The San Francisco call., 1904-12-22
WANT TO PAVE
DIRTY STREETS
Board Of Public Works
Anxious to Put an End
to Disgraceful Conditions
WOULD SELL THE BONDS
Orders City Architect to
Prepare Plans for Engine
House on 26th Avenue

There Is a possibility that the rap
idly degenerating streets of San Fran
cisco will at least be repaired to a
fractional extent in the near future.
The desire of the Board of Public
Works and the Board Of Supervisors
is that some relief be afforded at the
earliest opportunity and that at least
portion of the bond issue for the re-
paving of accepted streets be made
available. The Board Of Public
Works has ordered a resolution pre-
pared that requests that the Board of
Supervisors sell bonds in sufficient
sum to permit of the paving Of prin-
cfpal streets designated in the report
of the City Engineer.
A great deal of complaint has been
made by property owners of the de-
cadence of the city streets and the
failure to sweep them. There is also
failure on the part of the police TO
enforce the ordinance prohibiting the
sweeping of refuse of shops into the
cutters. The story is extant that
never in the history of the city have
the streets been in such disgraceful
condition and that now is the time to
take steps to have them properly
cleaned and kept free of health-pois-
oning debris.
The streets that the Board of
Works proposes to repave with bitum-
inous rock or asphalt on a concrete
foundation are: Market street, from
Second to East; Mission street, from
Fifth to Ninth; Sixth street, from
Market to Howard; Valencia street,
from Eighteenth to Twenty-slxth;
Sutter street, from Stockton to Lar
kin; Kearny street, from California to
Montgomery avenue; Bush street,
from Powell to Taylor; Larkin street
from Hayes TO Turk; Van Ness ave-
nue., from Fulton to Geary; Seventh
street, from Market to Harrison;
Ninth street, from Market to Folsom.
There are many streets in the down.
town district proposed to be repaved
with basalt blocks on concrete foun-
dation and with basalt blocks on sand,
and these will also be improved, the
idea being to stimulate interest in the
purchase Of the bonds.
1t is proposed to deal similarly with
the construction of other streets pro-
vided for by the bond issue, IL being
intended to proceed with those for
which there exists an immediate ne
cessity.
The board referred to President of
Board of Works Schmitz several Pc
titions for permits to sell flowers in
the free markets at Kearny and Mar
ket streets. Schmitz stated that he
would prepare rules governing such
permits. among them being one pro-
viding for the laying out of a certain
space for the market and requiring
baskets to be kept three feet apart
The board decided to bituminize
and put sidewalks down on Scott
street, between Fulton and Hayes
fronting Alamo square. The appropri-
alton of $2750 is insufficient to improve
Hayes street in front of the park.
The contract for repaving Eleventh
street. between K and L, was awarded
to McHugh & Sheerin.
The City Architect was directed to
prepare plans for an engine-house on
Twenty-sixth avenue, near Point Lo-
bos. The streets in the vicinity will
be improved if there are any funds
available.
The plans for a safety station at
Market and Powell streets were ap-
proved and referred 70 the Supervis-
ors. as it will cost S1400, and only
$3.50 was appropriated.
The Mutual Gas Company was re-
quested to restore the pavements on
Market street which it tore up to lay
mains, the San Francisco Company
having secured an injunction prevent
ing the continuance of the work.