The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-05
POTRERO FOR ARC LIGHTS,
Four of Them to Be Immedi.
ately Placed on Army
Street.
Street Lamps Examined by Super
visor Observation-Disclosures Gas
Lamps.

The Potrero is after electric lights and
has received a promise of getting them.
Supervisor Hirsh has been making an ex.
animation of the street-lighting now in
vogue there and has recommended that by
replacing dozen or more of gas lamps
with two. good arc lights and aboIishing
nearly half dozen more, which, being
close to electric lights already, are useless,
great saving would be effected and much
more satisfactory lighting given that part
of the City.
Police Sergeant Bennett is particularly
anxious that some kind of light be placed
on Army street. This is a very important
street now that it has been graded, as per-
sons working at the Potrero and living in
the Mission district choose that way when
they desire to walk.
Four arc lights are to be Immediately
placed on this street at the following cross
lngs, respectively: Pennsylvania avenue,
Connecticut, Texas and Arkansas streets
The unnecessary gas lamps at the Po-
Louisiana, corner of Napa and Louisiana,
Shasta near Louisiana street and two on
the west side of Michigan and Shasta
streets, one on the southwest corner
of Michigan and Shasta streets, one on the
southwest corner OF Sierra and Louisiana
streets, one on the north side of Sierra
street, between Louisiana and MARYLAND,
one on the north side of Butte street, be-
tween Kentucky and Illinois,
BY putting an electric light on the north
east corner OF SOlano and Indiana streets
and one on the corner of Solano street and
Pennsylvania avenue the following gas
lamps could be done away with:
One on the south side of Soano, between
Iowa street and Pennsylvania avenue.
One a ppn pcy lyrof, no
between Solano and Butte.
One on the west side of Pennsylvania avenue
between Solano and Butte.
One on the southwest corner of PENNSYLVANIA
avenue and Solano street.
One on the south side of Solano street, be-
tween pennsylvania avenue and Mississippi
street.
One on the northwest corner of Solano and
Mississippi streets.
One on the south side of Butte street, be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue and Mississippi
street.
successful musical and literary enter
talnment was given by the pupils of ST.
Peters School at st. Peters Hall, on
Florida street, near Twenty fifth, last even
ing.
From the Mail the CALL takes the fol-
lowing brief notes:
The Sunday-school scholars of ST. Paul's
parish, Iwenty-nlnth and Church streets, will
hold their eleventh annual picnic at Ell Campo
Tuesday, June IL.
good improvement is the filling in OF
seventh avenue, from street to Railroad
avenue, which Is nearly completed.
That Armv-street nuisance is again forcing
itself to prominence. The stagnant water is
loading the gentle zephyrs with deadly germs
of disease.
Sass Bros. have moved to their hotel on Ken
lucky street, just few doors below their old
stand.
John j. Hickey will erect $3.50 residence
on the southwest corner of Yolo and Nebraska
streets.
Sidewalks are to be built on Mississippi
street, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth.
Inc sixteenth street electric road will be
only operated to Harrison street until the new
power-house is completed.
The filling in OF the flats is flooding out the
nelghborlng residents on Mariposa street.