The morning call., 1894-09-28
ITS AUTHOR is ALL ALONE.
Wheelmen Before the Street Com.
mittee Protest.
THE DUST ON VAN NESS AVENUE
Will Probably Bring About a Uniform
Pavement From One End to
the Other.

Bicyclists, contractors. Indignant prop
erty-Owners and other more or less un-
happy people crowded the rooms of the
Street Committee of the Board of Super
vlsors all day yesterday. causing that
patient body TO feel that il had earned its
salary long before it adjourned.
Otto tum SUDDEN was entirely alone 10 his
advocacy of his ordinance regulating the
riding of the wheel 10 the parks and pub
lie highways. He made his little speech,
however. on the lines OF his typewriter
complaint to the effect that bicyclists
should be allowed to ride where other
wheeled vehicles are not afraid to enter
But his cause was not seconded. D. L.
Drvany, representing the Bay City Wheel
men, said that the members of this organl-
cation desired no change in the present
conditi ms and were quite willing to leave
It all to the Park Commissioners.
United States Marshal Barry Baldwin
was present for the purpose of saying
much the same thing. He wanted the
ways and byways of the park open TO the
blcyclists, but saw no necessity for the in
terveDtl0n Of the Supervisors. He was
willing to rely upon the justice aud wis
dom of the Park Commissioners.
Z. +. Gates said that the various cycling
ORGANIZATIONS of the city Ind appointed
representative who would form a cOmpo-
site committee to meet and talk the matter
over with the Commissioners and was
sure that arrangements wholly satisfactory
10 the majority of cycers would be made.
Park Commissioned Stow being called
upon said he saw nothing TO present to the
committee, as majority OF the bicycle
men had stated their case. The Commits
siOners, he said, stood ready to grant any
reasonable favors asked.
Park COmmiSSiOnar Scntt and Sunerin-
tendent hcLaren were also present, while
the wheelmen were otherwise represented
by George Wetmore, W. NJ. Best. j. w.
Kerr, f. Mohrig, F. III. Kerrigan and f.
Ii. Curry of the Bay City and California
cycling clubs.
The committee took the matter under
Amusement, which means much the same
as indie finite nostponement.
The Van Ness avenue agitation about
laying the dust consumed considerable
time. Deputy Street Superintendent
Welch estimated that II would cost about
$3.50 month to do the job properly the
city owning its own sprinklers.
DIR. Buckley, speaking for the property
owners, described the situation as horri-
BILE. dust lying foot deep at some places
and making a firs;-class cause of action
against the city for damages il heAgree-
ment to stop the nuisance is further vio-
lated
Mr.. Denman advised DR.. Buckley and
the prOperly-owDers 10 have their end of
the avenue paved with bitumem. He had
no doubt the McCrosson contract, now
covering the district between California
and Pacific streets. could be stretched to
cover the space between on the same
terms.
DR.. Buckley took kindly to the sugges-
ton, saying he believed they would agree
to anything to get rid OF the dust nuisance.
The matter was taken under Amusement
and proceedings will probably be started
for paving the avenue from California
street south. In the meantime Claus
Spreckels, john ID. Spreckels and L. 2.
Dexter presented a petition to delay the
paving of the avenue from California to
Pacific until permanent concrete found
alton can be laid. The contract has been
passed TO print, the bitumen TO be laid on
the present macadam fOundati
The Mayor was authorized to contract
with Warren & Malley 10 pave that por-
ton of the avenue from Greenwich to
Lombard in front Of property owned by
the city.
The committee declined TO ratfy a pri-
vate contract with the Jordan Company,
entered into by performers Oh the
avenue, for paving the block between Bush
and SUIT + streets, as IL comes within the
McCrossOn contract.
The proposed grade of Ninth avenue.
between NJ aud y streets, was the subject
of a vOciferous protest 10y number of
PROF erty-owDers, IN so much that the COM
mittee determined to go out and look the
ground over.
Proceedings were started toward the
paving of Pierce, Pine and California
streets with bltumen.
A number of contracts for street work
were approved.