The San Francisco call., 1898-10-07
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC IN A
 BAD PLIGHT
Admits That It Has No Fran
 Chise for It's City Tracks.
Citizens of the Mission Organized to Foil Its Attempt to Secure Permanent Rights
 in the Heart of the City.

! railroads case. Supervisor Delany, who was the only one of the committeeman to remain with Britt throughout the discus sion, did not express any opinion as t9 what should be done He finally lett, ana then Britt stated to the representatives, or the improvement club that ne coulo see no reason why the Southern Pacific could not as well have two tracks as one to the depot. He did not believe that the grant | ing of the permit for the double track would make any material difference; l TO this view the improvement club took 1 quick exception.
 Then why don't you get out an in l junction against the Supervisors grant, i ing the per1nit?" asked Britt of several members of the delegation.
 We do not suppose that will be neces- Sary," was the reply; the Supervisors | will certainly not perpetrate such an out rage as to grant the permit for double | track"
 Britt seemed to think the other way, i and the representatives of the citizens or the Mission retired considerably disturbed in mind. The matter may come up at the meeting of the Supervisors next Monday although several difficulties will be en- countered. The City and County Attor- ney has been asked for an opinion as to the right of the Supervisors to grant the double track permit and he, in turn, has requested the Supervisors clerk to furnish him with an abstract of title of all prop erty along four miles of the company present tracks in the city, with full in- formation as to all permits, rights, etc, granted to the Southern Pacific since it's advent in California. This the clerk says will take him at least six months to ac- cOmplish, and he will so state to the City and County Attorney, so that the lat ter will not delay acting on the request for an opinion.
 The people of the Mission and con- tiguous districts are up in arms against granting the railroad a permanent right of way and an injunction suit may be filed within a few days if 1t becomes evil dent that other Supervisors besides Britt favor the railroad
 One other matter which came before the Street Committee is worthy of mention. A large number of protests had been re- ceiVed from taxpayers along certain streets in the suburbs, asking that pro- posed Improvements in the way of bitu- men paving, macadamizing, etc, should not be made at this tinne Superintendent Ambrose had recommended paving on a number of streets at the expense of the property owners, and the latter kicked, as shown by the protests. In several cases it was alleged that the work was entirely unnecessary and would cost more than the value of the property. The Street Committee took the same view of the matter as the petitioners against the work and decided that nothing should be done at this time on the following pro- posed improvements:
 Curbing and paving Nineteenth street. be- tween Church and Sanchez. and Greenwich
 Paving of. Buchanan street. between Union
 Paving of Second avenue, between Point Lo- bos and Clement street.
  Sanchez.
 Paving of Selma place. off California street. | northerly.
 Grading of I street. between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues
 Paving of Elm avenue. between Pierce and
 Paving on Pierce street between Vallejo and Green.
 Paving of Collingwood street, between Nine teenth and Twentieth
 Paving of Buchanan street, between Green- wich and Lombard.
 Paving of Cedar avenue between Octavia and
 Paving of Elizabeth place. off Folsom. and l between Third and Fourth streets. l Paving of Cough street, between Greenwich | and Lombard
 Paving Of Fell street, between Fillmore and
 Paving of Cole street. between Fell and | Hayes.
 | Macadamizing of L street between Tenth and | Eleventh avenues | Paving of Masonic avenue between Page and | Oak streets.
 Paving of Lyon street, between Golden Gate avenue and Turk street Paving crossing of Pierce and Green streets. Cobbltng Central avenue, between Waller and
 Grading and macadamizing Valley street, l from Sanchez to Noe streets. l Paving of Nineteenth street. from Church to | Castro.
 The committee will report in favor of l bituminizing and curbing Pierce street between Green and Union; bituminizlng and curbing Pacific avenue, between i crossing of Pacific avenue and Lyon street; bituminizing crossing of Jackson and Lyon streets.
 The allegation is made that Superin- | tendent Ambrose recommended numerous | improvements in order to take care of i contractors just at this time when work | is slack. The Superintendent denies this ! charge, and says that many property l owners wanted the Improvements and l that they were recommended at their sug- gestion.