The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 2, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1896. HOW BOND-BUYERS JUDGE PROPERTY VALUES 1 Daniel Meyer and Other] Bankers in the Siebe Perjury Case. AN INTERRUPTED DAY IN THE TRIAL. Petition for a Writ of Prohibi- tion Argued in the Supreme Court. NO SENTENCE FOR CONTEMPT| OF COURT. [ Judge Wallace Took the Matter Under Advisement Until Next Wednes- day Morning. The Supreme Court had an inning with the Riebe perjury case yesterday, the mat- ter coming up before the court in bank on an application by Mr. Pillsbury, a railroad attorney, for a writ of prohibition to re- strair | company, but the expenditures, ete. 1 permanent way and improvements did | not represent the actual property of the | of | the company. Before the consolidation | the Powell-street was doing an unprofit- | able busines: It had never paid interest on its bonds, but had to borrow money for | that purpose. The Park and Cliff House road was operated at a loss. The Ferries and Cliff House Railway did not produce any earnings until the year prior to the | consolidation. The Omnibus Cable Com- pany earned $12,000 the last year, but the stockholders were being assessed to pay the operating expenses. The Park and Ocean road never paid expenses and was | not able to pay the Interest on the bonds. When the consolidation took place the stock of the constituent companies was exchanged for the stock of the consolida- | tion. No money was paid for the new stock. The company borrowed $2,000,000 from | banks in this City and left some of its bonds in escrow as security. Had it not been for the financial soundness of the di- rectors they would never have been able to have got the money for construction purposes. A. Borel of the banking firm of Alfred Borel & Co. testified that he was 8 member of a syndicate formed for the purpose of buying the bonds of the Market-street Railway Company. His memory beinz poor he was sent back to refresh his mem- ory. John Bigelow of the Nevada Bank was asked as to whether he knew of any pur- udge Wallace from proceeding on | chases of bonds of the Market-street Rail- | in the sitting-room; | ings. in the parlor, $56: silver-plated ware, crock- ery and glassware in the dining-room, $35; and 60 yards of carpet in the hall, $18. In the evening Mr. Giselman was further questioned in regard to the furniture in the house. The house and furniture, he believed, were insured for $33,000, the furniture’being insured, to the best of his recollection, at from $4070 to $5000. When questioned with regard to Judge Wallace’s income from rents at the time when the tax list in question was made out it was elicited that the Judee was receiving about $1900 a month at that time. Expenses being deducted the net monthly income was somewhere in the neighborhood of $1300. An examination of the books showed also that Mr. Giselman had at_ various times cashed warrants for Judge Wallace, on one occasion five State and two City &\'nrrnn(s having been cashed on the same ate. Judge Campbell smiled a wistfal smiie when Attorney Ackerman snggested that this was longer than his Honor kept his warrants. The amount of money in bank at vari- ous times was also looked into. In March, 1893, the amount was $3780. Asked if he had included this in the tax list for 1893, | Mr. Giselman replied that he probably had not. He did not know why. If the tax list for that year did mot show any money on deposit he could not account for it. He admitted that Judge Wal- lace must have known it if he had money in the bank. In rezard to a rumored $80,000 loan to the Spring Valiey Water Company, he knew mnothing. He had nothing to do with that, nor would he have known of it if the Judge obtained money from the sale of a piece of prop- erty. He admitted that, although he was not entrusted with the knowledgefof all the Judge's property, nevertheless, the Judge had submitted his tax statement to be made ont by him. Then Attorney Baggett wanted to know some more about the household belong- Agent Giseiman had little recollec- tion of the furniture; he remembered no oil paintings except some family portraits he didn’t know < [NERNEY MAKES A POINT | PROOUCE THE BOOKS CLUNIE TRIES TO TANGLE LT the application to on account of alleged underassess- This was the first proceeding brought before Judge Wallace. Mr. Pillsbury