The San Francisco call., 1897-02-12
BATTLE MOUNTAIN GRADE
An Old Controversy Urged With
Considerable Warmth
Yesterday.
One of the Many Subjects That Cav
the Street Committee a Full
Day of Work.

The Street Committee of the Board of
Supervisors had a large, not to say enthu-
siastic crowd of petitioners to listen to
yesterday afternoon. EloQuence ran riot
and many thoughts and facts con corning
Liberty Hill grade were presented for the
consideration of the Supervisors. The
property-owners and residents were pres
eut by scores. Attorneys argued and
property-owners explained.
The story OF L berty Hill has been told
sc often and so acrimoniously that the To-
cality has sometimes been called Battle
Hill" New facts were presented yester-
day. The room grew warm with the heat
OF those who argued for and against the
grade which has been proposed. The rep
resentatives of the Association OF I'm
provement Clubs were present. Mr.. Null
lany made earnest and humorous re-
marks. Mr.. Sherer was earnest. Several
lad les spoke.
Finally, after the committee had lis
tened three hours, the matter was taken
under consideration, the com mmittee prom
lslng to visit the locality-SancheZ street.
The Improvement clubs have asked that
the street be opened through
A great deal of routine business was
transacted by the committee yesterday.
Street Superintendent was approved by
the committee:
Cards alley from Stockton westerly, to be
paved with bitumen; Eureka, between Twen-
tieth and Twenty-frst, paved with basalt;
crossing of Fill bert and Leavenworth, paved
with bitumen; also OF Dolores and Nineteent III /;
also OIL Bryant ana Eleventh; Florida, be-
tween Twentieth and Army, graded and
macadamized; Precita avenue, between Ala
bama and Army, graded and macadamized; !;
pipe sewer in Preclta avenue, between Ala
bsma and Army; pipe sewer Ill Florida. be-
tween Twenty-sixth and Army; brick sewer
in Mason, between Beach and Jefferson; stone
sidewalks on the crossing OF Chestnut and
Powell; also on LeaVenworth and Union; on
Jones and Union; on Tweuty-second, between
Noe and Castro, and on the corner OF Mont
gomery avenue and Newell.
Awards for street work were recon-
mended as follows:
Grading the crossing of Capitol avenue and
Broad street, ]. L. Blanchard, $235; paving
the cross ng OF Broderick and Eddy, san
Francisco Paving Company, 500; also, of the
crossing OF Thirteenth avenue and Alpine, j.
r. Morton, 5000; also, of Thirteenth, from
Devisadero to Castro, Williams, BeIser & Co.,
Williams, Belser g. Co., $940; also, of Thir-
teenth and Castro, Williams, Belser d Co.,
$500; sidewalks on Army, tween Church
anu Sanchez, NJ r. Sullivan, $l25; sidewalks
on Alabama, from Twenty-sixth to Precita av-
enue, Williams, Belser Il Co., 500; also, on
Devisade:o, Between Waller anu Thirteenth
Finn & Treacy, $500; sewer in Thirteenth,
between Gas stro and Diamond, Thomas Clarke,
$500; same in the crossing OF Alpine, Williams,
Be eIser & Co, 1878; sewer in the or sSinC OF
Thirteenth and castro, Thomas CLARKE. $265;
also, in Thirteenth and Devils adero, for $500.
Adolph Sutro spoke a some length con-
cerning the i'm proyement OF the district
south of Golden Gate Park. In his opin-
ion no sewers should be built in that sec
ton until a survey of the whole section
has first been made. Then, as another
preliminary, the question concerning the
disposal OF the sewage should lie decided.
The Street Superintendent was auIhor-
lied 10 sign a contract with Warren &
Mallev for the macadamizing of the cross
ing of Webster and Francisco for cents a
square loot.
1t was decided to recommend that the
Market-street Railway Company be per-
mitted to construct a turnout at Kearny
and Montgomery avenue
The Street superintendent was directed
to start the work OF grading Lobos street,
between Plymouth and Capitol.
]. 6. Harvey was granted permission TO
pave Guerrero, between Twenty-second
and Twenty third, with bitumen, by pri-
vate contract, and the City Street I'm
provement Com pany was granted permis-
sion to pave Lombard, between Van Ness
and Lyon, with bitumen, by private con-
tract.
The petition of the Precita Valley I'M
provement Club, requesting that the
franchise Of the North Beach and Mission
Railroad Company be declared null, on
account of the failure of the com pany to
com plete the construction of the road,
was referred to the City Attorney for his
opinion as TO the power of the board
The proposed grading OF Broderick be-
tween Green and Union, was pos poned
for three months. The appeal of the Pa
cific Paving Company from the assess
ment for the paving of Ash avenue, be-
tween Laguna and Buchanan, was set for
hearing on March Is. The work OF paving
Filbert, from Steiner to Pierce, was post
DOned for six months.