The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-28
ROCK WITHOUT A LIMIT.
OPENED ON TABER'S RANCH IN THE
VICINITY OF HUNTERS
POINT.
To BE DUMPED ON THE ALAMEDA
MOLE AND ON THE FAIR
PROPERTY.

One of the largest rock quarries ever
opened on this coast has been opened
by Warren q Malley the well-known con-
tractors of this city, and the rock to be OBJ
tanned from there is to be used for two pur-
poses; filling in the Alameda mole for the
Southern Pacific Company, and complet-
ing the contracts on the Fair property near
Harbor View. Mr.. Malley said yesterday:
This quarry is located on Taber's ranch. in
the southern part of the county, Just south of
Hunters Point, and it is situated mile and a
half from the shore line The rock is put on
cars and conveyed to the waters edge where
is run on q wharf, and from there to barges es-
pecially built for the purpose. These are very
large and will carry sixty cars each having in
them about six tons OF rock, or total of ago
tons as freight load
The southern Pacific on the Alameda side
have arranged one of their slips to fit our
bsrges so when a towed barge runs into the
slip an engine hooks on to one of the trains
hauling it to the point where the rock is to he
dumped. The cars are OF such a pattern that
they are hauled to the point desired and there
they are tipped and rock drops into the bay
where wanted.
The amount OF rock that will be required is
indefinite, as it is impossible to even estimate
how much will be wanted for the fill, but we
will continue to furnish all that is wanted
The limit of the quarry? Well, there is
practically no limit to it, for it is in mountain
500 or 600 feet high. The quality is a blue
rock that is hard and solid. Ii is of quality
that would make first class building stone
The indications are that the further we get into
it the better the rock will be and the greater
the blocks that can be obtained. OF course all
viii depend upon the developments and the
freedom from assures. If it should turn out
as we expect we will devote our attention to
getting out some building stone in connection
with filiing-in rock. By the way that is the
quarry from which basalt blocks were taken
for pavements some twelve years ago.
At D resent we are running about 100 men
but Will employ greater number as develop
ments progress.
You ask about our contracts for filling in
the Fair property at North Beach. Well. we
are going right on to do the work we con-
tracted to do for Mr. Fair in his lifetime. There
has not been any stoppage of the work but we
have not had so many men at work there as
now. Thus far we have filled in about 800
600 square yards, and there remains about
600 600 or 3 ,000, 900 more to be filed. This
includes rock facing along the line of piles
on the north side OF the property and sand or
! earth filling inside of that. The rock for the
| facing or bulkhead will come from our new
| quarry. This filling will be from fifteen to
| twenty feet.
| No, this is not a new contract; it is carrying
out the old one we entered into with Mr. Fair.
and we propose TO carry it out. The rock
| barges will be towed over the same as they will
| be at the Alameda mole and the rock dumped
BY this system it avoids the necessity of hand
| ling the rock twice.
w. S. Goodfellow, one of the executors
of the Fair estate under the first will, said,
when asked what was to be done with the
North Beach property:
Nothing will be done in the matter beyond
carrying into effect the contracts already ex-
listing as to the filling in.