contended that the allega- tion that the Assessor had willfully neglected to ass the property of the Market-street Railway Company at its real cash value implied a crime and that the matter could not bz prosecuted save under an indictment by a Grand Jury. Justice Beatty asked Mr. Clunie whether a Superior Judge had a right to bring the Assessor before him because the Judge thought that the Assessor’s discretion was fault or did not tally with his own. Mr. Clunie said that he did not think so. T advisement. Owing to the proceedingsin the Supreme Court Judge Wallace adjourned ntil 2 p. M., at which time a large crowd was in attendance, expec! e cou er the Sheriff to cast into a dungeon lvinza Hayward, Charles G. Lathrop and J. L. Willcutt for contempt. Thomas I. Bergin and District Attorney Barnes were also present, and appeared to be very much interested in ths proceed- ings. Mr. Clunie read an atfidavit stating the facts connected with the alleged contempt on the part of the persons named as direc- tors of the Market-street Railway Company for having ordered Auditor Thomas to dis- obey. the order of court. Attorney McEnerney read authorities to | show that the president and other officials of a corporation could not take the books | out of the office without violating the law, | which provides that the books must re- main in the office of the corporation. An- other point was that the books were not | pertinent to the issue. whether McEnerney pleaded that the books might show whether a felony had been committed by Siebe, and whether he based his refusal on that ground. McEnerney replied that such was not the fact. Mr. Clunie argued that the testimony showed that Secretary Willentt had the possession and control of the books, and he was, there- fore, the proper person to make a de- mand upon for them. Judze Waliace asked Mr. Willcutt where the officers of the corporation were, and he replied that the president, Charles ¥ Crocker, is absent in the East on his wa; to Europe, and that First Vice-President H. E. Huntington isin Los Angeles. Judge Wallace again asked Secretary Willcutt whether he intended to obey the order of court and produce the books, and he replied that he aid not. The matter of contempt Wwas thereupon taken under advisement until 10 o’clock Wednesday morning. “Who was it that caused you to order Accountant Folsom to enter that fictitious sum of $10,000,000?’ asked Mr. Clunie, after the contémpt matter had been settled. *“We worked together,” was the reply, | “gand I did 1t as secretary of the company. 1 did it to make the books balance.” “Do you mean to tell me that you en- tered the fictiticus amount without con- sulting with the board of directors?” “Yes, sir. It was because $10,000,000 had been added to the capital stock by agree- ment of the board of directors.” In response to a question by Mr. Freid- enrich the witness replied that the re- maining §11,000,000 of the $21,000,000 for remove Siebe from | | | | | l t finally took the matter under | ng to see tne Judge | with an air of offended magisterial dignity | Clunie asked | way Company in 1893by the Nevada B He replied that he did, and Mr. Freiden- rich raised an objection to the testimony on the ground that the market valueof the bonds would not show the value of the property. Judge Wallace remarked that a property | which could support an issue of, say, ten millions of bonds above par, certainly had some value, and the value of the bonds would bear some relation to the | ‘[ value of the property. Mr, Bigelow replied that the bank bought $200,000 worth of the bonds, part | at par, and part above par. Mr. Hellman | bought them. | been established for those bonds. Hellman acted for a syndicate of which | the bank was a member. Mr. Freidenrich questioned the witness, He did not look mainly to the men who manage railroad properties, rather than to the value of the property itself. He re- plied that he did not buy bonds for the bank, but that he should first inquire into the propesty, and next to that to the financial management. Mr. Freidenrich looked diappointed and dropped the witness. “How do you fix the value of the bonds?” asked Mr. Clunie. “The sufficiency of the security. If the | want the bonds,” was the answer. Daniel Meyer said that he was a mer. | chant and knew something about finances. | He was a member of a