San Francisco a History of the Pacific Coast Metropolis volume 1
San Francisco a History of the Pacific Coast Metropolis volume 1
John P John Philip Young
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But notwithstanding these drawbacks there was a constant improvement of the facilities for getting about and in the appearance of sidewalks and street pavements, although the latter result was ham- pered by considerations of economy, and the aversion for regulative measures which would interfere with the right of the individual to do as he pleased with his own property. Critics arose very early to protest against the utter disregard of the esthetic, and of the convenience of the future inhabita...nts of the City in laving out the City on a strictly rectangular plan, but they made little or no impression on the public mind. When the desire for improvement manifested itself it did not take the form of changing lines, but of widening streets, but comparatively few movements of that kind were inaugurated, and only one was carried out during the Sixties. The nec- essary permission to increase the width of Kearny street was obtained from the legislature of 1865-66, and the legal methods of assessing the beneficiaries and compensating the injured property holders were prescribed.
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