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the easterly line of Water Front street; thence westerly along the said center line of Army street to some convenient point on Army street between Illinois street and Kentucky street; thence with a turn-out to the south to a point twenty-five (25) feet southerly from the southerly line of said Army street; running thence across private property westerly, parallel to and just south of Army street, to Connecticut street, crossing Kentucky, Tennessee, Minnesota, Indiana and Iowa streets, Pennsylvania avenue, Mississippi, Texas, Missouri and Connecticut street at grade; thence across private property by curve to the left and tangent, to Orleans street, at its intersection with Norman street, crossing Arkansas, Wisconsin, Carolina, De Haro, Mazzini, Norman and Orleans streets at grade; thence across private property by curve to the left, crossing Luck street at grade, and entering Barneveld avenue near the southerly line of Luck street; thence along Barneveld avenue and Loomis street at grade, crossing Fifteenth avenue South and Waterloo street at grade. thence across private property between Marengo street and Barneveld avenue, crossing Dickenson street and San Bruno avenue; thence across private property between Crescent avenue and Case street, crossing Paul Weldon and Salem streets at grade; thence across private property, following the general course of the valley of Islais Creek to Alemany avenue, crossing under Mission street at its intersection with Canal street, with a clear headroom of seventeen (17) feet; thence along Alemany avenue at grade and across private property to Huron avenue at its intersection with Mohawk avenue, crossing Ocean and Onondaga avenues; thence along Huron avenue at grade to a point about midway between Mt. Vernon and Ottawa avenues; thence across private property to the intersection of Sherman and Wyoming avenues, crossing Ottawa and Foote avenues at grade: crossing over Naglee avenue with a clear headroom of fourteen (14) feet over Worden avenue with a clear headroom of fifteen (15) feet and crossing Farragut and Sherman avenues at grade; thence along Wyoming avenue for about two hundred (200) feet at grade; thence across private property to a point on the northeasterly line of Worcester avenue about one hundred and thirty (130) feet northwesterly from Vernon street, crossing under Sickles avenue at intersection with De Wolff street with a clear headroom of seventeen (17) feet under the intersection of Regent street and San Jose avenue with a clear headroom of eighteen (18) feet under Liebig street with a clear headroom of at least eighteen (18) feet, under Palmetto avenue and under the tracks of the Southern Pacific Company with a clear headroom of at least eighteen (18) feet crossing Orizaba, Bright, Head and Victoria streets at grade crossing over Ramsell street with a clear headroom of at least fourteen (14) feet over the intersection of Worcester and Arch streets with a clear headroom of at least fourteen (14) feet, thence running in a southwesterly direction to the southerly boundary line of the City and County of San Francisco.

A single or double track branch line northerly along Barneveld avenue and Vermont street from the intersection of Luck street and Barneveld avenue, and crossing Tulare street, and along Vermont street to Army street at street grade.

ROUTE NUMBER TWO.

Description of branch line of said railroad and the route thereof, hereinafter designated as Route Number Two:

A branch railroad, the right to construct, maintain and operate which, and the right of way for which, for a period of twenty-five (25) years from October 5, 1905, only is hereby granted, commences within what is known as the Richmond District, in the City and County of San Francisco, at a point where Eleventh avenue intersects Fulton street: thence northerly along Eleventh avenue to and within "A" street; thence westerly along "A" street to and within Twenty-third avenue: thence southerly along Twenty-third avenue to and within "C" street; thence westerly along "C" street to and within Forty

eighth avenue; thence southerly along Forty-eighth avenue to and across Fulton street diagonally southwesterly, to the northerly line of Golden Gate Park; thence in a southwesterly direction to a point thirty (30) feet west of the center line of the railway operated by the United Railroads; thence southerly parallel to and thirty (30) feet westerly from the center of the railroad operated by the United Railroads, across Golden Gate Park, crossing the main driveway of said Golden Gate Park by an undergrade crossing, and the south driveway by an overhead erossing to "H" street; thence crossing "H" street to Forty-eighth avenue, within the Sunset District; thence southerly along Forty-eighth avenue to and within "R" street; thence easterly along "R" street to and within Forty-seventh avenue; thence southerly along Forty-seventh avenue to the southerly end of Forty-seventh avenue, the northerly boundary of the Rancho Laguna de la Merced; thence through the Rancho Laguna de la Merced and other private properties, in a southeasterly direction to a point on line number one, hereinbefore described, on private property within or near Block Number Fifty-one (51) of the lands platted by the City Land Association as per map thereof on file in the office of the Recorder in and for the said City and County, and crossing Worcester avenue at grade and crossing over Vernon street with a clear headroom of at least fourteen (14) feet and crossing on the intersection of Stanley and Arch streets with a clear headroom of at least fourteen (14) feet crossing over Ramsell street with a clear headroom of at least fourteen (14) feet and crossing Victoria and Head streets at grade.