syndicate organized | eighteen months ago, of which Mr. Borel | was made chairman and Mr. Smith of the Bank of California was secretary. The | syndicate bought $1,000,000 of the Market- | street Railway bonds with the privilege of taking another million at the same price. | Every one of the syndicate acted ou his |own knowledge. The witness knew at | that time that the Market-street Railway Company was doing a good business and had bought the other lines very cheaply. He knew that the road would be able to i pay the interest on the bonds. He knew, also, at that time that the bonds of the at §122 and that the bonds of the Market- g street Railway were seliing at from $122 to $124. He made no investigation into the value of the road because it had always paid its interest and the dividends. Here an adjournment was had until 10 | o’clock this morning. R SENTIMENTAL VALUES. Why Judge Wallace’s Furnlture Was Insured at Several Times Its. Assessed Value. The preliminary examination of Assessor | Siebe on the second charge of perjury was continued yesterday in Judge Campbell’s court. William Giselman, Judge Wal- lace’s agent, was on the stand during both | afternoon and evening session. During the afternoon the value of the household furniture was taken into con- sideration. Mr. Giselman, although not an cxpert on the subject, estimated the expert testimony, the appraisement of the property by Mr. Terry of Terry & Co. at $1462 30 was submitted. The following items of this appraisement, which was marked “Exhibit B,” may prove of interest to the curious. Fifty-five yards of Moquet carpet in the front sitting-room, $22; books in the library, $150; square piano, $90; 140 yards of carpet The market had not yet | Mr. | net earnings of the road were not suffi- | cient to pay the interest, nobody would | Omnibus road were selling in the market | | value of the furniture at aboat $1500. As | wnether the Judge had any cut-glassware, | Campbell at this point suggested that it | might be well to view the premises, and ncidentally remarked that he should like to see and possibly purchase some of the | $5 walnut sets. Mr. Giselman was again asked to ex- ain why the furniture assessed at $1900 | bad been insured at $4000 or $5000. He | could not account for it exccgt as Judge | Wallace had done—that it had a senti- mental value greater thar its market vaiue. The fact that the residence while | assessod at $13,000 was insured for nearly | $30,000 he could only explain by the same “sentimental vaiue.” At this juncture Judge Campbell ad- journed court until to-day at 2 o'clock, wher. Mr. Giselinan will be required to | produce the insnrance policies of the fur- | niture in question. OVERDOSE OF MORPHINE. A Frail Young Woman Ends Her Career Either by Accident or Design. Flossie Hamilton, a woman of the world, was found dead in her room, 319 | Sutter street, yesterday morning. Death | was due to an overdose of morphine, but | it is a question whether it was taken with suicidai intent. There are some who claim that the wo- man was a victim of insomnia and used | the drug as a promoter of sleep. They laim that she incautiously took an over- | dose. The dead girl was known as Flossie Hamilton, alias Ellen Farrell. She came here May 9 from Honolulu under the last name. Her companion, Miss Merson, 123 Powell street, claims that Flossie was married, but had left her husband on ac- count of scme domestic trouble. The elevator boy of the house said that the deceased had been drinking heavily and that she was intoxicated on Sunday evening. A note reading as follows was found in her room: Send me oue bottle of morphine and charge same to my account. Frossie HaMILToN. The body was discovered about 8 o’clock yesterday morning by Mrs. Dougherty, the landiady. From letters found in her room it was shown that her parents reside in Boston and that she was well connected there. Sheissaid to have a husband in Honolulu. o1 ———————— WANTS TO BE RIGHT. Constance Wachtmeister Has Something to Say About the Sixth Sense. The following letter received from Con- stance Wachtmeister yesterday is self- explanatory: To_the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SiR: Kindly correct an error which has crept into your journal with regard to myself. I under- stood from the reporter that Mr. Johnson had said that “intuition was the sixth sense, and those possessing it were actually sixth'race men and women,” and thus my condemnation of his teaching. The sixth sense when developed will be en- tirely different from intuition, which is at the present moment simgly the forerunmner of that sense which will be developed many centuries hence. As the mew thecsophical society has split itself away from the parent body it has at the {‘same time taken unto itself a new adept, an | Egyptian, the control of Mrs. Tingley. 