The morning call., 1894-10-09
IN NINE GRAND SECTIONS.
Three to Have a Sweep Always
With Them.
SIX WILL BE COVERED WEEKLY.
plans of the Merchants Association
They WIFI Have Competitors for
the Contract, However.

A committee of the Merchants Associa-
ton is busily at work celebrating its plan
for tackling the street-sweeping contract
to the best advantage.
Tire plans so far arranged contemplate
the division of the city into business and
residential portions and these into subdl-
visions.
= The business will be cut into three parts,
the central to have Market street, from the
water front to Valencia street, as its back
bone, and to embrace the district south to
and including Mission street, from Fremont
to Sixth inclusive. On the north one
block will be included from Valencia down
to Eddy, Eddy TO Powell, Powell to Suffer,
to Grant, to California. to KearDy, to
Washington. to East.
The second district lies south of Market
street and includes everything below the
other named district, and lying between
Mission. Chanpel and the bay.
The third district is north of the
Market-street district and north of a line
drawn through Washington to Kearny. to
California, o Stockton, TO Sacramento. to
Powell, to Washington, to Mason, to Fill
bert, to worth, to the bay.
These three districts VIII have each
crew and a separate superiD tendent, and
they Will be employed upon them da ly.
The idea will be to keep them clean and
not to go over them by rule so many times
in any fixed period.
The rest ofsthe city will be divided as
nearly as possible into six districts, and
one large gang will work in each enc day
of each week, so that every street Will be
cleaned once a week.
But all streets. even in the residence pOr-
tion. 90 not need equal attention. and they
Will be looked after according TO their
deserts-the more dirt the more desert.
The members Of the Merchants Asso-
ciaiion have not had the experience out
there that they have had IN the city.
When they have worked over the ground
for some months they say they will be able
to inform the Supervisors to a nicely just
what is needed out there and the cost Of
getting 10 ii.
1.-The division of the city into these dis
iricts for the purpose of letting the con-
tract is the desirable way to do il" said
Mr.. Dohrmann last night, "aud we would
have started that way only without the
knowledge Of experience it would be inn
possible to do it intelligently. 1t can be
done so next year. We have had the
Street Superintendent, or rather he has
done so for us, prepare schedule OF all
the streets paved with bitumon, those
paved with basalt and those with c0bOles.
eff rent tInts. SO that we can get at the
situation i'll a glance"
And how about the contract? Are
you sure you'll get it?"
Mr.. Dohrmann laughed as he said: ut
would certainly be good joke il after all
our study and planning we shouldn't get
it. We are to nave several mpetitors, l
understand. in bidding, but l can't see
how they can bid as low as we will. We
intend, of course, TO BID below what t
would cost any other person to do the
WORK as we will do it. There isn't enough
money as it is to do it right. Still, i: any
body else gets it and does it thoroughly,
according TO the specifications: our mission
will have been accomplished"
Now as 10 the work on Kearny street ?'
1.-The work of illuminating KearDy street
will begin tomorrow. The railroad con-
pany has agreed TO put bitumen down be-
tween its tracks on Bush street, and will
do so ON all streets hereafter where
bituminiZing is in con temptation.
Following are additional subscriptions
TO the streer-SWeeping fund: