The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11
HARBOR BOARD WILL
LEASE NEW WHARF
Bids for Structure Along Illinois
Street Opened and Award
of Contract Deferred
Complaint Against Transfer
Company Referred to Police
Authorities of City
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The harbor commissioners opened
bids for the construction of a wharf
along Illinois street. south of Santa
Clara street yesterday and probably
the contract will be awarded TO the
Mercer-Fraser company whose bid was
s57, ,741, and considerably lower than
the cost estimated by the boards en-
gineer. The awarding of the contract
viii be postponed until December "a.
Meanwhile bids will be called for on
fifteen year lease of the new wharf.
The lessee viii have to put up advance
rent equal to the cost of construction.
as was done in the case of the Pacific
Mail and other leased wharves. This
wharf viii be specially adapted to lum
Der handling purposes. 1t must be kept
in repair by the tenant and turned
over to the state at the termination
OF the tenancy in good condition.
w. II. Fogarty of Fruitvale filed with
the board a complaint in which he said
that r. B. Scanlan, who represents the
Oakland transfer company at the ferry
depot, had overcharged him. Fogarty
was notified that the municipal author
ties had made it impossible for the
harbor commissioners TO police the
ferry depot and that his complaint had
been turned over to the chief of police.
DEPOT TO BE ILLUMINATED
IHe request OIL Ine bOWHlOWn
chants association that the nave of
the ferry depot be Illuminated on the
night of December 81 was granted and
permission given for the use of the
place on that night for a concert and
promenade.
The request of Miss Edith l. Bull
for permission TO locate three or four
tables in different parts of the ferry
depot for the purpose of selling red
cross stickers was denied.
KEY ROUTE TURNED DOWN
Samuel Taylor. secretary of the Key
Route ferry, was again before the
board, this time in the role of injured
innocence.
IF you will not enlarge the lower
waiting room for US" said Taylor in
substance, give us back the 500 we
have paid you for the news stand privi-
lege." This $500 represents fourteen
months rent at $50 a month which the
Key Route people paid in order to
prevent the establishment Of a news
stand in their waiting room and foster
the patronage of the stands on their
boats.
Taylor was informed that the money
would not be refunded but that If the
Key Route did not want the concession
it would be withdrawn and granted to
somebody else. The commissioners also
reulnQeO Iaytor tnaI the Key Route
present waiting rooms in the ferry de-
pot would accommodate so per cent
more people than any one of their
boats is allowed to carry.
CITY ASKED TO PAVE
The secretary was directed to call
the attention Of the Board of Public
Works to the fact that East street
had been paved by the state in the
vicinity Of the new Pacific Mail wharves
and to suggest that the city proceed
with the Improvement OF the adjoining
land.
The secretary of the masters and
pilots association petitioned the board
for a fog bell at the end of pier 27,
Lombard street wharf, and was in
formed that the engineer of the board
was now engaged in installing a bell
at that place.