The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 7, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1898 AT THE CITY PLAYHOUSES, Frank Mayo Makes a Successful Hit in “Pudd’nhead Wilson.” DAILEY IN A NEW PLAY. Miss Lisle Leigh Creates a Favorable Impression in “Doris” at the Grand. “The Night Clerk’’ which was prod'\xcn::d at the California Theater last night, is in the usual vein of John J. McNaily's farce comedies. Plot there is absolutely none, and the sitnations are never particularly | humorous, but such as they are they serve as pegs on which to hang a numher»of specialties, and the dialogue bristles with with a certain sort of brisk repartee which keeps the audience in a mild ripple of laughter all through the performance. This is the style of dialogue: “‘That man in 64 is lying down, and he gays th leaking.” “All right. Charge him a bath.” “The Night Clerk’’ was evidently wri as a vehicle for Peter F. Dailey to di: those humorous characteristics which have endeared him to the farce-comedy- loving public. As Owen More he has a ce to xing, dance and wring the reluc- ant greenback from most of the people with w he is brought into contact with s grage and lack of conscience are peculiarly Dailey's own. He 1 off his repartees in the old dashing le, though they are not quite as good “A Country Bport,” and be e roof is was re and again after his vocal medley. - : A good deal of fun in the piece was due to John G. Sparks as Barney Brogan, a thy an eccentric Hibernian gentleman irted with his greenbacks lavish! on the smallest provocation, and who su ainea bu of the dialogue in of the scenes. Barney Brogan was ved by John G. Spark Jennie Yeamans does not com- fill the aching void in the Dailey i M cast left by May Irwin. She played her role of Adelaide Starr, an actress with a certain emount of chic and _dash that savored more of vaudeville than the comedy stage, and she man- aced to sing without a voice, ch is a very clever feat. In her first ong, ““The Debutante,”’ she won warm applause by entering into a dialogue ®ith the conductor and giving the impression that she was continually going to burst into vocal fireworks, though she did not do so. The rest of the cast scarcely calls for any special mention. Hugh Mack gave a airly humorous take-off of a *foreign’’ zerand Raymond Hitch- cock was becomingly rapid as Lord Willie Wilt. At the Columbia, frank Mayo has found his role and “Pudd’n. head Wilson” is its name. It hardly sounds Tomantic, but it isa part which calls for cer- Frank Mayo. tain lights and shedes of expression and in- tonation which constitate the very refinement art Mr. Mayo manages to with 0 mesterly an ability as fascinating and absorbing & role h in other hands would be farcieal or tire- e. His droll remarks, couched in classic risterial phrase, and his hérofe patience during the quarier of a century ploy render wh tpends waiting for his first client, are only | cians in the district just now, bu e ed by the eloquence and regal manli- ness woich Pudd’nhead develops when the Jong-awaited client ecomes, and with him the chance of the hero’s lifetime. The play deals, & those know who have read Mark Twatn's delightful book; with Southers life in ante-bellum days, and nothing could be more artistic than ‘the costumes worn by the members of the cast. Dowdy ana fintastie enough historieally correct. The bristling shiri-frill, the antiquated stock, the broad, sweeping train and the cumbrous crinoline fit in charm- ingly with the broad dialect yet heard in 3 some outof-the-way places “down South,” Tendering the play o peculiarly interesting | and satisfying study in American history, ¥ {ing, &s Howard Pembroke, a clor lawyer, was very cordially received ¥ last night's audience. His methods sre singularly natursl, while his voice, though soft and well modulatéd, has a ringing, carrying quality rarely met save in those strident, sibil- lant tones which render the work of many otherwise excellent actors so very tiresome. Miss Eleanor Moretti, who was so successful 85 tbe queen in “Ruy Blas” not long. ago, thines with perhaps even greater luster as Roxy, while her son Chambers, represented by Arnola Daly, is o much at home in _his exact- irg part thai he seems not to be acting at all. Miss Lugille Laverne is exceedingly good \ileom's sister hec quaiat, old fashloned ways snd kindly erts and gracés winning many a round of applause, The other characters are well sustained The scenery particularly deserving of men- tion, the arrangement of “Driscoll's yard” in the prologue and first act and of Wilson's ruined ‘mill ip the