The San Francisco call., 1905-04-20
DENY PERMIT
FOR BLASTING
Supervisors Rule in Favor
of the Preservation of Tele-
graph Hill for All Time
PRIVILEGE is REVOKED
Outdoor Art League Files
Protest Against the De-
structiOn of the Landmark

The Supervisors Street Committee
yesterday reported adversely to the
petition of the Globe Grain and Mill
ing Company to explode blasts In
Chestnut street between Montgomery
and Kearny. for the purpose of grad
Ing Chestnut street to official grade.
Property-owners on Telegraph Hill
and number of ladies from the Cali
fornia Club. North Beach Improve
ntent Club and the Outdoor Art League
were present to voice their protests
against the destruction Of the hill. r.
e.. Sims, attorney for the protestants.
said the blasting on Telegraph Hill
nad been source of annoyance for
many years and his clients wanted the
matter settled for all time.
w. Kelleher, president OF the COM
pany, stated that all he wanted was
the privilege to grade its property,
as the grading is necessary for the
protection of its plant from falling
rock and to enable 1t to secure en-
trance by teams on Kearny street to
its property. Kelleher said the plant
represented an investment of $350,000
and the company desired to erect
warehouse on part Of its land.
The committee told Kelleher that
the previous permits granted TO his
company only called for grading its
lot and for the building Of q spur
track, but 1t was not contemplated
that Telegraph Hill should be blasted,
as permits for such operations had
been repeatedly denied. Kelleher said
that the rock was being removed by
Gray Bros. and he did not think that
his company should give up any of its
property to hold up a street that is
far above grade. Kelleher said that
1t would take a year to cut away
twenty feet from the cliff.
Charles Bundschu spoke against
the granting of blasting permit and
urged the city to buy the necessary
land for the preservation of Tele-
graph Hill.
MIA Club urged the Supervisors to re-
tain control of the hill and not permit
its destruction. DIR. Moore asserted
that Gray Bros. did not come before
the board with clean hands and the
ladies' are afraid of the firm. Mines.
Fassett, Atkinson and Dittel urged the
preservation of the hill from an
esthetic standpoint.
Supervisor Rocks motion that the
application to blast be denied pre-
vailed. The committee also repeated
its recommendation requesting the
City Attorney to bring injunction pro-
ceedings to prevent further blasting
on Telegraph Hill.
Supervisor Braunhart's motion that
resolution passed in 1903 granting
the company the right to blast on its
own property for grading purposes be
revoked also prevailed Braunhart
said that the permit was being used
as a subterfuge by Gray Bros. to
establish a rock quarry, which was In
violation of an existing ordinance.
The committee expressed itself In
favor of purchasing property at the
edge of the hill for $50 feet to be used
in beautifying the hill. The Finance
Committee will be asked to appro-
pirate the amount required In the next
budget.
The protesting ladies appeared on
the same mission before the Board Of
Public Works, which at once adopted
a resolution revoking the permit grant
ed to the company to blast on Chest
nut street. Aigeltinger said he would
introduce resolution revoking SINH
lar permit to Wetmore Bros
The committee took under advise
ment the petition of Rosenberg Bros
to. build a spur track on Japan street,
between Townsend and Brannan. OBJ
lection was again raised to the spur
track by property-owners on the
ground that it would endanger the
lives of children who live on Japan
street and destroy the street for resi-
dence purposes.