Together with a connecting line crossing the western part of the Rancho Laguna de la Merced between Lake Merced and the Pacific Ocean, for the purpose of connecting lines numbers one and two at points convenient to the Ocean Shore Railway Company; and also

Commencing on the above described line on "C" street, at or near Twentythird avenue, within said Richmond District; thence easterly along "C" street to and within, and connecting with, the above described line on Eleventh avenue; The franchise over the route hereinbefore designated as Route Number Two is hereby granted upon the condition that said Ocean Shore Railway Company will pay to the City and County of San Francisco the following percentages of the gross receipts arising from the use, operation, possession and enjoyment of the franchise over said Route Number Two, as follows, viz: Three per centum of such gross receipts during the first five years of the period for which this franchise is hereby granted; four per centum of the gross receipts during the next succeeding ten years, and five per centum of the gross receipts during the balance of the term of this franchise. Said gross receipts shall be based upon a just and correct proportion of the receipts arising from the traffic carried over Route Number Two, upon a mileage basis for the mileage of said Route Number Two within the City and County of San Francisco (excluding therefrom the mileage embraced within private rights of way), upon all business carried over said Route Number Two, not embraced within private rights of way, whether said business originates within or without the City and County of San Francisco. This provision, however, shall not be construed as requiring any payments to be made for receipts for traffic over that portion of the haul other than Route Number Two exclusive of private rights of way.

YARDS NUMBER THREE.

Description of the yards of said railroad, hereinafter designated as Number

Three:

The yards of said railway, the right to construct, maintain and operate which, and the right of way for which, for a period of fifty (50) years only, from October 5, 1905, is hereby granted, commences at a point on and connecting with said Route Number One herein before described, said point being situated on Route Number One just south of Army street and near the westerly

line of Missouri street; thence in a southwesterly direction to Barneveld avenue with a single or double track, with divergent spur or side-tracks, running southwesterly and crossing Connecticut street with four (4) tracks, crossing Arkansas, Wisconsin. Carolina and De Haro streets with six (6) tracks, Mazzini street with four (4) tracks, Bourbon street with three (3) tracks, Orleans street with six (6) tracks, Tulare street with two (2) tracks, and connecting with the main line on Barneveld avenue with six (6) tracks; all of the tracks described in this description Number Three to be used for yard-tracks, and interchangeably connecting the same with such suitable switches, crossings, branch tracks, and connections, within the limits of said yards and property last above mentioned as said Ocean Shore Railway Company shall deem necessary, and the said Ocean Shore Railway Company is hereby granted the right to construct, maintain and operate such additional side-tracks, spur-tracks, switches, crossings and connections in its said yards as said company may deem necessary, and it is hereby granted a right of way over, along, across and under any and all streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, and places which may be hereafter opened through or within or into said yards or properties:

Provided, however, that the grantee of this franchise shall be and it is hereby authorized and permitted to construct, maintain and operate its railroad over. along, upon and across any private right of way which said grantee may acquire at any time hereafter, between said intersection of the center line of Army street and the easterly line of Water Front street, and where said main line intersects the southerly boundary line of the City and County of San Francisco; also, between said point where Eleventh avenue intersects Fulton street and the point on Line Number One hereinbefore described, on private property within or near Block Number Fifty-one (51) of the lands platted by the City Land Association, hereinbefore referred to: also, between the point of intersection of the southeasterly line of Market street with Twelfth street and a point on Barneveld, avenue, at or near Luck street; and across, over, along, upon and under such streets as will be met with or intersected in the construction, maintenance and operation of the line of railway which may be constructed by the said Ocean Shore Railway Company, or its assigns, over private rights of way between any of said points.

Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.

In Board of Supervisors, San Francisco, April 26, 1909.

After having been published five successive days, according to law, taken up and finally passed by the following vote:

Ayes-Supervisors Bancroft, Booth, Broderick, Center, Comte, Connolly, D'Ancona. Giannini, Hocks, Jennings, Johnston, McAllister, McLaren, Murdock, Murphy, Payot, Pollok, Rixford.

JOHN E. BEHAN, Clerk.

The above Ordinance No. 758 (New Series), not having been approved by His Honor the Mayor and ex-Officio President of the Board of Supervisors, or returned to this Board with his objections thereto. within ten days of the presentation thereof, has become valid in accordance with the provisions of Section 16, Chapter 1, Article II, of the Charter.

JOHN E. BEHAN, Clerk.

San Francisco, May 10, 1909.

TEMPORARY RIGHT OF WAY FROM POTRERO AVENUE TO ARMY

STREET.

The following is a copy of Resolution No. 4009 (New Series), approved June 24, 1909, granting the Ocean Shore Railway Company a temporary right of way along City property extending from the southerly termination of Potrero avenue to the northerly line of Army street, to wit:

RESOLUTION NO. 4009.

(New Series.)

