The San Francisco call., 1910-05-21
PROGRESS MADE ON
GREAT RESERVOIR
Twin Peaks Tunnel and Other
Work for Fire Protection
Benefits Real Estate

The work affecting local real estate
in which the city is engaged is still
large. Among the latest sewer con-
structions ordered by the supervisors
is one that involves a cost of $4,000
in Seventh street between Howard and
HubbeL The construction of fire els
terms is rapidly advancing. Many
cisterns are officially reported to be
completed or near completion. a briet
resume OF the work in these directions
is interesting for the bearing it has
on the subject OF fire protection and its
relation to the continued high rates
for fire insurance in San Francisco.
WORK ON TWIN PEAKS TUNNEL
In addition TO the cistern works
progress has been made in connection
with the great reservoirs at Twin
peaks The excavation for the reser-
voir is ls per cent completed. The ex-
csvation Of the tunel from the forebays
10 the gate chambers has been go per
cent completed.
At Sixth and Howard streets, at
Seventh and Howard streets. at Seventh
and Mission streets, at Fifth and Fol
som streets, at Sixth and Folsom
streets at Sixth and Harrison streets
al Eighth and Brannan streets, at Du-
boce avenue and Sanchez street, at
Masonic avenue and Frederick street
at Frederick and Shrader streets, al
Fourteenth and Castro streets, at Eliz-
sbeth and Douglass streets. at Belmont
avenue and Willard street. at Fourth
and Bryant streets. at Fifth and Bryant
streets, at Fourth and Harrison streets
al Fifth and Harrison streets, at First
and Howard streets and at fBeale and
Howard streets the cisterns are COM
pleted and are being tested to deter
mine If they are water tight.
CONCRETE WORK FINISHED
At Fifth and Bluxome streets the
reinforced concrete work is completed
except removing the dome forms and
washing the interior surface with a
has been reconstructed over the cistern.
At Parker avenue and Fulton street
II Shrader and Page streets, at Glenn
avenue and Surrey street and al Vienna
street and Persia avenue the cisterns
are completed and are being tested to
determine il they are water tight.
At Twenty eighth and Diamond
pleted except constructing the sidewalk
finish on the invert.
Al Broderick and Green streets the
cistern is completed except washing
the interior surface with a cement
grout.
Al Baker and Greenwich streets the
reinforced concrete work is completed
The street pavement is reconstructed
At Cole street and Alma avenue and
fafr -rs 1a
inforced concrete work is completed
except removing the dome forms and
constructing the sidewalk finish on tn,
invert. The backill has been placed
over the cisterns.
At Masonic avenue and Oak stree
the reinforced concrete work is COM
pleted except removing the dome forms
and constructing the sidewalk flnist
on the invert The backfIl has beer
placed over the cistern.
EXCAVATION NEARLY DONE
At Devisadero and Fell streets the
excavation is IS per cent completed
At Broderick and Fulton streets the
reinforced concrete invert has been con-
structed.
At Devisadero and washington
streets the reinforced concrete inyert
has been constructed.
Al Lyon and Bush streets the ex-
cavatiOn is rs per cent completed.
At Devisadero and Eddy streets the
excavation is 45 per cent completed ano
the sewer change is completed.
At Baker and Sacramento streets the
excavation is so per cent completed
The sewer change is completed.
STREET WORK ORDERED
Orders have been passed by the su-
pervisors TO provide for street work
as follows:
Fixing the width of sidewalks il
Twenty ninth street between Mission
and Castro at u feet, and in Seven
teenth street between Kansas ant
Pennsylvania avenue at 10 feet
Providing for full acceptance of tn,
roadway of Hayes street between Ash
bury and Clayton, and Of Florida stree
between Twenty-sixth and Army.
For the performance of the following
street work, the expense thereof to b,
assessed against private property: Ar
tiflcial stone sidewalks in Scott stree
between Union and Filbert, and on tn,
angular corners Of Scott and Uniol
streets; granite curbs and bituminoui
rock pavement in Eighteenth street be
tween Connecticut and Missouri, ex
cept that portion required to be KEEP
in repair by the railroad company; ar
tificial stone sidewalks at the four an
gular corners of the crossing of Par
nassus avenue and Shrader street; arti
fetal stone sidewalks in Twentieth
avenue between Clement and LAX,
streets and on the angular corners O.
the crossing OF California street anC
Twentieth avenue; existing grant,
cUrbs and cesspoois on crossing of Cal
ifornia street and Twentieth avenue Il
be reset to official line and grade, ans
that cesspool and ironstone pipe cul
vert be constructed at the northwest
erly angular corner OF said crossing
vitrited salt glazed ironstone pip,
sewer with appurtenances be con
structed In Castro street between Val
ley and Twenty-ninth; also in Castr,
street between the northerly and cen
ter lines Of Twenty-ninth street.