The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 26, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1896. A GLIMPSE AT THE AAILWAY'S BOOKS, How the Combine Is on Trial With Assessor Siebe. MISSING MEMORANDA. J. L. Willcut’s Unwilling Hunt for Interesting Evi- dence. PILES OF LEDGERS IN COURT. Peculiar Basis on Which the Rail- road’s Secretary Says the Pool Was Formed. [ It will not be the fault of the opponents of Assessor Siebe and Judge Wallace if the entire history of the consolidation of the street railways does not come out. Assessor Siebe 13 undergoing a prelimi- nary examination for perjury, but Siebe is not the only one on trial. He is nomi- nally the only defendant, but much that is interesting and some that is sensational | will come out of those canvas-bouna vol- umes which, under order of Judge Wal- lace, were brought into court from the | railroad office yesterday morning. There is but little to fear from the Su- preme Court under the present examina- tion. Judge Wallace is sitting as a com- mitting magistrate to investigate a crimi- nal charge against the Assessor. The Assessor is charged with assessing the property of the Market-street Railway Compvany, worth, it is claimed, $18,500,000, at $3,800,000, and then, after making such assessment, swearing that he had done his duty. On his oath to that effect the charge of perjury is based. Mr. Freidenrich and Mr. Naphtaly of | phtaly, Freidenrich and Ackerman and | Garrett McEnerney ranged themselves at the defend. 's table as counsel for Seibe. Andy Clunie took a small corner of the same table and established himself as counsel for the prosecution. J. L. Will- secretary of the railway combination, took the witness-stand and reluctantiy furnisbed the few facts of the morning. Proceedings opened with the filing of a demurrer by Mr. Freide: Mr. Freidenrich in h rgument on the demurrer stated that it was pased uvon the ground that the complaint did not state Rets sufficient to constitute a public offense. He it was a well-estabiished principle of law that perjury could not be predicated upon any oath unless the mat- ter complained of was material to some issue pending, or that might become pend- ing, before any tribunal. The oath of the Assessor attesting to the correctness of the | ment roll was not material to any issue that could arise. The assessment roll was complete without the oath. Judge Wallace sail there was no doubt as to the correctness of the principle of law as stated by counsel, but he suggested that the matter complained of might be 3 1 issue that might arise be- | d of Equalization. He said though the roll was complete with- | out the oath, still the oath was supposed something; it was required fora ’ he said, ‘‘that this oath, th hich is provided for in the statute, means nothir nd that the 1 lature t iramed the oath in great detail meant rothing., Ishall overrulethe demure: The unwilling Mr. Willcut was then sworn, and Mr. Clunie started in to show that the property of the consolidated raii- ays worth far beyond $3,800,000. Mr. Willcut said e had hard work. that when the consolidation was made there was no valuation of the property of the v: roads. The roads were taken upon their earning capacity, or their sup- posed earning capaci He said there was no paper in existence that showed what the property of the roads was worth, | and there were no minutes and no records of the gigantic transaction anywhere. The heads of the roads just metand agreed. It was decided that the roads should have certain proportionate inter- ests. How they arrived at these propor- tions Mr. Willcut was quite willing to ex- plain, but his explanation enlightened neither court, counsel nor spectators. Then the court took a hand, but his! 10r’s guestions were much like drops of rain on a gable roof. Then Clunie opened fire once more. He wanted to know what papers had ever been drawn up regarding the consolidation. He was told there was none. Some times Mr. Willcut made little memoranda—just little ones in lcad pencil on very small bits of paper—but these had been Jost of destroved. In fact he remem- bered having destroyed some himself. But as to the basis of the capital stock the directors haa just met and decided that it should be $18,500 000. The defense objected to this line of testi- mony. The question before the court, Mr. Freidenrich said, was not the value of the property of the railway company, but whether or not Assessor Siebe had com- mitted perjury. His Honor thought that as the perjurv charge was based on the allegation that the railway company’s property had not been assessed up to its full value, he thought the question of valuation very material. Mr. Freidenrich argued further, and then Mr. Clunie said he thought the