The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1896, Page 9

PIERSON'S CHECK 1§ MANY PIECES, He Is Under a Charge of Robbery in Conse- quence. AN INTERESTING CASE. Accused of Stealing, Tearing and Swallowing the Bit of Paper. HE CLAIMS IT WAS HIS OWN. The Complaining Withess Is Mrs, C. B. Yerex, Clerk in a Collec- tion Agency. Eugene Pierson, an artist for the Eureks Art Company, Flood building, is in the unenviable position of being booked at the City Prison on the charge of robbery. Pierson did not pull a gun and present it at any one’s head with a demand for money on pain of death. He simply tore up a check which was handed o him by a lady and according to' the lady's story swallowed the pieces. According to appointment Pierson called at the office of George W. Hollister, Eugene Pearson. room 503, Spreckels building, Market street, between 12 and 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon. He was indebted to Mrs. Lib- bey, another artist for the Eureka Art Company, in the sum of $9 and Mrs, Lib- bey had given the note into Hollister’s hands for coilection. Mzs, Libbey had received from Pierson a check for §30 on the Becurity Savings Bank of Minneapolis, which she claims she was to hold as collateral security. ‘When Pierson called Hollister was out, but Mre. C. B. Yerex, his clerk, received him. He asked to see the papers in con- nection with Mrs, Libbey's claim, and Mrs. Yerex handed them to him. Pierson, to Mrs. Yerex's surprise, tore the check into pieces. Then there was a scene. Mrs. Yerex called Attorney J.J. Doran, whose office adjoins Hollister’s, to her assistance, and Doran and a gentleman who happened to be in the office detained Pierson while Mrs. Yerex telephoned to the Central police station for an officer. Policeman Thomas Cavanagh answered the call and, as instructed, arrested Pierson on a charge of robbery. He was searched for the pieces of the check, but they could not be found. Mrs. Yerex was seen later. She said that Pierson’s note to Mrs. Libbey was due yesterday. He called and asked to see the papers. “I handed them to him,” she said, *‘and without any explanation he tore up the check. Mr. Hollister was out,and as I was in charge of the office and responsible for the documents in it I felt angry at the trick played upon me. “There was a gentleman in the office who was a witness to what occurred. He and Mr. Doran searched Pierson for the torn pieces of the check, but they could not find them, and Pierson admitted he had chewed and swallowed them.” Mrs. Libbey was also seen. She said she first loaned Pierson $4 and then $5 and he gave her a note for the $9, payable yes- terday, and also the check as security. “The check was for $30,”" she said. “It was drawn on the Security Saving Bank of Minneapolis in favor of Pierson and was signed J. W. Taylor. I am afraid there was something crooked about that check, otherwise he would not have done away with it.”? Pierson, who is a gentlemanly looking young fellow 22 vears of age, feels his posi- tion keenly. He was at first disinclined to talk, but ultimately told his story with- out reservation. “I admit owing Mrs. Libbey the $9,” he said, “‘but the note is not due till next Monday. It will speak for itself. Hollis- ter had been dunning me for the money and on July 4 he asked me to call Satur- day, but I told him Fcouldn’t, but would call on Monday. “1 ascertained that Mrs. Libbey had given Holiister the check for $30 which I gave her to keep for me under circum- stances and conditions that she knows very well. It was not given as collateral security and had nothing to do with the debt T owed her. I was angry at her giv- ing the check into Hollister’s custody, and when Mrs, Yerex handed it to me to-day I tore it up for good and sufficient reasons. “In the first place it was wrongfully in Hollister’s custody and in the next place it was my own eheck. It was not signed by J.W. Taylor. It was signed by myself ind made payable to a man in Minneapo- is, whose name I do not care to mention. That man is my debtor and T had glvep nstructions to Jake Rauer to bring suit izainst him for recovery of the sums he wes me, “It was not reasonable I should wish ‘hat another check payable to him should % available for circulation when I was bringing suit against him for money tready due to me. These were the rea- ‘ons why I tore up thecheck. = “Itis not true thatI confessed to having 'wallowed the pieces of the check. I am i¢ither a paper nor glass eater. "1 have been in this City about two. 7ears and a half, I have worked for the “honicle and also for the Globe Publish- ing Company during that