The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-27
PARK MUSIC CONCOURSE,
Commissioners Resolve to Begin
Work Thereon Without
Delay.
Addition to Museum Authorized-No
One Chosen to Succeed J. D. Red.
ding as Director of Music.

The Board of Park Commissioners held
meeting yesterday at the residence Of
Commissioner Irving M. Scott. Commits
sioner Austin, who was seen at his home
last evening, said the meeting was held IN
town at the request of Mr.. Scott.
A resolution was adopted at the meeting
which gives the superintendent power to
appoint and discharge ali park laborers.
So many applications have been made to
the Commissioners at their respective
places of business during the busiest hours
of the day that it was deemed best to refer
all applications to Superintendent Nc
Laren.
The board devoted a great deal of the
time of yesterdays session to the consider
alton Of bills contracted since the begin
ming OF the present fiscal year. The bills
favorably passed upon yesterday, together
with the demands already approved by
Auditor Broderick, amount to nearly
100000, and will exhaust the allowance of
$50, 900 month for the months of July,
August, September and October.
1t was the sense of the board expressed
at the meeting that the work should COM,
mence at once on the extension Of the
bicycle road to the ocean. The superin-
tendent was also directed to proceed at
once with the work of constructing the
new music concourse. This new feature
of the park will involve an outlay of $40,-
600. AS explained in THE CALL few days
ago tunnel will be constructed under the
main driveway to the concourse. The
tunnel will go under the road at point
near where the park entrance to the Md
winter Fair was established and will &C
commodate passengers arriving on car
lines terminating north of the park. An
other tunnel will admit travel coming
from the deer-glen, buffalo paddock and
the birdcage. The earth displaced by the
tunneling will be banked up to shelter the
course from the westerly winds. A deal
of leveling must be lone and quite guam
tity of debris of the fair removed in order
to make the music cOncourse presentable.
No action was taken at the meeting yes
terday on the subject of selecting Joseph
d. Redding's successor. The Commits
sioners comprehend that it is not an easy
task to find a man that possesses, as Mr..
Redding does, a knowledge of music along
with good business attainments. 1t will
be the duty of Mr.. Redding's successor to
collect the subscriptions from the street
railroad companies, to provide the new
| music excepting posted on Eastern sue
cesses), to arrange programmes, pay the
musicians and keep an account of all
money received and an itemized statement
Oh Ill ulSDuIStlututS. IL TIE pOSltlOll Car
ried with it salary of $500 or $500
month the board might be overwhelmed
with applicants for the job, but as the
compensation consists mainly of such
public applause as the concerts merit
hunters for the place are not tumbling
over one another in 6 rush to be engaged.
The board, considering that 100000 yet
remains to be expended, decided TO resume
the important work of extending the bou-
levard of the Great Highway. Means at
hand may not be sufficient to extend the
boulevard to the county line, but another
mile of the highway will be joined to the
mile already constructed. The Great High
way commences at the foot of the Cliff
House hill and runs facing the ocean a dis
lance OF three miles to the county line.
Some money will be expended in loam-
ing the future forest of the park. The for
est. which has been planted during the
past ten years, comprises five hundred
acres lying west OF Twenty fourth avenue.
The Commissioners resolved to expend
the sum OF $4,000 in building an addition
to the museum in the park.
The new granite cottage in the park is
rooted with tiles. 1t is handsome build
ing, but its cost will appropriate $45, 900.
Some workmen were engaged there yester-
day. Should the rains come inside work
can go along without delay, as the struc-
ture is now weather proof.
There was gang of workers yesterday
engaged in thinning out the pine forest on
North Ridge, a short distance west of the
cottage. This forest is one of the oldest
in the park. The men were equipped with
saws and axes and seemed to be slashing
away with good deal of vigor.