Assessor ought to be very glad to get any information pussible on the subject. Once more Mr. Willcut was asked if there had ever been any paper regarding the consolidation signed by the heads of departments, and once more Mr. Willent said “*No.” Then Clunie produced a typewritten document and read from it. It was a copy of the agreement entered into at the time of the consolidation and signed by the represenatives of each corporation. It showed that it was agreed that the capital stock of the consolidated corporation should be apportioned as follows: Niae- teen per cent to the Omnibus Cable Com- pany, 5 per cent to the North Beach and Mission Railway Company and 76 per cent 1o the compauies included in the Market- eireet system. 1t was further agreed that the property and assets of the companies should be taken as they existed at the time of the consolidation, and all debts for he rustled through more papers and finally announced that in the *“journal” there was an “inventory” of the property of each company. Justan inventory—no valuation at all, but just gn inventory— yet when Clunie demanded the same he read the accounts in dollars and cents. It was an interesting account. Perma- nent rights of way, which had been given by the City for nothing at all, figure in the list as worth $21,829,908 72 and_the total ran up to $27,255,606 60. Mr. Willcut ex- plained that debits against this amount brought it down to $18,500,000, the amount of the capital stock. The debit account was demanded, but the bell clanged 12 o’clock and Judge Wal- lace ordered a recess until this morning. This was to give Mr. Willcut time to dig up more papers. He asked what ones he should bring and Clunie said, *‘Better bring them all.” There will be interest- ing times in court to-day. GOLDEN GATE CARNIVAL. Those Chosen on the Permanent Com- mittee on Organization. The following named met last night and selected a committee on permanent or- ganization for the carnival of the Golden Gate: General R. H. Warfield, General S. W. Backus, Colonel John O’Byrne, J. H. Mahoney, David Rich, J, A. Steinbach, D. 8. Dorn and Henry I. Fisher. The committee, which will meet in the Baldwin to-night to select officers, is com- vosed of: General R. H. Warfield, com- manding the National Guard of Califor- nia; K. B, Soule, representing Hotel Men’s Association; David Rich, State Development Committee and Commit- tee on Commerce: John A. Steinbach, Nutive Sons and fraternaties; 8. H. Tacy, Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tion; Oscar Boldeman, zommercial travel- ers; F. W. Dohrmann, Merchants’ Asso- ciation and German societie: Judge George H. Bahrs, judiciary; General S. W. Backus, Grand Army and Loyal Legion; Colonel John O’Byrne, Irish so- cieties; Henry J. Crocker, Olympic Club and Horse Association; ¥. H. Kerrigan, lLeague of American Wheelmen; 2 Doolan, Mechanics’ Institute; L. & Etlert, ex-Mayors; W. H. Mills, Califor- nia State Board of Trade; Hem}' L Fisher, daily newspapers; Y L. Rosenthal, retail merchants; H. Levy Jr.; wholesale merchants; J. "D. Spreckels, shipping; Colonel George Stone, mining industries; F. Till- man Jr., Grocers’ Association; J. P. Ed- hoff, Liquor-dealers’ Association, Major J. F. Smith, Young Men’s Institute and kindred societies, and Major J. L. Rath- bone, athletic associations. Messrs, Gottlob & Friedlander have of- fered their theater and company any night the committee may name for a benefit night for the carnival fund FEQT 15 A HAPPY. WIAN The President of the Emporium Pleased With the First Day’s Business. He Had Anticipated Success, but the Event Exceeded His Fondest Hopes. The first day’s business at The Empo- rium exceeded the most sanguine expecta- tions of the management. Great throngs of buyers crowded the aisles from early in the morning until the closing hours, and large as the force of clerks was it was found utterly impossible to serve them all. Mr. Feist, the president of The Empo- rium Company and the projector of the great enterprise, was the recipient of un- limited congratulations. A brief interview was obtained with nim, in which he expressed his gratifica- tion in the wonderful success of the open- ing reception to the public last Saturday A. Felst, President of the Emporium Company. afternoon, when it was estimated that fully 125,000 people passed through the building. Tor seven years Mr. Feist has been plan- ning The Emporium—for five years work- ing unremittingly on his colossal scheme. “1 anticipated great things,” said he, “but not such a remarkable outpouring of the people that came to us Saturday. The success of The Emporium asa business venture is assured, if to-day’s selling be any criterion. No; leave me out of it,” hecontinued, when asked for some facts