The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
BOARD PROPOSES
NEW PLAYGROUND
Supervisors Order Ap-
praisement Of South
side Block.
Fence at Foot Of Twentieth
Street May Remain as
Safeguard.

AS a preliminary to the proceeding of
submitting TO the electors the proposition
of acquiring grounds suitable for recrea-
ton in the district south of Market street
and east of Twelfth street, resolution
was adopted by the Board of Supervisors
Yesterday directing the Board of Public
Works TO appraise the value of the lands
contained in the block bounded by Harri-
son, Seventh, Bryant and South streets
This site was recommended by the ParK
Commission for the proposed playground.
Later in the meeting the Board or
Works filed its appraisement OF the block,
on part of which the Board of Educa-
ton has established a playground, 1t is
divided into two portions by Gordon
street, the smaller being valued at $l37,-
$40 for real estate and $e6,2OO for improve
ments, The larger porton is EaIue9 AZ
1851 $50 and the value of the whole block
is placed at $5S5 ,62O.
The Board of Works filed report that
the best mode of making connection with
Bernal Heights is to extend Folsom street
southerly to Cortland avenue ana con-
struct thereon a cable road with transfer
privileges with existing electric roads near
the present southerly terminus OF FOL
som street. In the Communication, how
ever is no estimate of the cost OF the
work owing to lack of time.
Petitions were filed by the citizens and
taxpayers in the University Mound dis
trict requesting that resolution allowing
certain fences to be maintained in that
district be rescinded. The petitioners
claim they were unable to reach their poll
ing places on election day and the Board
of Works in permitting the obstructlons
TO remain is causing inconyenience.
The Market Street and Eureka valley
Improvement Club petitioned for the
transfer of a school lot on Sixteenth street
between Park and Prosper streets.
Mary 7. Gaff, Administrative or the
estate of Owen Riley, deceased, hled a
claim for $125 damages, alleged to have
been sustained by the loss of a horse.
Fence on Twentieth Street.
The Board of Public Works presented
the application of the Risdon Iron works
to temporarily maintain fence across the
extereme end of Twentieth street, between
Louisiana and Maryland. The board stat
ed that it had no jurisdiction in the prem
ises as the Supervisors have exclusive
authority to grant such permits.
Chief Heath of the Bureau OF streets re,
ported that the petition If granted VIII
only close the traffic created by the Ris-
don and Union Iron Works and none
whatever by the general public Heath
recommended that the petition be granted
with the condition that gate in the same
be kept open throughout the day. The
fence will serve to prevent accidents to
others than employees on account of the
switching of freight cars on the street.
A resolution was passed to print author
izing the payment of $6O1 30 out of the
urgent necessity fund to James u. Rhe-
Ian, chairman of the Supervisors COM
mittee to call the Anti-Chinese Exclusion
Convention.
Theodore F. Payne and Warren Payne
petitioned that the report of the Board of
Works regarding distractions on Third
street be taken from the file and duly
considered.
Oppose Extensions of Time.
The practice of granting extensions of
time to contractors on public work came
in for much criticism.
The ordinance granting the contractors
an extension of ninety days wherein to
complete the construction of a culvert in
Trocadero gulch was opposed by Reed,
who said it was the third extension asked
for. Reed held that the policy of grant
ing extensions on public contracts is
wrong. He said that the contractors were
in the habit of accepting contract after
ready had on hand. Chairman Curtis of
the Street Committee explained that the
Board of Works had recommended the
extension and the ordinance was passed
to print.
An extension of time was also granted
to the contractors who are repaving Polk
street because the work has been delayed
on account of the labor troubles.
Russell p. Dunn, who filed an offer to
sell to the city the VisitaciOn Water
Works, with certain other water works,
rights and franchises, petitioned that a
time be set for the conSidera ton of the
proposition. The petition was referred to
the Utilities Committee.
The Mayor filed a recommendation that
a bookkeeper be appointed in the Bond
and Warrant Clerks office, also that the
Auditor be authorized to employ ten tenn
porary clerks. Ordinances on the subject
were passed to print.