The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1895, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1895. BOOMINGTHE BOULEVARDS. South of the Park Property- Owners Show a Burst of Enterprise. NEW HIGHWAYS DEMANDED, A Whole System of Boulevards | Planned for a Blg and Prom- ising Region. boulevard projects increasing boom atre enjoy San Miguel r¢ better highwa; vard. bett road, ho the Almshouse Corbett road pre part of the City. time to dr the City sidered most. z definite in that direction is | and some about to hapy import street improvement | ave been taken up by the | y-ownersof that part of the | he past fey weeks would | day and influer it gi in talk. road runs southwest to Ingleside anda | junction with' the old Ocean House road | Fitzhugh and James P. McCarthy are which runs west past Lake Merced to the | among the most active ocean shore, along which the Park Com- | boulevard and they say that a pretty thor- missioners are now building a fine boule- 1 ough canvass of the property-owners who would be concerned in an assessment dis- trict has shown that the proposition to build a fine boulevard south of the park at the expense of .the adjoining property is Mayor Sutro had The Corbett road is the only other important way to this region. blocks of poorly improved streets connect the end of Market street with it. er, is a well macadamized | unanimously favored. an engagement. with anumber of people yesterday to go ont there and inspect the i igating trip was postponed for a day or two. Besides the boulevard runnin, eral southerly. direction, Mr. long wanted an east'and west thorough- from _the neighborhood of the Industrial School .west toward the ocean a mile and a half or so south of the During the past week he has had surveyors at work with this in view, and he will probably make.an effort to bave Sunnyside avenue improved from the San to be traversed are naturally being con- | Jose road to the neighborhood of the new but narrow road ‘which winds along the steep slopes of Twin Peaks and, crossing the ridge by easy grades, connects with nd San Miguel roads. The >sents the most convenient | outlet for the Mission to the southwestern The first idea which started the project of a'boulevard ;south of the park a short o was to provide a way for people to the inviting country south of That idea oiga City remains perhaps the most important one, but the advantages local to the region The movement for building the boule- | vard has been gathering strength every the fact that so many la al property-owners are in s a promise that the scheme will not They propose to pay for the Several The Cor- | situation, but the inv fare runnin, park. n outlet from the | racetrack. re and or of Twi is a bad country road. Where it joins the ' tically in favor of this improvement and | Near the d at an angle a somewhat | so are the smaller owners in the neighbor- reached. This latter | hood of Ocean View. Ex-City and County Surveyvor W. M. romotors of the Then, as related in the CALL yesterday, Behrend Joost, Mayrice Dore and a num- ber of other owners of property about Peaks have started the enterprise of having a connecting boulevard run from | the present terminus of Market street by in a gen- utro has GATE PARK A _tvo Oceamy =2 & \_GOLOEN . UG f\l [HETT] T TR [T LA I B OULEVARD. " BOULEVARZ — e 1P e e 1 e = = OCEAN SRAND I THIE il nt OCEAN - e Y 240 FULUL g g g T e AL e llflllll"llnnll'“I ) Py gy IETTTRA T P 0y i, e "H] TN ,nnm”...nnln"vH!”H: L B TR = Islulvlul'; PYBLIC\ T ] L/BRARY! = ol i S ASS Woves [Drawn by a “Call” artist.] THE PRINCIPAL PROPOSED BOULEVARD IMPROVEMENTS SOUTH OF THE PARK. amount to a steth of thoroughiares f All of these projected improvements are badly needed and woull 1t in not only boom- ing the population and property values of several square miles of the c s unoccu- pied territory, but would afford new and popular routes for pleasure, driving and bicycli part of the City which should be easily reached and traversed. The finest dri the City affords from a scenic point of view are there, and then across it in fact the only prac- ticable route g the stretch of magnificent hay reg o the south. It has roads now; but, with their grades, is the natural and ruts, dus ud, the re not much used for 3 People spin through the and then spin back and go home bec: od and attractive road- wavs do not invite to the beauties beyond. The present road south from the park to | the Almshouse is hilly id in bad condi- tion. It has never been maczdamized and improvements themselves and nobody has done any objecting, active interest. He mount of property wants the region developed. run and he will stick to them. distance. From the wants the boulevard to follow the present San Miguel road, with the exception of g off an angle by swin, Italian Hill House road can be made a boulevard west to the ocean. A good many people are urging another [in a route from the Almshouse that would take in Stanford Heights and the Sunnyside | 1] Tract and along