about himself. “The results before you counld never have been accomplished had Inot been aided by -the outlay of vast sums of money, and to those who have furnished this capital a large part, in fact the larger part, of the success of this en- terprise is due, and particularly to Mrs. Parrott and Mr. C. de Guigne. In creat- ing this grand edifice they have rendered an everlasting service to the City and State.”” Mr. Feist was born in Germany about fifty vears ago and came to California dur- ing the war, where he has since been en- gaged in various mercantile pursuits, principally in the dry-goods business, and as _a projector of great enterprises Mr. Feist now ranks as oneof the foremost men of the day. _While in the larger cities of the world similar projects have been carried to a suc- cessful completion none of the great mer- cantile establishments approach in beauty of design and modern facilities for domng business San Francisco’s great Emporium. —————— AN EVENING AUCTION SALE. A’Large Number of Lots Disposed Of by and liabilies of each company to be assumed by the consolidated corporation, it being understood that the stockholders of the Omnibus Cable Company wouid arrange for deferring the payment of half its floating indebtedness for at least six months. It was further agreed that $18,500,000 worth of 5 per cent bonds, payable in thirty years, should be issued, secured by all the property and franchises of the cor- poration. Clunie also showed that a sub- scquent agreement was signed when the Ferries and Cliff House system was taken nto the consolidation, by which 12,810 of the total issue of 178,800 shares were dis- tributed to that corporation. A ligbt broke upon Mr. Willcut and a smile illuminated his features as he re- calied that there was indeed a document. Mr. Clunie had reminded him of it. He bad forgotten all about the document just read. X Mr. Willeut’s memory seemed to have been jogged in more than one direction, ©O’Farrell & Co. Several hundred people attended last night at the auction-rooms of O'Farrell & Co., at the sale held by them of 100 lots in the Excelsior Homestead. It was a crowd that came to buy rather than out of curi- osily, and bidding from first to last was very spirited. arge percentage of the total number of lots offered was disposed of and excellent prices were realized, bet- ter prices in fact than were anticipated. It was evident that & majority of the biaders were personally familiar with the property, and this was especially notice- able when_an extra choice corner” was put up. The lots are well located, are nice d level and ready for building, and the success that attended their sale was ex- tremely gratifying to O’Farrell & Co. ———————— Among the lowest forms of life there are not found any organs which, with pro- priety, can be called ears, THE TRANSFER QUESTION SETTLED, Obnoxious Check Agents Will Be Dispensed With Hereafter. THE PEOPLE'S VICTORY. Passage to Print by the Super- visors of the Dimond Ordinance. OTHER MATTERS ACTED ON. No Choice Yet,Made of an Architect for the New Municipal Building. The people of the City and County of San Francisco do ordain as follows: 1. Every person, firm and corporation operating streetcars within the City and County of San Francisco transfers to passengers to enable them to transfer to other cars operated by the same or different owner shall issue and deliver said transfers upon or within | the car from which the passenger is transferred, and not elsewhere. 2. No person except a duly au- thorized conductor or agent of a person, firm or corporation operating a line of street railroad within the City | and County of San Francisco shall within said City and County issue, de- liver, give or sell to any other person whatever any transfer, transfer check or ticket issued or purporting to be is- sued by such persom, firm or corpora- tion so operating such line of street railroad for passage on any street rail- road, car or line. 3. Every person, firm or corporation | operating a street railroad within said | City and County. and every conductor, agent or other employe of such person, firm or corporation violating the pro- visions of this order shail be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- viction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 500 or by impris- onment in the County Jail not exceed- ing six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The Dimond ordinance, for the passage | of which more than 12,000 people peti- tioned, was passed to print yesterday by the Board of Supervisors, after being | amended. The passag e of the ordinance gives gen- | eral satisfaction to the public, and will end the agitation which has been going on re- garding the vexed question of the 1ssuance