time, and am now employed by the Eureka Art Company. IS IT ABDUCTION ? Strange Reports As to the Unhappy Life of a Little Mexican Boy. A strange case of inhumanity has been reported at the office of the Society for the Prev.ennon of Cruelty to Children. A Mexican woman living in one of the by- ways of the Latin quarter has been ob- served beating and otherwise abusing a boy of 12 years, who is generally believed to be her son or grandson. From a pri- Vvate source, however, information has been received at the society’s headquar- ters to the effect that the boy was ab- ducted from his home in Mexico by a son of the woman. The case is being thoronghly investi- gated, and if found to be as stated an effort will be made to send the boy back to his home and family. DON'T LIKE SIEBE'S FIGURES. Two Big Protests Sent in to the Board ' of Equalization. Among the protests against assessments sent in to the Board of Equalization yes- terday were two from large corporations— the Crocker-Woolworth Bank and the Mutual Electric Light Company. The bank wanted - its assessed valuation reduced from $461,250 to $4500, on the ound that its fixtures, amounting to the atter sum, are the only asseis taxable in this State, all the rest being exempt. The light company complained that it was asgessed for a $50,000 franchise which it does not possess and that its own state- ment was the only correct one. DEPENDS ON THE COURT, The Donahue Fountain May or It May Not Be Erected. The Executors of the Estate Are Awaiting Judge Angelotti’s Decision. The decision of Judge Angelotti of | Marin County will determine whether a fountain shali be erected in S8an Francisco in honor of the memory of Peter Donahue. This question, growing out of the settle- ment of the estate of J. Mervyn Donahue, was submitted to the court in San Rafael June 16, and a decision nay be given any day. Colonel Mervyn Donahue desired that a fountain should be erected at the intersec- tion of Bush, Battery and Market streets, which should in a sense honor the me- chanics of San Francisco and perpetuate the memory of his father. Accordingly a provision was made in his will devisifg $25,000 to carry out the enterprise. Counsel for the widow of the testator argued before the court at San Rafael that the bequest was a charity, and objected to the expenditure of that amount of money belonging to the estate. The executors of the will of J. Mervyn Donahue knew that the testator cherished this idea of a public fountsin, which should stand as a monument to the mem- ory of Peter Donahue, and are therefore desirous of carrying out the bequest ac- cording to the terms of the will. The tes- tator had in view more than the single urpose of honoring the Donahue name. e desired to render a tribute to the me- chanics of San Francisco, as the founder of the Donahue fortune was a hard-work- ing and successful mechanic. The estate of J. Mervyn Donahue was large, but there were many debts to liqui- date and business enterprises to adjust. The heirs may not have received as much money as they expected, yet very large sums have been paid to them—sums so large that the fountain bequest seems trivial. Peter McGlynn, one of the executors of the estate, was asked yesterday what the E{roupecu were for building the fountain, e replied that everything depended on the decision of the court, which might be rendered any day. He was hopeful the decision might be favorable to the cause which Mr. Hanlon, the attorney of the ex- ecutors, represented During the hearing of the case in San Rafael the Judge made several suggestions or observations which served to indicate that he dida not regard the provision fora fountain as a charitable bequest as common sense and law in. terpret charity. Mr. McGlynn said: “If the court de- cides in our favor we will proceed at once to erect the fountain. Should the court hold that the bequest isacharity and sub- ject to the limitations of charitable pe- quests the fountain will not be erected.” ———————— Bchool children in Victoria, Austr: are carried on the tramcars free. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1896. HURRYING THE LAGGARD VOTERS, Measures Taken by the Election Commis- sioners. THE TIME GROWS SHORT. Twenty Additional Office Clerks to Be Appointed at Once. CHOOSING ELECTION OFFICERS. A Special Meeting on That Subject to Be Held To-Morrow Morn. ing. The Board of Election Commissioners have aroused to the fact that danger exists that all the voters of San Francisco will not be registered by the time registration closes on August 3,and this as well as other important matters occupiéd the Commissioners at yesterday’s session. In order to facilitate registration in every possible way it was decided to hire at once twenty additional clerks at $125 per month each to insure prompt attend- ance on those who call at the bnreau to go through the necessary form. Heretofore the office has been open on Saturday nights only, but from now until August 3 it will be open for the accommodation of prospective voters from 7 to 9 each even- ing. In order to warn all voters that their time for registering is growing short, it was decided to employ five wagons to travel the streets, carrying transperancies calling attention to the date of closing and telling voters where they may register. This measure was the result of an opinion rendered by City and County Attorney Creswell, that while he was inclined to think that precinct registration would be legal he was not at all sure, and thought that 1t would be better to be on the safe side and have all of the San Francisco vo- ters register at the Hall. Both wings of the local Democracy were represented at the meeting, Messrs. Roth- child, Donovan and O’Brien looking after Buckley’s interests, while Max Popper kept an eagle eye on those of the Jjunta. ‘When the question of selecting election officers came up, and it became apparent that the time-honored custom of allowing the County Committees to select the names of those who are to serve was to be | kicked over in favor of a new plan, there | was a scurrying on both sides. Commissioner Creswell exploded the | bomb when he mentioned the plan to be pursued. It was to appoint two Demo- crats and one Republican and allow them | to select the names. These men must be | citizens above reproach and competent to select proper officials. ‘When this committee has finished its work it will hand the result of its labors over to the commission, which will revise the list to suit its own ideas. The plan was perfect!ly satisfactory to the Republicans and Junta representatives present, but did not suit the Buckleyites, who talked of chances for fraud and other disagreeable things including a combina- tion between the Republicansand Junta people to shut out the ‘‘regulars.” No_vote was taken on the plan, though all the Commissioners expressed them- selves in favor of it and it will be further | discussed at a special meeting to be held on Wednesday morning next. Registration is increasing day b; day and yesterday the office was crowded trom opening to closinghours. Judge Hebbard will hold court this even- ing, between the hours of 7and 9 o’clock, to naturalize citizens. The last day for naturalization will be August 3, 1896, — Two Runaways Yesterday. ‘While Dr. I. W. 0’Rourke was driving on the San Bruno road vesterday morning, with his little son and Milk Inspector Dockery, the horse ran away, the occupants were thrown irom the buggy and the doctor is aflicted with & compound fracture of one of his legs below the knee. He was removed to the German Hospital. The others were not hurt. A runaway horse, belonging to Wessel Bros., ran through the plate-glass window of & shoe- store at 328 Bush street yesterday morning, &nd it was lucky for customers inside that the stuck in the window-frames and held Mr‘e. Proprietor Utschig of the shoestore laments the damage of considerable in uli:l‘l.t‘lon to the loss of $50 worth ®f plate- g SESNON'S SLEEK MOVE, He Is Said to Have Rented Himself a House at a Low Figure. Agnes M. Agar and John G. Agar have brought serious charges against John J. Sesnon, who during the lifetime of Joseph Macdonough was that gentleman’s confi- dential agent. The Agars were appointed executors of the will of the wealthy coal merchant, and Sesnon was retained in their employ after Macdonough’s death. As confidential agent he knew more about the business and holdings of the estate than did the executors, hence his advice was taken in consummating many transactions. It is charged that Sesnon abused the confidence 1eposed in him and while pretending to lease some Market-street property belong- ing to the estate to one James Winslow really leased it to himself, through Wins- low, a rate much below what should have been obtained. The property in question is situated on Market street, just west of Spear, and was leased to James Winslow on July 23, 1895, for a term of five years, at a rental of $250 per month. 