The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-25

proved according to law, shall be out of order
and in condition to endanger persons or prop
erty passing thereon, or IN condltlon to inter
fere with the public convenience in the use
thereof it shall be the duty of the Superin-
tendent of Streets to require, by notice in
writing, to be delivered to them personally, or
of said lots or portions of lots fronting on said
portion of said street to repair forthwith said
portion of said street, specifying In said notice
what repairs are to be made
The repairs so ordered must be made within
three days, and failure so to do is q INSIDE
meanor, punishable by tne not exceeding
S1O0 or by Imprisonment at the rate of 81
day. Ordinance $685.
There are two other questions to be consid-
cred in this connection. The first of these
the tearing up OF streets by gas and water
companies-has been referred TO another com
mittee, and need not be discussed here. The
second refers to street railway tracks that have
been abandoned. On Market and Adeline
streets are tracks that are never used, but have
been allowed to remain to dishgure the streets
and menace the lives and limbs OF riders upon
those streets. The companies should be re-
CURED to remove these Tails anu place the
streets in good condition.
Ordinance No 1888 provides that whenever
any street railway track is taken up for aban-
donment of its use, the owners OF the street rail-
way shall promptly remove such track and re-
pave that portion of the street formerly used by
It's track, between its rails and Tor two feet on
each side. This repaying is TO be done with
similar material, and OF as good quality, as the
lions. failure TO comply with the require
ments of this ordinance constitutes misde-
meanor, the punishment for which is fine not
exceeding 800, or imprisonment at the rate OF
So day. 1t is the duty OF the superintendent
of Streets to enforce this ordinance, and nobody
will claim that the company can avoid its re-
quirements by a refusal to remove the rails
when the track has been abandoned.
Your committee further recommends that as
all of the necessary improvements cannot be
secured at once and as one point must be taken
oil ctr Ia IN
TWenty-third avenue be selected as the point
demanding immediate attention, and that
efforts be concentrated upon the improvement
and acceptance of that portion OF Twelfth
street, Respectfully submitted,
E. G. BROWN,
A. L. BLACK,
Committee.
A general discussion of the matter of
road improvement followed, Thomas r.
Knox of San Francisco explaining to the
association the necessity of good streets
and the methods by which they might
most advantageously be improved. He
spoke of the bill recently passed by the
Legislature authorizing the State Prison
Directors to construct a rock-crushing plant
at Folsom, provided $1,000 cubic yards
could be procured. In this connection he
stated that Sacramento County had already
agreed to take $4,000 cubic yards, and that
there was little doubt that the plant would
soon be placed in operation.
He also stated that the rock would be
furnished at about IS cents per cubic yard,
which would be only about 10 per cent Of
the former expense.
Chairman Britton then added P. J.
Keller, ]. L. Scotchler and T, r. Knox to
the committee previously appointed to de-
wise means to force the street railroad
companies to live up to the provisions of
their franchises relating to the repair of
streets between the tracks and on each
side.
The enlarged committee was instructed
to prepare an ordinance on specifications
for macadamized roads to be presented to
the City Council. The meeting adjourned
to meet next Monday evening, when an
even larger attendance is anticipated.