The San Francisco call., 1906-06-22
WANTS WORKS
BOARD To ACT
Street Committee Re-
fuses to Take Initia-
tive as to Debris.
Preside Road Petition
to Electrolize Line
Passes.


No immediate action Will be taken
by the street committee of the Board
OF Supervisors relative 10 an ordinance
compelling property owners TO clear
away the debris IN front OF their prem
ises iE the burned district. At meet
ing OF the committee yesterday. al
though Ed Painter. secretary of the
North Central Improvement Associa-
ton. urged such Il resolution, the COM
mittee expressed its desire TO await re-
commendatioa from The Board of Pub
lie Works
The latter board has that matter IN
hand ard has already arranged with
the street car company for the use OF
cars contingent upoE men being fur
aished by the city 20 do the work.
Painter asked for ar ordinance as fol-
lows:
The Board of Public Works is here
by directed to Immediately notify all
property owners in the burnt district
to cause TO be removed any and all
debris on the sidewalk or halfway
across the street in front of his lot or
lots. and If the work of clearing away
the said debris is not completed within
thirty DAYS after said notice the Board
of Public Works is hereby authorized
TO have the work done by public con-
tract and the cost of said work shall
be and constit lien upon the said
property"
After further discussion of the ap
plication of the Presidio and Ferries
Railway Company to electrolize its en-
tire system. ii was decided to refer 1t
back to the Board of Supervisors as
a committee of the whole with the
recommendation that such an ordi-
nance be passed.
COUNTERWEIGHTS ON HILL.
President Newhall explained more in
detail the plan OF the company in op-
Grating cars over the hill on Union
street, near Leavenworth. One track
will be used, with CONFERENCE.-The, and
in many respects the Fillmore street
hill plan will be followed. This means,
as Newhall assured the committee, that
the entire system viii be operated by
electricity.
Mention was made of the protest Of
Mrs. Annie e. Reynolds, who objected
to the tracks being too close TO the
sidewalk on Union. between Hyde and
Larkin. When the new syskem is put
in shape the tracks will be IN the CEN
ter of the street. Investigation has re-
vealed the fact that the franchise for
this road was granted in 1883 for
twenty five years and will not expire
until December, 1913.
Favorable action was taken on the
application of the Atchison. Topeka
and Santa Fe for spur tracks along
Rhode Island street. beginning at
Rhode Island and Sixteenth streets
thence northerly, crossing Rhode Is
land. and along the west side of that
street to Division, crossing Fifteenth
and Alameda. Applications for other
spur tracks in the vicinity were with
drawn at the request of the company.
BURKE BEFORE BOARD.
Jere Burke's application for permis-
sion to the Southern Pacific to lay a
spur track from North Point and Ma
son. along North Point turning at
Beach street to Van Ness, was again
taken under consideration. The street
committee will inquire of the Harbor
Commissioners whether it is the inten-
tion TO erect wharves along the water
front in that locality. If such is the
intention. permission viii be granted.
On behalf of Emma O'DonneII, who
asked a permit to blast on her prop
erty at Twenty-sixth and Douglass
streets DR.. c. C. O'Donnell stated that
all he wanted was TO grade the lots
down to a grade for building and that
he would give all the rock to the city
DR.. O'Donnell. was told that he must
file plans and specifications for his
building before his request will be con-
sidered.
GRADE Is IN QUESTION.
Upon the suggestion of Chairman
Rea the application of the Sutter Street
Railroad Company for a franchise to
turn its horsecar line from Sutter to
the ferries into an electric system was
laid over until the committee can con-
fer with the Board OF Public Works
Mr.. Rea objected to the use of these
tracks on the ground that it would
congest traffic on Market street. He
also said that the street will doubtless
have to be raised to grade.
Matt Sullivan and A B. Mcguire
urged the responsibility of the city in
the case OF the Improvement of NaIen-
cia street by the City Street Improve
ment Company The street was i'm
proved bat not accepted prior to the
disaster. and it is now question
whether the city will pay for the ne
cessary repairs which for street and
sewer amount to $4,000
Tie Board of Public Works recon-
nendo6 IN appropriation of $4,000 for
the immediate Improvement OF streets
and sewers. The proposition was
passed up to the finance committee.