The San Francisco call., 1897-09-11

curing The night light or some way of
warning the public shall be placed there.
IL Is also violation of the law 10 fill the
street IN sucn a manner for any time
longer than will be absolutely necessary TO
unload lumber or other things used in
tnose mills and remove it into the build
lngs or storerooms.
or months and months the streets in
The nelg borhood OF Beale, Fremont, Mis-
sion and Howard have been half filed
with lum Der, junk, donkey engines and
scrap iron, and it Is a menace to life and
disgrace to the City, besides being a
violation OF the orders OF the Street De-
partment
1t Is absolutely unsafe to drive there
during the night, and every fireman who
goes there 10 fire after dark takes his
lie in his hands. l was thrown from my
buggy not long ago by driving into one of
these nuisanceS and | think | was lucky
TO escape with my life.
The proprletors of these places cannot
be altogether blamed for their negligence,
as the Superintendent of Streets should
enforce the order. 1t is criminal to allow
the streets to be in such a fix. They are
r0ugh enough there without having loads
OF lum Der strewn broadcast around.
During superintendent of Streets
WOODS administration, any obstruction
OF the kind was hauled eff 10 the city cor
poration yards and sold at public aac lon,
and that IS what should be done now. A
few sales OF properly would bring these
people TO their sens and teach them to
appreciate the danger Of frernen and
others who are ompelled TO go through
that portion of town a night and a full
ST eed at that.
Some places are much worse than
others, but they are all bad enough. 1t is
high time 10 have the matter attended to,
and 1t will be done if possible without
further delay"
District Engineer Wells also thinks it is
time TO do something TO protect, to GER
tain extent, the lives of those whose
business takes them on run through the
streets at night.
II wish" he said, that something
could be done in this matter, for l con-
slider my own life in danger, as we'll as
my men. 1t seems that the worst OBJ
structions are in the worst pIaces-that is,
placed just at the corner OF the streets.
When an engine or truck is running TO a
fire it IS m possible to see any danger until
they get right on top OF 1t, and tGen 1t is
too late to STOP 1t is a wonder that many
Of US have not already been killed wnile
going to fires in the lower portions OF the
city. The streets in many places are so
obs s.ructed that it is impossible 10 turn a
truck around after driving into the street.
AudhAuS IL itSSSooolg W AlAfO "a OhhN thO
block. 1t is time the nuisance was
stopped"
Yesterday Chief Sullivan had some
photographs taken of the corner and OBJ
structiors where Sawyer was injured, as
vel visiting other places in Inc same
condition. Over $50 places were found
where the street obstruction ordinance
was being violated, and the records will
be kept for future reference.
The place most bitterly planned of
by the department is at 105 Fremont
street. At that place lunl ber is piled in
the street 10 such an extent that ii Is I'M
possible for two trucks to pass through at
the same time. At 103 Fremont street
old boilers and scrap iron cover one-thlrd
of the width OF the street, AT 800 Folsom
street it was seen that donkey engines,
pieces OF machinery and old iron were
piled IN the street within two feet OF the
car tracks. At 228 Fremont street pieces
OF iron and pointed castings extend over
twelve feet beyond the curb. Lum Der
was piled in the street at 2l2 Fremont six
feet high and twice a, vide. At 12l-123
Beale old trucks and junk were scattered
from the sidewalk to the middle OF the
street. The wheels OF the trucks have
been taken off, which would make it i'm
possible 10 remove them from the way of
the lie partment in case OF fire there. At
137 Beale junk and scrap iron were piled
in the street which extended ten or twelve
feet from The curb. At Beale and Folsom
there was more junk and scrap iron in the