The morning call., 1892-07-28
FEDERATED CLUBS
Discuss the Southern Pacific's
Disregard of Human Lives.
Report Of the Executive Committee The
Pesthouse Site Subject of Discussion
Est tablishiDg the County Line

The semi-monthly meeting of the Fedora
tion of improvement Clubs at B'nai Birth
Hall last evening was sparsely attended but
| quite lively in interest.
The criminal carelessness of the Southern
Pacific Railroad and the Pesthouse site
matter were the chief topics of discussion
| When President l.. A. Hayward called the
meeting to order Secretary n. Winants
READ the report Of the executive committee
which was as follows:
mat the work of paving Kentucky street was
progressing satisfactorily; that the petilfon pre-
SVtvt,Sa 10 Tue Supervisors protesting against
utNlng cattle on the street was aneuishing with
Tue Stitet Committee, and advocating that This
nIItter re pushed 10 conclusion; that the sur
'ty ana Dloek book of the POtIerO-ayenue ex-
tension Will be completed IN about three week :.
that the controversy between the prOtesIants
anu anu commissioners Of The Seventeenth-Street ex
tension had been amicablY settled and that the
eAFcutI'e committee had determined 10 Visit the
various Improvement clubs The better TO be able
10 INFORM this federation of needed and uep-
ecied improvements. To this end the seere-
ttaIles are requested 10 notify the secretary Of
Tue ledei alien as 10 the time Of meeting
Ii. A. Clifford of the committee on sewers
reported that from Investigations the Frank
lln-Street sewer, between California and
oactahentO. was found TO be from six to
cIsnt incDeS short OF the required depth as
stated In THE CALL. The committee was
Granted 1urther time to complete its in-
Vestigations.
The committee on street-rght fraud was
granted further time after hearing Mr. Sui
i'hh report. The president explained
that the funds had been appropriated for
more street lights in South San Francisco
on Silver avenue and on Southern Heights
and that they would be put in before
winter
;, Mr.. Sullivan reported that the county
ilhe between this and San Mateo counties
haa ooen established.
Ihereupon a little dispute arose as to
whether the committee on locating a site
lot the PesthOuse had dGue its full duty.
MT Dwyer com planned a little that more
aelVliy was not manifested in the matter.
lie represents the Pouero Club, aud his
constituents were anxious, he said, that the
Ieueratlon should do something.
On motion II. Lankenau and l.. d. Dwyer
were added to the committee and the COM
miItee instructed to hump itself little.
1hls action was only taken after the rep
reSenlallves of both the South San Fran
cisco and the POtrero avenue clubs had
ueeiated that the proposed site on the
county llue was acceptable to the residents
OF both these localities
In urging action on the Pesthouse matter
MI Dwyer stated there were p lepers in
the PesthOuse now.
IL was decided that committee should go
DeioFe tie Street Committee Of the Super
Visors 10 locate certain streets for the dry-
ing ot cattle. This committee OF t. fedora
'AiA alSO hlI tue slOulu Odl EIdHClSCO
Cub In its efforts 10 have Il sewer system
established and 10 have the new stone cul-
vert on Kentucky street kept at the same
grade as tile old one.
Messrs. DwyeT and Lankenau were di-
rected to Inquire from the Police Committee
OF the Supervisors what has become OF the
appropriation Tor the purchase Of two
h0rses to mount as many policemen 10
patrol San Bruno road
Mr.. Clifford wanted to know what had
become Of the petition asking for guards at
the railroad crossings
The secretary said that an order had been
passed by the Supervisors calling upOn the
Southern Pacific to erect guards. The rail-
road put up one or two guards and there the
matter dropped.
Mr.. HOran said the Eastern cities would
not Tolerate such dangerous railroad cross
lngs Tor single day. The railroad people
ought TO be brought to time.
Ihe secretary was directed TO send conn
muncation 20 the Street Committee regard-
lng the procras tlnatIOn Of the railroad and
deiIi.stf ing that that monopoly be made to
obey the la0