second being specially ertistic. The house was crowded last night, gud every indication points to most success: ul run. At the Tivoli, Bluebeard, the sanguinary despot and terror of the nursery, reigns at the Tivoli amid a host of warriors and pink-limbed houris. Raffael, however, is too gentle and graceful for the bloody part. To be sure his voice soers above chorus and orchestra with a ringing, stivery ower peculierly his own, but he should be ust a little moie brutal and villainous, Funny Ferris Hertmann makes a success as Ibsahim, and indeed everybody would be sur- prised if he made a failure. Fatima, his daugh- ter, the wife of Bluebeard, finds an able ex- ponent in Gertrude Aylward,and the other parts show careful drilling and intelligent study. The ballets are a feature of the perform- ance. To be sure, most of the dancers scems nmever to have heard of dancing on the toes, and one or two of them light on their soles with adull thud; but their time is perfect and their costumes heautiful, The “ballet of roses’ in particular reflects much credit upon Miss Cook’s able direetion. The piece will run during the present week, ana perhaps longer if i1s present popularity be an indication of its coming suceess. At the Alcasar, At length the variety show atthe Alcazar bas ceased from troubling. The drama now aolds the fort, or the stage, and audiences are ocecoming something like what they were be- lore the inauguration of the disastrous ‘“‘con- tinuons show.” in “Ranch 10" the able stock company shines to great advantage. Though the popu- lar American melodrama is far from new, it is ilways interesting on account of the wide icope which it gives for fine acting and orig:- anl methods. Leonard Grover, as Peter Par- dieular Prose, and Gordon Foster, as Barney {lolt, are, perhaps, the best male mem- vers’ of ‘the cast, while May Noble, innie Smalley and Josephine Gassmann .as Neely Barrett are particularly deserving of e, Miss Gassmann’s impersonation being 'y artistic. The tableaux are most efective, the stage mechanism evidently having under- gone a thorough everhauling. Between the acts Miss Victoria Black sings some good songs and the ‘‘Electros,” Armand and Carmen, in- troduce some of their duets, dances and startling transformations. The piece is booked for the remainder of the week. At tho Baldwin. James O'Neill’s ‘‘Virginius” has become classical. In last night's presentation at the Baldwin the great actor gained new laurels, the audience at times manifesung greatenthu- ilnm. To-night he gives “The Courier of yons.” The Grand Opera-House, Miss Lisle Leigh, the new leading lady at the Grand, made her debut last night in “Doris” and created a very favorable impres- | | | | | | | be sion. She is graceful, natural, and takes care 10 avoid the melodramatic sins of ranting and tearing & passion to tatters. Some of the scemes in “Doris” were perhaps a little heavy and exacting for Miss Leigh’s caliber, but even in these she kept per- fect control over herself and remained simple and natural. Miss Leigh’s best scene ,perhlps was the one in which her villainous husband, sugpcled to dead, comes back and_finds her the happy wife of another man. The situation was a strong one and the actress rose well to the oc- casion. In person Miss Lisle Leigh is tall and slight, with a good stage presence, and she has & pleasant, well-modulated voice. Both Darrell Vinton and Fred Butler might | with advantege have been on better speakin, | | | | | terms with their lines, otherwise they playes the part of the hero and the villain respect- ively well. Mr. Swain was effective as the meddling school director. and Frank Hatch made & good secondary viliain of the smooth, oily type Ben’r mo gave an effective picture of an old rector, and the rest of the cast was good. “Doris” is exceptionaily well staged. At the Orpheum. Elens Lelia, the singing doll, made & suc- cessful debut at the Orpheum last night. She is & young lady who mukes up to resemble a mechanical toy, and as she has a remarkably high, light voice, she is able to carry out the illusion excellently. Elena Lelia is an inter- esting apd artistic novelty. The Marvelics, who might be called the three boneless brothers, gave a very clever harlequinade. La Belle Carmen, a lady who dressed in crimsou silk and diamonds, gave a very graceful performance on the tight rope. The Hauns are clever, but they might with advantage tone down their performance some- whet, Segommer, the ventriloquist, is as pop- ular s ever and the rest of last week’s hold- over performers are earning the usual amount of applause. HUMMING