. Biennial report of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for .. . ttechnical education, training and experience, and is surely worthy ofmuch greater compensation. New Wharves and Piers Under Construction. Five new piers and bulkhead wharves, adjacent or between them,have been planned and contracted for and the work started underthe present Board, to wit: 1. Pier No. 17, at the foot of Union street, 800 feet long, 12() feetwide; contract price, $263,400; contractors, Healy & Tibbitts Con-struction Company. 2. Pier No. 30, at the foot of Spear street, 720 feet long, 200 foetwide; 3. Pier No.
. Biennial report of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for .. . ttechnical education, training and experience, and is surely worthy ofmuch greater compensation. New Wharves and Piers Under Construction. Five new piers and bulkhead wharves, adjacent or between them,have been planned and contracted for and the work started underthe present Board, to wit: 1. Pier No. 17, at the foot of Union street, 800 feet long, 12() feetwide; contract price, $263,400; contractors, Healy & Tibbitts Con-struction Company. 2. Pier No. 30, at the foot of Spear street, 720 feet long, 200 foetwide; 3. Pier No. 32, near the foot of Main street, 807 feet long, 200 foetwade; Piers No. 30 and No. 32, were let in one contract to Pacific Wake-field Company for $975,981, as they have a connecting l)ulkhea(l wharf;all designed especially to suit the convenience of a large ocean steam-ship company, which will take both wharves. 4. Pier :So. 26, at the foot of Steuart street, 771 feet long. 200 feetwide; contract price, $517,650; contractors, Grant Sniitli c^ Company. 2—RHC. REPORT OP BOARD OP STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS. 19 5. Pier Xo. 28, near the foot of Spear street, 677 feet long, 150feet wide; contract price, $358,400; contractors, San Francisco BridgeCompany. New and Additional Piers Being Planned. In addition to the foregoing, the Engineer in pursuance of the Boardsdirection, is preparing plans and specifications for the following: 1. Seven additional piers, to be numbered from 29 to -ll, and twonew freight ferry-slips, together with the connecting bulkhead-wharvesand seawall, in the long neglected North Beach district, extendingfrom Lombard street to Powell street. These are in a forward state ofpreparation and it is expected that contracts on the same will all belet within the next three months. The designs have already been ap-proved, and introduce a new feature by inclining the piers at an angleto the seawall. Four of these intended for freighters, will be 200 feetwide, and three
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