The morning call., 1891-03-25
POINT LOBOS CLUB.
Meeting of the Property. Owners
of the District.
Members of the Board of Supervisors and
Also the Street Superintendent Attend
and Give Promise of Aid.

A well-attended meeting of the Point
Lobos Improvement Club was held in B'nai
Birth Hail last evening, G. r. Fletcher
presiding. Invitations to attend had been
sent to various officials, but of these Super
visors Wilkinson, Coffee, Carnes and Ayres
and Superintendent of Streets Gileran only
responded.
President G. R. Fletcher opened the meet
ing by stating that its object was to ac-
quaint the members of the Board of Super
visors, the Superintendent of Streets and
the nonresident property-owners with the
work which the improvement club had al
ready accomplished, and to lay before them
the special needs of the district. He stated
that property in the district had enhanced
in value 80 to 100 per cent; 1888 feet of
sewerage had been completed and $3.50
feet contracted for in the last eighteen
months, making a total of So miles.
The property-owners had completed 1,25O.-
COO yards of grading and had lad down
$780, 900 square feet OF mdcadam. This was
an underestimate
A FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.
The sewerage had cost S1S1, 156, the
macadamiziUg S146,250 and the grading
S1SG, go, making a total of S5l2 $50 spent in
two years. Fifty thousand dollars of this
had been spent on the avenues and streets
south OF Point LODos, the balance had been
laid out to the north OF Point LObOS road q;
Sill, S92 had been spent by the property
owners in Richmond district, which Is now
q part of the city and county.
After W. NJ. Bunker had spoken of the
great amount Of work which the property
owners had carried out. and the advantages
which these efforts would beStOw on the dis
trct in the future, various speakers urged
the necessity Of Increased police protection,
fire engine on the top Uf Geary-Street hill
and Of improved street lighting.
II. c. Wise moved that a committee be
appointed to confer with the committee Of
the Board of Supervisors Oh Health and PO-
lice and the Chief Of Police to station more
policemen in the district, but the President
announced that such a committee had been
appointed for this purpose at the previous
meeting
OFFICIAL ASSURANCES.
a motion by Charles f. Ford, that the
members in a body wait on the Park Com
mission and ask them to keep the Point
LObos road IN proper order was carried
unanimously.
Supervisor Wilkinson congratulated the
members OF the club on the energy shown.
and advised that the outlet of the sewage
system should be carried out near the Pre-
SjdiO, promising the assistance OF the Super
YiSors.
Supervisor Coffee undertook that fire
engine should be provided as soon as the
promised all the assistance that lay In the
power OF the Supervisors.
DR.. Washington Aver recommended eau
ton il selectu 9 the outlet for the sewer S VS.
TEN, but promised his aid as member Of
the Board Of Supervisors IN the matters OF
police and lights. Superintendent of Streets
GilleTan said he would carefully watch the
construction Of the sewer. and suggested
improvements in the gutterways.
A letter from NJ. J. Lyon, asking for the
opening OF Clement street was read and the
assistance of the club promised.
In answer to Il question the President
stated that the sewer had been constructed
10 Twelfth avenue and the contract let
would take il 10 Thirty-secOnd avenue.
a HOSPITAL IN THE DISTRICT.
Some discussion as to the desirabllity Of
having a proposed hospital III the district
followed, and a motion of Mr. Watson that
a committee be appointed to interview the
Supervisors with reference to the proposal
to build the Habnemann Hospital on Lake
street was carried. Messrs. Watson and
Wise were named as the committee.
A vote OF thanks to the members Of the
Board Of Supervisors and the Superintendent
of Streets for their presence and promises of
assistance was adopted anu the meeting ad-
jOurned.