The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-08
WHATEVER THE COST Be,
The Second South Side Bou-
leVard Club Has Been
Organized.
Bitumen on Folsom Street Even If
the Dollar Limit Must Be
Passed.

Another South Side Boulevard Club was
organized Monday night at an enthusiastic
meeting held at Folsom and Eighth streets.
Joseph Kelly is the president.
Supervisor Hobbs of the Eleventh Ward
was present and proved one of the most
ardent supporters of the project to bitumi-
nize Folsom street from the wharf to
Twenty-ninth street. "I'll say, for one of
the Supervisors, that | am with you," was
the unmistakable manner in which he ex-
pressed himself. He also took occasion to
inform the meeting that Mr.. Spreckels had
told him during the day that he was heart
lily in favor of it, and would do all he could
toward making the boulevard a realization.
$50 that's two out of the twelve Super
visors you can count on" he added, by way
of clincher, and the applause with which
it was received was loud and long
Among the others who gave their views,
at length, were eX-Supervisor Taber and
G.. C. ferrill, who was once Superintend-
ent of Streets. Much was said about the
next tax levy. The general sentiment of
the gathering was not in favor of keeping
down to the one-dollar limit.
Mr.. Hobbs said:
The Board of Supervisors will not be able to
make the tax levy until next September. You
do not have to wait until then, though, because
the board, Immediately after the LIST OF July,
can order the work done and then the City will
have twelve months in which to pay for it. No
contractor would refuse piece of work with
that understanding. There is one thing you
must take into consideration, however, and
that is that great many items of expenditure
some of them pretty big, like the $3.50, 1000
for the completion of the new City Hall-wi1l
have to be provided for in the next estimate;
and, then, If the Supreme Court should alter
its decision and say that we must pay the con-
tractors what we owe them, as we ought to do,
you must not complain If we have to go be-
concerned you cannot run this City on that
basis if you want the public improvements
you expect.
Ex-Supervisor Taber said:
Seeing the number of additional demands
that will in oil probability be made for street
and other public improvements, it should not
be matter of surprise if the board does have
| to go beyond the dollar limit.
Ex-Assemblyman Terrill said:
The Eleventh Ward should have more rep.
resentation on the board. However, we can
safely count on two members. Since there are
q number of blocks that have to be torn up the
City will find 1t just about cheap to pave
the entire street with bitumen, and infinitely
better. AS to the onedollar limit have been
opposing it for twenty years. All the money l
have gotis in real estate and 1 never yet OBJ
jected to public improvement. am willing
to pay my portion of the expense whether the
levy be 81, 81 so or 50. The streets as they
have been have cost me more fol horses and
buggies than it would have cost me in taxes to
have them all paved
1t was decided to have the committee
chosen by the South Side Improvement
Club at Folsom and Twenty fourth streets
Saturday night confer with the Street
Committee of the board on Thursday and
the Committee on Finance at it's Friday
afternoon session. During the meeting
some very pleasant things were said of the
CALL for the progressive spirit manifested
by it in behalf of public improvements.