The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-04
FOURTH CLUB FORMED,
FOISom-Street Boulevard Or
ganizerS Complete Their
Work.
All the Clubs to Meet In a Grand
Rally Sidewalks to Be
Uniform.

Folsom street Improvement Club No.
was organized last night. This covers the
street from Third street to the wharf. 1t
completes the work OF organization started
by Captain George Raabe and A. B. Ma
guire for the Folsom street boulevard.
The meeting was held in the Good Sa-
marian Hall OF the Episcopal Mission, cor
ner of Folsom and Second streets, and
quite number of ladies were present and
took an active interest, among them being
Mrs. Joseph B. Firth, Mrs w: H. Hinton,
Mrs. E. A. Nolan, Mrs. Mary A. DAILY, Mrs.
Simon German, Mrs. Anna Brown, Miss
Mary M. Riley, Miss Maggie J. Riley and
Miss Mary Langton.
Captain Raabe opened the meeting with
a review of the agitation in favor of the
illuminating of the street from the wharf
to Twenty ninth street, and explained that
three other clubs had already been formed
from Twenty-fourth street down. The
bicycle parade and electric illumination,
he said, with the manifest advantage of
the noiseless pavement already laid from
Nineteenth to Twenty-sixth streets, had
shown that the project was popular one.
The boulevard, he believed, was now an
assured fact, since the Board of Super
visors had instructed the Finance Com
mittee to include it in the next tax levy.
A. B. Mcguire told how the property
owners had been organized from one end
to the other, not one man having been
found who was opposed to the movement.
For its success he gave great credit to the
press of the City, and at his suggestion a
vote of thanks to the newspapers was en-
Enthusiastically passed.
The club was organized with John
Rafferty, president, and w. j. Harrington
secretary. An executive committee of
three, consisting of J. D. Kinds, w. J..
Harrington and Captain E. Freeman, was
chosen to cooperate with like committees
of the other three clubs, so as to make a
general executive committee of twelve.
There was also working committee
chosen composed of Captain Joseph B.
Firth, Henry P. Giannini and Mr.. Har-
rington. A committee on halls was COM
posed of Mrs. w. H. Hinton, Miss Mary
NJ. Riley and Captain Firth.
Short speeches in favor of the boulevard
were made by Supervisor bunker, ex-
Supervisor John W. Farren, President
Leon Samuels and Secretary Hannah of
Club No. 3, Captain Firth, J. d. Kinds,
Mr.. Harrington, +. w. McEwen of Club
No. and several others.
Mr.. McEwen said he had been out can
vassing for names to the petition with
Patrick Heyfron during the afternoon and
had remarkable success. Every property
owner requested to do so had signed his
name.
Many of the old-timers recalled the glory
of Folsom street in the days gone by, and
contrasted it with the present neglected
condition of the lower end. Mr.. Harring-
ton could remember the varied fortunes of
the thoroughfare since 1856 Henry
Cohen, who had been on the street for over
thirty years, and J. H. Kinds, who was
born and brought up in that neighborhood,
said they thought it was time that part of
the City received some favorable attention.
Some of the nineteenth century spirit was
at last being felt, remarked Captain Firth.
Supervisor bunker declared that he was
most enthusiastically in favor of the boule-
ward, and he believed he could say all the
other Supervisors were. Mr.. Farren
thought that the thing would be done if
property owners took the interest in it that
they should. The consensus of opinion
was that the improvement would greatly
enhance the value of all property-a fact
that was manifestly appreciated by all who
owned foot of land.
Votes of thanks were rendered to Chair
man A. B. Spreckels of the City Street
Committee, Supervisor bunker and the
the ladies should receive share of graft
tude for their presence and active interest.
Mr.. McEwen observed that the ladies who
owned property were most prompt to sign
they understood what clean streets meant.
They were thanked accordingly.
The petition was then passed around for
signatures, and resolution was adopted
to have the sidewalks of uniform width,
namely, Is feet. They are 10 feet inches
wide from Ninth street down at present.
1t was wellattended gathering. An
other one will be held next Monday night
at the same place. Mr.. Mcguire stated
that week from next Monday night there
would be general rally of all the clubs at
the corner of Eighth and Folsom streets.
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