Whereas, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1808, entitled: "Providing for a grant to the Ocean Shore Railway Company, a railroad corporation, of a right of way for, and the right to construct, maintain and operate a railroad, together with all necessary branches, side-tracks, turn-outs, switches, crossings, spurtracks, yard-tracks, depot-tracks and terminal-tracks and facilities along, over, under, across and upon certain streets, avenues, alleys, places and properties in the City and County of San Francisco,'' approved April 2, 1906, and to said Ordinance as amended by Ordinance No. 630 (New Series), approved December 10, 1908, the Ocean Shore Railway Company is granted permission to use its private right of way for the accommodation of its tracks in lieu of the public streets of the City and County of San Francisco if said company should so desire; and

Whereas, The said Ocean Shore Railway Company now intends to extend its tracks over and along Potrero avenue, produced, to Army street, and thence over and along Army street, Holladay avenue and San Bruno avenue and through private property to connect with its present tracks in Vermont street southerly from Army street; and

Whereas, All private rights of way necessary for said route have been acquired by the Ocean Shore Railway Company, with the exception of one parcel lying southeasterly from the present southerly termination of Potrero avenue at Serpentine avenue and adjoining a sewer right of way of the City and County of San Francisco, which parcel is now in course of condemnation; and

Whereas, In order to permit of the extension in the manner intended it will be necessary to use temporarily the sewer right of way of the City and County of San Francisco of thirty feet in width extending from the present southerly termination of Potrero avenue and connecting with Army street; now therefore

Resolved, That the Ocean Shore Railway Company be and is hereby granted permission, revocable at will of the Board of Supervisors to temporarily extend its tracks over and along the following described sewer right of way of the City and County of San Francisco, to wit: A strip of land thirty feet in width running from the present southerly extremity of Potrero avenue at Serpentine avenue to the northerly line of Army street.

The Ocean Shore Railway Company shall press to as speedily a determination as possible the said condemnation suit, and shall enter into possession of said land as soon as the law will permit, and shall with all possible diligence thereafter remove its tracks from the aforesaid sewer right of way of the City and County of San Francisco to its own property.

In Board of Supervisors, San Francisco, June 14, 1909.

After having been published five successive days, according to law, taken

up and finally passed by the following vote:

Ayes-Supervisors Balcom, Bancroft, Booth, Broderick, Center, Comte, Connolly, D'Ancona, Hocks, Jennings, Johnston, McLeran, Murdock, Murphy, Payot, Pollok, Sanderson.

Absent-Supervisor McAllister.

Approved, San Francisco, June 24, 1909.

JOHN E. BEHAN, Clerk.

EDWARD R. TAYLOR,

Mayor and ex-Officio President of the Board of Supervisors.

Changes in Names
Names of Streets

Owing to many complaints of irregularity in mail delivery due to duplications in the names of streets, avenues, etc., the Supervisors by Resolution No. 3890 (New Series), approved May 19, 1909, authorized and empowered the Mayor to appoint a commission to recommend necessary changes to remedy the trouble. In compliance with this Resolution, the Mayor on June 16, 1909, appointed the following Commission: Supervisors Charles A. Murdock, Henry Payot and W. W. Sanderson; J. D. McGilvray Jr., Commissioner of the Board of Public Works; R. W. Madden, Superintendent of Delivery, San Francisco Post Office; Zoeth S. Eldredge and Charles S. Aiken. The Commissioners organized by choosing Supervisor Murdock, Chairman, and proceeded to carry out the difficult task allotted them. They found that in not a few instances there was a street, avenue, court and place bearing the same name, thus causing great confusion. A communication was addressed to the postal authorities inquiring as to what extent the mail service suffered by such duplication of names and the following reply was received:

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Dear Sir:-Replying to your question, "To what extent the delivery of mail suffers in efficiency or economy from the conditions at present existing," I beg to say that daily at least 500 pieces of mail are delayed owing to the duplication of names of streets, places, courts and districts. The delay in some cases is small, in some cases considerable, and frequently important mail is involved, leading to much embarrassment to the addressor, the addressee, and to the service.

Replying to your second question regarding the elimination of all duplicates, because of the delay brought about by duplicates, I would eliminate them all.

For the same reason I would not recommend two sets of numbered avenues, with or without the addition of south" or any other prefix. In deciding, should duplicate numbered avenues be renamed, which avenue should retain the numbers, I would suggest that those lying in the South San Francisco district be the ones to retain the numbers.

First. Because it is the older district; and,

Second. Because these avenues can be extended on down the peninsula indefinitely, a condition which is not so well obtainable in the Western Addition. I would further suggest the retention of the same name throughout the entire length of a street, as, for instance, in the case of Geary street and Point Lobos avenue. I believe it should be either one or the other from end to end.

I would suggest further that should all duplicates be eliminated, the necessity for such distinctions as courts, places, etc., are not necessary.

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