The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-10
COST OF IMPROVEMENTS,
Report on Proposed Schoolhouses
aud a Wharf for
Berkeley.
Shattuck Avenue to Be Paved A
Library Offered to the Town.
University Notes.

BERKELEY, Nov. 9. - An important
meeting was held here last evening by the
Town Trustees. The committees appointed
to prepare estimates on the schoolhouses
and sites and the proposed new wharf filed
their reports, which will be considered at
an adjourned meeting to be held Wednes-
day evening. An estimate of the cost of a
suitable site for the High School building
was set at $4,000, and of site for the
North Berkeley school at $4,000.
The committee on bonding the town for
awharf at West Berkeley reported that in
order to obtain depth OF $50 feet at mean
high tide it will be necessary to extend the
wharf to a distance of one and three
fourths nautical miles. The probable cost
of constructing the wharf will be about
ISL, 500, divided as follows: Roadway go
feet wide) $780, bunkers $1,000, warehouse
$1,000, scales $500. In this estimate DO pro-
vision is made for the water service, which
! several citizens claim should have been
| provided for.
/ The Oakland Paving Company was
awarded the heavy contract for paving
| Shattuck avenue. Their estimates on the
various kinds of work We're as follows.
Macadamizing, TX cents; paving cutters,
! 912 cents; crosswalks, 80 cents; culyerts
| VIII CIOSSNdlkS, 10 cents, cDlVerfS 4flp
crosswalks relaid, % cents.
An ordinance prohibiting the obstrnc-
! ton OF streets without permission. under
a penalty of $50, and another reonirine
/ sewer contractors to furnish bonds for
leaving the streets in their original condi-
| ton, were passed to print
+. h: Shattuck, on behalf of the Holmes
Free Library Association, presented q
resolution rendering to the town all the
property OF the association without anv
conditions. The property of the associa.
ton is valued at from $4,000 to $4,000 and
the library itself has since its foundino
| several years ago, been maintained soIeiv
! by pubic subscription, and because of tn q
! great burden which it has become on tba
hands of It's directors they decided IN
ofler 1t to the town free of incumbrance.
Inc tender was referred to a committee
consisting of Trustees Jones, Grips and
Durrell. pp' anu
Bills to the amount of S25S5 81 were
allowed from the general fund and $672 67
from the road fund, Marshal Lloyd re-
! ported that during the month of October
he had collected $3.50 IS as fees and
licenses.
Privileges to Robbins
Lloyd Robbins, U. c. '97, the suspended
business manager of Josh. has heen
granted by President Kellogg the privi-
leges OF the library and campus until the
next meeting of the academic council.
When seen to-day, President Kellogg
stated that on account of the fact that onIV
a bare majority of the faculty voted to
suspend Robbins, and also owing to the
fact that the impression existed among
some that the academic council had not
done just the right thing in the case. he
had taken upon himself, after consultine
several who voted in the majority, to
grant the suspended man few privileges
until the faculty should meet to approve
or disapprove his action.
The question was asked whether Steele
or Johnson, the other two men who are
now on the suspended list, had been
granted any retribution. President Kel-
logg replied that no action had been taken
in their cases.
The petition asking the academic
council for the remanding of Robbins
sentence, now being circulated by the class
OF 50, among their own class mem bers, is
rapidly being filled with names. 1t is ex-
pected that it will be ready for presenta-
ton Tuesday.
U. G. Boating Association.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Directors of the University of
California Boating Association was held
to-day. The boat committee reported that
the second four-oared gig had been ac-
copied from the builder, and that the last
payment on it had been made. The build
ing OF the other boats is progressing
rapidly.
The pleasure boat for which the con-
tract price is $S5, will be completed in
about three weeks.
The first of the single souls will be
ready in about five weeks and the second
in six weeks more.
Director w. e. Cole was appointed as
general manager for the getting together
and formation of class crews. He will
confer with representatives. of each of the
classes and have general superintend-
ency of class racing.
Academic Football.
The Berkeley Gymnasium Football team
lined up against the Oakland High School
eleven this morning on the University
grounds and after holly contested game
was defeated by a score of 6 tod.