The San Francisco call., 1897-07-24
SHALL MARKET
Be REPAVED?!
Grand Jury Favors the Work
From Montgomery to
Ninth Street.
Time to Establish a Modern
MOrgue With Cold Storage
Plant.
A Budget of Important Committee
Reports Presented to the Jury
Yesterday.

day afternoon and for some time listened
to Charles B. Holbrook, secretary of the
society Tor Cruelty TO Animals, and to
Poundkeeper Osborne. The subject mat
ter under discussion was the public
pound. The talk did not result in re-
port, and the subject will be taken up
again next Friday.
Several members of the Grand Jury be-
lieve that the City, while building the
new Hall of Justice, should build a N morgue
on modern plans with a cold-storage
plant such as is contained in the new
morgue at Philadelphia. Since power IS
to be used to run the elevators of the new
hall an expense no greater than s. q day
would furnish power 10 reduce the tenn
peTature in the Morgue TO twelve degrees
below freezing point. The cost of put
ting in the necessary appliances should
not exceed $1,000. Then the City would
have a modern MoTgue where bodies
might be held Tor identification for an in
definite length Of time.
Several i'm portant com mIttee reports, as
follows, were presented 10 the jury yester-
day afternoon:
Your committee on public streets and
squares begs leave 10 present the following re-
port OF their labors and inves legations, to-
gether with such recommendations as appear
TO them for the public benefit and which sug-
geSted themselves after careful consideration
OF the duties devolvIng upon them:
STREET DEPARTMENT
we find the business and affairs of the Street
Department well conducted. superintendent
Ambrose ana his deputies have affo ded US
every facility for fnd invited q thorough in-
vesugatlon lRtO the workings OF this depart
ment. At their request we made an examina-
uOn o the concrete foundation laid Tor the
bttuminous rock pavement on Folsom street,
q criticism of which was made through the
public press by Mayor Pnelan, and as a result
we found the concrete TO be first class and
such criticism In the newspapers uncailed
for The Mayor efterward acknowledged that
be was mlsinformed and his expert admitted
that he was mistaken.
We have at various times examined the
work OF paving and sewerinR being performed
by contractors under the supervis ion OF in
spectOIs appointed b. the Superintendent Of
Streets, ana found the work being we'll per-
formed and the inspectors exacting. Work OF
the character designated Is being done al the
folIowin g-named locations:
Concrete and bitumen-sacrament street be-
tween Cherry and Map e; Linden avenue, between
Van Ness avenue and Franklin street; Stable
alley, between Flftesnth and Sixteenth streets, OF
Valencia; Page street. between Clayton and
Basalt blocks-Taylor street; between Union
and FIlbert; Castro street, between Twenty first
and Iwenty-Secoud; Castro treet, between Six
teenth and seventeen h; California street between
Central and Fist avenues.
Artihcat slone s!dewalks-VicSsburg street.
from 1wenty-fourth to Twenty-siIth; First ave
nue.. from Washington street to California
Sewers-Shipisy street, between Folsom and
Harrison off Fou,th; Second avenue, from Point
Lobos avenue TO 4 street; crossing of Army and
Castro streets.
Your committee has visited these places and
found the work 10 De eXeCu ted in d thorough
and workmaulike manner, and the materials
used TO be OF good quality.
Tne Board of Supervisors should arrange
with the Federal authorities for the payment
out OF the United States treasury for street
work performed on streets fronting the mill
tary reservations. Such work is now paid for
out of the Street Department fu nds in our City
treasury. The grading, sewering and paving
Of streets fronting the Black Point and Pre-
sidlo reservations are an unjust and heavy tax
on the fund, and considera bic work is'contem-
plated for the fiscal year.
There are seven blocks and eight street
Crossings on Van Ness avenue that are now
macadam1zed. These blocks and crossings
should be paved with tltuminous rock. Such
an improvement Will make Van Ness avenue
q boulevard that our City can we'll be
proud Of
The paved streets in the business section Of
the City should receive the attention of the
Board OF Supervisors and an effort should be
made TO remove as far as possible the present
uneven stone blocks and cobbles with which
such streets are now paved and replace the
same with a bitumin GUS rock pavement We
favor the repaving of Market street, between
Montgomery and Ninth.
The custom OF allowing steam to escape into
sewers from elevator and other engines should
be stopped. Many of our hotels make such
use of the sewers. 1t is not an unusual sight
TO witness volumes OF steam emitted from
the sewer manholes. Besides being unpless
ant and unhealthy it is an impossibiIlty to
clean or repair such sewers for this reason un-
til the late hours OF the night, after tho hotel
elevators have ceased operation,
More attention should be paid to the water
ing of our county roads particularly during
the summer season.
The Corbett road, San Bruno road and the
new boulevard should be fer be tier protected
by sprinkling, as if this is done much expense
can be spared in ballasting with red rock.
The travel overisaid roads puIverizes the rock
which is then carried away BY the wind and
no possible good comes of it, whereas, if prop
erly watered it would be a pleasure to drive
upon same.
Committee on Public Streets and Squares:
W. +. FRAGLEY.
WALTER y. BRUNT,
G. o. AHERNE,
IL IlrrIrr- .G.