of streercar transfers. The ordinance in- troduced by Supervisor Dimond as printed above was amended by Supervisor Spreckels. Section 2 is the amendment. The ordinance must receive the Mayor's signature before it becomes a law, or must be passed over his veto a two-thirds vote in case he should veto it. ‘When Mr. Dimond rose to move for a reconsideration of the action of the board at its last meeting in refusing to pass his measure his desk was almost hidden from sight by the sheets of a hunge petition, | which he said contained the names of 2,107 residents of San Francisco who use the cars of the Market-street system almost ish the transfer-check system and force the company to return to the old method of issuing transfers. Mr. Dimond moved the adoption of his order, which was in the form of a resolu- tion, and Mr. Spreckels offered the follow- ing amendment, that was at once accepted by Mr. Dimond: ection 2. No person except a duly author- ized conductor or agent of & person, firm or corporation operating a line of street railroad within the City and County of San Francisco shall, within £aid city and county, issue, de- liver, give or sell to any other person whatever any transfer, check or ticket issued or pu: porting 1o be issued by such person, firm or corporation so operating such line of street railroad for passage on any street railroad, car or line. In this form the order passed without a dissenting voice, The ordinance ordering the clerk to ad- vertise for bids for a teiephone and tele- graph franchise came up for tinal passage, but was put over for a week. Sheriff Whelan sent in a protest against the awarding of the contemplated c tract for furnishing supplies for the jails under his charge on the ground that many necessary articles had been left out of the schedule which would have to be bougit in the open market and at a great loss. The matter was referred back to the joint Finance and Health and Police Com- mittee. Two fruitless ballots on the plans forthe projected municipal building were taken. Shea & Shea received 5 votes, Banks 4, Mooser & Mooser 1 and Smith & Free- man 1. Mr. Benjamin also offered a resolution that was carried depriving the Mayor of the power of giving permission or free licenses for boxing exhibitions and re- voking all of the permits now out. The resolution places the power in the hands of the board. A resolution was introduced and carried making Branch Jail 3 instead of the City Receiving Hospital the place of incarcera- tion of insane dpersous while awaiting ex- amination, and instructing Sheriff Whe- lan to expend $300 1n fitting up the neces- Sary rooms. L STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Complete Summary of the Work Consldered at Yesterday's Session. The street work considered by the Board of Supervisors at yesterday’s session is given in detail as follows: RESOLUTION OF AWARD OF STREET WORK. Fiftcenth, Utah 10 San Bruno—Grading 10 cents, to A. C. Jackson. Mariposs, Indiana to Pennsylvania—Grading 20 cents, to F. C. Drum. south, Tenth to Eleventh avenue south— Grading 30 cents: macagam, etc., 4 cents; side- walks 114 cents, curbs 15 cents, t0 Warren & Malley. N south, Twelfth to Thirteenth avenues south— Grading 50 cents; macadam, etc., 4 cents; side- yulks 1% cents, curbs 15 cents; to Warren & alley. Thirteenth, Folsom to Harrison—Bitumen 915 cents, granite curbs 40 cents: Patrick Griffin. Eighteenth avenue south, G to H sonth—Road- way, macadam 4 cents, sidewalks 2 cents, curbs 15 cents: N. C. Wells, Eighteenth avenue south, I to J — Macadam roadway 4 cents, sidewalks 2'cents. curbs 16 cents; N. C. Wells. Fizhteenth avenue and 1 crossing—Macadam roadway 4 cents, sidewalk 2 cents, curbs 15 cents; N. C. Wells. Cighteenth avenue and J crossing—Roadway 4 gonts, sidewalk 2 cents, curbs 15 cents; N. C. ells. Eighteenth avenne and H crossing—Roadway 4 Soots, sidewalk 2 cents, curbs 18 cents; N. C. ells i ishteenth avenue and K crossing—Roadway flfiiex;‘u. siaewalk 2 cents, curbs 15 cents; War- ren & Malley. Fifieenth, Church to Market—Plank sidewalk 67 cents; James Warren. that issue | The petitioners asked the board to abol- | Twenty-first and_Folsom corner—Stone side- walk $56; Thomas R. Jeal. | coptpiavenue and Ciemen:—Eight-nch sewer 73 ' , manhole §2 e : Williams, Bel- el $27, corners $122; . Twenty-fourth avenue, C—Regrading 10 cents; John Tuwe, ot A ¥ g Fich) RESOLUTIONS ORDERING STREET WORK. (polnt Lobos and. Seventh avenues—Water inlet, e oi0!nt Lobos and Ninth avenues—Water fnlet, ]e{l‘f:}izy Lobos and Eleventh avenues—Water in- (bolnt Lobos and Twelfth avenues—Water inler, w};"lejn. Webster and Filmore—Ten-inch pipe Utab, Seventeent a—Eight-inch e s e renrong Utah and Seventeenth crossing—Sewers, etc. | waialon and Steiner, southeast corner—stone side- fon and P de- o ierce, southeagt corner—Stone sl o Bth avenue and A, southwest corner—Cesspool, mz:‘mh avenue and B, southwest corner—Cesspool, Fell. Scott o Devisadero—Stone sidewali. Broderick, Jackson to Tonquin—Grading, ete. Noe and Fifieenth crossing—Bitumen. Ninth avenue, (] Lobos—8-inch sewer penehue, Clement to Pomt ¥iith avenue and ¢, SW. corner—Cesspool, etc. Haigh, Shrader to Stanyan—12-inch pipe sewer, etc. ‘Thirteenth avenue, T to I—Graded. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION. Bay, Van Ness to Franklin—Bitumen. Chestnut and Polk crossing—Grading and bitn- Francisco, Fillmore to Broderick—Macadam, plank sidewalks, rrancisco, Broderiek to Baker—Macadam, plank sidewalks. Devisadero, Polx to Sutter— Bitumen. Butter and Steiner corners—stone sidewalks, O'Farrell and Steiner—Stone sidewalks. illmore, Geary 10 O'rarrell, west side—Stone | sidewalks. wilblmore, Post to Geary, west side—Stone side- 5. teiner, Turk to Eddy, west side—Stone side- ks. wal Webster, Fubert to Greenwich—Plank side- walks. Sixih avenue, Point Lobos to A—8-inch sewer, ete. te. Sixth avenue = wer, manhol plank slflewnlks,len!d& s el = Sixth avenue, A to B—16-inch sewer, etc. Eixth avenue and B. wer, etc. RICHMOND FIRE PROTECTION. Californin, Second to Fourth avenues—Market- street Compasy to lmprove spaces between tracks to allow fire maenines to pass. WATER MAINS. | Juisslon, Richmona avenue to Bosworth—Water | company directed to extend. ASSESSMENT CONFIRMED. | Eighteenth, Ashbury to Corbett—Sewer, etc. OBJECTIONS TO STREET WORK. Sixth avenue, Point Tobos to D—10 be heard June 1. APPEAL FROM ASSESSMENT. | Pie, Devisadero to Broderick—Bltumen; as- | sessment confirmed. =eventeenth, Santa Clara to Douglass—To be heard June 1. BIDS REJECTED. Russia avenue, Mission to Paris—Grading. Eigliteenth avenue south and L crossing—Mac- izing. READVERTISE FOR PROPOSALS. Prescott and Vallejo—Ten-inch sewer, etc. Bernard, Taylor 1o Jopes—stone sidewalks. PROPERTY-OWNEES TO PERFOEM WORK. Russia, Mission to Paris—Grading, sewering, etc. ‘Iwenty-first, Dolores to Church—S:one side- Elizabeth, Noe to Sanchez—Stone sidewalks. Jackson, Drummond to Lavis—Plank sidewalk., ARTIFICIAL York, Twentieth to ENGINEERIN Polk, Greenwich 10 Lombard Pope, Mission to County lin cost. $50. Surveys, etc., and sea plece, off Bush—Surveys, etc., at cost of | EXTENSIONS GRANTED. Hayes and Scott, crossing—Paving, 30 davs. Hayes and Scott, crossing—Sewers, etc.. 30 days. Mission, Silver to Huron— &, 30 days. d.~.\eum»mu, Church to Sanchez—Paving, 30 | ays. Sixteenth, Church to Sanchez—Paving, 30 Branoan, Ninth to Te et P street, south, 1 avenue, | | south—Grading, etc., 30 days. | ACCEPTED CONDITIONALLY. Steiner, Washingion to Juckson—Bitumen. days. 30 days. fourth—Bitumen. | Devisadero, T'age, shrader to & eventeenth to ghteenth—Bitumen. Fell crossing—Bitumen. FOLSOM-STREET SIDEWALKS. Order reducing width four feet, provided prop- eriy-owners defray all expenses of reduction. Laid er one week. PROTESTS. Nineteenth, Sanchez to Noe—! 3 Jackson, Powell to Mason—Sidewalks. Francisco, Taylor to Jones—Grading and basalt. Fourteenth, Alpine to South Broderick—Paving, idew: | | { | xth to Ninth—Reducing sidewalks. | enwich to_Lombard—Grading, ! \ Harrison to Bryant—Reducing sidewalks. Fliteenth, Guerrero to Dolores—Bitumen. Geary-street franchise extension—krom Non- | Partisan _party, asainst granting to Market-street | Compa y. | | | Brazil avenue, Mission to Parls—Against award- ing contracton grading. ! nut and Larkin erossing—Bitamen. oyan — sidewalks; work stopged for six months. PETITIONS. ! | Canal street—Repair of culvert. | Sixteenth svenne south, N south—Lowering grade. Grove, Filimore and Steiner—To retain curbs. | Lombard, K | Frankiin! ¢ Lombard, Van Ness, w | Bernice, Thirteenth EXTENSIONS RECOMMENDED BY STREET SUPER- TENDENT. i enth to Eleventh avenues— P street so; Grading. et 2 Market to Folsom—Bitumen, 30 days. Mariposa, Pennsylvania to Mississippi—Grading, | day: Clay, Steiner to Seott—Sidewalks, 30 days. Baker, Beach to Tonquin—Grading, 90 days. Jefterson, Broderick to Baker—Grading, 90 days. Bcott, Grove to Fulton—Paving, etc.. 30 days | Hayes to Grove—Paving, eic., 30 days. ove, intersection—30 days. STREET WORK BECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERIN- T T OF STREETS. Charles, Chenery to railway right of way—Grad- ing, ete. Caledonta, Fifteenth to Sixteenth—Bitumen. Elghteenth, Dolores to Church— Bl ighteenth'and Church, crossing— Situmen. ighteenth, Church to Sauchez—Bitumen. hteenth and Sanchez, crossing—Bitumen, hteenth, Noe to Sanchez—Ditumen. ighiteenth and Noe, crossing—Bitumen. | Vallejo, Pierce to Scott—Cobbles. Mission (south side), Tenth to Eleventh—Stone