The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-11

Sunday sports must cease, and they have
since become part Of the cty's past his
tory. Two years ago
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Imposed license tax of $500 a year On all
places of amusement where an admittance
fee was charged. Neptune Gardens. Schuet-
zen Park and the ball grounds now remain
simply as relics. In a year or SO more
they will live simply in memory. The large
pavilion at the gardens Is to be torn down
soon and the grounds cut up In to residence
lots. Schueizen Park will probably be
used by the local sporting clubs for race
course, ball grounds. ETC., and the pavilion
converted into a gymnasium. The old bail
ground is now a wild pastoral scene, fire.
quented alone by the neighborhood hens
and goats.
Legitimate sports thrive in Alameda like
ducks in wet weather. Two boat clubs, the
Alameda and Encinal, probably the largest
and best on the Coast one athletic club
and bicycle club are the character of
sports most largely developed. There is
lax Of their uniting and utilizing Schuetzen
Park.
The conveniences for travel could not be
more perfect and satisfactory to ALL The
local trains of the ferry system run the
entire length of the peninsula, and there Is
not point in the city five minutes' walk
from a station. A Iare virtue of this
system, too, is that it costs nothing to ride
back and forth. There is but one street-car
line in the city, and absolutely no occasion
for any more. Better communication with
Oakland is much desired. but if the horse
car system now in operation fulflls its
threat to use electricity in the near future,
even that objection will have been over
come. From o'clock in the morning till l
O'Clock in the morning the next day there
are siXty-hve Quarter-hour trains between
Alameda and San Francisco.
TUE RAILROAD COMPANY
Has prapjuuSlv pnnsentp1 TN uaap pnoa xyitI,
the general spirit of Improvement by orna-
menting the avenues Oh which the trains
run with exceedingly tasty waiting-rooms at
each station. The company also assisted
largely in the complete Improvement of
Railroad avenue this year. now one of the
best in the city
Alamedans have great faith In the huge
ship channel that the Government is con-
Structing across the isthmus One of its
good effects Is the making of many hundred
acres of good new land out of the low salt
marshes Chat bound the eastern side of the
peninsula. This is all done with the dredg-
ings from the channel and will help 10 es-
tnbllsh commercial water front that is
bound In time to be of great Importance.
street openings nave been extensive during
the past year, and many new tracts brought
INTO the market as available for homes.
The city Is looking forward 10 the day
when she can find theatrical entertainment
at home. A public-spirited citizen has de-
ciied 10 erect cosy little theater of 500 seat
ing capacity on Park street and Central
avenue.
A free postal delivery throughout is
counted among her blessings.
The Health Office reports show the lowest
death rate of any city on the Coast
While manufacturing industries are not
extensive, the outlook is good. At present
the city boasts OF the largest borax works
on the Coast. a large pottery establish
ment and the Pacific Coast Oil Works Re-
filery.