The San Francisco call., 1909-10-09
Marked ACNtu Noted in Business and Residence Building
new INDUSTRIAL
CENTER PLANNED
Proposed Grading of Beale
Street Will Give Access
to New Docks

The first positive step was taken
Thursday Of this week toward the
lowering Of the prohibitiye grade I'm
Beale street that Obstructs passage
between the business portion OF the
city and the new docks. The street
committee OF the board Of supervisors
at its meeting unanimously recon
mended the proposed change in the
grade and the adoption OF the district
10 be benefited as laid out BY the city
engineer
Quick action by the supervisors is
necessary. in view of the fact that the
engineer of the board Of harbor com
missioners has reported that the filling
in of the space back OF the new sea
wall that is being constructed is pro
ceeding more rapidly than was antici-
pated, and that this space viii be en-
tirely filed in within IS or 50 days IL
this free dump, only a block or two
distant. is TO be available for the dirt
from Rincon hill. work on excsvsting
the grade must be under way within
the next so days 1t is. therefore.
necessary for the supervisors TO push
the proceedings for changing this
grade and for the board of public
works 20 let the necessary contracts
for the excavating and for the con
struction OF the bridge al Harrison
street as soon as possible
The property owners fronting on the
two blocks in BeaIe street between
Folsom and Harrison. whose lots
Will have 10 be graded when the
grade is changed should also get to-
getber at once and make arrange
ments for having their lots graded az
the same time the street is graded. So
that they can have the benefit OF this
close dump and thus be enabled 20
have their work done AZ half the
expense it win cost them 70 DO the
work later on
The Merchants association has been
pushing this Improvement as rapidly
as possible. When IL was noted that
there would be a free dump for the
dirt close at hand the association felt
that the opportune time for securing
the long desired lowering OF the Beale
street grade had arrived. Preliminary
plans and estimates were prepared by
the associations engineer for the work
and for the construction OF a bridge
crossing Beale street at Harrison.
so that easy access 20 the water front
for the residents on the Harrison street
hill would not be interfered with.
The matter was submitted TO the
board Of public works. which promptly
approved the proposed change in grade.
The street committee OF the board OF
supervisors approved the proposition
and requested the board Of public
out the district 70 be benefited This
has been done. and the matter viii
come up before the board OF super
visors at it's meeting next Monday for
the passage OF the necessary resolu-
tion Of intention.
All Of the property owners. with
single exception. have signihed their
approval of the proposed change IN
grade, and the way seems clear for
quick action
The lowering OF this grade viii mean
the opening OF a new Industrial dis
trict AZ soon as the street has been
cut down and the property owners
there have graded their lots the prop
erty I'm that section viii be in imme-
date demand BY Industrial establish
ments who desire TO be located where
they will have easy access 10 the
water front and be close 10 the rail-
roads.
It is estimated that the work Of
lowering the grade can be completed
within 90 days after the work begins.