The morning call., 1894-01-26
BEFORE 1T WAS ACCEPTED.
Waste-Paper Baskets for the
Principal Streets.
ADOLPH SUTRO PLEADS DELAY.
The Supervisors Street Committee
Accepts Streets and Pavements
and Makes Changes.

The Street Committee Of the Board OIL
Supervisors decided at yesterdays meet
ing to recommend the granting of petit
ton from the San Francisco Sanitary
League to place aste-paper baskets on
Market and Kearny streets. The recon-
mendation is provisional that only SIX
baskets may be used at first and consent
of storekeepers must be secured.
The grade on Liberty street was chan ged
over the hill. Contractor Sheerer. who
lives on the street. protested in an exct-
able manner against the change. An inter-
mediate grade. he thought, would answer
all purposes.
\. B. Merryvale, a property-owner on
the street. remarked that Sheerer owned
no property there The land on Liberty
street belonged to Mrs. Sheerer.
whats that?" shouted the protesting
contractor. THAT man comes here always
insulting me. You just come outside and
l will knock the spots off you"
Supervisor FOrman was between the
men and got out Of the way, after which
the sergeant-at-arms was instructed to
eject Sheerer.
The clerk OF the board was instructed TO
notify the Superintendent or Streets to have
distractions removed from Van Ness avenue,
north OF Vallejo, as required by recent res0-
lutlOn of The Board OF Supervisors This was
done as the land Is paid for and belongs 10 the
city.
The communication from the Golden Gaze
Valley Improvement Club, notifying the Super
intendent of Streets anG supervisors that OBJ
strucIions maintained by the gas company on
Steiner street, between Francisco and Bay.
should be removed, was placed on file. The
Superintendent of Streets has taken steps 10
have all the obstructionS removed.
Irving NJ. Scotrs suggestion TO the board TO
authorize the widening and macadamiZlng of
Twenty-fouTth avenue from the park TO Bakers
Beach, in order 10 provide work for idle men,
was placed on file. Tie reason for so doing is
the board has no power TO take private property
for public use without first making cOmpensa-
ton, and proceedings would require six To nine
months before the property could be acquired.
PrOperty-owners on the block on Eighteenth
street, between Valencia and Mission, prot sted
against the city accepting bituminOus rock laiG
in front of their property. The WORK was
finished at Christmas" said one of the pro-
Jestants, land now the pavement is turning
into mud and is cut TO pieces by wheels Here
is a sample"
The alleged bitumen was passed around in a
little DoN. III was as SOFT as wet adobe and
appeared Ike a mixture OF SCOT and mud. In
many places the bituman was so laid the con-
crete underneath Is already exposed.
The contractor was In the Street Depart
ment Office yesterday" said Deputy Superin-
tendent of ST. eets Welch, land he told me he
had been imposed upon. The rock was sup
piled by RaISch, and as 1t fell aSuuder already
teudent TO replace il with honest WORK."
Mr.. Little, representing Adolph Sutro, APP
peared before the committee and made strong
appeal to have work delayed on Hayes street.
opposite Sutro'S property, between Fillmore
and Steiuer streets. superintendent of Streets
AckerSOn had recommended that the block,
which Is almost impossible 10 wagons, be
graded 10 thesoffcla. level and paved. Sutro's
excuse was that lie could not afford 10 eXpend
money on this Improvement. He had no ready
money at this time 10 spare outside OF present
demands Tor labor, taxes and other expenses,
and stay OF proceedings for four months
would be relief. Chairman Day asked If Mr.
SutrO was performing other street work near
the AlmshOuSe and in the Mission. MT. Little
said The latter work was IN progress.
1--WE can't have law for the rich ana an
other for the poor" remarked Supervisor Day.
This Is not such an expensive improve ment.
ana should not be knocked out There is no
such thing as a postpOnement in this case, for
delay would mean knocking 1t out for
good"
Ion, well, il he wants 1t knocked out for a
while IL Is all right" Supervisor Ryan suggest
ed. INF. SutTo Will improve then"
The request was grained.
The commit ee passed resolutions In favor
of accepting finished streets on seventeenth
and Eigh zenith, between Mission aud Valen-
Cha; Scott, from Pacific avenue to Broadway;
Broadway, from Van Ness 10 Franklin; Fell
from Fillmore to Webster; Baker four blocks
north OF Post. and crossings as recommended ;
also Webster, from Fulton 10 Grove, and
crossings Washington and Broderick, Fill
more and Grove. Broadway and Franklin ana
Buchanan and Vallejo.