The San Francisco call., 1898-04-08
Market Street May Be Bituminized to Golden
 Gate Avenue.
Report of the Merchants Asso- citation Considered by the
 Street Committee.
Proposed Blanket Contract for Repair ing Accepted Streets for Period
 of Two Years.

themselves yesterday as favoring the eX- tension of the bituminous pavement on Market street to Golden Gate avenue. The work now in contemplation provides for bituminizing that thoroughfare from Second to Fifth street, but at yester- days meeting Deputy Superintendent of Streets Donovan appeared before the committee and stated that his chief had received a communication from President King of the Merchants Association, stat ing that the association strongly favored the paving of Market street with bitu- men from the southeasterly line of Fifth street to the southwesterly line of Sixth street, which will extend the smooth pavement to Golden Gate avenue The communication further recommended that Fourth street, from Market to Mission, also be paved with bitumen in view of the fact that the Merchants Association had made a canvass of property owners in the block and had received signatures guaranteeing to pay half the cost of the work. As Fourth street has been ac- cepted, the city will have to bear half the cost.
 The street committee received the re- port with decided favor and agreed to recommend a resolution providing for the work to the board.
 The committee recommended the adop- tion of the proposal for bids for repair ing and keeping in repair for period of two years all streets, crossings or DOT tions of streets paved with bitumen. A draft of the resolution. together with specifications and report from the Street Department giving the total area of streets and crossings now paved with bitumen at 13,1S5,S49 square feet, was laid before the committee, and after a few minor changes they were approved The proposal provides that the contract shall extend for two years from the date of award and all repairs must be made in Strtcf QHNOr6QnRa wit All streets or portions of streets and crossings paved with bitumen and accept ed by the city must be put in thorough repair within three months from the date of the contract, in addition to such streets as may be paved during the term of the contract except such IS are covered by a bond, and any abrasions or breaks that may occur thereafter must be Repaired within forty-eight hours
 Bidders must state the specific sum for which the entire work will be performed, the extent of one twenty-fourth of the entire amount The specifications have been carefully prepared with the inten- eftin,ent etHn oL propiding ~ Tor the constant and
 It was decided to hold a joint meeting or the Streets and Street Lights Com mlttees at 10 o'clock on Saturday morn ing to consider Supervisor Dodge's reso luton calling on the Mutual Electric Light Company for information as to where it will have to erect poles in order iOht contract eAe
 Action was taken on a large batch of petitions as follows:
 In favor of extending City Improve ment Company's contracts for ninety days for paving the crossings of Haight and Shrader, Haight and Cole. Haight and Clayton and Haight and Ashbury streets: also J. Ii. Bingham thirty days on his contract 70 pave Cough street, between Turk and Eddy W In 1avor of sustaining the protest of H. A. Hedger and others against the nnaI Spassase g or the resolution granting the san franclsco Launch Company the use or portion of Taylor street at North Beach for sixty days for the purpose of constructing stern-wheel steamer there on.
 In favor of empowering the Suner,n- tenoent or Streets to remove Instructions on Cotton place. opposite Colton court, GGonsrstlhg Gna,ig or an old barn. and for the con obstruction for street purposes.
 Agalnst the Buckman Contracting Com pany being released from its contract to construct Stormwater inlets in the inter section of Willard street north and Colder Gate avenue.
 In favor of the protest of Mfchael Mo CaHery against the construction of side Octavia- ~ In favor of the petition of citizens for the construction of sidewalks on Hilbert stTeet, !, De between we Lea9venworth and Hyde. tract to Thomas Clarke to grade Eff teenth avenue south, between Railroad avenue and street south.
 In favor of property pav. .ng with basalt blocks Fillmore street, betweeen Page and Haight.
 Denying the appeal from the assessment Tor street work at the intersection of Lower Terrace and Serpentine place.
 In favor of stopping street work on c street, between Eighth and TentL ay- enueS.
 Tx, fox- property against the construction of a sewer on Fifteenth avenue, between California and Lake streets.
 In favor of grading and sewering Riyoli avenue, between Stanyan street and the Pope & Talbot line.