The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-03

teristic of Franciscan buildings does not
allow much ornament or detail in its
architecture. Its style is Romanesque,
which Is not very pretentious in frame
structure.
1t is situated Just to the westward of the
church and like the church fronts on
Army street.
Nearly 200 families communicate with
st. Anthony's Church, most of them be-
ing Swiss. Commencing the third Sunday
in August some Benedictine fathers from
Oregon will commence a weeks mission.
August is great feast day on the
franciscan calendar. 1t is called "Portiun-
cula, and every Catholic visiting a Fran
ciscan church on that day can gain plen-
airy indulgence provided he has been to
confession and received the communion.
The cutting through and grading of
Army street to the Potrero is making a
great change with all this neighborhood
Father Quirinus said yesterday: What
Golden Gate avenue is downtown, Army
street is to us out here. 1t is perfect
boulevard, and makes one of the best
thoroughfares in the City"
There is plenty OF electric light at night
in the vicinity of st. Anthony's Church
and the Cogswell Polytechnic School, and
in little while it is expected the street
will be lighted by electricity all the way to
the BAY.
There is talk of organizing an improve
ment club soon on Bernal Heights. If it
does materialize it will devote its energies
toward the equalizing of the street grades
there.
The need of such a club was made ap-
parent during a recent attempt to have
Prospect avenue cut and graded through
the hill like California avenue. A white
contractor named Burns secured a list of
names for the northern half and a colored
nj nnh rot L
for the southern half. AS the property
owners along the north end were averse to
subsequently signing the colored man s
contract, and those along the south end
could not see any particular reason for at
taching their signatures to Mr.. Burns
list after their names had gone down on
Mr.. Dobson's, the street still remains I'M
graded.
Electric lights are needed in many places
on Bernal Heights, but the people living
and doing business there fear that they
will not get them until the streets are
graded.
The Mission Journal has the following
notes on street improvements:
About the only objection to the Mission
street line now is the lack of transfer facilities
below Ninth street. Several persons who ride
frequently desire to transfer north to the
Kearny-street line, and thus into the business
portion of town. Transfers are now issued
toward the southern racine depot, and these
persons think that they might be extended the
other way.
The grading of Mission road between the
Five-mile House and Amazon avenue is still
progressing slowly, and most of the traffic to
and from the City is now on the old San Jose
road and from the bridge at Mount Vernon
avenue to the County line the San Jose road is
terribly cut up.
In the next tax levy the sum of $40, 900 for
a sewer on Fifteenth street is to be incor-
porated. This is much needed, as the rain water
from the hills continually destroys the old
one. Enough money has already been spent
for repairs to build new one.
Army street. between Mission and Valencia,
is being widened. The sidewalks are being re-
duced, thus adding to the width of the road
way.
Noe street, from Seventeenth to Market, is
claimed by the residents to be in good condi-
ton, therefore they protest against having it
repayed.
Men are at work relaying the basalt blocks
between the tracks on the crossings of the
streets intersecting Mission street.
The telephone company has commenced
placing their wires underground in the Mis-
sion.
Twenty-first street, between Mission and
Howard, is being bttuminized.
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Scheeving's Misfortunes.
John Scheeyine who lived at JOS Eraa1on