The morning call., 1890-06-23
DOLORES STREET.
The Home Protective Improve.
ment Club Speaks.

A meeting Of property-owners in the vi
cinity of Church and Twenty eighth streets
was held yesterday afternoon in Rolando's
Hall, Church street. near Twenty-eighth.
for the purpose of protesting against being
| assessed for the proposed opening of Do
lOres street from Thirtieth to the Mission
road. The meeting, which was well at
tended, was called to order by Temporary
Chairman J. f. Broad.
1t was decided TO call the organization
the Home Protective Improvement Club.
and the following permanent officers were
elected: President, j. F. Broad; Secretary,
T. A. Moitorst; Treasurer, n W. Connors
Financial Secretary. L. G. Flanagan.
The newly-elected President was called
upon for speech and responded as follows
"1hs meeting has been called to protest
against an outrageous imposition-that Is,
being assessed to open ana improve street
when such opening and Improvement can
in no measure be Of any benefit. We are
quite willing to be assessed for the opening of
Twenty-eighth street from Church, but this
matter of improving Dolores street does not
interest us, and we propose to fight this
scheme, which is all the way through job
berry Of the veriest type. The assessment
district. as laid ont by the Board of Super
YiSOrS, Is all wrong. They know ii is all
wrong. Supervisors Boyd and Ebert have
so expressed themselves, and l want to say
| here that they are our friends and deserve
! the support Of the club at the next election.
| The others are against us, and as they mean
| fight they will ind us ready"
! r. Manuels said This Infamous scheme
| was cUncOcted at the rooms of the Ash
| worth Club, political organization. / am
| aware that Supervisors Boyd and Ebert are
! not in favor of this trickery, but what can
/ two men do on board like the present one ?
! fIhav n ra nDfrpllnl no fln nt ,har
! but the other members cannot control us,
! they can neither whip us into obedience or
! coax us into submission.
N w. Cunnors There are 4 great ma ny
! property-1wntrs who know nothing of this
| scheme To sWlndle them. They do not
| know that they are to be assessed for the
! proposed Improvement. Therefore, move
that an assessment roll of this district be
| procured at once and that the Secretary be
| instructed to send a notice TO each resident
who will be taxed for this extension.
| The motion was carried.
N. Barry: This proposed extension and
| Improvement of Dolores street will greatly
| benefit me, as reside in that vicinity. But
| that such extension should be made, / can
| not concur in plan proposed by greedy
and INSCRIPTIONS trieksters. l am In sym
| patty with the protest. 1t is easy enough
to see through their little game. 1t is not
| the first job that has been up of which
! have cOgniZance. II this improvement is
! uldut COMMISSIONERS W III NC dppUiubcu dl Il
| fat salary. The same man who asked me
| to sign a petition for the opening of Dolores
street expects to be one of those commits
| sioners.
On motion Of L. G. Flanagan a second
protest was drawn up, which is to be for
warded to the Board OF Supervisors at its
next meeting. This document reads as fol-
! lows:
To the Board Of Supervisors: We, the under
signed. property owners. hereby protest most
| emphatically-HOt against the contemplated i'm
| pr0Tement and extension OF Dolores street but
! for being assessed for work which Will not and
| cannot benefit US. We are willing TO meet any de-
| mand That Will call for an assessment on our
street, but surely Dolores street property owners
| DO not expect anyone else to pay for the i'm
| pToyements that concerns and ben LIS them
! selves alone. To assess us, W. claim is not only
! outrageous aud piece OF braZ=n eifrontery, but
! Illegal.
| The protest was signed by forty members
| of the club, after which the meeting ad-
! jOLTned.