The San Francisco call., 1897-07-16
ON THROUGH
The PRESIDE
Lyon Street Is to Be Ex-
tended as the Eastern
Boundary.
An Affair of 81 Years Stand
ing Comes Up for Final
Adjustment.
Street Committee Of the Board of Su-
pervisors Turns Down the Wooden
Pavement Again.

As attorney for Mrs. Emma OConnor.
]. d. Runcie appeared before the Street
Committe, of the Board of supervisors
and made an offer to sell the land in the
Miranda Tract necessary for tho extension
of Lyon and Green streets through the
Presidio reservation. The figure asked
was $4,000. BY act of Congress passed in
1876 the Government granted ffty-five
acres of land TO the City, consisting of a
strip two miles long. enough to extend
Lyon street through the Presidio, it
forming the eastern boundary of the res
ervation, the provision being that the
City should open Lyon and Green streets
through the Presidio. Mrs. OConnor
owns the ad joining land through which it
is necessary TO cut at the crossing of GER
tain streets.
The matter was referred to the Finance
Com mittee, with a recommendation that
the money be appropriated for the pur-
chase.
The Williams block pavement was given
the cold shoulder by the Street Com nit
tee yesterday, despite the pleading OF
NJ aior Stone i'll in its behalf.
Both the committee and the pavement
were used TO this, however, for it had
been done before. Major StoDehill called
the committees attention to the fact that
the petition asking that the block pave
ment be admitted among the official
specifications had been signed by num-
Der of the largest taxpayers of the City.
Chairman Devany stated that a block
on Twenty-second street had been paved
with the wooden posts and the committee
had taken them out without the use of a
pick.
Major Stonehil said this instance was
not fair test. as the blocks had not been
laid according to the specifications that
the Williams Company offered.
The committee, however, decided to re-
port as before against the pavement.
d. E. Garrison appeared before the COM
mttee to urge the use of expanded metal
in laying street pavement foundations.
He said the Harbor Com missioners had
adopted IL for the floors of the new ferry
building and that many Eastern cities
were using it in streets.
Howard Holmes, engineer for the Har-
Dor Commissioners, made little talk for
expanded metal, saying it had withstood
the severest tests.
The committee decided to inspect the
material at the ferry this afternoon.
Finn q Treacy, contractors, having the
work of paving Geary street todo, were
concerned over the resolution introduced
by Rottanzi at the last meeting OF the
board requiring all sub-street work to be
finished before the pavement was laid.
Mr.. Treacy said he had seen the gas and
water and electric companies and had
been assured by them that they were en-
tirely through with their work in tha,
street and that the pavement would not be
disturbed after it was laid.
Chairman Devany, to whom the matter
had been referred with power to act, ad-
yised the firm that they might go ahead
with the work between Kearny and Stock
ton streets.
Sidney M. Smith was present TO pro-
test against the paving OF Seventh street.
from Berry to Channel. The Southern
Pacific Company has a double set of
tracks in the street and some assurance
should be first secured from them that
they would pave between the tracks.
The com mittee decided to lay the mat
ter over for week ana in the meantime
TO inspect the street.
The committee acted favorably upon
the petition of the Sunset District I'm
provement Company against laying any
sewer until the main sewer is constructed
The committee will report favorably
upon the matter of awarding a contract
for the grading of Clinton Park.
The work OF LAYING sidewalks on Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets was ordered
stopped for three months in response TO
protest of the heirs of the Woodward
estate.