HEADQUARTERS Republican Bustle Increases as the Time for the Primary Nears. Polling-Places and Election Officers Will Be Named cn Thursday Evening Next. The members of the Republican County Committee representing the Fourth Distriet decided to postpone their adjourned meeting, which was set for Jast evening, and to meet for the selec- tion of polling places and the appoint- ment of eiection officers on next Thursday evening after the adjournment of the regu- lar meeting of the County Committee. The County Committeemen from the Fifth District will meet at the same time for the same purpose. Republican headquarters at 850 Market street were crowded untii a late hour last evening with prominent party workers, leaders of district organizations and others. A number of the members of the County Committee and of the Congres- sional district committees dropped in to meet each other and their friende, and John D. Spreckels received a setream of callers throughout the evening. An interview with P, E. McCarthy gave which he | There are a very few dissatisfied they seem, but they are | | & ‘typical expression of the opinions and | sentiments ‘that come to headquarters | from every corner of the City. Mr. Me- | Carthy is one of the best known and most influential Republicans of the Thirty- seventh District. and for lwent{ vears has | been an active Republican without being a spoils politieian. “‘The Thirty-seventh District,” he said, ‘‘was never in better condition as far as the interests of the party are concerned. Everybody is pleased with the stand for | clean and fair polities taken by John D. | Spreckels, and they will nnitedly support the regular party organization and the | ticket. 'We know that this year |we are going to have decency, | bonesty and a fair show to everyboay at the primary. That is what nearly every- | body in our district demands. The prim- ary two years ago, under the Burns-Kelly- phrasing of acting. These touches of | Mahoney management, was a disgrace. em- | to | rock-rollers and toughs ‘We opposed them then and they bronght from all over the City in wagon-loads to win out. We know that we are not go- ing to have any of that this ye oli they know they cnnfinm nothing by standing with Kelly and Mahoney and they w ill get into lipe with therest of the party. Assoon as the time is ripe for active campaign work we will get in with club organiza- tions and hard work and pull for the Re- puoblican party.’’ “All I can say is that everything is | lovely, and we will go right ahead with | one of the biggest, fairest and cleanest primaries tne B rty has seen in this City,” | said Charles W. Manwaring, chairman of | the County Committee. “I can’t see how the opposition that Kelly and Mahony are trying to kick up for'their own ends is is'going to amount to anything. All the Repubiicans that I meet everywhere over the City recognize the primary to be held by thbe County Committee as the one representing the legality, regularity and decency of the pang It isa fact that any one can discover !{: little inquiry that the mass of the Republican voters will recognize and s\lg art the regular primary. Kelly and Mahoney’s friends re steadily failing away from them and the few that remain with them are misled | by ‘thinking that Dan Burns is comin back to take a hand, which heis not. If Kelly and Mah oney elect a delegation to Sacramento at their rump primary there is no chance of theirseating them, The eople from the interior are not going to ake a hand in any wrangle that Martin Kelly and Jerry Mahoney may get up, and they will recognize the delegation sent by the regular party organization here ‘and by the great mass of the Republican voters. Keily and Ma- honey perhaps think that they can get a little something for themselves by kicking long enough, but we are paying no atten- tion to them and fearing nothing from them. The party is overwhelmingly aganst them and we will go right along with our primary as though they did not exist.” The notorious Jack Hoey of Brannan street called at the Registrar's office yes- terday for the ballot-boxes, which Kell and Mahoney rronoxa to_use at their pri- vate primary, for which they have not yet fixed a date. % SUTR0'S NEW OFFICE. The Finest Apartment in the New Hall Is Now Occupied. Mayor Sutro took possession of the mag- nificent new office provided for him by the City Hall Commission yesterday, and in future will receive visitors in the new apartment, which, in location and ap- pointments, is probably the finest office in the City Hall. The room is directly east of the Mayor’s old private sanctum and has