The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
JOY FOR THE SOUTH SIDE,
Supervisors Recommend Survey.
ing, Sewering and
Grading.
Bids for Street Sprinkling Recon-
mended-Will Grade Lafay.
cite Square.

After several years of more or less pa
tient waiting property-owners south OF
the park have at last received some init
nation that their desire to have that dis
trict surveyed, severed and graded is to be
granted. A large delegation waited on the
Street Committee of the Board of Super
visors yesterday, to urge their claims and
induce the members to favor immediate
inauguration of the work.
They argued that the section south of
the park is rapidly being settled, and that
the progress of the City in that direction is
being retarded by the fact that no ade-
quate surveys have ever been made.
They called attention to the fact that
some OF them have paid taxes on their
property for years without being able to
sell or build to advantage on account OF
the uncertainty as TO the correct lines.
The committee listened to their state
ments and then called fcr the report of
City and County Surveyor Tilton regarding
the cost OF surveying and plating, which
was made at the request of the committee
in July last. This document shows that
the expense OF surveying and getting the
district in shape for the real work of grad
ing and sewering will amount to $11, 000
1t reads as follows:
TLEMEN: In compliance with resolution IL 500
of your honorable body, calling on me for
an estimate OF the cost OF establishing grades
and system of sewerage for the district
named in the resolution wish to say that l
have made careful examination of the afore-
mentioned district and OF the watershed con-
tiguous thereto, which must necessarily be
considered part OF the drainage system pro-
posed.
1 find that the surveys will extend along the
crest OF the hills easterly as far as the Twin
Peaks, over the highest, toughest and most
difficult lands to survey within this County,
comprising with the district named nearly
1000 acres. The paramount question is one of
the ontlet for the sewerage of this district.
To fully determine this viii require much
time and consideration and the running of
many lines and levels. Therefore, / estimate
that to all the lines and levels, to establish
all necessary bench marks and set all neces-
sary stone monuments so that the grades and
lines can be perpetuated, to pre- pare all maps,
plans and detail drawings, TO make all neces-
sary computations for size of sewers, to deter
mine an outlet for same and for recommend
SI1 900 CHARLES S. T1I TON 1O''
City and County Surveyor and City Engineer.
The committee decided that, under the
circumstances, the estimate is not too
| large and concluded to recommend at the
meeting of the board on Monday next
that the Surveyor be authorized to go
ahead and make the survey and prepare
| the necessary maps, plans and specifica-
.tions. The matter of doing the actual
work of sewering and grading was then
taken up, and it was decided to include in
the committee report recommendation
that the Superintendent of Streets be in
structed to advertise for bids for the work
as soon as the specifications and estimates
are prepared.
A committee from the Merchants As.
ISOLATION, consisting of F. W. Dohrmann.
]. J. O'Brien and G. NJ. Plum, called on
the committee to see what action would
be taken regarding the committees re-
quest that the Supervisors take up the
sprInkling of the main business thorough
fares of the City at an early date. The
Street Committee agreed to recommend
that the board advertise for bids under the
specifications prepared by the Merchants
Association.
Itwas also agreed. in compliance with
! petitions from II. s. Crocker and City and
| County Attorney Creswell, to recommend
that bids be called for for the grading Of
Lafayette Square.