sidewalks. Dolores, Twenty-fourth t0 Army—Fiack aide- A Ei s. \wenty-ffth, Guerrero to Church—Plank side- walks, Cuattanoogs, Twenty-fourth to Jersey—Plank sidewalks, v, Dolores to Church—Plank sidewalks. y-fifth, ¥lorida to York—Plank sidewalks. Twenty-second and Dolores, three corners—Stone sidewalks. Twenty-second, Falr Oaks to Dolores, south side—Stone sidewalks. Steiner, Green to Unfon—Basalt. GRADES RECOMMENDED. B at Second and Third avenues. C at Second and Third avenues. A at Third avenue. By City Engincer that they be changed. LOWEST BIDS. Fifteenth and San Bruno, crossing—Grading 15 cepts, Warren & Malley. Mariposa and Utah, crossing—Grading 1814 | cents, 8. L. Lent. Fourteenth avenue south and N south crossing— Grading 10 cents, roadway 3 cents, sidewalks 32 cents, M. C. Fogan. Cole, Waller to Frederick—Stone sidewalks. Stanyan, Frederick to Eighteentn—Stone side- yan street—To withdraw from protest sagainst stone side walks. ¥illmore, Valleo to Green—9-foot stone side- walks. Illinols and Stxteenth—Water main and hydrant. Page, east of Musonic—6-foot sidewalk. bouglass, Twenty-third 10 Twenty-fourth—Side- walks. ‘Twenty-third, Castro to Douglass—Sidewalks. i zabeth, Castro to Douglass—Sidewalks, roorbelt, Clara to Douglass—Extension on con- w. ract. Corbett, Clara to Casseli—Extension on contract. eaeventh avenue, I to L—To siga grading con- Dore, Howard to Folsom—TLights. B, Cand Second and Third avenues—Change of grades 1o crossings. Chenery, rairmount to Castro—Extension of ing, etc. time on g Devisadero, Oak to Page—Stone sidewalks: post- months. poned for three omyiree, Broadway 10 Union—To put’In good Powell, Broadway to Jackson—Repairing. Chenery, Fairmount to Castro—Reconsideration of action on sewering. ACCEPTANCES. Juniper, Folsom to Harrison—Bitumen. Kissling. Eleventh to Twelfth—Bltumen. Lay and Leavenworth, crossing—Basalt. APPEAL FROM ASSESSMENT. Serpentine avenue, lower terrace, to Serpentine road, grading, exc. CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. Carlos piace, O'Farrell to end—Bitumen. FULL ACCEPTANCE RECOMMENDED. Fell, Masonic avenue to Clayton— Bitumen. Fifteenth, Valencia to Guerrero— Bitumen. Grove, Laguna to Buchanan—situmen. Page, Gough to Octavia—Bitumen. San Carlos. Bighteenth to Sycamore—Bitumen. Twenty-second, Church_to Chattanooga—Basalt. ‘ell ana Ashbury, crossing—Bitumen. Fell and Clayton, crossing—Bitumen. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. T wenty-second Pennsylvania to Indiana—Grad- ing 20 cents, F. G. Drum. ‘Lwenty-gecond, Mississippi to Pennsylvania— Grading 23 cents, S, I Lent. i N south, Thirteenth to Fourteenth avenue south—Grading 10 cents, curb 15 cents, roadway 8 cents, sidewalk 2 cents, J. M. Handley. X south, Fourteenth to Fifteenth avenue—Same. Camp, Aibfon to Guerrero—Bitumen, 18 6-10 cents, John R. Morton; 1814 and 21 cents, Pacific Paving Compuny. Californla ana First avenue crossing—Paving 20 cents, $27 50 for corners, Pacific Paving Company. Green and Jones, crossing—Paving 1214 cents, Pacific Paving Company. Twelfth and Bernice, corner and sidewalks—$58 each corner, Thomas K. Jeal. Betina Vista, Waller to Thirteenth—Sewer, 14- inch, 85 cents, inlet $30, each manhole $50, Flinn & Tracey. Ford, Sanchez to Noe—Sewer, §-inch, 68 cents, mankole each $25, Thomas Philbin. Fifteenth avenue, Potrero to Utah—Sewer 71 ctx:\ll.sr,kx:‘nnhn‘lie g‘m 60, \T‘I,“”lm!. Belser & C:'x 25 and Sixteenth, crossing—Sewer and 1 50, Daniel Kelleher. 2 Street Committee’s Report. In favorot communications from Superintendent ©Of Streets, except for paving, etc. Franklin, Lombard to Bay, which was lald over six months. Recommending street work, filed May 16. Requesting clerk to readvertise for bids on street work filed May 18. Requesting extensions of timeon contracts of street work, filed May 18. Requesting certain street work be ordered done filed May 18, Requesting that the grading of Thirteenth, avenue, from H to I, be passed to resolution order- ing the work done, filed May 4. RECOMMENDED FOR ACCEPTANCE. Bernard, Leavenworth to Jones—Basait. Capp, Twenty-third to Twenty-four:h—Bitumen. y Devisadero, Thirteenth to Waller—Bitumen. Haight, Steiner to Piej itumen. Page, Shrader to Stanyan—RBitumen. Steiner, 1o Washington—Basalt, ‘es to Fell—Bitumen. Seveuteenth, Folsom to Shotwell—Basalt. Sanchez, Seventeenth to Eighteenth—Bitumen. Scott and Fell, crossing—Bitumen. Steiner, Washington to Jackson, conditional— Bitumen. RECOMMENDATIONS. Award of contracts for street work to lowest bidders, bids received May 18, except for: Eighteenth avenue south and L south—Crossing. Devisadero, Oak to Page—Sidewalk. Lauid over by committee—Chenery, Fairmount to Castro—Proposals for sewering, eté. Contract to regfade Twenty-fourth avenue from A 10 C, to John Tuttle; proposal opened April 20. Russell avenue, Mission to Paris, grading. etc.