The San Francisco call., 1905-03-30
IMPROYE YEMENTS
ARE PROJECTED
Works Board Orders Plans
to Widen and Sewer Mis-
sion and Fourth Streets
LEVY GETS A NEW JOB
Property Owners Charge a
Contractor With Fraud
in Obtaining Signatures

The Board of Public Works yesterday
directed the City Engineer to submit
| plans and specifications for the follow
ing improvements to be carried out un-
der the bond issue: Sewer in Mission
| street. from Second street to the bay
widening and repaving of Mission
street from East to Ninth; sewer in
Fourth street, from Howard to Chan
mel; widening and repaving of Fourth
street from Howard to Channel.
The board opened bids for the paving
with asphalt of Mission street between
Onondaga street and Porter avenue,
from the Barber Asphalt Company at
$04,Sl6 "a, and from the City Street I'M
provement Company at 70l, ,52S 81. The
contract Will be awarded to the lowest
bidder at meeting to-day.
Louis Levy, deputy health officer, was
appointed secretary of the board during
the six months leave of absence OF
Morris Levy. The last named Levy
said that it had been his intention to
resign from the position, but owing to
certain published allegations against
him as city official he considered that
he was under fire and he would not re-
sign under the conditions. The board
was IN doubt as to the legality of ap-
pointing a new secretary during a leave
OF absence, as ii might invalidate a
number of street contracts. 1t was de-
clded that all official documents would
be signed Morris Levy, by Louis Levy
actlng secretary" In all likelihood
Morris Levy will get an extension of
MS leave or will resign altogether. In
the meantime Louis Levy will secure a
leave OF absence as deputy health Of
fcer pending the outcome of the suit
TO determine the legality of his ap-
pointment as such.
The Haslett Warehouse Company
was granted permit to construct
track across Second street between
townsend and King streets for grading
purposes.
The Moody Estate Company was
granted permit to construct a spur
track on Seventh street, between Irwin
and Hooper.
eJoseph Poheim and Thomas Cusack
hled protests against the paving by ].
j. Bowling of Twenty-third street, be-
tween Vlcksburg and Church, on the
alleged grounds that the permit for the
work was obtained by submitting to
the board the forged signatures of Po
helm and Of j. B. Garland deceased: !:
that Dowling's agents have used
threats, misrepresentation and intimi-
dat1ons to compel several of the prop-
erty owners to sign his contract: that
Bowling proceeded to tear UP the street
before obtaining majority of the sig
natures of property owners; that Dowl-
ing secured the signature, of Mrs. E..
Schneider after the street was torn up
and that the price charged for paving
is excessive. After hearing the protest
ants the board ordered Bowling to re-
store the street in front of the prop
erty of Cusack and Poheim to its orig
inal condition.
The City Engineer was requested to
file a report on the petition of the Sun
set Property Owners Association that
the northerly half of H street from
Twentieth to Twenty-fourth avenues be
severed and paved with asphalt, and
that sewer be built in the south side
of H street under the bond issue.
The board ordered that Berry street
between Fourth and Fifth be paved
with basalt blocks.
Residents of the Potrero petitioned
that the ratings on the Eighteenth and
Nineteenth street bridges. now being
constructed by the Santa Fe COMPANY.
be safeguarded with wire netting, so
that passing school children would not
fall through to a depth of seventy-fiye
feet. The attention of the company will
be called to the complaint
Bids for sewer in Mission street,
from Onondaga to Amazon avenues.
were ordered invited on April s. the
plans for the same having been
adopted.
The City Engineer submitted an esti-
mate of cost for the grading of Fulton
street from Twenty-fifth to Thirty
seventh avenues, which he fixes at
$4,000.