SansOme. and they
reconsidered this and let the contract 10
the City Improvement Company, the low
| est bidder, for Sl700.
They did exactly the same in the matter
of grading and matchmaking Ninth ave-
nue., between @ and ID streets, except that
! Thomas Madigan got the job.
They have been calling for bids for the
construction OF a sewer in Fifteenth street
| from Howard to Folsom. but they decided
to stop doing so and begin at the begin
! ming and allow the Superintendent oil
Streets to provide for tie recons iructon of
the sewers to uniform size so that they
will secure the results desired.
Then they formally resolved to allow one
piece of work-thaL on Piercs street, be-
tween Pine and Caifornia-to continue
as project ed"
The Southern Pacific was allowed to
string a telegraph cable over Market street,
from the southeast corner to the top of
the Onion Trust building, their new
offices. at Market and Montgomery streets.
| This was the resolution which Mr.. Rogers
| introduced and then backed away from at
the last meeting OF the Supervisors.
Frank E. Plat had suggestion flied
that the Market-street Railway Company
be required (as slight compensation for
| favors received). to put up electric lights
| where they run their cars. 1t was decided
| that in future some such requirement be
made.
Mrs. Ford wanted the committee tn stop
the blasting on NJ street, between Eight
and Ninth. and the committee decided that
! it being un awful for any body to blast in
the city Mrs. Ford could stop it herself by
having the parties arrested.
Then both the Boys Brigade and L.
censed Taxpayers Union. who wanted to
hang out some banners, felt the rigor Of
4 the nav rapin1a