The San Francisco call., 1910-05-04
west Street ENDS
soon TO Be open
City Attorney Submits Report
and Notice Is Served on
Owners

OAKLAND, May 3.-The city attorney
has submitted to the city council a re-
port on the streets ends on the west
ern water front. The purpose of the
research which has been made into the
titles to these streets on the shore line
is to clear the way for the opening
up the western water front, where i'm
proVements are to be made. The street
superintendent has served notice of
property owners to clear several of the
streets involved.
Several of the streets, City Attorney
Stetson reports, are open to the water
line. The council has requested infor-
nation as to the street ends between
Tenth and Thirty-fourth streets. The
report shows that street or Thirty
line, as are Twenty sixth, Twenty
fourth, Twenty second and Twentieth
streets.
Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and
Eighteenth streets are, according to
Stetson. open only to the Southern Pa
cif1c property along the west shore
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets are open through
the railroad property, but the title
is disputed to land between the rail
road land and the Peralta grant line
The status of the streets over this strip
is unsettled. The report, prepared by
Deputy City Attorney Koford, ex-
plains:
Concerning these streets. we ordered an
abstract of record from the Oakland title
and abstract company. From this we find
that the various deeds extending In time
from 1884 have treated these streets as
open streets, but find no deed con-
veying property Immediately abutting the
property in dispute or treating the same as
public streets, as that in the cases of Elev-
enth, Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, there
is portion of land between Pine street and
the southerly boundary of the right of way
of the Northern railway company which has
not been dedicated of record as a public
street.
With regard TO ownership of the strips Of
land IN Eleventh. Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets, ] will state that the title here is
involved on account Of the indeterminate ma
ture of the Peralta grant line at this place.
Whether or not the abutting owners have
will depend npon the location of the Peralta
grant line. The title of the abutting own
ers here is deraigned from those holding
the upland inside Of the Peralta grant land.
So far as have been able to ascertain. no
grants to the abutting property owners here
have been made by the owners of the outside
land, i. e., the Oakland water front COM
pany and its assigns. Proceedings have al
ready been commenced by the council for the
purpose Of opening Twelfth street through
this strip of land.
With regard to Fourteenth street there il
an agreement on record of date Of November
%, 1894. between the California door COM
pany and the city of Oakland by which the
former agrees to remove all its Instructions
upon Fourteenth street south of Wood street
10 the railroad station grounds upon demand
made by the city Of Oakland by resolution,
and to the convey TO the ctyi for the pur-
pose of public street an easement on iand
which would be Fourteenth street extended
its present line westerly from Wood
street. The consideration of this agreement
is that the city of Oakland will not order
the street opened until it is necessary for
the purposes of public street.
Pursuant TO your resolution No. SO 45G |
have taken the matter of dedication of these
streets up with the superintendent of streets
and for the purpose of bringing the question
of ownership to issue. The superinten-
dent of streets has served notice upon the
abutting property to remove their
distractions from these streets.
/ shall advise you later with reference to
the progress made in obtaining the use as
public streets of portions of streets / have
designated above as doubtful.