The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-27
COMMITTEE WORK.
Hotel 4 ccomm dations Assured-Infor-
nation Sought.

nation Sought
A meeting OF the Finance Committee of the
Admission day celebration was held last even
Ing at The Grand Hotel which will be the head
quarters of the committee as long as it exists.
Fred Croker, Chairman, called the meeting to
order, With f. ii. Dunn as permanent Secretary
and f0rly-four members present.
K. 7. Hammond Jr., Nce-Chairman, sub
mtted a report Tor recommendation, which
after reading. was taken up seriatim and voted
upon by the committee.
The first Recommendation was that the city Dt
divided into twenty-five districts. for which two
canvassers be appointed TO each, and each
canvasser armed With book into which he viii
enter The amount OF all subscriptions. Mr.
Hammond submitted a list Of districts, which
has been in use by the knight Templars, Knight.
OF Pythias, Grand Army OF the Republic anC
OF her organizations. BY some II has been in ust
quarter OF century in slightly modifi-d form.
Tie list of districts was unauimo usly adopted
THE CANvAssING DIS TRICTs.
The following is the complete list:
l. East side OF Davis, north 10 the bay; south
side OF Vallejo cross aud parallel streets to the
bay, and west size OF East street III the bound
airy.
side of Vallejo to the bay; west side OF Davis to
Market and cross streets TO Davis, excepting
Market
g. East side OF Battery to the bay. with cross
streets TO Front; and west side OF Front TO Mar
keI, excepting Market.
4. The east side OF Sansome north 10 the bay
west side OF Battery, ana cross streets, except
ing Market.
5. East side OF Montgomery, north to Pacific;
west side OF Sansome, south TO Market, with
cross streets, excepting Market.
6. East side of Kearny TO Montgomery avenue;
west side OF Montgomery to Jackson, and cross
streets 10 Market.
z North side OF Market, west from the bay to
kearny.
s. Both sides of Montgomery avenue, ana cross
streets east to SansOme.
8. East side OF Grant avenue aud Dupont,
north 10 Montgomery avenue; and west side OF
Kearny TO Mar@et, and cross streets, excepting
Market.
10 East side of Mason, north to Montgomery
avenue; west side of Grant avenue and Dupont
street. aud cross streets to Market, excepting
Market.
and parallel streets to Mason; and west side of
Mason, excepting Market.
II. North side of Market, from Kearny to
Larkin.
Is. West side of Larkin TO the ocean and bay I;
north side OF Market to Valencia, with all cross
and parallel streets west
IA East side OF Main, from Market to the bay,
cross ard parallel street 10 the bay, excepting
Market, and west side OF East.
Is. East side OF Fremont, from Market to the
bay, cross and parallel streets TO Main; and
west side of Main, excepting Market.
TO- East side of Second, from Market to the
bay. cross and parallel streets to Fremont; and
west side Of Fremont, excepting Market.
II. East side OF Third from Market to The
bay, and cross streets TO second; and west side
Is South side OF Market street, from the bay
to Third
49, East side of Fourth to the bay. and cross
streets TO Third; ana west side of Third, except
30 East side of Sixth. from Market to Bran.
nan, cross and parallel streets 10 Fourth; and
west side of Fourth.
81. East side OF Ninth, from Market to Bran
man, cross and parallel streets to sixth; and
west side OF sixth. /, excepting Market sr,;. W.,
%. West side OF Ninth and south side Of Mar
ket to Valencia; south side OF Valencia to Six
teenth, and cross and parallel streets 10 Ninth.
"a. North side of Valencia; the west side OF
Sixteenth TO the county line.
25. South side of Brannan, from the bay TO Po-
tfero avenue; and all Of South San Francisco.
and west side OF Sixteenth TO county line.
EXEMPT FOR THE PRESENT.
Ii was then recommended that insurance conf
panies, banks. railroads, street-cars aud steam
ship lines, officials-Federal, State and cfty-and
all corporations. where the President and Direc
tors must act In conjunction in granting SUBJ
scriptions, be exempt from calls for money or
subscriptions until committee be named for
such eanvassing. Ii was explained IN connection
with this recommendation that often one eau
yasser Will call on business house and obtain
SO, when, had another gone, 500 might have
been subscribed
In connection with the matter in hand, 1t was
suggested, and the recommendation adopted,
that each trade, profession, corpoI alton and bus
mess be canvassed by some one conversant with
that line. so that Pioportionate subscriptions
may be obtained.
Chai rman Croker added in a few remarks,
that the pr0tiered services OF any Native Sou,
who thou ght himself able TO secure a larger sub
scriptiOn from any source than the appointed
canvasser, would not come amiss. All help
would be received thankfully.
recommendation was read requesting each
member 10 Inform the Joint Committee as TO what
di strict he had reason to believe lie would be the
most useful in, and also what houses and cor o.
raIions, set apart in the first recommendation,
he may be most able 10 collect from.
OCCUPATION ALSO WANTED.
1t was suggested, as amendment, thai each
one should also state his occupation, "since," as
the suggestion stated, " II would not be well 10
have lawyer collect from a sal0on-ko per or
vice versa"
To which voice In the audience responded:
4" Especially the latter, which never hapI ems"
The thread OF business was nearly lost In the
laughter which followed, but the recommended
tion was adopted with the amendment.
The recommendation was also adopted that no
canyasslug be done until after July 9th, after
which date ne Secretary would be at the rooms
i'll the afternoon. aud that each canvasser report
to The Secretary during the hours or 3 and 4
O'Clock IN the afternoon each day The progress
he has made. Ii was asked by some one IN the
audience whether tue Pioneers were to partic-
pate III the celebration, TO which several persons
answer that the Board of Directors of the
Pioneers Is upon the eve Of election and IN al
1t did not want to commit the future board by
hasiy aud unwarranted. action on It's part. he