The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11
PLANS FOR SEWERS
INVOLVE BIG sums
Contracts Awarded for Thirty
first Avenue and Fulton
Street Drainage Work

The latest report of the bureau of
engineering contains many items of
interest to tax payers and owners of
realty in practically every part of the
city Large sums of money are still
going for sewers, into the construc-
ings, and quite a considerable sum for
the purchase for the city of real es-
tate from private individuals. Con-
tracts have been prepared providing
for sewers in Thirty-first avenue from
California to Clement street; in Glenn
Thirty-second avenue, and in Clement
street to Point Lobos avenue. These
plans involve about $4,000.
A much larger sum is involved in
the sewer system to drain the district
between Thirtieth avenue and Forty
eighth avenue along Fulton street, to-
gether with sewers in some adjacent
streets The plans and specifications
in this district involve an estimated
cost of $4,000
More costly sewers are planned for
the Hunters point district The plans
and specifications involve an estimated
cost of $4,000. The sum of $500, 900
however. is involved in the eonstruc-
tion of five sections in the Yerba Buena
district.
PLANS FOR SEWERS
complete list of contracts reported
to be in preparation for the construc-
tion of sewers, and a general state
ment regarding the progress that has
been made in getting ready for street
work, up to the time of the latest
report of the bureau of engineering, is
as follows:
Seventh street from Channel to
Hooper street. Plans so per cent COM
pleted
For the construction of a sewer
along Mission street from Silver ave-
nue. to Springdale street. Plans and
estimate of cost completed.
For the construction of the main
outlet sewer for the Ingleside district
across the Spring Valley lands to con-
meet with the sewer being constructed
in street The surveys and work
| ing drawings have been submitted &c
the Spring Valley water company for
approval
For the construction of sewer from
Forty avenue and street tc
Forty-eighth avenue and X street
Working plans 80 per cent completed
For the construction of a sewer
from Forty eighth avenue and X street
to Fortyeighth avenue and Fulton
street (across the park. Working
plans 80 per cent completed
For the construction of the Mile
Rock tunnel Working plans rs pei
cent completed.
Plans for the construction of section
c of the North point main. Working
plans so per cent completed.
Plans for the construction of section
| D of the North point main Workine
plans 20 per cent completed
For construction of section A of the
North point main. Plans and specifca-
! tions completed. Estimate of cost 4(
per cent completed.
For construction of section of the
Channel street sewer. Plans and speci-
! fications completed and estimate o,
cost so per cent completed.
Sewerage sewers for the Mission flats
district Plans 95 per cent completed
North point main, section N, fol
the construction of a sewer along Islais
creek from Ocean avenue to Mount Yer
non avenue. Plans completed.
North point main, section NJ for The
construction of a sewer from the south.
erly termination of Springdale street
! to Ocean avenue. Plans 40 per cent
Outlet to Brannan street sewer. Plan.
completed.
Seventh street from Howard to Chan.
mel street. Plans so per cent com.
pleted.
FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACTS
Contracts have been prepared in con
nection with the fire protection sys-
tenn in which the greatest amount OF
money involved is for the construc.
! tion of the Twin peaks reservoirs, the
description of which has been published
in this section, together with some gen
eral review of the fire protection ssys-
/ tenn as a whole. The cost of the Twir
! peaks reservoirs is estimated at $685..
! 600 Other contracts in the same gen.
eral line have been prepared involv-
/ ing large sums. These are reported
! by the city authorities as follows.
For furnishing and delivering 10000
/ feet of 23s inch fire hose and 1000 fee
of inch fire hose. Cost estimated al
| $4,000.