these hills would give | by the Board of Superviso: superb_views of the ocean, park, City and | g hasses west to the neigh- | main highways which i 0od of Ingleside and south to Ocean | improve or establish. southward Seventh avenue and the A house road are agreed on as the route to be and Sunnyside properties are enthusias- ' widened, macadamized and set with trees, bay. This route be Vie cros where the cvns iy of the county sed. Allthe owners of Stanford Heights an immense | the par! Ho bastideas Everybody | | racetrack. | which will be carried line would be | way of the Corbett road to a junction with | the Almshouse and San Miguel roads and | Mayor Sutro is taking an especially | the projected boulevard southward from | short order whenever the City does its part of ; i L They will not only try to get park and | Corbett road widened as far as the slopes on which it.runs will permit, but they are of hisown where the boulevard should | getting on their war paint to save Corbett road from the imminent grasp of the agrees that the present road irom the park | Market-street railway people, who want to to the Almshouse should be used for that | push their electric system into this big Almshouse Sutro | region south of the park and to the new The Corbett road will join the others in= ging around | terested in south-of-the-park boulevards if From Ingleside, where the | a general agreement on routes and plans new racetrack is being built, the Ocean | can be reached, and the improvement of Corbett road as another form of the Market- | street extension promises to be embraced heme of highway improvements, out under the street tension law by commissioners appointed The accompanying map explains the it is proposed to From the Yurk ms- I 7 / / 4 t] iuucfien of the Almshouse and San Miguel roads Mayor Sutro demands that the boulevard swing around a _bill there and follow the present San Miguel road southward to lngreSide. thence going by a new route south along the line of the Spring Valley Company’s Merced ranch into San Mateo County. The other route, also indicated, stays on higher ground for two or three miles, and is a veri']picmr- esque one. The Stanford Heights and Sunnyside people propose that the boule- vard follow the best route through their properties, from a topographical stand- oint, regardless of present lots and streets. hey have decided that a macadamized main thoroughfare shall follow that general course an{way regardless of where the main boulevard oes, and as they would have to foot the bills anyhow, if an aseess- mgnt district was formed, they propose to put through the improvement, and have already gone so far as to secure estimates of the cost of grading and macadamizing. They are an enterprising lot of property- owners and propose to push the improve- ment through. The map also illustrates the importance toa large partof the City that theim- provement of Corbett road would be and the wisdom of preserving it as a driveway Irl:.e from streetcar tracks. This magnificent scheme of improve- ments will ge taken up by the Half-million Club in a week or two, along with other boulevard enterprises. The club will this week effect, permanent organization, ap- point committees, and take up various matters systematically. With the Half- million Club, nearly all the property- owners Interested, and possibly other or- ganizations, backingthe enterprise, there is a practical certainty that the City’s pleasure drives will be multiplied very soon by taking advantage of some of the superb opportunities that still remain open. SOUTH SIDE BOULEVARD. Projectors of It Depend on the Next Tax Levy. The projecters of the Folsom-street boulevard are in nowise deterred by the lack of funds in the city treasury. A very enthusiastic meeting was held in Mangel’s Hall, corner of Folsom and Twenty-fourth streets, last night, and after an entirely one-sided discussion in its favor by A. B. Maguire, Ci C. Terrill, J. C. Wiester, George L. Center, Harvey C. Som- ers, P. Curtiss and J. F English it was decided that an executive committee of the organization, which is known as the South Side Improvement Club, do its utmost to induce the Board of Supervisors to include an appropriation for the project in the next tax levy. The committee consists of the following: G. L. Center, John Ryder, Harvey Somers, Eli- jah Gilmore, Joseph Kelly, Captain George aab, A. B. Maguire, J. C. Wiester and J. F. English. Superintendent E. P. Vining of the Mar- ket-street Railway Company was also present and repeatedly gave the assurance that his company was as anxious as the gentlemen present to have the project go through, seeing that it would help to in- crease its revenue. In reply to a letter addressed to H. E. Huntingdon on the 22d ult., Mr. Vining had written one in which he stated the osition of the Market-street Railway Jompany as follows: We have been delayed in opening the Fol- som-street line by the fact that the City has not completed the necessary grading. For