windows on three sides, looking into the rotunda of the tower, toward Market street, ana down City Hall averiue to Mc- Allister street. The’ furniture is of pol- ished mahogany, & handsome desk and bookcase being among the pieces. One of the most unique ornaments of the room is a beautiful mantel of Oalifornia marble. The velvet carpet and curtains are in perfelct. keeping with the other appoint- ments, SUPERVISORS IN SESSION Ex-Clerk Sullivan Is Given an Assistant Secretary- ship. WILL VISIT CASTRO LAKES. The Supervisors Declare Baker Street From Golden Gate to Oak a Boulevard. The courts having decided that the Board of Bupervisors exceeded its au- thority in creating the salaried office of bond clerk, the resignation of John J. Sullivan, who was appointed to the place, was accepted by the board yesterday. Sullivan was provided for, however, by appointing him assistant secretary of the Finance Committee at the same salary be was to receive as bond elerk, his pay to begin from August 5, 1895, the date when he was first appointed. The Committee on Water Supply made a recommendation that was accepted by the board—that 4 visit be made to the Castro lakes, near Castroville, Monterey County, to ascertain whether a suitable water supply from that point could be procured for San Francisco.| Baker street, from Golden Gate avenue to Oak street, was, by a resolution finally. passed, declared to be a public boulevard on which no heavy traffic will be allowed, and along which no railroad franchise shall ever be granted. The ordinanee declaring the Almshouse Tract to be the future location of the City and County Hospital, and also for the hos- | pital for contagious diseases, was brought up for passage to print, but a motion to lay over for two weeks was carried unani- mously. P The proposition to condemn Branch Jail 3, on account of its bad sanitary condition, was laid over for sixty days, on motion of Supervisor Hughe: et STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Full Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors In Detail. Following are details of transactions just now being considered by the Board of Supervisors: FULL ACCEPTANCE. Fell, Laguna to Buchanan—Bitumen. De Boom, Second to northerly termination— Bitumen. Twelith, Folsom to Harrison—Bitumen. Broadway and Taylor crossing—Bitumen. Cole and Page crossing— Bitumen. Haight and Broderick crossing—Bitumen. Scott and Union crossing—Bitnmen. Twenty-second, Kentucky and Tennessee—Ba- salt. Union, Van Ness avenue to Franklin—Basalt, ACCEPTANCES, (Requiring the Mayor's signature.) Seventeenth, Noe to Sanchez—Bitumen. Buchana n, Pine to California—Basalt. Chattanooga, Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth— Bitumen. RECOMMENDED FOR ACCEPTANCE. Broderick, Ellis to O°Farrell—Basalt. Hill, Valencla to Guerrero—Bitumen. Vallejo, Laguna to Buchanan—Bitumen. reen and Octavia ¢rossing—Bitumen. Fillmore, Herman to Thirteenth—Basalt. Middle, Pine to California (conditional)—Bitu- men. Page, Pierce to Scott—Bitumen. ASSESSMENTS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR. California, Lizzie to Eugenia—Grading. Buchanan, Pine to California—RBitumen. Steiner, Clay to Washington—Bitumen. Sacramento, Spruce to Maple—Bitumen. Sucramento and Locust crossing—Bitumen, Sacramentoand Maple crossing—Bitumen. Sansome, Greenwich to Lombard—Plank side- walks. Broderick, North Polnt to Jefferson—Grading, c. ete. Broderick and Jefferson erossing—Grading, ete, Sacramento, Laurel to Locust—Bitumen. Frauklin, Bush to Pine—Sidewalks. Twenty-second, Migsion to Valencla—Sidewalks. Folsom, Twenty-first to Twenty-second—Side- walks. Sansome, Flibert to Greenwich—Sidewalks. Tarrison and Eleventh, northeast corner—side- walks. Harrison and Ninth, northeast corner—Side- walks. ‘Twenty-fourth, Dolores to Chattanoo ga—Side- 1. SMENTS WAITING THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE. Elghth avenue south, M to N streets south— | Grading. Filbert, Battery to Sansome—Side walks. Diamond and Twenty-fourth, northwest corner— Sidewalk. St. Roses and Wood infersection—Sewer, ete, Golden Gate avenue, Broderick to Baker—Bitus men. Hayes, Central to Masonic avenue—Bitumen. Twenty-third and Chattanooga crossing—Bitu- men. P street south and Eleventh avenue south cross- ing—Grading. Kansas and Twenty-fifth crossing—Sewer, etc, Fifteenth avenue south and N street south cross- Ing—Cesspools, ete. Bay and Leavenworth crossing—Basalt. Baker, Page to Oak, east side—Sidewalks. FHarrison and Hayward, southwest corner—Side- walks. ASSESSMENTS BEING MADE OUT. Van Ness avenue and Broadway