— Thet bids be rejected and_that proper:y-owners be allowed Lo perform the work. That clerk be directed to advertise for proposals on !mncm;fl of People’s Mutual telephone. Trausmitting a description of property on ex- tension of Ryan and Green, to be appraised, to Thomas Magee, A. S. Baldwin and G. H. Umbseu. 10 favOr of p otests of property-owners against paving, etc., Collingwood, Nineteenth and Twen- tieth, and referring same to Superintendent of Streets 1o start work with basalt. In favor of protests against paving, etc., with bitumen, Diamond, Seventeenth to Eighteenth, and referring same to Superintendent of Streets o start stone s{dewaiks. In favor of petition requesting bids be readver- tised for construction of stoue sidewslks on Ber- nard, Taylor 10 Jones. PROTESTS REPORTED FAVORABLY. Chenery, Castro to Randall—Grading. Cole, Haight to Walier—Stona sidewalks, Clayton, Haight to Waller—Stone sidewalks. Spear, Market to Mission—Sewer. Guerrero, Nineteeuth to Twentieth—Stone side- walks. Francisco, Taylor to Jones—Basalt. Frauklin, i.ombard 10 Bay—Paving, etc. First and Howard, corner—sidewalk. PETITIONS REFOBTED FAVORABLY. Dolores, Fifteenth to Nineteenth—Postponing for | six months paving, etc. Chenery, Castro (0 Randall—To withdraw from a protest. Work stopped for six months. Jones, G 10 Post—Stopping work on side- ‘walks for six months. Eighteenth avenue south and L, corners—Re- jecting bidsand referring to Superintendent of Streets. Commercial, Front to Davis—Directing Superin- tendent of Streets to repave with basalt. Russia avenue, Mission to_Paris—Grading, prop- erty-owners 10 perform work. Grove, Scott ‘toDevisadero—Stopping work on er tiil next fiscal y ollingwood, Eighteenth to Nineteenth—Stop- plng basalt, in favor of directing Lo pave with bitumen. Polk, Greenwich to Lombard—Grading, etc. ¥olsom, Third to Nineteeuth—Keducing side- | walks to fifteen feet, providing property-owners defray expense of change. Myrtle avenue, Geary to Larkin—Stopping work on sidewalks for ninety days. Elwood, O'Farrell 40 Masoa—For acceptance. Brannan, Ninth to Tenth—Extension of thirty days on paving. Jackson, Drumm to Davis—Plank sidewalks. “I'wenty-first, Dolores to Church—Six-foot sione sidewalk. Brannan, near Fifth—Plank sidewalk. Freelon, near Fourth—Plank sidewalk. Prospect avenue, Coso to Emerald—Sewer out- let. Army, Church to Sanchez—Plank sidewalk. Twenty-first, Potrero to Hampshire—Sewer. Moulton place—Sewer. Greenwich street, Leavenworth to Hyde—In favor of grading, and of referring to Superintendent | of Streets to recommend. Market to Mission—Sewer. Chelsea, Bush southerly—In favor ot empower- ing Ciiy engineer to reyort grades. 1, Scott to Devisadero—stone sidewalks. zabeth, Noe and Sanchez—Stope sidewalk, curbs. sion to county line— Establishing rading, etc. PROTESTS REPORTED ADVERSELY. Polk, Cedar to Geary—Stone sidewalks. Diamond, Eighteenth etc. Cole, Frederick to Carl—Stone sidewalks. Golden Gate, Filimore to Stelner—Stone slde- walks. Fillmore, Golden Gate to Turk—Stone sidewalks. ineteenth, Sancnez to Castro—Plank side- walks. Douglass, Seventeenth to Elghteenth—Paving, ete. PETITIONS REPORTED ADVERSELY. Baker, Clay to Washington—Reconsideration of aving. Fillmore, Vallejo to Green—Paving; extension of time. California, Central to Walnut—Release from sewer contract. Point Lobos and Fourth avenues—Release from water inle:s contract. Market and Devisadero streets—Release from in- let contract. Seventh avenue, L to N—Grading half width. Washington and Powell—Extension of time on | sidewalks. Eighieenth avenue south—Reconsideration of grading and paving. Aldine, Wiilard to Stanyan—Release of contract on gradiag, etc. PROTESTS PLACED ON FILE. Agalnst expenditure of public money for street sprinkling. Shotwell, sidewalks. PETITIONS PLACED ON FILE. Jackson, Steiner to Scott—Inspection of side- walks. Seventeenth to Eighteenth—Stone Stevenson and Herrmann—Sidewalk. Mariposs, Indiana to Pennsyivania—To insert bid of 17 cents in John Kelso's proposal for grad- i ng. Folk, Greenwich to Lombard—To readvertise for bids. Woyk has commenced. Van Ness, Pine to Hayes—Provision in tax levy for paving with bitumen. Van N ess—Requesting order declaring it a boule- ‘vard be put into effect. ALAMO 8Q UARE CONTRACT. Contractor required to proceed with work of | grading without delay. STREET WORK BARRED. ‘Twenty-first, Folsom t¢ Harrison — Paving stopped for six months. ASSESSMENT CONFIRMED. Eighteenth, Ashbury to Corbett—For expense of sewer. APPEALS FROM AUSESSMENT. Seventeenth, Santa Clara to Douglass—Regrad- ing; 1o be heard June 1, 3 . ac. ine, Devisadero to’ Broderick—Paving; to be heard June 1, 8 p. 3. PROTYSTS TO BE HEARD. Sixth avenue, Point Lobos to D—S3-foot bitumi- nous stdewalks, at 3 p. ., June 1. NEW TO-DAY. E. P. GRAY C. B. EAGER, o~ President. California Construction Company, CONTRACTORS FOR Street Work, Railroads, Teaming, Macadam and Concrete Rock. Granite Curbing, Cement, Gravel, Etc. Office—404 Seventeenth Street. Barns—533 and 535 Seventeenth Street. Telephone Mission 188-“ President and Secretary’s Office—659 Mark in 5780. Street, Room 12. Telephone M; Sign Painting Taught. 