5 In the complaint filed it is claimed that the lease was made at the advice of John J. Sesnon, the executors believing that he was acting as their agent and in their in- terest. Now it is believed Winslow was employed by and acting in tne interest of Sesnon to procure the lease and hold it in trust for him. At any rate, Winslow has since assigned the lease to George H. Ses- non, a brother of the defendant, who has sublet the premises for a total rental of $310 per month. It is therefore prayed that the lease to Winslow be set aside and declared void. ittt Sttty OPENING A NEW AVENUE. South San Francisco to Have a Pleasant Drive to the Five-Mile House. Contracts Let and Work to Commence as Soon as the Surveys Are Made. Sonth San Francisco is expecting to be brought into prominence by the extension of Railroad avenue from Eighteenth ave- nue to the Five-Mile House before another year passes. To obtain this desirable re- sult it will be necessary to grade that avenue from its intersection with Eighteenth avenue to 1ts connection with the main County road at the Five-mile House. The contract to accomplish this has been already let in two sections, and the City and County Survevor has now men in the field fixing the grades. As soon as this work is complete, which wili be in the course of two weeks, the contractors will start on the job and push it to completion before the autumn rains impede their labors. he first section from Eighteenth ave- nue to Twenty-fourth has been let to John Kelso and the second section to M. C. Hogan, who is now cuiting down N street on the east side of the Catholic Orphan Asylum, between Fifteenth and Eighteenth avenues. When this work is finished it will afford a splendid driveway from the eastern por- tion of the City along Kentucky street to the San Bruno road and county line, skirt- ing along the San Francisco bay througha scenic valley rich in vegetable gardens and dairy farms. The Market-street railroad combine h: given hopes that the electric line of ca will run on this new thoroughfare as soon as finished, thus opening up the fertile valley for residence buildings, whith will afford a pleasant location for the thous- ands of workingmen employed about the Potrero who are by necessity compelled to live in the narrow streets and lanes of a crowded city, and who are sabject to double carfare at the whim of Mr. Vining should they wish a transfer from any of the direct lines runnm;in that direction, as is the case with the Filimore and Ken- tucky streets line. In addition to this proposed roadwork, Thirteenth avenue, between L and M streets, on the east side of Railroad avenue, is being cut down to grade, and will when finished extend the building area of that section as a business center, a necessity long felt by the residents. New Sub-Station. F. H. Jones, First Assistant Postmaster-Gen- eral, has authorized the establishing on August 1 0f & sub-station in the Emporium building. The compensation is fixed at g‘;oo per annum, the new office to be known as station H. Stamps and money orders will be sold and let- ters registered at the new branch. No carriers, however, will be in attendance at station H, [ —_—— Mr. Edison receives 8000 letters a week, - RESIDENCE -FOR-HENRY FROMMAN *E3Q ¢ 1 * SALFICLD -ano KONLBERG-ARCH ™« e e e ——— ettt et e e . Henry Frohman, of the firm of Xohlberg, Strauss & Frohman, is erecting a residence at the southeast corner of Clay and Locust streets, that will be, when completed, one of the prettiest houses in that section of the City. The description of the house is furnished by Balfield & Kohlberg, the architects for the same. The lot is 62:6 by 110. The house is to be a two-story structure with finished basement and attic. Itis to be of modern style of architecture. From the street, marble steps lead to & wide portico, and thence into the reception-hall. The latter is 13:6 by 22, and will be finished in natural curly redwood. The ceilings will be of beams ana panels of this wood. From the reception-hall, sliding doors lead into the reception-room, music- room, dining-room, smoking-room and conservatory. The dining and smoking-rooms are to be finished in the same style as the reception-hali, The music and reception rooms will be finished in white and gold. A broad staircase leads from the reception- room to the basement to a social room 32 by 35. On the second floor, which is reached by a massive oak staircase, are located bed- rooms, a library and sitting-room, bathrooms, large closets, etc.; while in the attic are servants’ rooms and a large playroom {;finery, etc. The house will be supplied with all modern conveniences, and the large lot will permit the laying out of a pretty and attractive lawn and flower garden, It is expected that the house will be ready to be occupied about January L FREE TELEPHONES FOR THE CITY. Supervisor Taylor Demands Them for a Fran- chise. PRESENT COST OF BOXES The Municipality