The San Francisco call., 1905-08-17
WORKS BOARD
ACCEPTS BIDS
Awards a Contract for Con-
struction of Approach to
the Third Street Bridge
ROADWAY TO BE OILED
Intending Bidders Get Exten-
sion Of Time on Proposals
for New Washington School

The Board of Works yesterday
awarded the contract to build the ap-
proach TO the Third street bridge to
the Healy-Tibbitts Construction Com
pany for $11.3 06, the lowest bid filed.
Contracts were also awarded to
Frank Simonart for grading the school
lot on Twentieth and Kentucky streets.
to Peter McHugh for grading the road
way of Fulton street from First to
Tenth avenue and to Mosher Bros for
the oiling of the same.
The board awarded a contract for
installing ornamental electric light
posts on the Market street safety sta
tions to the Thomas Day Company for
$4,000.
Bids were opened for the construc-
tion of boilers in the oil plant at the
Hall of Justice the lowest being from
the Eureka Boiler Works at $3045, but
no action was taken.
No bids-were received for the con-
struction of the new Washington
Grammar School, intending bidders
having requested an extension OF two
weeks within which to figure up the
plans und specifications, which was
granted.
The Santa Fe Company was granted
a permit to lay spur track on In
diana and Twenty second streets.
The protest of the San Francisco
County Medical Society against the
proposed removal of the County Hos
pital from its present site to the Aims
house tract was filed.
The petition of Philip Hinkle that
he be appointed sidewalk elevator in
spector was denied.
The board notified ]. G. Harney to
hasten the work of repairing Page and
Lyon streets. as the result of a COM
plant that he is delaying the same.
The board directed the Bureau OF
Streets to cause the removal of OBJ
structions on Desmond street.
superintendent Cowden was directed
to remove the dirt from Vicksburg
street, between Twenty-t third and
Twenty-fourth, and Elizabeth street,
between Vicksburg and Sanchez.
The City Engineer was instructed to
investigate the complaint of the Point
Lobos Club relative to the bad condi-
tion of Fifth avenue and South Cali
fornia street.
Deputy Donovan reported that the
thoroughfares where there are spaces
between the rails of street car lines
which have not been paved in accord
ance with existing ordinances and
franchises include Market street, be-
tween Second and Van Ness avenue,
Valencia street, from Market to Eight
eenth and Turk, Eddy and Ellis streets,
where double tracks were formerly laid
and there are now single tracks.
The board accepted deeds to lands
granted by the Southern Pacific Com
pany for the widening of Fourth street
between Channel and kentucky, Ken
lucky street, from Fourth to Nine
teenth, Sixteenth street from Seventh
TO Illinois. Diana and Gould streets, and
the widths were adopted
The Southern Pacific Company was
granted permission to widen its bridge
crossing Channel street at Seventh. to
accommodate the second track leading
TO the Bay Shore line.
The bids received for the repair of
bituminous pavements west of Devisa-
dero and north of Oak, were rejected.
and new bids ordered invited with a
larger boundary, including all the dis
trict west of Van Ness avenue