in- stance, between Fourth and Sixth streets our part of the way is finished and the City's part isnot yet completed. Between Twelith and Fourteenth streets Folsom street is now below the public grade and needs to be raised. Be- tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets there is a defective sewer, which needs attention before cars can be rnn on the street. A large portion of our track is placed and we have all the metal on hand for the remain- der, ana can complete the entire line in very the necessary work. Letters were also read as follows from | James D. Phelan and Director R. P. Doolan | of the Mechanics’ Institute: A. B. Maguire—DEAR BIr: I regret that another engagement on Saturday evening will prevent my attendance atthe meeting called 1o discuss & Mission boulevard project. Your proposition to make Foisom street a boulevard wouid, if carried out, be a great boon to the Mission and an act of long-delayed justice. 1wish you success in your enterprise. Yours very respectfully, JAMES D. PHELAN. A. B. Maguire—DEAR Str: The Mechanics’ Institute heartily approves of the plans ad- vocated by the residents of the Mission for the improvement of Folsom street and will co- operate with the property-owners for bitumin- izing the street. Yours respectively, R. P. DooLax. A very encouraging letter was also read from Supervisor Spreckels, which speaks for itself, Tt is here given: To the members of the South Side Improvement Club—GENTLEMEN: While regrefting my in- abllity to attend the meesing set for this Satur- day evening I take this means of expressing my fullest indorsement of the purposes for which you are gathered. The converting of | Folsorh street into an acceptable boulevard, from the shore line to Army street, will make one of the grandest and most needed improve- ments that now command attention. As a member of the Board of Supervisors and chairman of the Street Committee, I will cheerfully do all in my power to further the objects sought to be attained by your club. *ht fact is, the interests of the South Side have been too long neglected that preference might be given to other parts of the City in the matter of street and other improvements. As a resident of the Mission district, I can appreciate the negleet that has mainly been our portion in the past, and now that healthy sentiment has been aroused, looking for a betterment of condi- tions to be emphasized by the establish- ment of the proposed Folsom boulevard, I am too willing to fully co-operate with all others in promoting its success. I hope the efforts thus begun may not be abated until this and many other improvements directly affecting the south side have been carried to & success- ful termination. Yours, sincerely. A. B. SPRECKELS. The following reselutions, which were adopted, best show the sentiment of the movement: WHEREAS, There {5 & great public necessity of amodern paved street as an outlet for the City ; and whereas, Folsom street is best adapted in every respect for such outlet; and whereas, Folsom™ street is now &0 much below the official grade that the reconstruction of the railroad tracks thereon makes regradin, and repaving absolutely necessary; an whereas, in the past this _portion of the City has recefved no favors from the City officials, but on the contrary has had imposed upon it nearly all the annoying public institutions such as the City and County Hos- ital, Clé‘y and County Pesthouse, City and ounty House of Correction, Women’s Jail, ete., and has been neglected in its public parks and streets. Therefore be it Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the Board of Bupervisors be asked as a matter o(i‘umce to this district to pave Folsom street with bituminous rock, instead of replac- ing l:lhe present pavement of stone blocks and cobbles. _A petition will at once be circulated for signatures, of which the following is a copy: 3 To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco—GENTLEMEN : The undersigned " property-owners on Folsom street and ldfl-cem streets respectfully submit the following facts for consid- eration by your honorable board: That Folsom street, between Third and Nine- teenth streets, will have to be repaved aiter reconstruction of the street railway tracks thereon, as the street is now so far below the official grade that repaving is absolutely neces- sary; that there is a pugnc necessity for a modern paved street connecting the Mission district with the City, and Folsom street is the best street for such purpose, both as to loca- tion and grade, and an outlet for the ecity; that the portion of Folsom street between Nineteenth and Twenty-sixth is already paved with bituminous rock. Therefore your etitioners ask your honorable board to pave Folsom street from Third to Nineteenth with bituminous rock, instead of replacing the present pavement of stone blocks and cobbles. Captain George Raabe, presiding, an- nounced that another meeting would be held at Folsom and Eighth streets to- morrow night. “‘OUT OF SIGHT!” {s the “Captain Marryat” clgar. It's so popular that the first shipment is nearly exhausted. Tried it yet? Made by Harburger, Homan & Co., New York. » e ———— Academy of Scienc The Hon. D. B. Richardson, late secretary of the legation, City of Mexico, will address the Academy of Sciences to-morrow evening. His subject will be: “An Hour Below the Border.” ———————— 15¢ . CHILDREN'S School Hats. New goods. 