1, who 1 adhere to the old society, give my allegiance and fidelity to Madame Biavatzky's master, a Hindoo adept, who was the ren? founder of the present society and 1s still 1ts head. CONSTANCE WACHMEISTER. Three-tenths of the earnings of a Belgian convict are given to him on the expiration of his term: of imprisonment. gome of | them saye more money in jail than they | bave ever sayed before, as he had never dined at the house, Judgs | AIRER SCHEDULE 10 UTAH POINTS, Some of the New Commod- ity Rates That Are to Prevail. WILL STIMULATE TRADE. San Francisco’'s Chances Against Chicago to Be Much Improved. as AN INTERESTING COMPARISON. It Is Expected to Put the Commodity Schedule Into Effect on the Twentieth. In accordance witk the understanding arrived at during the recent meeting of the trans-Missouri lines at Denver the South- ern Pacific Company igas prepared a new schedule of commodity rates into Utash based, as were the class rates published some days ago, on 75 per cent of the rate from Omaha into that State. Before the new deal the rates from San Francisco to Utah terminals were 8514 per cent of the Omaha-Utah rate, and the pro- posed rates are, therefore, 12145 per cent less than they would have been under the old agreement, ana gives San Francisco and California a much better opportunity for doing business in Utah than was ever before offered, particularly as against Chi- cago, whnich is the chief and most impor- tant competitor of San Francisco. While the class rates have been an- nounced to go into effect on the 15th inst. it is expected that the commodity rates will not be put in until the 20th, thougn an effort will be made to put the latter in at the same time as the class rates. Herewith are given some of the princi- pal new commodity carload rates from San Francisco to Ogden and Utah com- mon points in comparison with the rates from Chicago into the same territory, the figures showing the rates in cents per 100 pounds: [ san | CommoprTIES. Fran- | Chicago cisco to| to | Utah. | Utan. Aleohol, cologne, spirits, high | wines, whisky, ete., in wood, | valuea at 50 cents a gallon.... $1 1215 $1 80 Agricultural implement | 817188 irloor oilcloth £ Bacon.. Tin cans.. S Toy furniture and childre 1 1 1 o L e i 150 | 265 Butter, butterine, olcomargarine, 97%| 1 7 Crockery, queensware, earthen- WRES ol el g 133 Coffee, ronsted or ground. 145 Axle grease 125 Iron, bar, band and’ hoop. 110 Botlér-plate. . 110 Holts, nuts, washers. .. 110 Corrugated roofing 110 Horse and mule shoes 110 Structural iron. . 13714 Bridge material 1 | Glass and fruit jars. 1 Matches......... 13 Horseshoe nails.... g | Packing-house producis. 88151 1 Paint, earth and mineral, in | boxes, barrels or cask: 81 | 135 RICE ......o 6115 109 Resin..... A 5215 92 Soap, castile’ or imitation, com- | mon, chips | 70 |120 Soda ash. 49 92 Soda caustic 49 02 Silicate of soda. 49 92 Stoves...... ] 85 | 140 | Nails and spikes, cut or wire, in| boxes or kel & Siecles 10 Wire fencing, barbea | stayguards, eic. 62 | 110 In this connection Assistant General Freight Agent Sproule said vesterday: *‘An important feature of this method of basing rates is that a certain differential will always be maintained in favor of San Francisco, and the higher rate: placed the greater will be the differentiai in favor of the Pacific Coast.” TWO NEW BUILDINGS. Improvements on the Site of the Old Woodward’s Gardens. W. T. Scott is putting up two large three-story buildings on the northeast cor- ner of Fourteenth and Valencia streets. In the corner building there will be two stores, one fronting on Valencia strest and the other on Fourteenth street. Above the stores and in the Fourteenth- street building will be moderately equipped flats, eleven or twelve in all. The concrete foundations are now being laid, and the buildings, which will cost in the neighborhood of $20,000, will probably be