The San Francisco call., 1909-12-04


for the construction OF q reservoir on
Twin peaks. In connection with the
auxiliary water supply system. con-
tracts have been completed as follows
for fire systems and other purposes:
For construction OF n reinforced concrete fire
e.stefn a a Mission street and IVES; Mission. Cis-
Tor construction Of fire cistegn al Battery and
Bush streets. Clstern completed and flied with
wafer
For construction Of cisteun in Market street
opposite Van Ness avenue Cistern completed
aDd hlled with water.
Important contracts have been
awarded in connection with the fire
-roteciion system as follows:
For The construction of two 0reBoats.
Tor furnishing multistage rurbinn punlps
Tor delivery II cast ron water pipes the con
tract amounting 10 S92o.93S.
drants.
For construction OF 6re boat station at the
east end of Harrison street pier.
For furnishing testing aud delivering valves.
PROGRESS on CISTERNs
Considerable interest 70 all house
holders and TO owners Of realty in all
parts OF the city is the detailed repor;
made by the bureau OF engineering
concerning the progress on fire cisterns
and other appliances to protect the
buildings of San Francisco. This may
be summa rized as follows:
The cisterns Plymouth avenue and SsdoUa
street and al Berkshire aud Diamond streets arc
being tested 10 determine II they are water
tight
Al Forty seventh avenue aaa J street az Nfntl
avenue aud ] street and at Fifth avenue and
street the cisferns are being tested 10 determine
II they are water tight.
AT Laguna and Fulton streets Sutter and Oc
iavia streets. Van Ness avenue and Washington
street and Van Ness and Golden Gate avenues the
cisfcrns are being tested
AT Bin and Noe streets the cistern is com
pieted end the baekbii placed. At Twenty frs
and Eureka streets and 81 Twenty fourth snf
noe streets the concrete work is complete except
removing fbc dome forms. Al rweafy-nntl and
Noe streets the cisterp Is complete, the backf
placed and the pavement restored At Twenty
thiId and Church streets The reinforced con
crete work Is complete and the doine forms re-
moved. The bsckfu is placed and mseadam
street restored.
The cisteTns 81 twentieth and Connecticut
streets. Fifteenth and Kansas streets and Pre-
eta avenue and Alabama street being TESTED
g. determine y they are wafer tight. At Eight
and Townsend streets the reinforced concrete
work is complete and backhll is placed over els
fern.
The cisfelTs AT Commonwealth avenue and Cal
lfornia street. at Clay and I.surel streets. 81
iscfe avenue and Baker street and At First
and element street are being tested
AT Fifth and Point L0bos avenues the reinforced
concrete work is complete and The pavement
st Lagms and Inon streets and al Webster
and Vallejo street, tho cisteuIs completed
and have been ordered flied with water Al
scott street and Rroadvay. Al Greenwich and
Webster streets and ~ California and Buchanan
streets the cistcrns are completed and are being
tested.
81 Buena Vista avenue and south BrodericL
street the reinforced concrete work Is complete
except removing dome forms; backiil Is placed
Al Lyon street and Golden Gate avenue the re
inforced concrete work is complete except wash
ing dome with cement grout: pavement is re
stored. At Post and Frederick streets and al
Webster and Waller streets The reinforced con
crete work is complete except removing the
dome forms. Al Nineteenth and Diamond street.
the reinforced concrete work is complete exeep,
removing dome forms. The concrete base for
pavement Is constructed.
Al F.ftb and Harrison streets. at Fourth anC
Harrison streets and at Fourth and Bryant
streets the reinforced concrete work II com
plete. At Fifth and Bluxome streets the ex
caNafion for tho cistcrn Is 30 per cent com
pieted At Fits and Bryant streets the re
inforced concrete work is complete except re
moving dome forms. AT First and Howard
streets the excavation is complete and rocl
placed over bottom 10 bring the excavation Il
grade. A. Beale and Howard streets the re
inforced concrete bottom = constructed
At Fifth and Folsom streets and AT Sixth ant
Harrison streets the cisfeins being TESTED
10 determine II they water tight Al SiNtl
alro Folsom streett and II Eighth and Bran
nan streets he reinforced concrete is com
pltfe eNcepf removing tic dome forms. At Sev
eDii aud Mission streets lie reinforced concret,