Pays Over Fourteen Thousand Dollars Per Annum. MUNICIPAL BUILDING AWARDS Banks Gets Second Prize, Mooser Third and Havens & Toepke Fourth. . Chairman Taylor of the Finance Commit- tee of the Board of Supervisors was ‘‘loaded for bear” when the question of awarding the franchise asked for by the People's Mutual Teiephone Company came up be- fore the board yesterday, and declared himself distinctly against the giving away of any more valuable franchises. “I have been looking this matter up,” he said, *‘and I find that its telephone ser- vice costs the City annually $14,048 48, which sum I will venture to say is far greater than most of the members of this board imagined it was. “One of these franchises offers the City forty telephones free of charge, and the other 100 phones, with an aaditional fifty boxes within ten years. I do not consider either of these offers to be sufficient. We bave 300 telephone boxes in use in the dif- ferent departments of this City govern- ment, and I think that the corporation or company receiving the franchise should give us these free of charge. “Telephones are costing the City alto- gether too much, and some means should be devised to regulate the matter. I find that in one municipal department the office is charged $60 per month for switches alone, most of which were used by out- side parties. This is not right, and I think that the regulation of the matter should receive the serious attention of this board.” 1t was decided to consider the subject of the franchise at a special meeting to be held at 2:30 o’clock on Monday next. The question of awarding the second, third and fourth premiums for the designs for the new municipai building was taken up, and after eight ballots had been taken the second prize of $750 went to W. O. Banks with seven votes. For the third prize of $500 Mooser & Mooser bad eight votes on the first ballot and were awarded the premium. Havens & Toepke received the fourth prize of $250 with ten votes on the first ballot. Supervisor Taylor introduced a resolu- tion closing all salcons in San Francisco, except by special permit, between the hours of 12 x. and 6 A. ». It was referred to the Health and Police Committee. The old fight between red and blue rock was reopened when Supervisor Dimond in! uced a resolution aliowing con- tractors to use red rock in street work. The measure was referred to the meeting of the board to be held on the telephone franchise. s STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Detalled Report of All the Work on the Streets Before the Board. The following 1s & full account in sum- mary form of the street improvements considered by the Board of Supervisors yesterday : AWARD OF CONTRACTS. Baker, Tonquin to Lewis—Macadam roadway 72 cents, redwood curbs 15 cents, plank sidewalks 80 cents, Warner & Malley. Cole, Frederick to Carl—Stone sidewalks 84 cents, United Paving Companies. Cole, Walier to Frederick—Stone sidewalks 9 cents, Flinn & Treacy. Clayton, Walter to Frederick—Stone sidewalks 9 cents, Flinn & Treacy. Sheridan and Ninth, corner—Stone sidewalk $30. W, J. Forde. Lyon. Jackson to Paclfic—Stone sidewalks, 1414 cents, Gray Bros. ermann, Laguna and Market—Ten-inch sewer 78 cents, fourteen-inch sewer 93 cents, manhole each $28'50, Daniel Kelleher. RESOLUTION ORDERING STREETWORK. Caledonia alley, Fifteenth to Sixteenth—Stone sidewalks. Eighteenth and Noe crossing—Bitumen, Stetner, Green to Union—Basalt. Vallejo, Peirce to Scott—Cobbies. Mission, Tenth to Eleventh—Stone sidewalks. Twenty-fitth, Florida to York—Plank sidewalks. Twenty-s and Dolores, northeast, southeast 8nd northwest corners—stone sidewalks. Fillmore, Green to Vallejo—Bitnmen sidewalks, cobbies. Lyon, Calfornia to Pine—Bitumen. Tinden ayenue, Buchanan to Webster—Basalt. Linden avenue, Laguna to Buchanan— Sasalt. Myrtle, Uctavia to Laguna—Bitumen. Orange, Twenty-fifth 10 Twenty-sixth—Bitumen. Octavia, Greenwich to Lombard—Situmen. Pierce and Filbert—Granite cross-walks, basalt. Peirce, Eddy to Ellis—Bitumen. Steiner, Oak to Pace—Basalt. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ORDER STREET WORK. tral avenue and Hayeq crossing—Sitamen, S aaln wvasitio and HAtghs Sieting - P un, Haight, Masonic avenue (0 Ashbary—Bitumner, iIrh e “JHaiunt and Ashbury crossing—Bitumen. Haight, Ashbury to Clayton— Bitumen, curb and 'mnulnl’i-d Clayton -Bitumen. Haight, Clayton to Cole—Bitumen, curb and ks mn.;n: and Cole crossi: -Bitumen. Hatgnt, Cole to ler—Bitumen, curb and 't ght and Shrader crossing—Bitumen. 