415 Market St. EVENING CLASSES. For Particulars call or address M. NICHOLSON. N. CLARK & SONS, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN SEWER PIFPE. Tel. Main 771, Office—17 and 19 Spear St. to Nineteenth—Paving, | [ NEW TO-DAY. CITYX Street Improvement Co. Rcoms 11 & 45, Fifth Floor, Nills Building. Telephone Main 5377. SACRAMENTO OFFICE: 411 J STREET. H. DUTARD ] £ J. W.McDONALD, Pres C.B. STONE S W.E DENNISON. T. B BISHOP 48 COL J H. MENDI J'W. MCDONALD [ £ Corps of Engineers, . E.DENNISONJ & (Retired), CoNSULTING ENGINEER. PROPRIETORS CONTRACTORS Santa Cruz, Cal., Al Kinds of Street and Work, Bridges _and King City, Monterey Co., i Constraction. . Jetties’ and BITUMEY MINES. : REAL ESTATE INVESTORS SHOULD HAVE THEIR TITLES INSURED Before purchasing. Property which does not have a perfect title 1sa bad investment. A policy of insurance in the CALIFORNIA TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY--- GUARANTEES A PERFECT TITLE, And secures the purchaser against all loas and demages incident to record defects. The Company has a paid up cash capital of $250,000 and a cash reserve fund of §25.000. Abstracts Made for the Use of Attorneys. MONEY LOANED on real estate at cur Tent rates. This Company has the best abstract planf west of the Rocky Mountains. OFFICE—MILLS BUILDING- OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: Timothy Hopkins, 4 J.S. Severance, N. T. Smith. A. C. Bassett President J. H. Swif .Vice-President F. C. Lewis. ....Secretary PACIFIC PAVING COMPANY (Incorporated 1887), GENERAL STREET CONTRACTORS. Santa Cruz and San Luis Obispo Bitu- minous Rock For Sale in Any Quantity. OFFICE—Rooms 108 and 108 Phelan Building. Telephone—Main 656. GRAY BROS. Concrete and Art Stone Work. CRUSHED TRAP ROCK 2 pop- e Macadamizing and Concrete. OFFICE--316 MONTGOMERY ST. Telephone Main 5111. A.E. BUCKMAN, 302 Montgomery Street, Room 4, GRADING, SEWERING, MACADAMIZING, BASALT and BITUMINOUS PAVING. TUNNEL, RAILROAD and CONCRETE WORK. OFFICE TELEPHONE Main 991. STABLE, STEINER AND WALLER STS,, Telephone West 14. WARREN & MALLEY, CONTRACTORS, 252 Montgomery St. Telephone, Main 1202 212 Ninth Str Telephone, South 161 Bay and Laguna Sts. Telepbone, West: 789. San Bruno Quarry. Telephone, Mission 200, 4 bells. ALIFORNIA ONCRETE OMPANY. g« Artificial Stone Pavements, Foundations, | Cellar Floors, Steps, Garden Walks and Orna« mental Work. 14 POST ST. Telephone Main 110. CUSHING-WETMORE COM_IZ\NY. CONCRETE AND ARTIFIGIAL STOME. FIRST QUALITY ONLY. | 508 CALIFORNIA ST., ROOM o. JOHN TUTTLE, CONTRACTOR, Telephone West 583. 516 Haight St ALVA B. CLUTE, President. C. S HARN Y, Vice-Pres. and Manager. Union Paving and Contracting Co., 302 MONTGOMERY ST. ENSIGN & McGUFFICK, LUBRICATING OILS, Paints,Varnishes, Nevada Compound,ete 23 SPEAR ST. Telephone 5320. P. & B, BRpER"C SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. PACIFIC REFINING AND ROOFING CO. 158 CROCKER BUILDING. Coal Tar, Asphalt, Roofing and Paving Pitch, Roof Paints, Roofing Felt. Felt, Pitch and Gravel Roofs ag put on by us are the standard roofs for business buildings in the most progressive cities of the Eastern States. The quality of our work is unexcelled anywhere, GEORGE GOODMAN, PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER OF ARTIFICIAL STONE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. =307 MONTGOMERY ST. NEVADA BLOCK. GOMPOSITION AND P- & BI GRAVEL ROOFING. Parafline Paint Co., 116 Battery Street, PHIEIP S "EAY: Artificial Stonework, Bituminous Paving Sidewalks, Driveways, Cellars, Ftc. 124 SANSOME STREET, ROOM 2. Yard—S. W. Corner Harrison and Eighth Streets. OFFIC JOHN E. MILLAR. THOS. B. SIMPSON. SUPSON & MILLAR, Seaxoners Records Branch Office, NW. cor. McAllisterand Larkin. 535 CALIFORNIA STREET. Telephone 1932. San Francisco FLINN & TREAGY. ART -- STONE -- SIDEWALKS -- AND STREET PAVEMENTS. S01 MONTGOMERY ST. FIRE PROOFIN GLADDING,McBEAN & CO. 1358 ~ 1360 MARKET ST. ROMAN BRICK c545ons tssanaco. TERRA COTTA No physician in the United States is so thoroughly equipped and well prepared to treat the sick and afflicted as this world- renowned specialist, who is permanently located at 737 Market street. San Francisco. 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