The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-04
Nearly Two Score of Buildings,
Some Quite Artistic, Are
Going Up.
WATCHFUL OF ITS STREETS
First Avenue Wanted for a Boule-
ward The Point LoboS
Franchise.

many of which are more than usually at
tractive. There are almost two score OF
buildings going up. Some of the frames
are just receiving the first boards, and
others are being painted, and will soon be
ready for occupants.
Good taste seems to be the prevailing
characteristic, and the artistic exterlors IN
dictate that special genius must have In
spired the architects. A partial list of these
Improvements is here given:
Richmond Congregational Church on Sew
enth avenue; to be enlarged.
William Matthews, residence, corner OF
Clement street and Twelfth avenue.
]. ]. Duffy, residence, Seventh avenue, be-
tween Point Lobos avenue and a street.
MIR. Lynch, residence, Seventh avenue, be-
tween A and streets.
H. H. Mahan, store and fats, northeast
corner of Point Lobos and Fifth avenues.
Jacob Vollmer, residence, Third avenue, be-
tween California and Clement streets.
Joseph Heaney, residence, Tenth avenue,
north of California street.
R. J. Ufen, residence, northeast corner of
Thirteenth avenue and Clement street.
Cyclery, D street. between Fifth and Sixth
avenues. This will have large tower with a
clock.
Mrs Frohman, residence, Second avenue, be-
tween California and Clement streets.
George Coon, residence, Clement street, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth avenues.
Mr.. Kerwin, residence, Clement street, be-
tween Third and Fourth avenues.
Contractor McGrath, three residences, Glenn
ent street between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
G. r. r. Kinds, store and fats northeast cor
ner Point Lobos and Fourth avenues.
L. Levy, residence, Fourth avenue, between
Clement street and Point Lobos avenue.
Z. Glnley, residence, Fourth avenue, be-
tween Point Lobos avenue and Clement street.
George S. Conroy, residence, Third avenue,
between Lake and California streets.
Thomas G. Parker, residence, Eleventh ave-
nue., between Clement street and Point Lobos
avenue.
Mr.. Harrison, residence, Twelfth avenue, be-
tween Clement and California streets.
Steuart MenZies six residences, corner Cali
fornia street and Second avenue.
Mr.. Shehan, residence, Eighth avenue, be-
tween Point Lobos avenue and Clement street.
T. G. Parker, residence, Second avenue, be-
tween Lake and California streets.
Two flats on Third avenue, between Lake and
California streets.
Store and fats southwest corner Third ave-
nue. and Clement street.
Mr.. KohD, residence, Second avenue, be-
tween Clement and California streets.
NJ. de Cartoni store and fats southwest
corner of Clement street and Third avenue.
A new parochial school is also in pros
pect. The parish of the Star of the Sea
Church has just acquired some property
ad joining the church on Eighth avenue
between Point Lobos avenue and Clement
street, on which large school building is
to be constructed.
Stone & Cahin have secured the contract
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new crematory in the Odd Fellows
cemetery.
The transfer station of the California
steamcar line has been removed from
Seventh avenue to Sixth. to connect with
the Sacramento-street cable line.
Three of the five locations from which
the regents of the State University are to
select a site for the medical college are in
Richmond. The first is on the northwest
corner of Geary street and Central avenue
the second is just south of the park and is
bounded by First avenue, Carl and Fred
erick Streets and the third is on the north
west corner of Fourth avenue and Lake
street.
Richmond residents are determined to
have First avenue, from the Preside to
the Golden Gate Park, converted into
boulevard. 1t is 100 feet wide and would
need slight change of grade near the
Preside. President George R. Sanderson
of the Preside Heights improvement Club
is working hard to see the boulevard
thing OF fact.
The great obstacle in the way has been
the Market-street Railway Company. 1t
is 10th to give up its franchise, because by
using that avenue it can obtain easy access
to the carhouse on Point Lobos avenue.
1t is contended that with the Geary-street
cars running on Fifth avenue, the Sacra-
mento-street cars on Sixth and the Cali
fornia-street steamcars on Seventh, the
railway company has enough cross streets
covered with franchises.
The new French Hospital is to be opened
formally to the public on the 23d inst.
The bronze fountain presented by A. Lee
gallet has been finished.
The Richmond Improvement Club, of
which Thomas G. Parker is president in
tends to have mass-meeting at Farrell's
Hall, corner of Point LobOs ana Ninth
avenues, on the night preceding the meet
ing of the Park Commissioners, to protest
against any extension of time being
granted to the Market-street Railway Com
pany on Lobos avenue. Mr.. Parker said
yesterday:
The company's time win be up on the last of
August, and it is now intendingto ask for two
years more in which to construct its line to
the Cliff. So long as it has the franchise it ex-
cludes all other competitors, and Richmond
stands no chance of getting q proper street.
railway line.
When Mr.. sutro asked for a franchise the
people said they were going right
and it does not look as If they in
tend to do anything for long while yet to
come
This magnificent thoroughfare, running
from Central avenue to the Cliff, is four and a
half miles long and 125 feet wide, and there
ought to be something done about the Market
an old track on it, all buried up, which it used
until 1t abandoned the bobtail-cars about five
years ago.
This club will also ask the Park Com
missioners for a line of road to connect
Seventh avenue on the north side with
Seventh avenue on the south side.
Clement street, from Fifth to Tenth
avenues, is being severed. The sewerage
work on Thirteenth avenue, from Lake to !
Clement streets, is entirely finished.
The Board of Education has decided to |
remove the Sutro Primary School, on Nine
tenth avenue, near Point Lobos avenue, to
the lot between Twelfth and Thirteenth
avenues and Clement and California
streets.
The CALL takes the following from the
Richmond Banner:
The remarkable change in the condition of
Point Lobos avenue, all along the line is a |
source OF much qualification.
All traces of the MANY ruts and depresSions
lett by the win ter rains have been obfiterated.
ana once more this favorite driveway to the |
peach is made passable. Park Commissioners
Joseph Austin took the matter in hand. with |
the above desirable result. To him also be- |
longs the credit that this avenue is now being
Kept In order AID the dust relegated to its |
proper place. He has been ABLY seconded nv
contractor James Winslow, who is CARVING on |
the work OF sprinkling and repairing.
Matters look promising for the opeIing of the |
Sutro Railroad through Richmond to the ocean
beach early in the month of Jrl Tt,. - ~ -