5 dnflfl::' Shrader (o Scanyan—Bitumen, curb and owalks. ‘Sanchez, Twenty-fourth to Tweny-ffth—Plank sidewalks. WII:ler. Thirteenth to Fourtéenth, west side— granite corb. Powell, Green to Unton, west side—Sidewalks. Clay and Fillmore, northwest corner—Sidewalk. Guerrero, Fourteenth to Fifteenth—Curb and sidewalks. Fourteenth, Valencia to Guerrero—8idewalks. Seventeenth, Castro to Douglass—Sidewalks. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO CHANGE GRADES. Mariposa and Pennsplvania avenue—21 feet. and Towa—30 feet. Mariposa and Indiana—17 feet., Jowa aud Mariposa—30 feet, )(w.nmp(-.. 150 feet east of Pennsylvania avenue o 6. GRADES TO BE FINISHED. ‘Harrison, Twenty-fifth to Twent; Twenty-sixth, Harrison to Treat avenue. Treat avenue, Twenty-fifth to Twenty-sixth, BIDS REJECTED. Shrader to Stanyan—Sewer, 0 Se venth—Basalt. Twenty-seventh—Plank side- BIDS READVERTISED. ifornia and Fillmore—Stone sidewallk, %’lflnua and Central avenue—Sewer. PROTESTS TO BE HEARD. ‘Minna, First to Second—Against stone sidewalks, July 27, 3 P. M. ‘Thirteenth, Sanchez to Noe—Against stone side- walks, July 47, 8 2. 2 STREET EAILWAY TO PAVE BETWEEN TRACKS. Elghth, Market to Folsom—Superintendeut of m.{n & have street between tracks improved. PRIVATE CONTRACTS. Fulton, Lyon to Central avenue—Bitumen. " Sixteenth to Seventeenth—Bitumen. Noe, Fouru fteenth—kitumen. Fourteenth to Fif Frank!in crossing—Basalt, ‘Waller. De Long to Masonic—Sewer. Seventh avenue, K to L—John grading, ete. Clement Tuttle, curbs, Clement Church, Seventeenth to Eighteenth—Ten-inch sewer, manholes, etc. Sixth, A to B—sewer, Sixthand B—Sewer. STREETS EXPUNGED FEOM MAP. 3:-"“.»:2"&"" through Mission blocks 4: .1"# 50. mmencing E: third avenves south. X 5 'y Engineer to furnish cost of grades. Railroad avenve, Twenty-fourth to Thirtleth Aavenues south; cost $262 50. EXTENSIONS OF TIME. Baker, Beach to Tonquin—Macadam, etc., 80 flfiktn Lombard to Beach—Macadam, etc., 80 Broderick and Chestnug 3 R ut crossing—Macadam, ey coster, Francisco to Bay—Macadam, eic., 90 d:?nb-ur and Bay crossing—Macadam, etc., 90 s. Eighteenth avenue South and K street South crossing—Macadam, 90 da; > ays. Jefterson, Broderick to !fl‘ilr—(}rld'. 90 N street South, Tenth to Eleventh avenue South —Grade, etc., 90 davs. N streec South, Twelfth to Thirteenth avenue South—Grade, ete., 90 days. Fifteenth and San Bruno avenue crossing— Grade, etc,, 90 days. 2 Baker, Tongin to Lewis—Grade, etc., 80 davs. 3 Broderick, Lombard to Chestnut—Grade, ete., 90 ays. B street, Seventh to Eighth avenue—Grade, etc., 20 days. Polk and Lombard—Cesspool, etc., 15 days. Onondaga to Mission— Water inlet, etc, 15 days. Tenth avenue South, Rallroal to P South— Grading, etc., 90 days. Lafayetie Park—Grading, 20 days. FULL ACCEPTANCES. ‘Webster, Osk to Page—Bitumen. Laurel, Sacramento to California— Bitumen, Feil, Clayton to Cote—Bitumen. Fell and Cole, intersection— Bitumen. Fell, Cole to Shrader—Bitumen, Fell and Shrader, intersection—Bitumen. Fell, Shrader to Stanyan—Bitumen. Diarket and Noe, crossing (conditional)—Bitu- men, Grove, Baker to Lyou—Bitamen. Waller and Devisadero, crossing—Bitumen, ACCEPTANCES. Van Ness avenne, Union to Filbert—Bitumen. Van Ness avenue and Filbert crossing—Bitumen. Van Ness avenue, Filbert 1o Greenwich—Bitu- men. Walnut, Sacramento to Clay— Bitumen. Cherry, Clay to Sacramento—Bltumen. Willow avenue, Gough to Octavia—Bitumen. Baker, Clay to Washington—Bitumen. Sixteenth, Folsom to Harrison—. t. Folsom, Seventeenth to Eighteentn— Bitumen. BIDS RECONSIDERED. Market, Valencia to Church—Curbs, bitumen. NOTICES OF STRERT WORK. Devisadero. Haight to Waller—Bitnmen. Frauklin, Green (o Unjon—Bitumen. Franklin, Union to Filbert—Bitumen. Franklin, Fiivert to Greenwich—Bitumen. Frauklin, Greenwich to Lombard—Bitumen. Green wich, Broderick to Baker—Bitumen. Lombard. Van Ness to Polk—Basalt. Van Ness, Vallejo to Green, east side—Sidewalks. Vay Ness and Green, northeast and southeast corners—Sidewalks. Lake, First to Second avennes—Bitumen. Second avenue, California to Lake—Bitumen, Second avenue'and Lake crossing—Bitumen. Second avenue, Californiato Clement—Bitumen. Second avenue, Clement to Point Lobos ave- nue—Bltumen. Thirieenth, Folsom to Harrison—Sewer. INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. California, Walnut to Central avenue—To pro- vide for sewer in north side. Sixth_savenue, Lake to Golden Gate Park—To cause Market-street Company to repair roadway. GRADES ESTABLISHED. Chelses piace, 114:6 feet south from Bush— 113.76 feet. 137:6 south from Bush—118.40. Chelsea, Bush to its southern termination—To conform with grades. PETITIONS REFEREED TO STREET COMMITTEE. Harrison, Second to Third—E. G. Pierce for im- provement. Cedar