compieted in three or four months. On the adjoining lot, 70x50 feet, a building will be commenced in a few weeks by R. B. Woodward. VINING'S LIST OF INJURED Fifty-Four Persons Knocked Down and More or Less Mangled. FISTIC EXHIBITION PERMITS. Supervisors Dimond and Benjamin Have a Little Spat Over the Matter. f)ver his own signature Suverintendent Vining of the Market-street Railway Com- pany admitted yesterday that the cars of the lines under his control had, during the past fifteen months, knocked down and injured fifty-four people, of whom five had died from the results, Mr. Vining’s lan- guage was carefully chosen in speaking of those who were fortunate enough toescape death. 'J:wenty-one people were classed as “‘not ger_xously hurt,” fourteen as “somewhat injured, but not seriously,” fourteen “more or less seriously” and five killed. g These figures were given by; Mr. Vining |ina communication to the Board of Su- pervisors, which was intended tc convince that body that fenders on the cars to pre- vent people from being mangled under the wheels would prove more of a danger than otherwise. Mr. Vining thought that the fender pro- jecgmg out in front of the car would give people less chance to avoid being struck than if no machinery hampered the car. The matter was referred to the Health and Police Committee. Supervisors Benjamin and Dimond had | 16-inch_sewer, $1: a very spirited little argument over the matter of granting boxing exhibition per- mits, and for a time it threatened to be- come personal. s Mr. Benjamin’s resolution taking the power of giving these permits out of the hands of the Mayor and placing it in_the hands of the board was under considera- | tion, and was vigorously opposed by Mr. | Dimond, who contended that the board | was not the proper body to grant such per- | mits, and that the matier should be placed | in the hands of a committee consisting of the Mayor, Chief of Police and License Collector. These officials would be able to determine if the exhibition was worthy of a permit and if one should be granted. The matter was finally referred to the | Health and Police Committee. | The manner in which the Police Court funds are handled, a matter that Las been | under investigation by the Grand Jury for some time past, was referred toin a com- munication to the board, which was, in part, as follows: The report of the expert shows that in many instances the clerks, instead of paying over each day money coliected by them for fines and forieitures and also money received as beil, have kept considerable sums of moeney in their possession for daysand even weeksata | time without turning the same over to the treasurer or rendering any account thereof. While there does not appear to be any actual shortage in the accounts of any of the clerks, yet in_ holding this money out as they have done there 1s & plain violation of the statute. The Grand Jury has not yet considered the criminal phase of this matter, though the violations of duty and law are numer- ous and manifest. The telephone franchise asked by the | People’s Mutual Telephone Company came up for consideration, and Superviser Di- mond moved that it be sent back to the | Judiciary Committee to have a clause in- serted prohibiting the sale of the privilege | by the parties to whom it was sold. This, | he said, would prevent its being made a | means of enriching speculators who might not intend to carry out the provisions of the franchise. Six ballots on the question of an arch tect for the new municipal buildirg were taken without effect and the matter went over for another week. e e g s STRI::ET IMPROVEMENTS. Detalled Summary of the City Work Before the Supervisors. At their meeting yesterday the Supervi- sors considered street improvements, a complete summary of which is given as | follows: AWARDS OF STREET WORK. Fifteenth and San Bruno crossing—Grading, 15 cents; Warren & Malley. Mariposa aud Utah crossing—Grading, 18% | cents: S. L. Lent. N south and Fourteenth avenue—Grading, 10 cents; roadway, 3 cents: sidewalks, 2 cents; curbs, 15 cents; M. C. Hogan. 3 vlvania to Indiana—Grad- ing, 20 cents; F. G. Drum. Iwenty-second, Mississippi to Pennsylvania— Grading, 23 cents: 3. L. Lent. N south, Thirteenth to Fourteenth avenues sonth—Grading 14% cents; roadway, 8 cent sidewalk, 2 cents: curbs, 15 cents Hogan. 