crossing—Bitn- men, Twenty-second, Diamond and Eureks—Grade, sewer, ete. Garlos piace, off O'Farrell—Bitumen. Oak. ebster to Fillmore—Sidewalks. Mentezuma and Shotwell crossin Sewer, etc. Caliiornia and Walnut crossing—sewer, ete, Fifteenth, Dolores to Church—Bitumen. Serpentine place, Serpentine road, Lower ter- race—Grading, ete. Coly nd Haight, intersection 8W. and SE, cor- ner—f Spools, etc, Mission, Brazil, Persia, Russia and ‘Amazon, in- tersections—Storm-water iniet, ete. ‘Twenty-fourth and Dolores, crossing—Sewer, etc, Second avenue and California—Sewer. Birch avenue, Larkin to Polk—Sewer, etc. Harrison and Eighth, N E. corner—Sidewalk, INSPECTORS APPOINTED SINCE MONDAY. Seventeenth, Castro to Donglass—Bitumen. Gold, Monigomery to ¥ansome—Sidewalks, Seventeenth, Shotwell to Folsom—Basait. Eleventh avenue 5. and N street ‘esspools, elc. Masonic avenue, Frederick to Waller—Basalt. Masonic avenue and Waller, crossing—Basalt, Central avenue, Jackson to Pacific—Bliumen. Shotwell and Twentieth, crossing—Sewer, etc. LOWEST BIDS, Wood, St. Roses to Point Lobos—Wardwell & Wiese, sewer, 74 cents; manhole $34. Union and Webster—T. R. Jeal, stone sidewalk, southwest_carner, $4f Twenty-fourth and Sanchez, northwest, sonth- west and northeast corners, corners of Vicksburg and southeast corner of Church—M. F. Sullivan, stone sidewalks; 14 cents. Nineteenth, Mission to Valencia—J. A. Hylana, stone sidewalks, 11 cents. Lyon, Hayes to Fell—Califorma Concrete Com. pany, granite curbs, 85 ceats; stone sidewalks, 8 cents. Green and Laguna—T. R. Jeal, northeast and northwest corners, stone sidewalks, $46. Clement and Fitth avenue—a. J. Raish, south- east corner, cesspool, plank sidewaik, etc.. $129. aker, Lombard to Beac . Young, ma- cadem, 8 cents; plank sidewalks, 75 cents: curb, 15 cents. Baker. Beach to Tonquin—J. Kelso, macadam, 7% cents: plank sidewalks, 70 cents; curb, 18 cents, Tonquin, Broderick to Baker—J, Kelso, grading, 18 cents; macadam, 734 cents: plank sidewalks, 70 cents; curb, 15 cents. Russin avenue, Mississipp! to Paris—M. F. Sulll- van, grading, 24 cents; macadam, 5% cents; side- walks, 284 cents; curb, 14 cents. Persia avenne, Mississippi to Paris—J. A. Hy- , grading, 20 cents; macadam, b conts: side- pohia curh, domom, and Amazon avenues, Missigsipol to Paris—J. Kelso, grading, 934 cehts:; mucajam, 8 cents; sidewnlks, § cents; curb, 15 cents, Alameda avenue, Potrero t0 York—D, M. Ray, grading. 24 cents, Folsom, Fourteenth to Fifteenth—Cify Street Improvement Company, sewer, $480. BIDS TO BE OPENED APRIL 13, 1896, rescott, for 137:6 from Vallejo—Sewer, etc. ay and Larkin—Crossing, sewer, cesspools, etc, Point Lobos and Fifth avenues, northeast cor: ner—Storm- nlet. Point Lobos atd Fourth avenues, northeast cor- er—Storm-water lalet. Seventh avenue, I 10 J streets—Macadam, etc. York, Twentieth and Twenty-first—Bitumen, Dore, Harrison to Bryant—Bitumen. i BIDS TO BE READVERTISED. Folsom and Twenty-first corners—Sidewalks. Devisadero, Oak to Page—Stone sidewalks. Baker to Lyon—Bitume) Clay, Laurel to Locust—Bitumen. Clay'and Locust crossing—Bitumen. Capp, Twenty-fifth to Twenty-sixth_Bitumen. BINS BEJECTED. Folsom, Third to Sixth—Bitumen repaving. Seventeenth and Hoft avenue, N.EG. corner— Sidewalks. . PRTITIONS DENIED, Pine, Devisadero to Broderick—. pavement examined amd found well d i PROTESTS OVERRULKD, Page, Cole to Shrader—Plank sidewalks, Page, Lyou to Central avenue—Bitumen. 1ai Bituminous lone. | theline of streetsrunning east and west, and_fifty | feet east and west of the line of the streetsTunning | PEOTESTS ALLOWED. .“l;legrhth avenue, Point Lobos to A street—Brick A Street, Seventh to Eighth avenue—Brick sewer. ‘I'wenty-third, walk Bryant, Division to Seventeenth—Basalt. Chestnut, Eranklin to Baker—Maeadam, Chestnut, Van Ness to Franklin—Paving. First avenue, Fulton to north line of Washing- ton—Bitumen, Filbert piace, Union to Filbert—Basalt. Gough, Eddy to Ellis—Bitumen. Seventeenth, Arkansas to Mississ!ppl—Maeadam. STREET WORK ORDEERED. \Waller and Qctavia, northeast, northwest and sonthwest corners—storm-wate inlet. JHerman and Eigin Park, southwest corner— Storm-water inlet, aguna and Herman, northeast. northwest and southwest corners—Storm-water inlet. Bryant and Gilbert, southwest corner—Sidewalk. wijyant and Boardman, southenst corner—Side- Utah, T4 sidewalk. Cwenty-fifih, venue—Plank sideventy-fifth, Bryant and Potrero s M street South and Tweltth avenue South—Grad- Ing, cesspools, macadam, etc. M street South, Twelsth to Thirteenth avenues South—Macadam, sewer, etc. Fifteenth, Valencia to'Guerrero—Bitumen. Bryant. Twentietn