avenue, Van Ness to Franklin—San Francisco ¢ ion and Rellet Society 10 omit from map. Ash, Gough 10 Octavia—Property-owners to owit from map. Elizabeth, Sanchez to Noe—George W. Frink to 1ay five-foot stone sidewalk. Van Ness Bonlevard—Repeal be laid over one or two weeks. Sacramento, Front to Davis—To repair sidewalk. Commercial, Front to Davis—To repair sidewalk. Seventh, Howard to Folsom—Property-owners, stone sidewalks. Decatur, from Bryant In block 411—To omit from map. Fifteenth, San Bruno to Kansas—Jobn E. Mason, for rehearing of protest against grading “Thirty-seventh avenue, 150 north of Point Lobos —Adolph Sutro, for intermediate grade. Noe and Duncan—Property-owners, for change of grade. Duncan, Noe to Sanchez—Change of grade. California, Central to First—Richmond Improve- ment Association, for grading. etc. Fulton, Hayes, Masonic and Cole—L. D. Block, for permission to gruae streets in the district. Jullsn avenne and Sixteenth—Twelve-inch sewer. Russia_avenue, Parls to Moscow—Property- owners, for grades. Brazil, Paris to Munich—Property-owners, for es. B reacott place—D. O'Coanar, for new grade. I‘:lllu‘blelh. near Castro—Mrs., Lee, for six-foot ewalk. Twenty-first and Chattanooga—Property-owners, ralse of grade two feet, etc. Point Lobos, at Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh and ‘Twelfth avenues—J. Dolan, for release from con- tract on sewer outlets. Western Addition block 227, boundad by ddy, Turk, Buchanan an na—Joseph Macdon- ough, to elimins e sircet trom map, Twentieth and Valencia—E. T. McLean, to build maintain office. Larkin, Lombard to Chestnut—Charles Tidd, grading, etc. Army and Castro—R. B. Burns, for grading, sewering, etc. Van Ness, Union to Bay—Union Paving Com- pany, for proportional assessment for work dome. Seéveuth avenue, 300 feet south of K street— Adolph Sutro, to establish grade at 345 feet. PETITION REFERRED TO FINANCE COMMITTER. Bernal Park—Property-owners, for appropria- tion for improvement. APPEALS FROM ASSESSMENT. Sixteenth, Church to Sanchez—C. F. Hornung, paving, etc. Firteenth, Valencia to Guerrero—Mrs. C. Tobin, paving, etc. STREET WORK RECOMMENDED BY SUPERINTEND- ENT OF STREETS. Unlon, Franklin to Gough—Bitumen. Hayes, Pierce to Scoti—Basalt and ‘stoze side- walks. Hayes and Plerce—Basalt, stone sidewalks. Bcott, Hayes to Feli—Bitumen sidewalks. Eim avenue, Polk to Franklin—Stone sidewalks. Franklin, Grove to Fulton—Stone sidewsalks. Haighi, Webster to Filimo: me sidewalks. Paclfic avenue, south side, Frankiin to Gough— Stone sidewalks. Plerce, Jacksonto Pacific avenue—Stone side- walks. Yurk, east side, Twentieth to Twenty-first—Bi- tumen sidewalks. PROTESTS REFERRED TO STREET COMMITTEE. Hartford, Eighteenth to Nineteenth—Property- owners against paving. Shrader, ‘Page to Halght — Property - owners against paving. Hyde, North Point to Beach—Property-owners inst’ paving. “§iyde, "North Pont 1o Berry—Property-owners against' paving. Haight, Clayton to Ashbury—Property-owners against sower. ight and Clayton—Sewar. Haight, Shrader 10 Stanyan—Property-owners agalnst paving, etc. Haight and Shrader—Paving, etc. Baker, Tonquin to Lewis—J. J. O'Conner, con- tract to macadamize, ete. Collingwood, Nineteenth to Twentleth—Prop- s hdi Ruintt aviny. shbury, Wailer to Frederick—Stone sidewalis. Becond avenue, Point Lobos to Lake—Property- owners against pavine, Lake, First to Second avenues—Property-owners sgains: paving fayette Park—John Tuttle, for extension of twenty days on grading. Lom! , Polk to Van Ness—Property-owners nst paving, etc. Devisadero, Halght to Waller—Property-owners nst paving. 'an Ness avenue—Van Ness-avenue Improve- ment Club agalnst narrow sidewalks. CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT. Polk. Greenwich t0 Lombard—Surveys can be done for §85. HFALTH OFFICE RECOMMENDATION. Fremont, Harrison to Bryant—That & sewer be construcied immediately. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORTS. Ocean avenue—No record of width, etc. Mission block 48—Suit against John Center to accept deed cannot be instituted by the City. Ash_avenue, Webster to Filimore—Must have some form of dedication a3 known to the law. EXTENSIONS OF &'IME RECOMMENDED BY SUPER- INTENDENT OF STREETS. Tenth avenue South, Raflroad to P South— ma) g Ninety days to M. C. Hogan on grading. Van Ness, Union to Bay—Sixty days on paving. Thirteenth, Castro to ott—Paving, sixty olongiass, JSeventesnih to mnmmh—h‘vm: .. Blxty days Fillmore, Oak to Page—Paving, ete.. sixty ds Brooklyn piace, ali—Paving, sixty dlyl.l’ i a.llermnnn and Luguna—Water inlets, etc., thirty ys. Camp, Guerrero to Albion—Paving, thirty ds 8, Seventh to Eighth mnuf."’