4m ORA MGammacta 1 SOAA AFaciat THE FERRY FOUNDATION. Governor Budd Did Not Au- thorize Donohoe to Em-~ ploy a Chemist. IS A SURPRISE ALL AROUND. The Governor Wanted Samples and the Report Presented to Himself. SACRAMENTO, May 1, 1895, Thomas Price & Co., San Francisco—DEAR SIR: Yours of April 3 justreceived. Governor Budd instructs me to inform you that he did not au- thorize Mr. P. J. Donohoe to make any chemi- cal analysis or physical tests of any material from the ferry foundation at the foot of Market street. Very respectfully, E. D. McCABE, private secretary. Thomas Price was surprised when he received the letter of which the foregoing is a copy. He made the analysis believing that it had been ordered by the Governor. Mr. Price said: “Some time in February Donohoe brought me samples of the con- crete used in the ferry foundation, and represented to me that he was authorized to order an analysis. As a matter of fact I do not know that the borings came from the ferry foundation, but Donohoe said they did, and I have no reason to question the accuracy of his statement. I per- formed the work desired, and the detailed analysis published in the CALL was the re- port made to Donohoe. ‘It is correct in every essential. I found the material to be as the specifications re- quire. That is the fact. saw by the papers at the time that the Governor had employed Donohoe to examine the ma- terial in the foundation.” “What is the object in trying to prove that the concrete was inferior ans not ac- cording to specifications?”’ “That I cannot answer, but some one is endeavoring to create the impression that the work is inferior. As my analysis shows, it is O K.” On this topic Governor Budd was inter- viewed yesterday. He said: “I authorized Donohoe to make borings, obtain samples of the concrete and bring them to me. I did not authorize him to employ an ex- pert chemist and bring in a bill against the State. He came to me and said he could make the examination without any ex- pense to the public and I told him to go ahead and do it. So far as the bill is con- cerned, if it is small itcan be paid from my contingent fund. The chemist’s report is all right. I have no fault to find with it.”’ The following communication was mailed to Sacramento yesterday by the Board of State Harbor Commissioners: Hon. . Fitzgerald, Attorney-General, Sacra- mento, Cal.—DEAR SIR: You are requested by the Board of State Harbor Commissioners to advise them whether the act entitled “An act to regulate the erection of public buildings and structures,” approved April 1, 1872, is in force and controls the board in the employ- mentof an architect for the proposed new depot and ferry-house to be erected at the foot of Market street in San Francisco. Also whether, if in the employment of A. Page Brown as such architect the provisions of the aforesaid act requiring that competitive plans be advertised for were disregarded by the board | and a contract entered into with the aforesaid A. Page Brown, that contract is valid and the said A. Page Brown islegally employed as such architect. The Board of State Harbor Commissioners also desire that you should inform them whether the $600,000 provided by law for the erection of said depot and ferry-house was designated to cover the cost of the foundations and superstructure, and whether such cost can legelly be in excess of that amount by the con- struction of the foundations with money de- rived from the harbor improvement fund, and the whole amount of the $600,000 being re- served to pay for the superstructure. Tue board also desires to be informed as to the steps necessary to be taken tohave the mat- ter here referred to adjudicated in event that, in your opinion, there has been irregularity in the employment of the architect on the con- struction of the foundations, and with money other than the $600,000 provided for the erec- tion of a depot and ferry-house, the object being to protect themselves and have ail further proceedings of the board in these mat- ters conform strictly to the requirements of the law. Very truly yours. COLNON, President Board State Harbor Commissioners. A COHEAP EXCURSION. Ample Facilities Furnished to See the Rose Carnival. In honor of the rose carnival, to be held at Santa Rosa on Thursday next, the 9th inst., the 8an Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Comrany announces: that a special train will be run to that city at the low figure of $1 for the round trip. To connect with this cheap excursion, the boat will leave Tiburon ferry at 7:40 A. 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