The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11
RICHMOND ELECTRIC ROAD
Method of Its Construction Is
Puzzling the Neigh
bOrhOOd.
a Ouestion as to the Market-Street
Company's Right to
Build.

On Tuesday morning the people OF the
Richmond District were astonished to see
a gang of about 100 men tearing up the
Point Lobos road, between Twelfth ana
Thirteenth avenues, and upon inquiry they
were informed that the ground was being
broken for the electric line that the Mar
ket-street Railway system intends to build
to the end of the road.
Yesterday morning the citizens OF that
district were again astonlshed. This time
the astonishment was caused by the fact
that the working force of the previous day
had been very much reduced. No expla-
nation was offered for this reduction, and
it was impossible to learn whether work
was to be continued beyond the block on
which the work was progressing.
Inquiry in different direction was then
set afoot, and the question was raised,
HAS the company franchise to build
line on Point Lobos avenue?" Again,
"Has the company the permission and au-
thority of the Park Commissioners to con-
struct the road?"
The delivers into the franchises of the
past discovered that by order 2535 of the
Board of Supervisors, approved June 8,
1892, the Ocean Beach Railway Company
was granted franchise for an electric line
Commencing at the intersection of Fell and
Stanyan streets, thence along and upon Stan
yam street to Fulton street, thence along and
upon Fulton street 10 First avenue, thence
along and upon First avenue to Point Lobos
avenue, thence along and upon Point Lobos
avenue to its junction with the road known as
Point Lobos road or Cliff House road. and
thence upon and along said last named road
to the westerly end thereof.
IA - L. L.
upon the express condition that SO far as said
railroad extends upon the said Point Lobos
avenue and the road known as the Point LobOs
road or Cliff House road the said avenue and
road shall not be occupied by said grantee, its
successors and assigns, until they shall have
been empowered and authorized SO to do by
the Board of Park Commissioners. Franchise
fifty years.
One of the conditions of the franchise
provides
That work to construct the railroad must be
commenced within one year from the date OF
this ordinance, and the same must be com
pleted within three years thereafter.
The grantees filed an acceptance on the
9th of June, 1892.
Commissioner Rosenfeld when asked last
evening whether the Park Commissioners
had empowered and authorized the Mar
ket-street Railway system, the successor
and assignee of the Ocean Beach Railway
Comdany, to commence work on the Point
Lobos road, which is under the control OF
the Commissioners, said that the company
had filed petition for authority to pro-
coed with the work of building the line, but
according to his knowledge such authority
had not yet been signed. He stated also
that he had been informed that the fran
chise will expire in September if the line is
not completed before that time.
ii. ID. Lynch, superintendent of con-
struction of the Market-street Railway
system, said in explanation of the reduc-
ton of the working force that there was
no desire to rush the work, as it had not
yet been determined what kind of rails
would be laid.
1t is represented that Commissioner
Austin stated that the company could OBJ
tain the authority asked for upon condi-
ton that the line should be constructed at
once; that this condition had been gener-
ally agreed upon and that the matter was
being attended to by the lawyers.
A number of the residents of the Rich
mond district say that it is not within