The San Francisco call., 1905-02-16
MARKET STREET
WILL Be PAVED
City Officials May Order
Work in Return for the
Purchase of the Bond Issue
FAVOR IMPROVEMENTS
Commission Receives Bids
for New Public Safety
Station at Powell and Eddy

A committee, consisting Of Colonel
j. c. Kirkpatrick, Herbert Law and
Thomas Magee, representing the
Adornment Association and the prop
erty interests of Market street. ap-
peared before the Board of Works
to urge the repaving of Market street.
from Second to Valencia, and other
adjacent streets, such as Mason, Turk.
Eddy and Ellis, for which provision
has been made in the bond issue.
The committee wanted an assurance
from the board that it would sane
ton the Improvement and agreed to
insure the purchase Of municipal
bonds for street improvements to the
amount of s143,000 in addition to the
$475,000 to be purchased for the
paving and Sewering of Mission street
from Ninth to East, and Fourth street
from Howard to Berry.
Law said it was thought advisable
to have a pavement on Market street
similar to that on Third street. but
the character of the pavement would
be left to the board, he said. The
board gave the committee unanimous
assurance that the work would be
recommended to the Board of SUI
pervisors forthwith, and ordered a
resolution to that effect prepared
Law lIlIOIInGu lDG DOdIQ IudI NC
thought he could secure bids on the
bonds to the extent Of $250,000, the
difference above $4,000 to be
taken in hospital bonds.
The same committee appeared be-
fore the SUPERVISORS Street Commit
tee and received similar assurance
that the improvements described
would be ordered.
The board referred to the City At
fOrnaV for n Oninf0r1 riding The
respective claims of the City Engineer
and the attorneys for the Henry Cow
ell estate relative to the correct lines
of Clay and Merchant streets. The
estate is about to erect a building on
the north side of Clay street on
line with the other buildings on the
block and running along Sansome
gineer says the building so construct
ed on Clay street will encroach eigh-
teen inches on the street, but that
the estate would be entitled to eigh-
teen inches additional on Merchant
street. The attorneys for the estate
take a contrary view and have ad-
vised their clients to build flush with
the other buildings on Clay street.
The board also adopted resolu-
ton ordering bids to be invited for
the repair of bituminous pavementS
on the following streets in addition to
those already published:
Valencia street, from Market to
Eighteenth: Polk, from Sutter to
Jackson; Grant avenue, from Market
street to Bush; Pine. from Sansome
to Battery; OFarrell, from Powell
to Stockton: Jessie, from Second to
New Montgomery; Stevenson, from
Annie to Third; New Montgomery,
from Market TO Mission.
The Health Board was requested to
investigate the dangerous condition of
a building at 449 Chestnut street.
Frank McSheehy was the lowest
bidder on the contract to build a fire
engine house on Twenty-sixth ave.
nue. for $10,576, and Spargo & Casey
the lowest bidder to build safety
station at Market, Eddy and Powell
streets, for $3.50, but the awards
went over one week.
Finn & Treacy secured the contract
to repair certain bituminous streets
north of Market street for $40, and
the City Street Improvement for
some streets south of Market for s657.