The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-17
DID NOT FILE A NOTICE,
Tearing Up Fillmore Street by
the Railroad Company
Stopped.
The Railroad - Avenue Franchise
Laid Over by the Street
Committee.

All the members of the Supervisors
Street Committee were present at the meet
ing of that body yesterday. Chairman
Spreckels presided, and considerable rou-
tine business was disposed of.
/ Before the regular business of the session
was taken up Street Inspector Elder
notified the committee that the Market
street Railroad Company had begun tear
ing up Fillmore street, between Turk and
Golden Gate avenue, preparatory to lay
ing electric wires, without giving the re-
quired forty-eight hours notice of inten-
ton.
An explanation was demanded of the
Street Department as to why this infrac-
ton of the law was allowed. and the reply
was returned that the work was being
done under the Church street franchise,
and that notice had been filed.
There appeared to be technicality
about the matter, however, because the
Fillmore-street franchise came under a
different head. Work was ordered stopped
until the law had been properly complied
with.
This being disposed of, petitions, pro-
tests and other matters were taken up.
Favorable reports were decided upon in
the following cases:
IL.
some stock ON Van Ness avenue on May %;
protest of Benjamin Dean against Changing
the width OF sidewalks on Army street, between
owners for reduction ii the width 81 SIDE
walks on Eighteenth street, between Castro
and Douglass, from fifteen TO twelve feet; petit
ton of the Santa Cruz Rock Pavement Com
pany to pave De Boom street. from Second to
its northeasterly termination; petition of A.
b. Clute to pave Laguna street, from Sacra-
mento to California; petition of L. ]. WEIGH
a n on
tract to construct sewer in California street,
between Walnut and Central avenue.
The protest of the property-owners
against granting any railroad franchise on
any part of Railroad avenue for steamcars
was laid over for three weeks. until the
protestants could be heard from. The
grounds of protest are that the avenue is
the only open thoroughfare through South
San Francisco, and consequently 1t should
be reserved for streetear and general traffic.
A communication. was read from the
Merchants Association suggesting con-
ference in regard to street-sweeping. At
tention was called to the fact that the pres
emit contract expires on June 80, and that
there is clearly expressed desire on the
part of citizens generally that the expert
mental system be continued and made per-
manent; also that compliance with such
wish will require a very material increase
in the appropriation for the coming year:
. 1t was further suggested that street
sprinkling should hereafter be paid for by
the City instead of by the business men.
TWAS decided to report in favor of hold
ing the meeting next Thursday afternoon
at 2:30 O'Clock, and that the Merchants
Association finance committee and the
Superintendent of Streets be invited to
attend and discuss the propositions sug-
gested.
Is The petition of property-owners for a
change of grade on Alameda street be-
tween Bryant and Potrero avenue, was re-
ferred to the County Surveyor for his opin-
ion as to the proper grades and a descrip
tion:of the district affected.
:. A negative report was also. decided upon
IN the matter of the protest of the Masonic
Hall Association of South San. Francisco
against the construction of a sewer in the
crossing Of Fourteenth avenue South and
M street South; also in Fourteenth ave-
nue.. South, between M street South and
Railroad avenue.
!. A number of bids for street work in vari-
Gus parts Of the City were passed upon,
and the committee adjourned.