The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-14

| in the neigh borhood, asking that the priv
| ilege granted to Ferris and Williams to set
| off blasts be rescinded. Mr. Kellogg stated
| that he appeared on behalf of the water
company and in favor of the petition. He
said that the contractors work was a men
ace to life and property, as they were ex-
ploding big charges of dynamite, which
/ shook the whole City. The objection of
his company in particular was on account
of the pr oximity of the Clarendon Heights
reservoir 10 the location where the blasting
is taking place. The reservoir had been
filled with water, Mr.. Kellogg explained,
to supply the higher levels, but as soon as
the blasting was begun the big tank was
emptied on the advice of the company's
engineer who feared that the structure
would be shattered. The committee will
recommend that the permit be rescinded.
Warren & Malley petitioned the board
for permission to grade and sewer Seventh
avenue from Lake street to the Presidio
Reservation on private contract. 1t was
decided to report favorably on the petition.
1t was also decided to recommend the pc
tition of the Jordan Bituminous Rock and
Paving Company to pave OctaVia from
O'Farrell to Geary streets.
| T. w. Dohrmann and several other gen.
tlemen, representing the Merchants Asso-
citation, appeared before the committee to
state that they had been requested to as
sist in having Geary street from Kearny
to Powell, and Post street between Kearny
and Montgomery, paved with bitumen in
stead of cobbles. They argued that if the
board would stick to the proposition made
last year to contribute $3.50 toward paving
each accepted block with bitumen the time
would not be far distant when cobbles
would disappear entirely from the streets.
Chief Deputy Donovan of the Superin-
| tendent of Streets Office said that his de-
partment was preparing list of the
| blocks in town which are cobbled. When
| the fist is complete, he said it is the inten-
ton of Superintendent Ashworth to re-
quest the board to use modern pavement
| whenever and wherever it is preferable.
| He agreed with Mr.. Dohrmann in the be-
| lief that the property-owners would will
| ingly stand half the expense if the City
would put up the other half. The matter
was taken under advisement.
Specifications and schedules for the con-
tract for street cleaning and sprinkling
were submitted by President Dohrmann
for the coming fiscal year. The sweeping
and cleaning specifications were based on
a hand-labor system, which Mr.. Dohr-
mann said had been found to be far superior
to machine work Machine labor, he said,
was permitted in some streets, but at a
lower rate, as it could not compare with
| the work done by hand.
| The specifications recited that the work
done by hand must be performed between
| the hours of A. M. and 5 P. NJ, and that
done by machine between 6 P. NJ. and S
A. NJ. 1t is required of the contractor to
| have men continually engaged on the
principal streets as follows: On Market
street fourteen men from East to Second
| fourteen from Second to Sixth, eight from
| Sixth to Tenth and eight from Tenth to
| Valencia; also one man on each block
| terminating at right angles on the south
erly side of Market street, two men to
| each block running parallel to Market
street on the southerly side one man to
each 5000 square yards in measurement on
all streets swept and cleaned on the west
| erly side of Powell street and terminating
at Market street from northerly or north
westerly direction.
In the specifications is also designated
| the number of men which shall be en-
| gagged on all other streets of the first class.
| The contractor shall also furnish and
maintain on streets of the first class 500
| metal dirt receptacles, also regulation
uniform for the workmen. The sweepings,
it is provided, shall be conveyed to Golden
Gate Park. Consideration of the specifi-
| cations was postponed until next Tuesday
morning.
The following petitions will be reported
on favorably: James Mccoy, for a sixty
days extension on a contract to grade
North Point street, between Hyde and
Leayenworth; Russian and Turkish Tobac-
CO Company, to erect sign at ga Market
street.
A. J. Golden's petition to pave in front
of his property on Lyon, between Turk
street and Golden Gate avenue, was de-
MED. The protests of property owners
against paving Broderick street, between
Ellis and O'Farrell, and Vallejo street, be-
tween Octavia and Laguna, were denied
1t was decided to recommend that an
appropriation of $3.50 be made in the next
tax levy TO defray part of the costs of re-
paving Stockton street. from Ellis to
O'Farrell provided that the property-own-
ers would pay the balance.
1t was decided to report in favor, upon
the recommendation of the Superintendent
of Streets, of accepting Frederick street,
from Pine to California; Chattanooga from
Twenty-second to Twenty-third; Ulm ave-
nue.. from Franklin to Cough streets; Lex
ington avenue, from Eighteenth to Nine
teenth streets; Polk, from Union to Fill
bert, and Twenty-fourth, from Dolores to
Fair Oaks.
A petition was read from property-own-
ers asking for the establishment of grades
south of the park, with view to the de-
vlsing of sewer system. The petition
was referred to the Surveyor for his esti-
mate on the cost of the work
George G. Brooke asked permission to
keep fence around Lotta's fountain,
claiming that his work had been DELAYED
by the plumDerS. Inc petition was de-
MED. A protest from Wales L. Palmer
and other property owners against the
grading of Fifteenth avenue, from A to D
streets, was received and it was decided to
report favorably upon it.
Superintendent Ashworth submitted
an estimate on the cost of paving Van
Ness avenue with bitumen, from Hayes
street to Broadway, with the exception of
the block between Turk street and Golden
Gate avenue. The cost, he said, would be
sos, 045 81 The block mentioned has not
been accepted, and it would cost $l6S6 so
to pave it. the property-owners paying
half and the City the balance. The report
was ordered filed.