The San Francisco call., 1896-02-17

effort will be made to have the sweepines
hauled over that line after the passenger
traffic is ended for the day.
Up to this time no arrangements have
been or are likely to be made for the con-
veylng of that necessary article to the
park. / am of the opinion that in future
contracts for street-sweeping a clause will
be introduced making it obligatory upon
the contractor to deliver the sweepings ia
the park"
Last Tuesday Contractor Buckman
started gang of men and teams to grade
the ocean boulevard. The work was
started at the northern end near where
the track of the Park and Ocean Railroad
turns north. The grading will be con.
tinued in southerly direction until the
county line Is reached and before the end
OF April there will be ready for the use Of
the pnblic one of the finest roads In the
State The railroad company will, it Is
expected, move its track to the east short
distance in order that the boulevard NAV
be extended in straight line toward the
north.
The cars of the three lines having each
terminus at the beach were crowded to
excess all day long, but during the fore
noon they carried an immease number of
Chinese, men, women and children, ali
in holiday attire. They visited Sutro
Heights, the baths, the beach and many of
t hem went TO the park in the afternoon
Quite number Of the richer class went
out in carriages and attracted great deal
of attention.
Adoiph Sutro was the purchaser of the
electric tower in Golden Gate Park that
was recently pulled down by order of the
Commissioners. He is having the iron
structure taken to pieces and transported
to the Heights. 1t is his intention to erect
it at some point not yet decided upon, but
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Plaisance in the vicinity of the birth
wheel.
During the afternoon the grass on the
hillside northeast of the Sutro nursery was
set on fire by some careless individual and
it burned over several acres Of ground be-
fore it was extinguished by number of
men in the employ OF the Mayor. The
hothouses were barely saved.
In Golden Gate Park there was yery
large number of people and the drives
were crowded with vehicles and cyclers,
The work of cutting the trench for the
tunnel that will be under the main drive
is progressing rapidly. A great deal of
work has also been done recently in the
grand court where the band stand is to be
located.
Thousands of people in the, Haight
street grounds witnessed the successful
balloon ascension by Professor Earlstrom.
who, after rising certain height, hung by
his toes from trapeze. He rose about
$500 feet and made safe landing a. the
foot of Clarendon Heights. lie stated
that when he reached the highest point
the atmosphere was very much warmer
than it was on the ground.
just before the balloon went up Profess
sor Markenburg, balloonist. who was
firing to produce hot cir to initiate the
sphere, had narrow escape from being
burned to death. The benzine in a tin
bowl from which he was feeding the fur
mace caught fire and communicated to his
pantaloons, setting them in flames. A
number of men who were near by seized
him, rolled HIM in the sand ana in that
way extinguished the flames. One of his
hands was blistered, but beyond that he
was not injured.