The San Francisco call., 1896-11-14
THEY DEMAND 4
SEWER SYSTEM
Improvement Clubs Uniting
on a Popular Pro
ject.
From Ocean View to Holly Park,
Immediate Relief Is
Wanted.
THE DISTRICTS ARE SURVEYED
Instead of Blini Sewers There Will
Be Main Drain to the
Bay.

A movement which gives promise of as
Stunning very large proportions before the
Board of Supervisors-electw will have taken
their seats has just been started in the
district lying between Bernal Heights and
Ocean View.
That portion of San Francisco is being
steadily settled by people of moderate
means, and the various tracts of land in
| cluded within its boundaries are now
dotted with homes. And yet it has no
system of sewers. In fact it has no pro-
vision for draining the numerous little
sewers scattered about the slopes and val
leys-a fact which has compelled the
property-owners and improvement clubs
interested to band themselves together for
fight for immediate relief.
From time 10 time representatives. >bsf
various tracts or homesteads have applied
to the Board of Supervisors for local
sewers. In the ordinary routine of City
business these petitions were granted.
The result is that short bits of streets and
small tracts have been provided with pipe
sewers. These were laid to certain points,
such as Mission street or San Jose road,
and there at the lowest levels the pipes
end against the solid earth. In other
side and left open without any outlet other
| than a neighbor's lot. Such condition
as this did not attract special attention
until the districts affected began to fill
with dwellings, but then the residents saw
that relief was absolutely necessary.
| The Holly Park improvement Club took
the first steps toward correcting the evil
which is said to menace the health of the
| neighborhood. At meeting held about
| two weeks ago the executive committee of
this club decided to secure the services of
civil engineer 20 investigate the whole
| question and give advice on what would
be the best plan of carrying out the de-
| sired end-that OF establishing compre-
| hensive sewer system and constructing a
| main outlet sewer capable OF draining the
whole district. The important work of
examination was given to M. NJ. O'Shaugh-
| messy, G. E., who has since made survey
! OF the territory In question and prepared
report based upon the result of his in
vestigation.
Alta meeting OF the club tonight Mr..
| O'Shaughnessy will be present and submit
4 his report with recommendations as to
what should be done TO drain the district.
"They have built sewer on Mission
street. he said, 'but it has no outlet, and
| they are now building sewer on San Jose
| road, or Chenery street, which has no out
| let provided for. The sewers are there
| discharging into private property, and
| SOInS OF tHeL are Dankeu up anu Simply
| have no outlet whatever, so the sewage
either flows over the ground or stays in
| the pipes. The sewers were built by street
| contractors under order of the Supervi-
sors, but the trouble is only small sections
were done at one time.
1.-THE Holly Park Improvement Club
| has started to get the matter corrected
and to get plan for general sewer sys-
tenn. / have gone over the ground for the
club and made a preliminary survey of
| the land. AS a result of my investigation,
1 will say that sewer four and a half
| miles is needed from Ocean View. begin
ming at or near the railway crossing there
and following the line OF Islais Greek to
! the bay of San Francisco.
| "a good deal of private property will
| have to be condemned for nearly a mile
and half along the creek line for this
main sewer, which should end beyond
| Kentucky street in the bay. If the club
can get it built even to Islais Creek chan
mel that would be good enough for the
| present.
'.The line have selected is along Wyo-
| ming avenue, from Sickles avenue, Ocean
View, then along Cayuga avenue ana on
through private property to lsiais street,
and again through private property to
| Channel street, from which point it would
be extended by the most available route
to the water.
"The territory 10 be drained by this
sewer contains about 5000 acres and takes
in Paramount, Castro Heights, Sunny
side, Stanford Heights, Ocean View, West
End maps, Excelsior Homestead and the
district adjacent to old 81. Mary's College.
''All the Improvement clubs of these
districts are ready to unite and form a
central committee or association of clubs
n the nrQipct into axapntinn ~