The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-10
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lTn believers Il agitation IL connection
with sEy reforms. municipal or otherwise,
which tney may desire 70 accom- plish.
A. one q the members q thei- Improve
n-ent Association put Il yesterday: 1t Is
~ agitation t5at our district has been built
Lp and We receive such BENEFITS Is We now
enjoy"
There s-e tTo improvement clubs II the
c-srr1Cr- the members q which are mainly
properly owner not only from the north
E-Cs Of Point Igef-gs Avenue flt from that
section which lies toward The park Both
organizations have been II existence for
years aoc have accom- plished much In the
TaE % Improvements. Streets have been
CTened up macaCara5zsd ana curDed a. far
e I was possible for the thor0Eghfzres 70
&C. Hundreds Of villas, cottages. - vel
a. preteITlous residences have been erected
II the section where not many years ago
there was nothing but rolling hills OF sand
covered WITH purple end yellow lupine
blossoms
But in the midst Of all the weatber-beaten
fence surrounding the Bay District track
stands 1rOTllDg OF the march Of improve
ment across SIX % the best streets IN the
district This l. what the property-owneTs
ara oo!ecting % and Why they are agitzting
1Or is removal
They have appealed 70 successive Boards
Of euperTlsO-s for relief IN opening up
these streets IL order that the progressive
march Of improvement may 90 on 70 the
trees which fringe the Criveways and by-
ways o the peoples recreation ground
Golden Gate Park
Their last petition mas been shelved bv
the Supervisors. II spite Of the fact that
many property-owners appeared in its be
hsI and tried % convince the municipal
mentors that rows Of villas would be more
picturesque, i not more valuable addi-
tons 70 the district than the rickety,
Teathe--Deaten fence surrounding IN
slightly mounds Of sand which inciose the
grounds where the California Jockey Club
holds lis equine contests.
In fact the rscetrack has been too lively
altogether IA the past three or four months
. suit the prOperty-OTners and people
who live in that vicinity There il = cIass
OF people supported there who DO not
reflect any credit on the neighborhood by
their presence. They are in the main OF
the same sort, 50 the neighbors say. that
follow clpcus along a country circuit. and
they have been responsible for innumer-
able breaches Of the peace ever since their
arrival.
The records OF the Receiving HospftaI
alone are sufficient 70 sustain the opinions
which the Richmond district people have
OF the Jockey Clubs retainerg They show
that IN the past three months there have
been no less than eight stabbing affrays.
the victims OF which have been treated
there. Outside Of this il is known that at
least score or more cutting and shooting
scrapes have occurred il the many saloons
on ID street and on Fifth avenue These
ARRAYS, which have been kept quiet" BY
the proprietOrs of the places in which they
occurred, are nevertheless, the gossip of
the neighborhood. The drunken men who
engaged IN them were recognized az en-
ployes al the racetrack.
7. j. Parker, who IS well known in the
district as one of its foremost promoters in
the way Of reai-estate Improvements. 4
pronounced in his opinion, and he voices
the sentiments OF the Richmond District
improvement Association.
while our association had two men in
Sacramento" he said, Fighting in favor OF
the bill regarding the limiting OF racing
upon any one track in the State TO sixty
days in the year, the sentiment out in our
district Is not so much opposed TO racing
as II Is against the maintenance Of a race
track under the present system of genteel
gambling or any other system right in the
midst Of our distinct
10 speak my mind plainly about this