14y cents: roadway walk, 2 cents: curbs, 13 cents; M. Canip, Guerrero to Albion—Bitumeu, cents: John R. Morton. “irst avenue and California—Bitumen, 20 cents; er stone sidewalks, $27 50 each; Pacific Pav- | ing Company. | ‘Twelith ana_Bernice —Stone sidewalk corner, | $58: Thomas R. Jeal. Buena Vista, Waller to Thirteenth — 14-inch | sewer, 85 cents; manholes, etc., each $30; water | inlet. $50: Fiinn & Treac Ford, Noe 10 Sanchez—8-inch_sewer, 60 cent manholes, each 835; Joseph G. Harney. Fifteenth, Potrero to Utah — 8-iuch sewer, 71 cents; manhol Co. Market and Sixteenth crossing—16-Inch sewer, $125: 18inch sewer, $1 50; Danel Keileber. Miguel to Fairmount—16-inch sewer, sch £30: Fiinn & Treacy. iguei—12-inch “sewer, 75 | Elinn & Treacy ! 18-inch sewer, $1; | Hoga | oles, Mateo to iholes, each § M ateo (0 Roanoke. Chenery, cents; m; Chener, manhole Chener; an & ‘I Teac, sel crossing # and’ Mij 12-inch sewer, 84 | cents: 14-inch se 93 cents; 16-inch sewer, $104: manhole: corners. each $81 25 erly corner, liams, Belser & Co. nenery, Roanoke to Castro—1 manholes, each $30; Flinn & Tre: Chenery and Mateo crossing—12-inch sewer, 70 cents: l4-inch sewer, 80 cents: 16-Inch sewer, $1; corners, each $85: south corner, $40: manhole complele, §30: Flinn & Treacy. Chenery and Koanoke—l4-inch sewer, 80 cents; manhole, $30: corners, each #80: southerly corner, $40; Fiinn & . RESOLUTION® ORDERING STREET WORK. Church, Seventeenth to Eighteenth—10-inch sewer, etc. Guerrero, Eighteenth to Nineteenth—Stone side- | nch sawer, y. sadero, Jackson to Pacifie—Stone sidewalks. Devisadero and Jackson—Stoue sidewalks, Twenty-second and Chattanooga—Stone side- wa ks, Gough, Filbert to Greenwich—Bitumen. B, Sixth to Seventh avenue—Grading. Fifth and Hairison—Stone sidewalk. ¥iith avenue, Point Lobos to D—Bitumen Fifth-avenue crossings— Bitumen. RESOLUTIONS OF INTENTION TO ORDER. Charles, Chenery to Southern Pacific Rallway— Grading. eto. Caledonia, Fifteenth to Sixteenth—Bitumen. Eighteenth, Dolores to Church—Bitumen. shteenth’ and Chureh crossing—situmen. heeenth, Church to Sanchez—EBitumen, ighteenth, Noe to Sanchez—Bitumen, Kighteen and Noe crossing—Bltumen. Vallejo, Pierce to Scott—Cobbles. granite curbs. Mission, I enth to Eleventh—Stone sidewalks. lores, Twenty-fourth to Army—Flank side- ks, Twenty-fifth, Guerrero to Church—Plank side- walks. Chattanooga, Twenty-fourth to Jersey—Plank sidewaiks. venty-second and 1 olores secord, Pair Oaks sidewalk: Steiner. Green to Union—Basalt. . TO LOWER A GRADE. Sixteenth avenue south and N south, 4 feet. APPEAL FROM ASSESSMENT. Serpentine, Lower terrace to Serpentine road— Sewer, etc. BIDS REJECTED. Green and Jones—Bitumen. LAFAYETTE PARK. Resolution that no streets are tended to be projected through it. PERMISSION TO RETAIN CURDS. Fillmore 1o Steiner — Artificial stone projected or in Grove, curbs. GRADES, ETC. +Bonita, west ot Polk—Recommendation of grades referred back to City Surveyor. Laidley, Fairmount to Castro—City Engineer au- thorized 1o make Surveys at cost of $280. Larkin, Laguna, Lombard ani the bay, sewer district—City” Engineer authorized to make sur- etc., at cost of $350. Laguna, Lombard, Van Ness and the bay, sewer district—City Engineer “authorized to prepare plans, etc., at cost of $350. EXTENSIONS GRANTED. Scott, Grove to Fulton—Paving, 30 days, Scott, Hayes 10 Grove—Paving, 30 days. Scott'and Grove—Paving, 30 days. Baker, Beach to Tonqnin—Grading. 90 days. Jefferson, Broderick to Baker—Grading, 80 days. Clay, Stefner to Scoti—Sidewa ks, 30 days. Matiposa, Pennsyivania to Mississippi—Grad- ing, 80 day Corbett, Clara to Douglass—Grading, 60 days. Corbett, Clara to Caselli—Grading, 60 days. g Fourteéuth avenue south and P-Gradiag, 10 ays. golwenty-fourth and Chattanooga—Sidewalks, 10 ays. ‘I'wenty-fourth and Dolores—Sidewalks, 10 days. CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. Carlos place, ' Farrell to end—Bitomen. FINAL ACCEPTANCE. Fell, Masonic 10 Ashbury—Bitumen. Feli, Ashbury to Clayton—Bitumen. Fifteenth, Valencii (o Guerrero—Bliumen. Grove, Laguna to Buchanan—Bitumen. Page, Gough to Octavia—Bitumen. San Carlos, Eighteenih to Sycamore—Bitumen. Iwenty-second, Church to ‘Chatianooga—Bitu- men Feil and Ashbury crossing—Bitumen. Fell and Clayton crossing—Bitumen. PERMISSION TO BLAST. Lombard, Kearny and Monigomery—To Cush- ing, Wetmore & Co. GRADES LOWERED. Second avenue and