The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-12
Bitumen Pavement Will Be Put
Down Between the Cartrack
Rails.
FOLSOM BOULEVARD DAWNs.
Residents Believe the City Will Keep
Pace With the Railroad in
Improvements.

AS a reward for earnest and persistent
effort the boulevard advocates of Folsom
street have won good point and possibly
some day they will see their long thor
| oughfare paved with the smooth, hand
some bitumen of their dreams.
Last week a committee from the Folsom
street Improvement Club visited Henry E..
Huntington relative to the paving of the
street between the tracks by the Market
street Railway Company with bituminous
rock. Mr.. Huntington took the matter
into consideration and made an appoint
ment with the committee for next Mon
day.
Yesterday afternoon President Rottanzi
OF the club, A. B. Mcguire, Captain Raabe,
J. j. McEwen, II. B. Russ, Joseph Com
merford, H. w. Webster, George Shad-
burne, Mr.. Schwartz and NJ. Lauter met
at Mr.. Huntingdon office as per agree
ment. He assured them that the railroad
company would pave that portion of tn e
street occupied by their tracks with
bitumen, at least between Sixth and Nine
teenth streets. From the latter point out
to its western end Folsom street is btu
nlinized over its entire width, making
that part of the proposed boulevard a
matter of fact.
Tic COIuHllltec dIlAiOuSly lnQulTeQ con.
corning the fate of the street between
Sixth street and the wharf, and especially
between Sixth and Third-three blocks OF
the vilest pavement in the City.
Il. e. Huntington intimated that those
blocks were already paved with basalt aud
to make any change the matter must come
before the board of directors of the COM
pany. He also intimated that the heavy
traffic on the street near the wharf would
be too much for the bitumen. The COM
mlttee contended that those blocks being
for the most part on a hill, the heaviest
teams would not use those grades. The
visitors strongly insisted upon the paving
OF the entire street and Mr.. Huntington
promised to lay the matter before Colonel
Croker when he returned from the East
two weeks hence. He also stated that
after the company had finished having be-
tween the tracks of the Oak and Ellis
streets lines work would begin on Folsom
street. The cars were being built for the
line and by the first OF April they would
be running.
The Folsom boulevarders are well salts
fed with the result of the conference and
now consider the illuminating of the
thoroughfare as certain.
sit was a fine winning" said DR.. Rot
tamil last night, "and when the railway
company put smooth pavement between
the rails of their tracks it will be a wedge
"AAA oHSiA q "<'y ia VIZ NiiIl-
culties. We are going to have a meeting
Of all the improvement clubs that Will join
us and keep on in the good work until it is
finished
"AlI south of Market street is interested
in one fine. well-paved street in their
midst, running through the City" said
A. B. Mcguire. South of Market street
pays taxes on 5000 0oo-one-third of the
taxable property in the City. There is
$500, 600 appropriated for street work, and
| why can't suoth of Market street have one
third of that money? With 100000 we
could do a mass of improving around on
these old WORKOUT streets. Just as soon
as the Supreme Court passes on the tax
levy we will strike hard for the Folsom
boulevard.
"Mr. Huntington showed the right
spirit and seemed anxious to help to make
Folsom street modern improved thor
oughfare," continued Mr.. Mcguire.
Surely after the railroad company has
gone so far and has proposed to place a
bituminous pavement between the track
rails the Street Com mittee of the Board of
Supervisors will follow suit. This belief is
one of the things that make US feel so en-
couraged over this days work"