to 1 wenty- first—Sewer, ete. Twenty-sixtn, Capp to Mission—Bitumen, Ninth, Folsom to Harrison—Stone sidewalks. siuciden Gate avenue, Taylor to Jones—Stone ewalks. Van Ness avenue, Unlon to Green—Bltumen. Ellis and Bourbiy' southeast and southwest ners—Stone sidewalks, Hampshire, Fifteenth to Sixteonth—Grading. B sureet, Seventh to Eighth avenues—Sewer, grade, macadam, ete. Birch avenue, Laguna to Buzhansn—Bitumen. Bourbla place, Stelner to_Pierce—Bltumen. henery, Fairmount to Castro, including cross- Inga—Bewer, etc, Alblon avenne, Sixteenth to Seventeenth—Bi- tumen. Baker, Post and Geary—Bitumen. Brooklyn place, off Sacramento—Ritumen. Buker, Clay to Washington—Bitumen. Broderick and Page crossing—Bitumen. Market, opposite west line of Valencla—Storm- water inlet, Market and Hermann, northeast and southeast line—Storm-water inlet. Market and Pearl, east and south corners—Storm- water inlet. Market, opposite Pearl, northwest corner—Storm- water inla. Market and Guerrero, east and south corners— Sterm-water inlet. ket and Thirteenth, southeast side—storm- water inlet. inarket and Reservior, north line—Storm water nlet. Market, Dolores and Fourteenth, southenst line— Storm-water inlet. Market, opposite west line of Church—Storm- ‘water inlet. Market, Church to Sanchez, northwest line— Storm-water inlet, Market and Buchanan, northeast corner—Storm- water Inlet. Market and Thirteenth, northwest and southw corners—Storm-water inlet. NOTICE OF STREET WORK. Castro, Sixteenth to Market, basalt, and Castro to Seventeenth—Bltumen, Including cesspool in sonthwest corner of Castro and State streets. Fourteenth, Church to Sanchez—Bjtumen. Fifteenth, Noe to Castro—Bitunen and stone sidewaiks. Linden avenue, Van Ness to Franklin—Bitumen. Twenty-fifth and Cypress alley—Bitumen. Sevevteenth and Sanchez -Bitumen. 1§Twenty-fitth, Sau Bruno to Vermont and Ver mont to Kansas—Grading. Lyon, Union to Chestnut—Grading. Linden avenue. Franklin to Gough—Bitumen, Chestnut, Lyon to Beker—Grading. Devisadero, North Polnt to Beach—-Grading. Hunt, Third nor:herly—Stone sidewalks, Twenty-fifth and Lilac interseetion—Bitumen. Fifteenth, Castro estarly—Grading. on, Chestnut and Devisadero—Pipe and brick sewers, manholes, etc., commencing at Union and Lyon, to Devisadero and Beach. District assessa- ble commencing at southerly line of Presidio Reservation and Spruce street, thence to Wash- ington, to Laurel, to Clay, to Walnat, to Washing- ton, to Central avenue, 10 Jaokson, to Lyon, to Pa- cific avenue, to Buker, to Broadway, to Devisa- dero, to Chestnut, to Presidio Reservation: thence southerly and westerly to point of commance- nent, including fifty feet south of and north of Humboldt to Vermont—Side- enty-fourth and Twenty-fifth—Plank “cor- north and south, Huron avenue, Stickles to Huron, closing off. District assessable: Block bounded by Mission street, Huron and Stickles avenue, and property fronting on westerly line and for 100 feet deep from westerly line of Huron avenue. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION. Harrison and Sixteenth crossing—Crogswalks, cesspools, basalt, etc. Harrison, Sixteenth to Seyenteenth—Basalt, Harrison and Seventeenth crossing—Crosswalks and basalt. Harrison, Seventeenth to Mariposa—Cross walks, cesspool, basalt, etc. Harrison and Mariposa crossing—Basal. Harrison, Maripcss and Eighteenth—Cross- walks, basalt, Goukh and Clay—Cesspool, sewer, etc. Gough, Sacramento to Clay aud’ Clay to Wash- ing lon—Se wer. Twenty-first and Twenty-seeond—Stone sidewalks, Eighteenth, Dovglass and Collingwood—Cross- ings, cesspools, bitumen, ete. Vallejo, Fillmore to Webster—B8itumen. Fifteénth, Valencia to Guerrero — Stone side- walks. Jullan avenue, Fiftecenth to Sixteenth—Brick sewers. Or¥arrell, Devisadero to Broderick—Stone side- walks. Seeond, Folsom to Harrison, and Harrison to Bryant—Bitumen sidew Central avenue, Jackson and Pacific avenue crossings—Bltumen. Central avenue, Pacific avenue to Jackson— Bitumen. Seventh avenue, K to L streets—Grade, ma- cadam, etc. IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDED BY SUPERIN- TENDENT OF STREETS. Point Lobos and Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and Twelfth avenues, northeast corners—Siormwater mlef Page, Lyon to Central avenue—Bitumen, Noe, Fourteenth and Fifteenth—Bitumen. Noe'and Fifteenth crossing—Bitumen. Unlon, Steiner to Scott—Sione sidewaiks, Union' and_Steiner, northwest, northeast and | south west corners—Stoue sidewalks. | Unlon and Pierce, southeast corner—Stone side- | rtheast side s A street, Seventh and Eighth avenue crossings— Manhole, sewer, etc. | A