The San Francisco call., 1906-04-03
PUT BLASTING
UNDER THE BAN
Supervisors Deny Petition of
Two Firms to Crush Rock
on Twenty Sixth Street
SEWER WORK ORDERED
Bill Passed to Settle Dis
pute Between Scavengers
and Reduction Company


The Board of Supervisors last night
placed its seal of disapproval on the
proposed resumption of blasting by
unanimously adopting the recommen-
dations of the street committee report
ing adversely on the petition of the
Blue Rock Company and Gray Bros. for
permission to explode blasts in the vi
cinity OF Twenty sixth and Douglass
streets. The committee on Sunday WIS.,
tied the scene where it was desired TO
resume blasting operations. and 1t was
pointed out by several hundred protest
ants and representatives of the West of
Castro Club that life would be endan-
gered and property damaged by blast
ing.
+ The assembly room was crowded last
night with residents Of the neighbor-
hood who broke into loud cheering
when the Mayor announced that the pc
tition for the establishment of the
rock quarries was denied.
The Eureka Valley Improvement As
sociation filed a reputation of certain
alleged representatives who had ap-
peared before the street committee as
favoring the reopening of the quarry.
The club Endorsed the protest against
such action The Market street and
Eureka Valley Improvement clubs also
approved the opposition made to the
proposed blasting.
The clerk of the board was directed
to call the attention of the Chief of
Police to the provisions of the ordi-
nance limiting the speed of mobiles, au-
tomobiles or locomobiles. and to re-
quest him TO cause the provisions of
said ordinance to be strictly enforced.
ADOPTS OFFICIAL MAPS.
The ordinances adopting the official
maps of the subdivisions of the city
known as the "50-vara" and the 100
vara" districts were finally passed. The
maps describe the areas of subdivisions
of property by numbers, instead of by
metes and bounds. under an amendment
to the Political Code. The San Fran
cisco Real Estate Board withdrew it's
previous objections TO the ordinances.
after Assessor Dodge announced his
intention to use both methods of de-
scribing property for assessment pur-
poses for several years to come, in
order that the change from the exist
ing plan may not be too radical.
The board passed to print ordinances
ordering the construction of the north
erly portion of the Potrero intercepting
sewer at a cost of $50, 900, and the main
intercepting sewer for the North Beach
district at a cost of S55.000.
The ordinance providing for a charge
Of so cents per ton on garbage brought
TO the Sanitary Reduction Works to be
burned, instead of 20 cents per cubic
yard as formerly was finally passed.
The ordinance is designed to put an
end to the disputes between the Scav~
engers' Union and the corporation as
the result of alleged violations of the
ordinance governing the burning of
garbage.
The board allowed $3.50 for engi-
neering expenses in connection with
designated street and sewer work and
an additional s66 600 for the preparation
of complete plans for all street and
sewer work under the bond issue.
The Fire Department was allowed
SO, 600 to purchase horses for its use.
The petition of property owners that
the streets around Lobos square be i'm
proved was referred to the finance
committee Similar action was taken
on Samuel II. Beckett's petition that
he be paid $3.50 salary as secretary of
the former New City Hall Commission.
The committee at once reported in fa
vor Of the petition. Beckett is at pres
ent acting as Chief Census Marshal Of
the School Department
GETS PRINTING CONTRACT.
The ordinance awarding the contract
for doing the official printing to the
Post for 35 cents per square was finally
passed The board had at the last
meeting rejected the lower bid of the
Bulletin to do the work for "a cents per
square, because the paper had entered
into contract with the Post in 1901
to refrain from bidding on the contract,
in return for which, it is alleged. the
Bulletin received s6O21.S7. The Mayor
handed Supervisor Rea back his certi-
fed check for $500, which the latter
had deposited to be surrendered If he
could not prove from the Bulletins
books that the paper had mulcted the
city The books have not been pro-
duced.
The following bills were passed to
print:
Changing and establishing grades on avenues
from First 10 Tenth, Serpentine road. H. Hugo
J. J, K, l. M n. o and streets, Parnassus
avenue. Rincon place, Filbert place. Second
and Federal streets and Parkside avenue, and
on Army street between Guerrero and Dolores.
Granting ]. r. Blanchard permission TO ex-
plode blasts on Lake street, between Thirty
second and Thirty-third avenues.
Fixing the width OF sidewalks Nineteenth
avenue, between H street and Ocean avenue, at
twelve feet.
Adopting the roadways Of San Jose avenue.
between Alvarado and Twenty-third streets.
and Sanchez street. between Twenty-second and
Twenty third
The following bills were finally
passed:
Ordering the improvement Of Sixteenth
street, between Valencia and Folsom, at cost
OF $40, 600; the repaving Of Bartlett alley for
SI7O0.
the installation Of an additional fire escape or
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