—‘unau’.',, :{c.". sixty days. o Broderick, Jefferson to Tonquin—Grading, ninety ays. FULL ACCEPTANCES RECOMMENDED BY SUPERIN- TENDENT OF STREETS. Birch avenue, Buchanan to Laguna—Bit Thirteenth, Rfl 10 Scott—Basalt. O Twenty-sixth, Capp to Mission—Bitumen. RECOMMENDED PASSED T0 RESOLUTION OBDERING. Hayes, Laguna to Buchanan—Stone sidewalks. Ninth, Folsom to Harrison—Stone sidewalks. Hickory, Lagana to Buchanan—Basalt. GRADES RECOMMENDED BY CITY ENGINEER. Brady and Market—i2 feet. Brady and Stevenson—40.25 teet. Brady and Colton—38.50 feet. Brady and West Mission—28 feet. Etevenson, 150:11 southwest from Potter—S9 Stevenson and Brady—40.25 feet. X Stevenson and Crocker—41.75 feet. Crocker and. %pll.tzm—lfl feet. Misslon—32.25 feet. SRR er and Clement and east line of | - th avenue— ok B Thirty-seventh avenu Clement and east line of Thirt; ith 815 h:l-‘ y-elghth avenue— and Thirty-ninth aventie—818 feet, and Fortieth avenue—316 feet. Clement and Forty-firss avenue—314 feet. Clement and Forty-second avenae—312 feet. Clemen: and Forty-third avenne—s306 feet Clement ana Forty-fourth ayenue—281 feet. Ciement and Forty-fitth avenue—269 wet, Clement and Forty-sixth avenue—263 feet. Clement and Forty-seventh avenue—234 foet. Clement and Forty-eighth avenue—204 feet. Street Committes Report. Folsom, Whird to Sixth—Recommending son- tract be'awarded to Alva B. Clute for paving at net cost of $12,608. IN FAVOR OF STOPPING WORK FOR SIX MONTHS Sacramento, Stockton to Poweil—Stone side- walks. Hickory avenue, Buchanan to Webster—Paving." 1vy avenue, Laguna to. Buchanan—Paving, stc, 1vy avenue, Buchanan to Webster—Paving, etc, Pierce, Haight to Waller—Paving. Eightesnth avenue South—Gradinz. Greenwich, Baker to Broderick—Bitumen. Fifteenth avenue, S and N South—Grading, ete., by private contract. Hampshire, Twenty-first to Twenty-second—Im- provement. Army, Sanchez to Church—For six months to lay platk sidewalr. uncan, Sanchez to Noe—Sewer. PROTEST REPORTED ADVERSELY. Fitteenth, San Bruno o' Kansis—Against grad- ing. PETITION PLACED ON FILE. Stanyan, Halght to Fell—For sewer. WORK STOPPED ¥OR SIX MONTHS. York, Twenty-first to Twenty-second—Paving. Prospect avenue, Virginia to Emerald avenue— Grading, e Sadowa, ol to Plymouth—Grading, ete. CITY Street Improvement Co, Rooms 11 & 45, Fifth Floor, Mills Building. Telephone Main 5377. SACRAMENTO OFFICE: 411 J STREET. H. DUTARD 12 CDONALD, Proa C. B. STONE /s ¥ ec. T. B. BISHOP 13 MENDE J.W. MCDONALD | & Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. ‘W.E.DENNISON | 3 (Retired), CONSULTING ENGINEER: PROPRIETORS CONTRACTORS Santa Crug, Cal., All Kinds of Street Work, Bridges and an King City, Monterey Co., BITUMEN MINES. Railway Constraction. Wharves, Jetties and Sea Walls. GRAY BROS. Concrete and Art Stone Work. CRUSHED TRAP ROCK =———FOR—— - Macadamizing and Concrete. OFFICE--316 MONTGOMERY ST. Telephone Main 5111, C. B. EAGER, 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 Market Street, Room 12. Telephone Main 5780. A.E.BUCKMAN, 302 Montgomery Street, Room 4, GRADING, SEWERING, MACADAMIZING, BASALT 8nd BITUMINOUS PAVING. TUNNEL, RAILROAD ; and CONCRETE WORK. OFFICE TELEPHONE Main 991. STABLE, STEINER AND WALLER STS,, Telephone West 14, E. P. GRAY Secretary. WARREN & MALLEY, OFFICES: 252 Montgomery St. ‘Retepione, van 1202 CONTRACTORS, 212 Ninth Street. . ‘Telephone, South 161 and Laguna Sta. Telephone, West 789, Bruno Quarry. Telephone, Mission 200, 4 bells. CUSHING-WETMORE COMPANY. CONCRETE AND ARTIFICIAL STONE. FIRST QUALITY ONLY. 508 CALIFORNIA ST., ROOM 9. Yale Locks 17 AND 19 BEALE STREET. PROPERTY OWNERS ! ATTENTION. 17: CENTS Per square foot (no discrimination) is what you un{en your street paved with BITUMINOUS ROCK for by the PACIFIC PAVING COMPANY, Office 106 and 108 Phelan Building. Call on us or send your address and_our repre- sentative will call on you. Telephone Main 656, TELEPHONE 1752. CHARLES M. DEPEW PLANING MILL COMPANY. GENERAL MILL WORK, SHIP AND STEAM= BOAT WORK, Planing, Sizing and Resawing. OFFICE AND FACTORY, 229-233 Berry St, Bet. 4th and sth. Box 19, Builders’ Exchange, S. F. ENSIGN & McGUFFICK, LUBRICATING OILS, Paints,Varnishes, Nevada Compound,eto 23 SPEAR ST. Telephone 5320. P. & B, PAPER""" SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. JOHN E. MILLAR. THOS. B. SIMPSON. Searchers SIMPSON & MILLAR, Ssazchers Branch Office, N'W. cor. McAllister and Larkin. 535 CALIFORNIA STREET. ‘Telephone 1682. San Francisco FIRE PRODFING chazois cscanas ROMAN BRICK L2201z :oemnaco. CONPOSITION AND BRAVEL RODFING. Parafine Paint Co., 116 Battery Street, P. & B,