B crossin Second avanue and U crossing Third avenue and A crossing- Third avenue and B crossing—d feet, Third avenue and C crossing—1 foot. Communications, Etc. ACCEPTANCES RECOMMENDED BY SUPERINTEND- ENT OF STREETS. Folsom, Ninth to Tenth—Basalt. Folsom'and Ninth—Basalt. Folsom and Eleventh—Basalt. Folsom and Twelfth—Busalt. STREET WORK RECOMMENDED BY SUPERIN- TENDENT OF STREETS, Lombard, Van Ness to Br derick—Bitumen, with all necessary granite curos, cesspools, stone sidewalks, corners, etc. Also all intermeaiate crossings. “U'wenty-first, Potrero to Hampshire — 8-inch sewer (o couneet with Hampshi Octavia, Jackson to Broadway—Stone sidewalks. Octavia' ‘and Broaaway Crossing—stone side- walks, cary, Buchanan to Webster—Stone sidewalks, eary, Lazuna to Buchsnan—Stone sidewalks, Buchanan, Geary o Post—Stone sidewalks. Webster, Sutter to Post—stone sidewalks. Union, Scott to Devisadero—Stone sidewalks. Eighteenth and Guerrero, southeasterly corner— Stone sidewalks, | walks four feet, lald over for Lwo wee | Warren & Mall | Brano. 16,18 6-10 | Union Paving and Contractin cach $29 60; Williams, Belser & | fled Ma | bids for w! Sacramento and Baker, southeasterly corner— Stone sidewalks. Grove and Devisadero, northwesterly corner— Stone sidewalks. Stanyan, Hayes to Fell—12-inch sewer, etc. Stanyan and Fell—12-inch sewer, cesspools, e{C.y stone sidewalks, ei Stanyan and I'ell Intersection—Bitumen. PASS D TO RESOLUTION, ORDERING. Howard, Seventeenth to Eighteenth—Stone side- walks. EXTENSIONS RECOMMENDED RY SUPERINTEN- DENT OF STR Onondaga and Mission—Inlets, 30 days. Lombard and Polk—Cesspools, et>., Seventh avenue, Point Lobos to B—Grading, sselli, Falcon, Danvers—Grading, 80 days. Casselli aud Falcon, crossings—Grading, 30 days. KCOMMENDED FOR FULL ACCEPTANCE. Folsom, Ninth to Tenth—Basalt, Masonic. Waller to Frederick— Basalt. Masonic znd W aller crossing—Bitumen, Folsom and Ninth crossing—Basalt. Folsom and Eleventh crossing—Basalt. ¥olsom and Twelfth cros Basalt. APPEAL FOR ASSESSMENT. Montgomery and Shotwell—10-inch sewer. PROTESTS Chestnut and Polx crossing—Paving. Cole, Haight and Water—Paving. etc. Lombard, Kearny to Montgome: Blasting. Lafayette square — Against giving portion to water company. PETITIONS. Valencia, Seventeenth to Eighteenth — Stone | curbing. Folsom, Ninth to Tenth—For acceptance. H. Tenth to-} leventh avenues—Grading, etc. Montezuma and Shotweli—Light ng. Montezuma sud Shotwell — Water main and gs. Chapultepec, Coso to Esmeralda—Grading. Army, east of Castro—Middle grade. 10 Heights—>ewer, resuming work. neteenth—Alabama to Florida—sewer outlet. {wentieth, Ibarrison to Alabama—sewer outlet. th avenue, I to I—Grading. urteenth avenue south to P street—Extension 1t 10 days. J(iysenty-fourtn and Chattanooga—Extenslon of 0 day Twenty-fourth and Dolores—Extension of 10 days. Valencia and Mission—Site for park. +Buena Vista Park—From Park Hill Tmprove- ment Company asking $75,000 to improve. J ackson, Front to Davis—Plank sidewalks. Ninth avenue south, N (0o M—Extension of time on grading. South san Francisco—Laying of larger water | mains. NTINUANCES. Folsom, Third to Ninth—Reducing width of side- BIDS REJECTED UNOPENET Dearborn place, Seventeenth to Eighteenth— Paving, etc., on motion of Supervisor spreckels. No necessity for the work. LOWEST BIDS. Baker, Jonquin to Lewis—Grading 40 cents Chestnut, Larkin to Polk—Grading 37 cents, | John Kelso, Raflroad avenue, Eighteenth avenue south to Twenty-four:h avenue south—Grading 1434, road- idewalk 184, curb, 1474, John Kelso. i€, ‘I'wenth-fourth avenue to Thir 143, roadway 32, sidewalk John Kel A ave ue, Thirtieth to Thirly-fifth ave- h—Grading 12, roadway 254, sidewalk | 134, curb 15, M. . Hogan. Kailroad avenue, Thirty-fifth avenue to San rading 17, roadway 254, sidewalk 13, curb 15, M. C. Hozan Capp_and Tw fitth crossing—Bitumen 18 cents, Pacific Paving Company. Church, Eighteenth 10 X eenth—Paving, ba- | salt, 161/, curb 68, Union Paving and Contracting | Compan. Seventeenth to Eighteenth—Basalt rb 68, Union Paving and Contracting ugh to Octavia—Bitumen 1814, curb ng and Contracting Com pa 0 Uak—Bitumen 1915, curb 69, Company Twenty-first, Florida to Alabama—Sidewalks, plank, 6834, J. M. Handley. Palmer, s airmount to Whitney—Sewer 7614, manhole $25, J. M. Handley. Filimore Street Committee Report. In favor of recommending street