The San Francisco call., 1896-06-26
AFFAIRS OUT
IN RICHMOND.
Three Improvement Clubs
at Work for the
District.
AFTER THE GRAVEYARDs
The Legislature Will Be Peti.
toned for an Anti.Cem.
etery Law.
INDORsING THE CHARTER.
Richmond Wants to Use Her Own Red
Rock for the Paving of
Her Streets.

Richmond district has three improve
ment clubs all working in the interest OF
the locality, and to this fact may be at
tributed in measure the progress in that
portion of the City. They are the Richmond
District Association. the Richmond District
Property owners Protective Association
and the Point Lobos Improvement Associ-
alton. The Protective Association was
formed with one object and that was to
oppose the interment of bodies within the
City limits. 1t succeeding in getting an
ordinance passed making the sale OF burial
lots unlawful. The Richmond District I'M
provement Association has now taken up
the cemetery question and the two clubs
will join forces in their efforts to have the
graveyards removed. Richmond has all
the cemeteries in the City and its residents
feel that they are most especially unfor-
tunate.
The Richmond District Improvement
Asso citation held spirited meeting
Wednesday evening and prepared for Wig
orous work in the interest of the district.
First the newly elected officers as follows
were installed: Charles H. Hubbs, presi-
de mt; George Magoonis, Maurice V. Sam
uels and John T. Meinert, vice-presidents:
]. G. Maloney, secretary; S. u. Darbee,
treasurer; ]. j. Slattery, sergeant-at-arms;
Darbee. j. J. Casey, ]. SIattery and W. S.
Simonds.
Charles H. Hubbs is also president of
the Property owners Protective Assoeia-
ton, which contains in its numbers many
of the most influential residents OF the dis
trict.
One OF the first questions before the
meeting was the mail delivery for the To-
cality. A nranch postoffice will shortly
be established in the district and .peti-
tion was ordered forwarded to Postmaster
McCoppin asking for Sunday and night
letter collection.
The new charter received the hearty
Endorsement of the association, and M. V.
Samuels and S. U. Darbee were elected
delegates to the charter convention.
Charles Hubbs and M. V. Samuels were
elected delegates to the Board of Confed-
Grated Clubs.
1t was unanimously adopted that the
association pledge itself to use its utmost
rected against City burials. 1t was the
general opinion that legislative enact
ment should be procured to meet the
cemetery question. The City burial places
out west OF Thirty-third avenue are con-
sidered to be menace to the locality and,
therefore, should be removed. Messrs.
Hubbs and Samuels, who are attorneys,
were appointed a committee to draft
bill for presentation to the next LegIs-
lature. 1t will authorize the Board OF
Supervisors to sell the old City cemeteries
and purchase suitable burial grounds out
side the corporate limits.
]. A Bergerot, one of the directors of
the French Benevolent Society, was made
a memb Der OF the Richmond District Asso-
tion as the representative of the society.
'There is another question:" said Mr.
Hubbs yesterday, (which will not down
IN Richmond, and that is the question of
pavement. We have naturally the finest
and most level streets IN the City and we
want to put them in good condition. We
can do so if the Board of Supervisors will
let US, but that body holds us back and
many of our streets are sadly in need of
work. The trouble is over the rock. The
board says we must use the bluerock,
which is unsuitable and costly. We have
redrock quarry in our midst that turns
out material which is in every way satis-
factory. In use roadbed of this material
packs down like hardpan and lasts for
years.
"Look at Clement street, upon which
the Sutro electric road runs. 1t was paved
with our red rock and the hig cars travel
as smoothly as though they were rolling
on bitumen.
at is grievous injustice that we can
not use cheap and excellent material for
our streets, but must pay heavy price
for a rock that is unsuitable simply be
cause somebody has got Job through
the new City Hail. One of the objects of
the Richmond District Improvement As
sociation is to use its endeavors to bring
ordinance and work our streets in our own
WaV.'