The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
SOUTH SIDE INF ROvEMENT
The Organization of a New
Club That Will Demand
Better Streets.
GOOD SEWERS AND PAVEMENTs.
1t Will Carry Into Effect Sugges-
tons That Have Been Made
by the ffCaIl."

The South Side Improvement Club, hav-
ing for its purpose the advancement of the
district south of Market street and east of
Eighth, and the betterment of the princi-
pal streets as suggested by the CALL few
months since, was organized last evening
in the lecture-room of the Home of the
Good Samaritan Society, 249 Second street.
The leader OF the movement is DR.. L. a.
Rottanzi, who issued the call for meet
ing, to which quite a number of the resi-
dents of the district responded. After
DR.. Rottanzi had briefly stated the objects
for which those present had been called
together, he was chosen temporary chair
man and ]. Schwartz was chosen to act as
temporary secretary.
Upon the suggestion of one of those
present the chairman appointed a COM
mittee consisting of r. Z. Cole I. Erb, J.
L. Sullivan and r. Burns to arrange for
future meetings and interest property
owners and residents of the district in the
work the club contemplates undertaking.
The chairman dwelt upon the necessity of
many improvements IN the south side. He
called attention to the bad condition of
the streets, saying:
In the south side we are troubled by traffic
mean that there is very heavy traffic on our
streets with wagons and trucks that carry i'm
mense loads that cut up and destroy the pave
mentS. We have ordinances that regulate the
weight that can be carried on trucks and the
width OF tires, but the trouble is that no one
sees to their enforcement, so trucks with 4
inch tires carry loads weighing from ten to
twelve TONS which will ruin the very best
pavement ever laid. We want good streets
we want good sewers, and something ought 10
be done was done in Los Angeles; that
is, sewer, gas and water connections ought to
be made before the surface is paved, so that
the pavement need not be taken up every few
days to do some necessary work underneath it.
G. w. Owen, a member of the Half
million Club and secretary of the Fourth
of July committee, addressed the club on
the subject of illuminating the south side
for several nights, and suggested that that
would be one step in the advancement of
the south side. He advised the club to
send a strong committee to meeting to
be held tomorrow in the Mills building to
discuss a proposition to illuminate the
City and demand that the south side have
its share of the illumination.
President RottanZi suggested that the
southsiders demand both the illumination
and sight of the procession for their dis
trict.
Messrs. Schwartz, Elliott and Mcguire
were named a committee to select five bust
ness men from each of the following streets
to wait on the Fourth of July committee
and make the demand: First, Second
Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth.
1t was suggested that after a permanent
organization had been effected an execu-
tive committee be named and its duty
should be to show what is required in the
district, present these requirement to the
authorities and ask, if necessary, the issu-
ance of bonds to pay for needed improve
ments.
An adjournment was then taken to
Irish-American Hall, at 8 O'Clock, on next
Monday night