The morning call., 1894-06-29
Merchants Before the SUI
pervisOrs.
IN FAVOR OF HAND LABOR.
NEW TELEPHONE FRANCHISE.
AdoIph Sutro Sustained in His Pro-
test Against Certain Inside
-: Street Openings.

-. a committee of ten citizens appeared be-
fare4te- committee of the board of Super
.Yisors Yesterday, representing the Mer-
cnant5' Association, lately formed in This
cltys:
President DOhrman addressed the board
Stating that the object of the new organi-
zatton was to promote measures which are
for the best interests Of the city. One of
the principal objects is to obtain clean
= streetst as. they at present are not what
they:onght to be. The speaker said the
Merchants Association was now consider
: ing some feasible plan for the sweeping of
: the streets by hand There was no doubt
Z. that streets swept by hand were much
cleaner than when hastily run over by old
machines. Besides, street-sweeping by
hand would give employment TO a number
2: Of deserving persons who were out OF work
and had families TO support Even II the
plan cost a little more the taxpayers would
rot mind, as the cleaner streets and the
giving of work to the unemployed would
amply justify the extra cost. He asked
the committee To consider the Interests Ct
the unemployed as far as 1t was practical.
Chairman Day informed the delegation
that the Supervisors had prepared specif-
cations for street sweeping, the contact
for which must be let for tive years. In
these specifications there were included a
number of streets to be swept by hand
labor. The principal of these was Market
Street from the ferries TO LarEln, Mont
gomery street from Market TO Washing
ton. he8ruy from Market to " ashlngtoD,
Sutter from MontGOs cry to Stockton, and
all other side streets for block off Market
as far as Golden Gate avenue. Chairman
Day said 1t was necessary to let the WORK
out by contract President DOhrman in
rh- Obi tnras n
aving the city divided into districts aud
the stIeet-sWeeplng let out 10 different
parties, who could not afford to bid for
the entire $4,000 contract.
Chairman Day said he did not see any
objection to such plan ii the city could
; be properly districted He was glad to see
% the merchants take an interest in the mat
ter, but was sorry they had not acted be-
fore the Finance Committee made the pres
ent appropriation.
After further discussion ii was decided
: 10 defer advertising Tor bids for sixty days
in order to allow the Merchants Associa-
tion time to prepare districts with the
necessary schedules.
The Committee reported in favor of re-
% QueStIug the San Francisco Bridge Com
=. pany, the California Bridge Company and
the Thomson Bridge Company TO submit
plans and specifications to the street COM
mite for such alterations and repairs to
the F0urth-street draw bridge as will rem-
edy the present defects and place the
bridge In hTSt-class order and condition /;
the plan and specifications selected and
approved 10 be awarded A premium Of
$3.50 On the adoption OF the plans and
O. specifications proposals will be called for
3. ana the contract awarded to the lowest
bidder, who will be required to keep the
bridge IN tirst-class order for three years
afrer:the completion of the plans.
80 a. u. Campbell and his attorney, James
: T. Smith, appeared before the committee
to urge tie putting up at public auction Of
anew telephone franchise in accordance
- with the terms of a petition presented TO
: tbe board oD last Monday. AS full COM
;mittee was not pTasent action In the matter
= was post Qued till next Thursday.
: 1t was resolved TO support protest sent
: to the board. by AdOlph SutrO against the
Opaning Of certain STREETS and avenues on
tile north and west Of the City Cemetery to
!: tie ocean. In his protest SutTO says that
Tie several tracts OF LAND mentioned in the
: extensions asked for are owned by him
: anu there is no present necessity for those
streets being opened.
=. The committee was unanimously in
" favor of notifying the Chief of Police to
. enforce the ordinance relative 10 high
: fences, as the law is constantly being vio-
lated In this respect.
10 action was taken on the petition Of
the National Equestrian Association Of
California to suspend banners across
Montgomery and Market streets. The
ever votes to suspend a banner across a
: public street must pay S25 into the city
treasury. Supervisor Day was willing to
do this IN this case as the banner was for
: the MidWinter Fair, but the rest of the
eOmmltteeWOuld not agree to the proposal.