The San Francisco call., 1895-08-02

said. "that our people have to be taxed to
bring this blue rock clear across the City
He asked the Supervisors not to put tnem
to this expense.
James A. Downey testified on behalfd
the red rock. 1t was very superior tor tne
purpose, he said. The residents out there
are poor, he said; some of them are wld-
ows and cannot afford to pay the high
price of the monopoly protected blue rock
and the general cost of hauling, and hoped
they would not be required to do so. Ot
course Mr.. Downey did not refer to the
blue rock as monopoly protected" That
word is used by THE CALL just to keep the
reader in mind of what it is and who that
is expressing these poor widows.
Donald Bruce could not be expected to
lose the opportunity to be heard and he
didn't. He spoke of the worthy Super
intendent of Streets" as being sin doubt
about the merits of red rock" and assured
him that the red rock had much merit.
But Mr.. Bruce is wrong about the Super
intendent OF Streets. He has never been
in doubt about the merits of red rock for
macadam purposes. He confessed to THE
CALL months ago that blue rock was not
good for that purpose and that red rock
was,
The committee took this matter ''under
adyisement."
The protest of Behrend Joost against
having Corbett avenue between Clara
avenue and Douglas street graded, sew
cred and macadamized was reported
against
The petition of the Spring Valley Water
Works for the right to lease portion Of
Holly Park on which to erect reservoir
for the better service OF that region was
granted.
Mrs. Ersilia Cazneau, whose house on
Dupont street, Telegraph Hill, was partly
blown out of shape by the blastings of
Contractor O'ConneI, was before the board
and made complaint. She was instructed
that she had a good case against the con-
tractor, as he had no permit for his blast
ing.
Alexander George, the young man who
has penchant for the Fire Department.,
and is a recognized expert on the streets
and numbers and fire boxes OF the City,
was heard on his petition, in which he asks
authority to prepare new order for num-
bering houses ''that shall obviate the de-
fects of the order now In force, and If the
same be approved that he be empowered to
undertake the necessary REMEMBERING in
accordance Herewith"
He presented amendments to the order
calculated to reduce the numbering to a
system without disturbing the present or
der more than is necessary. 1t leaves Mar
ket street alone. The amendments pro.
posed and which were approved by the
committee are as follows:
Sec. 4. Market street shall be the starting
point for the numbers on all buildings fronting
on the streets. beginning thereat and rnnnine
therefrom in any direction. On WebsterJ~Fil-
more, Steiner, Pierce, Scott, Devisadero, Brod-
erick, Baker and Lyon streets the mum bering
shall begin at their southerly END, and proceed
toward the north. On all other streets having
northerly course, or dfverging less than As
degrees from northerly course, the number
their
ceed toward the south. On all streets having
an easterly and westerly course, or diverging
less than 45 degrees from an easterly and
westerly course, the numbering shall begin at
their easterly end, and proceed toward the
west. On all intermediate or subdivision
streets the numbering shall commence where
the streets begin. and proceed in the same
direction as the numbering on the principal
streets between which they lie.
Sec. (even and odd numbers). On all streets
the numbers on the right-hand side, starting
from the point OF beginning, shall be even
numbers, and on the left-hand side shall be
odd numbers.
Sec. allotment to each block and frontage
for each number). One hundred numbers, or as
many thereof as may be necessary, shall be
allotted to each block bounded by the principal
streets, numbers 100 200 and 800 being re-
spectively the numbers for commencing the
block distant one, two or three streets from
the starting point on the right-hand side, and
numbers 101, 2O1 and 3O1 in similar manner
for the opposite side of the street. Provided,
that on Market, Mission, Howard, Folsom,
Vallejo,
Green, Union, Francisco, Bay and Webster
streets 100 numbers shall be allotted to the
first two blocks.
When any street, except Market street. is in
tersected by different streets on opposite sides,
the hundreds on one side shall be to corre-
spond nearly may be to the hundreds on
the other side by allotting only twenty-five
even or odd numbers, as the case may be, to
each block on the side on which the block is
shorter. Not less than twenty-five feet in
frontage on any street shall be allowed for each
number; provided, that upon petition of
majority of the property-owners on either side
of any block, one number may be allotted to
each one-fiftieth of the frontage that side of
the block.
Mr.. George has another order for renam-
ing certain streets, which the committee
will hear him upon after the recess.
Protests were received that will stop the
following proposed work for six months;
Paving of Larkin street, from Greenwich to
bard; also from Lombard to Chestnut;
also from Union to Filbert; also from Fill
bert to Greenwich.
A protest against lowering the grade of
Fifth avenue, from NJ to L street, South,
was denied
The committee favored fixing the grade
of Hinekley street according to the pres
ent contour.
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