The San Francisco call., 1897-03-23
TIE RAILS WILL
Be TAKEN UP
Supervisors Order Stockton
Street DISTINCTIONS
Removed.
Property.Owners Could Get No
Satisfaction From the
Company.
The Superintendent cf Streets In.
structed to Proceed Forthwith
to Clear the Pavement.

The Board of Supervisors brought the
matter of removing the disused streetcar
rails from Stockton street between O'Far-
roll and Ellis streets to focus Yesterday
by the adoption of the following resolu-
ton, offered by Supervisor Devany:
RESOLVED, BY the Board of Supervisors of the
City and County of San Francisco that the
abandonment OF tracks on Stockton street be-
tween Ellis and Geary and Geary and Post
streets by The Market-street Railway Company
be accepted and that the superintendent OF
Streets be directed to remove the rails, the
company having failed to do SO as promised in
their letter OF abandonment, forthwith.
Previous to the introduction of the reso-
luton Mayor Phelan presented the follow
ing communication:
SAN FRANCISCO, March %, 1897.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of the
City and County of San Frdncisc0-GE ENTLEMEN:
herewith transmit to you communication
from the representatives OF the property-own-
ers on Stockton street. between Ellis and
O'Farreil, which is self-explanatory:
These gentlemen were acting with the
knowledge and consent of the City in provid-
ing for the pavement of its accepted street, VIZ:
Stockton street, between Ellis and O. Farrell,
and any communication they may have re-
ceived from the Market-street Railway Com
pany is of an official character and enti-
tied to full credence by this board.
They have handed me the communication
abandoning the tracks on Stockton street,
meaning thereby from Ellis to Geary and from
Geary to Post streets, by the Market
street Railway Company, which now present
to the board with the recommendation that
the abandonment be accepted and the COM
pany be ordered to remove its rails forthwith,
in order that the board may readvert1se for
bids for the pavement of the entire roadway.
Unless the track be abandoned by the CON-
pany, and the City accepts such abandon
ment, am informed by the Superintendent OF
Streets that he cannot so advertise.
AS further evidence OF abandonment, call
your attention to the fact that the cars have
not run over the said tracks, of which am
reliably informed, for period of over six
years. and that the tracks do not connect with
any other tracks, and hence are incapable of
use Respectfully,
JAMES D. PHELAN, Mayor.
The Superintendent of Streets, when ed-
vertjsing for the paving of the streets.
failed, through ignorance of this fact, to
make the proper provision for the space
occupied by the rails.
Mr.. Vining was called upon to ascertain
whether or not the company would re-
move the rails so that the street could be
paved under the original plans. They re-
ceived no satisfaction. though they had
the following letter from an official of the
company:
0. D. Baldtcin, Esq, uice-president American
accordance with our conversation this is to
advise, you that the Marketstreet Railway
Company has abandoned its tracks on Stock
ton street and will remove the rails. Yours
truly, R. P. SCHwERIN, Manager P. and s.
The committee thereupon applied to the
Mayor, with the result that the matter
was summary disposed of.