street, Seventh to Eighth avenue — Brick | sewer. Eighth avenue, A street and Point Lobosavenue | —RBrick sewer. % | Twentieth, Folsom to Shotwell—Sewer, etc. Fiith avenue, A, B and C street crossings—Cess- | pools, etc. De 'Haro, Twenty-second and Twenty-third— | Bewer, etc. | Twenty-third, Rhode Island and De Haro— et wer, etc. Valleio, Webster to Fillmore—Sewer, etc. Utah, Seventeenth to Marlposa—Sewer, eta. | Utah'and Seventeenth crossing—Cesspools, etc. | IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDED BY STREET COM- MITTEE. | Fairmount Extension Homestead—In favor of closing Chenery street in eonsideration of the Union nd Compaoy deeding land for the exten- tlon ef Diamond street. v, Baker to Lyon—Bitumen. Laurel to Locast—Bitumen. nd Locust crossing—Bitumen. Capp, Twenty-fifth to Twenty-sixth—Bitumen. A1bion avende, Sixteenth to' SeventeentheBjiu- men. Baker, Clay to Washington—Bitumen. Broderick and Page crossing—Bitumen, Brooklyn place, Sacramento southerly—Bitu- men. Balker, Post to Geary—Bitumen, Bourbin place, Eddy to Ellis—Bitumen. Birch avenue, Lagunh to Buchanan—Bitumen, Camp, Guerrero to Alblon avenue—Bitumen. Church, Fifteenth to Sixteenth and Sixteenth to Seventeenth—Bitumen. Collingwood, Seventeenth to Eighteenth—Bi- umen. Fifth, Folsom to Harrison—Directing Superin- tendent of Streets to notify owners oa nortneast side to construct sidewalks. Market to Folsom—City En, rveys and examination for repaving with at an expense of $304 50, exclusive of fees and charges for his official services. Clipper, Castro to Diamond—Stone sidewalks. Cheaery, Falrmount to Castro—Grading. Mateo—Grading, sewer, Laidley,' Fairmount to G atry. ‘T wenty-thixd t0 Towan:y-fourth—Basait. ‘astro, Twenty- - = Frankiin, Lombard to Bay and crossing of Bay— | Sewer and paving. 2 Bay, Franklin to Van Ness avenue—Sewer and | aving. PChosinut, Polk to Larkin aud crossing Polk— | Grading, etc. { o ashington, Gough to Octavia—Paving south | Al Chattanooga, Twenty-first and Twenty-gecond— Stone sidewalks, Bryant, Division to Seventeenth—Bitumen, e RS 1 Mississippi, Nineteenth to Twentieth—Macad- am. sixty days. Masonic avenue, Frederick to Waller and eross- ing of Waller—Thirty days. - Seventeenth, shotweil to Folsom—Bitumen, sixiy days. Bcott and Waller crossing—Bitumen, sixty days. CPECIAL PERMITS. Jones, Pacific to Broadway—Property-owners to lay plank sidewalks. Gough, Clay to Washington—Owner to retain conerete chrb. Prospect avenue—Allowing reduction of side- walks three feet, SPECIAY, PERMITS DENIED. Jackson and Sansome, nariheast corner—Repair of plank sidewaiks. . street, Sixth to Eighth avenue, north side— Grading. PETITIONS REFERRED TO STREET COMMITTER. Twenty-second and Tennessee croasing—Super- intendent of Byreets recommends acceplance. umen. 'l‘vren?«thl!‘, Potrero avenue to Rhode Island strect—Superintendent of Streets to cancel pro- ceedings for sidewalks. to Harrison—Bitumen. Con- | Lractor asks to be released from con:ract. Howard, Eighth to Ninth—Bliumen, Contractor | asks 10 be releaged from contract. | roard, Jones to Leavenworth—Basalt. Con- tracior asks for acoeptance. 1som, Third to Sixth—Owners asking defer- ment of action until they are heard, Polk, Greenwich to Lombard—Contractor asks to be released from contract. Montgomery avenue, Bay to North Point—Con- days' extension of time. m crossing—Property-owners tractor asks for sixt; Qance. § lueteenth to Twentieth and crossing neer to ‘Twelfth and Fol “X for acce, labama, of Twentieth—Contractor asking the Mayor to ;:.lo:;':{lck sewer to be constructed by private Tom bard, Polk to Lyon—Contractor asks that the Surveyor be instructed to furnish line and grade. FROTESTS REFERKED T0 STREET COMMITTEE. mazon a - it walti venue, Mission to Paris — Agains Lyon, Union to Beach, and Chi Lyon to B-kehcrmhi‘f, Sarien ped Cheeuet Ly g teenth and ‘San’ Brano avenue—Against grad- laker, Post to Geary—Against paving. Chestnut, Poik {6 Van Ness—Against paving. 