The morning call., 1894-12-16
ACTIVE IMPROVEMENT CLUB.
Conflict With the Golden Gate
End of 1t.
BETTER MAIL SERVICE WANTED.
The Property-Own Do Not Want
a Jerk Water Street Railway
With Irregular Cars.

The Devisadero-street Improvement
Club met at 1918 Devisadero street last
night and perfected the organization.
Two preliminary meetings had been pre-
Vlously held. Last night a preamble and
resolutions on organization were adopted
and the club is now living entity with
name formally acknowledged.
The official name of the club was estab-
lished and its purposes were declared to
Re the advancement of the interests of
Devisadero street and the property
owners thereon, and 10 protect it as
driveway for the people of San Francisco.
The membership shall consist of persons
owning real estate on the street named.
Regular meetings shall be held the first
and third Saturdays of each month. The
admission fee is 80 cents and the dues are
fixed at % cents month.
The resolution concludes with a set of
bylaws and order of business. usual in
organizations of this kind. The present
officers are II. W. Miller, president: j.
Mccarthy, vce-presdent; A. Myer,
secretary.
The following petition has been written
and numerously signed by property
owners and will be presented to the new
Board OF Supervisors:
I'VE. the undersigned, owners of prop
erty fronting on Devisadero street, be-
tween Page and Jackson, believing that it
will work public good 10 have Devissdero
street widened four feet on either side
said four fee % be taken from the pres
ent nine teen-foot sidewalk, hereby declare
ourselves in favor of sucn widening and
give our assent thereto; provided only that
nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to make us liable TO pay for the
work or cost of widening said street or
anv part thereof"
The petition is meeting with general
favor among the property-owners within
the limits specified and many have already
signed it.
The objsct in widening the street is to
secure ample room for driving purposes
after regular system of electric cars mas
been established; but the prOperty-owners
do not want Jerk-water line or occasional
service between Page and Jackson streets,
but regular service. with cars at inter
walls of about five minutes and trans
connections with the principal lines Of
street railways. Immediate connection
with the Castro-s;reet line is desired.
Such a connection is specified ana called
for in the Devisadero-street franchise.
The petition above referred TO will be
filed for signatures at the Office o Madi-
son q Burke, on Market street, and at the
store of Adolph Myer. 1910 Devisadero
street.
Iu6 CUu1ILte6 HppUlHIeu Two weeks
ago to wait upon Postmaster McCOppin
and ask him for the inauguration of three
mail deliveries daily instead of two, as at
present, reported that their mission had
met with partial success. Mr.. McCoppin
recognized the business of their request
aud promised TO do his best to comply with
it. He has already made application for
more carriers.
In regard TO the proposition to change
the name Of Devsadero street to something
else. 1t was the sense of The meeting that
II should be changed to Division street.
A petition for the change will be presented
TO the new Board of Supervisors.
There was considerable free discussion
over the donation of $4,000 promised by
the Southern Pacific Company for the
building of boulevard drive to the park.
1t was generally considered that the prop
erty-owners between Golden Gate avenue
and Grove street, in trying to secure the
amount for widening DevsaQero between
those streets, are trying to forestal the
rest OF the property-owners.
1n pursuance of this idea a committee
was appointed to wait upon II. E. Hunt
ington and convey to him the views of the
club and 10 inform him that an effort will
be made to widen the whole street from
Page to jackson street. and to suggest to
the magnate that the $4,000 alluded to
should justly be applied TO the expenses of
lance indicated in the petition to the Su-
pervisors OF course If Mr.. Hun tin gton
wishes to donate $4,000 or SIS, 900 more il
will all be welcome.
The next meeting will take place Satur-
day evening, January 5, at o'clock, at
1918 DeVisadero street. More matters of
Importance will come before that meeting