The morning call., 1894-10-05
Mr.. Denman Will Head
1t All Off.
A SUBSTITUTE PROVIDED,
Which Means Reprinting and
More Delay.
THE SWEEPINGs AND THE PARK
The Board Itself Is at Fault in Not
Providing the Means-The
Specifications.

The storm that threatened over the Su-
pervisors in general and the Street Com
mittee in particular because of that
Seventh-street dumping clause has all
been smoothed away-or will be. at least
by q substitute clause which has been
framed by Mr.. Denman, who raised the
disturbance. Satisfied that the provision
for dumping on Seventh street was insti-
gated by the Southern Pacific because the
filling of that street would benefit that
company, and satisfied that the residents
in that neigh borhood did not want the
garbage there, and that the Park Commits
sion want it, he has prepared the follow
ing. which will probably be substituted
for the Objectionable clause:
The street sweepings, except for that portion
OF the CITY bounded by Broadway, Hyde street
and the bay, shall be deposited on Alamo
square, Point Lobos square Golden Gate
Pa TX, as the Board OF Supervisors may decree
The street-swee pings 10 be deposited on Gold
Gate Park sh all be delivered on cars cen
trally located a long the route of the Market
street Railway Company's system. The street.
sweepings from that portion Of the city bounded
Dy the bay, Hyde and Larkin streets may be
delivered al convenient dumps to be designated
by the Board or Supervisors.
MIR. Dohrman of the Merchants AssOcia-
ton was before the Street Committee
yesterday, and In view of this proposed
change in the specifications and all being
explained to him as perfectly serene, he
10 ade little reference to the mat ter.
Mr.. Russell, cl ERIK Of the board, ex.
planned that the language of the specifica-
tons of 1890 to 1692-the contracts being
let for two ears-was used, and that no
reference to the Southern Pacific was had
10 mind in doing so. He says the spsci.
&c ations were read and discussed at length
before the committee. LII order to get MIR.
Denman's substitute or half dozen lines
into the place OF the Seventh-street joke
the whole vo luminous specifications will
nave to be reprinted, in order to avoid
complications with contractors.
Some members of the board tn ink it
doubtful if contractors will bid with the
dumping ground left subject to the W him
of the Supervisors. The hauling of the
sweepings is very large item of the con.
:ract. and bidders will want to know what
is expected Of them. Not all contractors
will lay them selves subject to the within o.
bit Of malice that might require them TO
haul the sweepings TO distant points.
"This matter OF sending the sweepings
to Golden Safe Park lies entirely with the
Supervisors, and has done So for years."
said Mr.. Russell Yesterday. "a COM
mittee called on the Southern Pacific a
couple of years ago in regard to the
matter. and they agreed to furnish the
rolling stock and to do the hauling. the city
being only required to build the cars-the
trucks and wheels being furnished-and
to put in sid g tracks at the points where
that could be de sired. of course; but de-
spite the clam or of the Park Commission
ers for the sweepings, these provisions
have never been made, and they can't,
therefore. get them. although some refer
ence is made to the possibility in every
streat-sweeping contract"
The contract will be let for but one year
this time. Mr.. Dohrman explained that
the specified tons were being made in favor
of the citv rather than the contractor, con-
trary to all prec edent, and that the whole
matter was in the line of experiment., and
would enable the city to learn what the
cost of keeping the streets clean really was,
also to study methods which. in the light
of these experiments, might be improved
upon from time to time. He regretted the
delay inciden mt to reprinting the specifca-
| tions.
| The Board of Supervi sors, at its meeting
to-day. will go over the whole matter.
The specifications prepared by the Mer-
| chants Association provide for payment
according to the square yard. The price
| to be figured upon is per 1000 square yards,
with the un Outstanding that second
sweeping the same day will call for half
the price bid: for keeping clean all day
| Except Market street, double the price,
and for keeping Market street clean all day
! three times the prize bid.
Machine and hand labor are to supple
ment each other. but all day work is TO be
| done by hand; the machine work must be
| done between 6 P. NJ. and 6 A. NJ, the en-
| tire work to be under the sup .rvision and
subject to the acceptance of the Superin-
| tendent of Streets, and when not to his
satisfaction no pay shall be received. al
! though an appeal to the Supervisors is
provided for. The Superin tendent will in
spect the work daily and report, and will
| also designate the streets that are TO be
swept and kept clean.
! The contractor will not be expected 70
| keep such streets clean as are out of re-
pair, neither will he remove the debris left
| from any work in the streets by railway
or other corporations or ind viduaIs.
Each bidder is required 10 deposit Ger
| tilted check for $500, which is to be for
| feIted il he gets the contract and fails to
| give the $50, 900 bond necessary, and 60 to
| work within six days after the award-all
| of which the Merchants Association is
| well able to do.