The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-16
1T Is IN DOUBT.
Bush Street Property
Owners Divided.
SOME FAVOR A BOULEVARD.
Others Decidedly Opposed to the
Plan.
SOME FAVOR A BOULEVARD.
RAILROAD COMPANY DENOUNCED
Resolutions Finally Passed Asking
Refs to Postpone the Project
Pending a Meeting.

Quite number of Bush. street property
holders assembled at the California Hotel
last night to discuss the proposition adj
vanced by SUPERVISOR Refs of converting
the street into a boulevard.
K. ID. Warfield sta ed the object of the
meeting. and at his suggestion c. 6.
Hooker was made the chairman and F. A.
Cushing the secretary for the evening.
Chairman Hooker referred 10 a meeting
of prOpPrty-0wners held two months ago,
the object OF which was TO secure the re-
moval of the tracks on the street. He de-
cIared that the Sutter-street Railroad Com
pany had imposed on the people residing
on Bush street. 1t had neither given
streetcar service, nor allowed any other
corporation an opportunity of doing so.
j. A. Berteing, one of the committee OF
three appointed two months ago, stated
that he was sorry 10 say that the commit
lee had accomplished but little. An at
t0rney had been engaged and a suit
brought against thr Sutter-str-et Railroad
Company for trespass. He was satisfied
that the company had no right TO
franchise. AT the request of the Mayor
the suit had been Ostponed until he per-
sonal action brought by the company had
been disposed of. just before the cleo
ton this suit sgalnst the Mayor had been
dismissed. Then the City and County At
torney had asked that the suit for trespass
go over until after the election. Then it
was sugges ed to wait until the bond suit
was decided at Santa Rosa.
II think the cheapest and easiest way
out of the diff ulty is to have Bush street
declared boulevard by the LEGISLATURE"
said Mr.. BeriellDg "a resolution Will go
before the Supervisors Monday night re-
Questing such legislative action. If the
proper1y-0wners are not IN favor Of
boulevard, then 1t can be dismissed"
A. S. Baldwin declared that the Suffer-
street Railroad litigation did not form the
main part of the discussion for which The
meeting was called.
"Fhe Suffer street Railroad Company"
said he, would be highly pleased with
an ordnance which would prohibit any
other rail- load from building on Bush
street The people whom / represent are
absolutely opposed to the boulevard propo-
slUon. They favor a first-class railroad
line along the street. The prof. erty has
been deprecated by the action of the SUIT
ter-street Railroad Company"
Mr.. Baldwin declared that the suit
against the Sutter-sireet Company would
be successful and that its franchise would
be declared void. Then some company
would build first-class ROAD which would
greatly increase The value OF property
along the street.
Il do not believe there is any more pos
sibiity for boulevard on Bush street."
! added MIR. Baldwin, than there is for one
on Telegraph Hill. Let us make the SUIT
ter-street Company pay for the damage
It has done. l 90 not favor boulevard.
| l favor first class railroad"
| Il am utterly opposed to a railroad on
| Bush street." said Thomas Brown, cashier
| OF the Bank of California. Il see no
reason for another east and west street
railway in the neighborhood. A road
along Bush street would be of no benefit
to proper y-holders. | do not believe tia
! it would advance property on the only
| street downtown which is comfortable as
| a place of residence by lack of a railroad
! to now put cable line or an electric line
out Bush street. We should have some
means of getting out to the park. be-
! lieve in making Bush street what it should
| be, boulevard to the park.
The remarks by MIR. Brown were in
dOrsed by Messrs Gray and Lloyd. L. A.
| Brrteling added his argument in favor OF
the boulevard.
II bought property on Bush street be-
cause there was no cable there" said w.
w. Montague. '"rhere is no niece ssity fnr
a railroad. 1t would be of no advantage
TO have one. l am in favor of a boule-
vard."
A. S. Baldwin declared that a good
street railroad would be of great advan-
tage. Property is W. nth moro where there
are cable lines" said he. "You would
find it difficult to raise dollar for the pro-
posed boulevard. If you want to COM
promise with the Sutter-street Company
let the company boulevard the street; il
will be glad enough to do so to keep a
com peting road away"
Mr.. Manning declared that the street was
100 steep in places for a boulevard. The
action OF the Sutter-street Company. how
| ever, he denounced as IAN Internal out
rage. hod-up of the people as much as
the train hold-ups OF Evans and ,ntag"
4. w. DOhrmann, president of the Mer-