The morning call., 1894-10-19
NOT TO BE MOVED.
Bay District Track Safe
for One Year.
The Property-Owners of the Rich
mond District Strongly Protest
Against Its Removal.

The property-owners of the Richmond
district were present in large numbers
Yesterday morning at a meeting of the
Street Committee of the Board of Super
vlsors. 1t was understood that the prin-
clpal business under consideration would
be the proposed removal of the Bay Dis
lrict racetrack from its present site, and
IN consequence the property-owners i'll the
vicinity were on hand to enter a vigorous
protest. The petition to grade Second.
Third and Fourth avenues and A, B and
Z streets through the tract had been made
Dy several pr0perty-owners, only three of
whom were present, while the opposition
came from the Richmond District Im-
Drovement Association, which includes
the majority of the property-owners in
that section of the city.
L. Ii. Williams. president of the racing
association, addressed the committee and
gave IL as his opinion that the removal Of
the track at the present time would have
the effect OF reducing the price Of property
IN the district. The land, he said, was
worth fully SS00,C0O, and it would cost at
least 100000 10 put the proposed streets
through. Mr.. Williams claimed that the
racing association was doing great deal
OF good work for the city and Stale in the
way OF attracting visitors from the East
during the winter races, aud TO remove
The track now would be an Injustice to all
concerned Over $4,000 had been ex-
pended, ne said. in improving the track,
ana ihe petition for its destruction had
been headed aud urged By certain parties
who had been dismissed from the employ
oil the racing association. In conclusion
ne sald that the present race meeting
would be opened with a $4,000 indebted
ness, but this might be wiped out ana
employment given to fully 1000 men.
After number of speeches by property
owners, the committee promptly decided
to recommend that the petition be refused
for the present
The committee agreed TO recommend the
awarding Of the following contracts for
me performance of street work Grading
Broderick. between North Point and
6each. Edward Owens. at II cents; also,
BrOdeflck, from Beach to TOnquiU. Ed
ward Owens. at 12 cents; also, Beach from
Broderlck TO DeVisadero, Edward Owens,
at II cents; ais, Greenwich. from Polk to
Larkin, james Mccoy, at 29B caDtS; also,
hampshire. from Sixteenth 10 Ell Dorado,
j. w. Smith, at 17% cents; grading Sew
enth avenue. from Ii to h, Warren q
Mailey, at 6b cents; paving with bitumeu
Ash avenue, from Octavia to Laguna, A.
j. italsch, at 1873 cents; also, the crossing
nt Webster ana Eilberr, Pacific Paving
Company, at 20 cents; also, Broadway,
from FOLK TO Van Ness. Santa Cruz Rock
Paving Company, at q "a cents; stone side
walks on the crossing OF Fifth and Clara,
NJ. +. Sullivan. at % cents; also. on Cough,
between Broadway and Vallejo, City
Street Improvement Company. at cents; !;
also. on Pacific avenue. from Webster TO
Fillmore. Gray Bros, a. 10 cents.
Deputy Street Superintendent Walsh
reported tnat sixty men had been dis
missed from the Street Department In
order TO avoid a violation of the one
twelfth act. after which the committee de-
cided 10 recommend that William Hollis
De granted sixty days extension on his con-
tract to grade Pennsylvania avenue from
Army TO 1OlO; that piOperty-0wners be
allowed TO enter into private contract
for paving Van Vess avenue between
Gsary and Post, ana that stone walks and
bulkhead be constructed around Lafayette
square.
The appeal of proper y-owners from the
assessment for paving Union street be-
twaen Hyde and Lsrkip, was set for hear
ing on the 22d inst. at 2:30 p. NJ