The San Francisco call., 1896-08-05
PROGRESS IN RICHMOND
Steady Condition of improve
mentS With New Build
ings Being Added.
Ashworth Charged With Discriminat
ing in Favor of Railroad
Monopoly.

For small place, Richmond, situate as
it is on the official map as that section of
this great metropolis west of First avenue
and on both sides OF Point Lobos avenue,
has made It's influence felt in this City.
1t was the president of the Richmond
improvement Club, George r. Fletcher,
who organized the federation of improve
ment clubs that has done so much to ben
eft outside districts. 1t was he who made
the members of the railroad combine in
the yellow building at Market and Mont
gomery streets quake in their patent
leather shoes when he started the 15-cent
car-fare crusade in this City, and it is he
who has started the fight against granting
a franchise to the Geary street Cable Com
pany seven years before it should be asked
for, and it is he who filed his bond with
the County Clerk yesterday to enjoin the
"Solid Seven" from granting that fran
chise.
Hence it is that Richmond District is as
we'll known from local point of view as
is Fort Sumter from National stand
point Nevertheless Richmond goes on
improving its streets and building new
houses just the same as though Sutro's
octopus had never been in existence.
Contractor Mcdonald has finished an
eight-inch sewer on Ninth avenue from
Point Lobos to Clement. and Contractor
McHugh will finish similar job ON Sew
enth avenue from A 20 @ streets on Sixth
avenue by the end of this week.
Seventh avenue from Point Lobos to the
PARK has been graded, macadamized and
curbed by the property-owrers with gray
rock al cost OF 8 cents per foot for the
rock, while the favored OCTOPUS" has
put red rock between the car-tracks at a
cost of III cents foot, and this, so it is
stated by the residents in that section, has
been accepted by Thomas Ashworth, the
Superintendent of Streets. Why the dis
elimination in favor of the railroad conf
pany the property-owners would like to
find out.
Comfortable and, to-wit. handsome cot
tages are being erected all over the settle
ment. Among those who have recently
added to the wealth of the City by erect
ing homes are: Captain John Mcfarland,
who has built $4,000 residence on Tenth
avenue, between Clement and California
streets; x. Bentz, who has built nine
room house on Twelfth avenue, between
the same Streets John f. Underwood,
who has built on Tenth avenue, between
the same streets; NJ. Soares, who has
erected two-story dwelling on Fifth
avenue, between Point Lobos avenue and
Clement street; William Romaine, who
has added $4,000 residence on e ifty-foot
IEOnI OIl NellIu dVeuuc UtIWccn Olem6uI
and California streets.
The steadily improved condition of the
property in this section has been the
means of increasing the value of property,
as can be seen by sale made few days
ago by T. G. Parker a real estate agent,
who sold for $14 900 three houses and lots
which changed hands less than one year
ago for $4,000.
On Fourth avenue, between California
and Lake streets, r. Lagomarsino is build
ing neat fve-room cottage, with other
buildings in prospect.
sad accident occurred to the five-year-
old child of G. III. Crosswaith on Eleventh
avenue few days ago, whereby pretty
little girl named Winnie fell from a table
in the kitchen through window TO the
yard, breaking he right le, bone in three
places. Following this, but not having so
serious result, George III. Wagner, a
butcher on Point Lobos avenue, had his
butcher-wagon smashed 10 kindiing wood,
and supply of roasts, steaks, chops and
shoulders OF meat strewn along the ave.
nue. out to the Cliff House by his runaway
horse