work, filed | May 23. In favor of communication requesting exten- sions of time on certain contracts for street work, 25. RECOMMENDED FOR ACCEPTANCE. Fell. Masonic to Ashbury—Bitumen. Fell, Ashbury to Clayton—Bitumen. Fitteentl, Valencla to Guerrero—Bitumen, Grove, Laguna to Buchanan—Bitumen. Page, Gough to Octavia—Bitumen. n Carlos, Eighteenth to Sycamore—Bitumen. Twenty-second, Church to Chattanooga—Basalt. Fell and Ashbury crossing—Bitumen. Feil and Clayton crossing—Bitumen. RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMITTEE. Carlos place, O'Farrell southerly—Bitumen con- ditional acceptance. Award of contracts to low- est bidders for street work. received May 25, ex- cept for bitumen crossing at Green and Jones, ich are rejected. Cheners, Fairmount to Castro—Sewering award of contract 10 lowest bidder. In tavor of Robert Louis Stevenson Memorial | petition. Bonita, west from Polk—In favor of referring grades back to City Enginee Stanyan, Frederick (o Kighteenth—Stone side- walks: in favor of stopping proceedings for six months. Pierce, Broadway to Union—Street repairs; in | favor of stopping work for six months,: Harrison, Second to hird—Plank street; favor of stariing work with basalt blocks. Devisadero, Waller to Haight— Bitumen; in favor of referring 1o Superintendent of Streets. STREET WORK FAVORED. Fifth avenue, Point Lobos to D—Bitumen, Fifth avenue and A, B and C crossings—Bitu- men. Gough, Filbert :0 Greenwich—Bitumen. PETITIONS REPORTKD FAVORABLY. Julian avenue and Sixteenth—Sewer. Fourteenth avenue soutn and P crossing—Grad- ing: ten days’ extension. . ‘I'wenty-fourth and Chattanooga—Stone sige- walks: ten days’ extension. Tywenty-fourth and Do'ores—Corners: ten days’ extension. Corbett, Clara to Caselll—Grading; sixty days’ extensiou. Corbett, Clara to Douglass—Grading; sixty days' extension. Douglass, Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth—Side- walks. Twenty-third, Castro to Donglass—Sidewalks. Elizabeth, Castro to Douglass—Sidewalks. Bernice, Thirteenth northerly idewalks. Lombard, Kearny to Montgomery—Permission to blast. Grove, Fillmore (0 Steiner—stone curbs. Page, east Masonic-—Stone sidewalk. limore, Valiejo to Green—Nine-foot stone side- walks. een to Lembard—Bitumen. westerly— Paving. B, Cand nue—Change of grade. A, B, C and Third avenue. ‘hange of grade. Sixteentn avenue south, N south—Change of grade. PROTESTS BEPORTED FAVORABLY, Jackson, Powell to Mason—Sidewalk Fourteenth, Alpine to Broderick—Paving, etc. COMMUNICATIONS FEOM ENGINEER. B. Cand Second avenue—Change of grades fa- vored. A, B, C and Third avenue—Change of grades fa- vored. Larkin. Lombard, Van Ness to the bay—Sewer aistrict plans $350 favored. Lagupa, Lombard, etc.—Sewer plans $350 fa- vored. Lindley street, grades at cost of PROTESTS REPORTED ADVERSELY. Fifteenth, Guerrero to Dolores—Bitumen. Chesinut and Larkin—Paving. Dore, Harrison 1o Bryant—Reducing sidewalks, Brazil avenue, Mission to Paris—Grading. Polk, Greenwich to Lombard—Grading. Steiner, Turk to Eddy—Sidewalks. ACCEPTANCE REPORTED ADVERSELY . Haight, Steiner to Pierce—Bitumen. Recom- mended by Street Superintendent, roadway not in good condition. PETITIONS FILED. Powell, Broad way 10 Jackson—Repairing, Chene Fairmount to Castro—Sewering. Chenery, Fairmount to Castro—Delay on grad- ing. e e. Cole, Waller to Freder'ck—Stone sidewalk. Stanyan—To withdraw from protest against stone sidewalks. Bernard, Jones to Leavenworth—For acceptance. PROTEST PLACED ON FILE. Lombard, Kearny to Moutgomery—Blasting. COMMUNICATIONS FILED. From Fire Commission, recommending passage of order to prohibit tearing up more than one block of a street at a time. From Merchants' Association, regarding George Elder’s report on street sprinkling. From Sunsot District owners thanking this board for appropriation for establishment of grades and sewer sysiem. From James F ington and Cherry. APPEAL FROM ASSESSMENT. Serpentine place and Lower Terrace—June 8 set for hearing appeals. ‘airmount to Castro—In favor of an, regarding sewer at Wash- NEW TO-DAY PACIFIC REFINING AND ROOFING CO. 153 CROCKER BUILDING. Coal Tar, Asphalt, Roofing and Paving Pitch, Roof Paints, Roofing Felt. Felt, Pitch and Gravel Roofs as put on by us are the stindar! roofs for business bulldings o the P & B COMPOSITION AND PHILIP S. 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