0¢ Lo Castro—A gainst paving, Front, Clay to Waabingto ainst paving. Elizaveth, Kentucky to Towa—Againstsidewalks, | Florida, Twentieth to Twenty-first— Against sidewalks, Fell, Laguna and Buchanan — O appeal from assessment, i Be r STREET COMMITTEE REPORT. In favor of requesting Williem Broderick as Huditor not toaudlt any claim azainst the street riment fund that will precede in point of time or ln any wise prejudice the rights of the San.a Uruz Rock Paving Company, San Francisco Puv- :‘u‘gnt ompany and City Street Improvement Com- Work done on accepted streets and n front of Uity Property amounting to $35,363 and_the payment 0f which has been preveuted by J. C. Jourdan by suits, protests and threats gainsi the Auditor. Grove, Laguna to Buchanan—1n favor of allow- iBg the contractor to pave with bitumen, omitting basalt block gulterways. Randall, Mission to San Jose avenue—City Surveyor Lo supply lines at an expense ot $185. Baudall, Mission to Chenery—In favor of hav- tng official lines established. Golden Gate Farg of deslgnating the Sistrict “Sunset District.” Richmond District—Against the use of red rock in repairing to remacadsmizing sireets. Steuart, Folsom 1o Harrison—Reconstruction de- ed for lack of funds, ‘Tilden, west of Castro— of funds. HOLLY PARKITES HAPPY, The Spring Valley Water Com- pany Will Furnish Water in Plenty. Grading delayed for lack Jubilee Held Over the Completion of | Charles and French Streets Bridge. The Holly Park Improvement Club is jubilant. The various members say that at last there is good foundation to believe that College Hill will be transformed into a spot where wearied workers of all kinds can come and spend a delightful holiday. Said Treasurer Martin Bahrt: “The ex- cuse given us by the Board of Supervisors for taking no action so far, that the hill lacks a water supply, has been eliminated from the question. Chief Engineer Her- mann Schussler has let it be understood that by the mididle of May the improve- ments in the adjacent reservoir will be completed and that watér can be had in plenty.” Besides the new bridge at the intersac- tion of French and Charles streets has been finished, and Saturday evening a general jubilee was held on the bridge. A free lunch was given, there wasa torch- light procession and many enthusiastic speeches were made. Not ‘even the rain, which descended in plenty toward the | close of the exercises, tended to dampen the ardor of the participants. L. F. Smith, one of the standing com- mitteemen, said that bad surveys had in the matter of thelr respective elaims for | to four-league line—In favor | been made for Holly avenue, and that the water was banked up in one place from recent heavy downfalls, and the wall had caved in at another place, but these de- fects could be easily remedied. . “Furthermore,’”’ said _this gentleman, “we will hold a meeting in Wienholz Hall the last Thursday of this month and importune the Board of Supervisors to take an.active course in the matter now that their chief objection has been de- prived of a foundation.” The Fairmount District Overrun by Too Many Vicious Idlers. Beer-Drinking, Card-Playing and Firing Vacant Houses Their | Pastime. The residents of the Fairmount district, together with tte Mission road section from Twenty-ninth street out toward the Ingleside track, are of the opinion that the tion for that locality. Since the advent of the racetrack and the other improvements 1n that neighborhood an increase in the § floating population has been noticeable, In proof of this it is pointed out that at- tempts have been made to set on fire a few of the vacant houses on the outskirts of the Fairmount district. A few weeks ago a vacant house on fire and destroyed by what the neighbors think the wanton acts of a band of idle hoodlums, who spend their leisure hours | in beer-drinking, playing cards and carous- | ing in the vacant houses or empty lots. Another case of attempting to burn cottage on Lindsay street, the property of Mrs. Poole, was reported to the police last week. Mrs. Poole’s gardener discovered that some person or persons had broken into the basement of the cottage and gath- ered some shavings left there by a carpen- | ter, who had been making some repairs on | the premises. The shavings had been piled up against the wall and set on fire, as the burnt paper on the wall indicated, but fortunately the intention of the evil- doer miscarried and no great damage was done. The house destroyed on California ave- nue, in the rear of the Mission carhouse, | cannot be charged to an incendiary, as that fire originated, it is supposed, from a coal-oil lamp which was left burning by 8 careless roomer. ——————— Insulted His Wife. 31 Hyde street, was taken g Hospital last evening to have two knife wounds in his left arm dressed, d A. W. Nicholson was booked at the City Prison | wife was standing at_the corner of Hyde and Union streets when Nicholson stepped up to her and used an insulting expression. Faulk- ner, who was close by, overheard him and knocked him down. Nicholson jumped. to his feet, pulled out a knife and slasked Faulkner in thearm. He then chased Mrs. Faulkner, but she escaped from him. 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