The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-25
WANTS THE BOULEVARD.
THE QUESTION OF BONDING THE
COUNTY Is COMING UP
DEFINITELY.
WHEELMEN IN THE CITY WILL
GLADLY Boom THE BIG
PROJECT.

That magnificent project of building a
wide and finely macadamized boulevard
from San Francisco to San Jose is at last
taking tangible form. There are prospects
that determined, organized efforts to carry
out this incompatible improvement
scheme will be under way all along the
line before great while.
The next meeting of the Board of Super
visors Of San Mateo County will be held on
the first Monday in April, and at that
meeting number of citizens of San Mateo
and some members of the Burlingame
Club will urge the Supervisors to place
before the people proposition to bond the
county for about 100000 to build the
boulevard through San Mateo County.
The Supervisors are reported to be favor
ably disposed toward the enterprise.
Public sentiment through,San Mateo and
Santa Clara counties is rapidly growing
more enthusiastic in favor of an improve
ment which would soon become world
famous, increase the value of every lot
and acre between San Francisco and San
Jose; advertise widely that rich and beau
tiful region and rapidly increase the popu-
lation, wealth and development of the
long stretch of country which it would
run through. 1t is being generally urged
and conceded that the boulevard would
soon repay its cost many times over, and
that the increase in population and taxa
BILE values which it would bring would rem
der the taxation necessary to carrying a
bonded debt SO light as to be hardly no
ticeable.
The boulevard is not likely to be seri-
ously considered in San Francisco until
the project has taken shape in the neigh
boring counties and is presented as q
definite and practical Issue here When
that time comes, as it seems likely to, it
will find many. strong champions and
probably but few opponents. Mayor Sutro,
President Dohrmann OF the Merchants
Association and others have expressed
hearty Endorsement of the scheme in the
columns of the CALL and described the
shameful situation of San Francisco in not
having an endurable roadway out of the
city, while little to the south lies one OF
the fairest regions of the coast. If instead
of stretch of hills and two terrible roads
an attractive driveway made this home OF
beauty accessible San Francisco people
would flock there for suburban homes and
would in fine weather pour out of the city
by the aid of every kind of wheel.
AS this boulevard will enter the city BY
way of the park whenever it comes, the
building of the new racetrack and its &C.
companying improvements at Ingleside at
d COSt VI S4oo,VVO 10 u promising ClrCum-
stance in its aid. The new racetrack will
be right on the natural route of the great
boulevard. From the south entrance OF
the park to Ingleside better or more at
tractive roadway than the present Aims
house road will be important to the success
of the new racing and pleasure resort. The
boulevard would be the one thing needed
to popularize the new racetrack. From
Ing1eside south to the county line the
route is easy and attractive, and one-half
the right of way through the Spring Valley
Company's MERGED ranch is already as
sured.
Nobody has taken or will take more in
terest in the new boulevard than the
thousands of cyclists in San Francisco.
will be heard and their influence felt in its
favor. With no other class will it enlist
more quick and enthusiastic cooperation.
There are in San Francisco about 5000