The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
TEMESCAL IS FAVORED,
Commended by a Committee Of
the Regents for the Viii.
merding School.
Mayor SutroS Site Not Found Accept.
able-Governor Budd Vigorously
Booms Stockton.

able-Governor Budd Vigorously
Booms Stockton.
Regents of the State University met at
the Mark Hopkins Institute yesterday
afternoon and discussed proposed sites for
the Wiir-erding School. Without reach
ing decision the subject was deferred
until March 81 next, when the Regents
will hold special session on this topic
The Regents attending yesterday were
Budd, Crocker, Black, Marye, Chase,
Reinstein, Phelps, Kellogg, Bartlett, Mar
TIN, Miller, Hallidie ard Houghton.
| Timothy Guy Phelps was called to the
chair before the Governor came in.
Regents Miller, Bartlett, Hallidie, Marye
and Martin, constituting the committee on
site, presented an elaborate report, setting
forth that offers of land as follows had been
made:
Adolph Sutro, land in San Francisco.
! Citizens OF San Leandro, land in that place.
C. a. Hooper, land in Redwood City.
Castro-street Land Company, land in San
Francisco.
James d. Phelan, land in San Jose.
F. X. Shattuck, land in Berkeley.
Hugh Dimond and A. C. Brandemuhal, land
in Fruitvae.
| f. A. Berlin, land in Oakland.
w. w. Judson, land in Oakland.
Citizens of Lake County, land in I4akeport.
Katie Dwyer. land in Lorin, Alameda County.
James Dunn, land in Oakland.
Thomas Badger, land in Oakland.
Louis n. Hagar, land at Laundry Farm.
Shalnwald, Buckbee d Co., land in Alameda.
The committee reported that the sites
| offered at Redwood, San Jose and Lake
| port had been considered unfavorable on
| account of the distances from Berkeley.
| CnnrernInp
port of the committee contains this para
| graph:
The site offered by Mr.. Sutro is thought
to be too far out of town to ever become
successful competitor to the Lick and
Cogswen schools, which are supposed to
offer the same advantages to poor BOYS
to whom time and car fares must be an
object"
Mr.. Shattuck's offer for land at Berke-
| ley was understood to be withdrawn, and
therefore the committee had narrowed
down its choice to two stes-one at
Temescal and the other in Oakland
1t was explained to the regents that it
was generally admitted that the s40O, 900
donated by Mr.. Wilmerding should be de-
voted to the maintenance of the school
and not a dollar of the principal should be
expended for land or buildings.
The calculation was made that the land
would be given and that the interest on
|
toward the building fund.
Judge Wallace did not clearly under
stand the objection offered to the Sutro
site. II the school should 20 away from
| San Francisco he desired to be informed
upon all the facts demanding its location
elsewhere. Should the choice be reduced
to Oakland and Temescal, regents should
be fully advised Of the advantages these
presented.
| ]. West Martin spoke highly of the
| Temescal site as the ideal location, under
the eye of the university. The tract of
land, containing seven and a half acres,
was conveniently near two electric car
| lines. Water was abundant and electric
| power within reach.
Ex-Mayor Davis was accorded the privi-
| lege OF presenting the merits of the Oak
! land propositions, ana he submitted the
case In style so finished and polished
that even Regents Wallace and Kellogg
must have commended the composition.
| de described four excellent sites, and
assured the board that the Oakland COM
mlttee had the money at command TO pur-
chase any one of them. In this order the
| sites were enumerated:
| First-Land south of Badger Park near an
| arm of the estuary.
Second-Three and half acres at TWENTY
| first and Adeline streets.
Third-One block. corner of Seventh and Ade-
| line streets.
| fouIti-SeVeu acres at IemeScal
Mr.. Davis directed public thought to
the achievements Of the university in the
| cause of culture, in the domain of science
and in the field of the humanities, and the
equipment of the institution for doing
more in the same line, but what he
wanted to make clear was the necessity of
utilltarian work and the advantage of
Oakland for utility. Incidentally MIR,
Davis mentioned the location of the Col
I ndY n,NI T L.
! sula ana the danger OF the university be-
coming top-heavy on this side. He
thought the elements of strength should
be gathered about the old home site.
About this time Governor Budd entered
the room, leaving picture of the Stock
ton Free Library building and large
| bundle OF newspaper literature devoted to
booming Stockton q manufacturing
! town.
| Obviously, he had not heard that part of
the committees report dropping out Red
| wood and San Jose on account of dis tance
| from Berkeley, for he proceeded with de-
clded vlgor to press the claims of Stockton
| for the school. He asserted that Stockton
was the manufacturing center of California
! and the place of all places where a school
| of the character conte mplated should be
| established. Building material of the
most enduring type was readily accessible.
| The beauty of the marble and it's suscepti-
piiicy w tihC iAAG AOot PoiAoh WCIS III
the CorinthIan columns of the Stockton
Free Library building. Citizens of Stockton
would be as liberal with the university as
| they were with the Valley road. Stockton,
he remarked, had everything desired-even
had the Governor. Sacramento, too, should
be considered, as that city was now gaining
strength as a manufacturing point.
A motion made by Judge Wallace to
| postpone consideration of the subject until
| March 81 was carried unanimously.
Meanwhile, the newspapers throughout
| the State are expected to make the fact
known that the regents will be pleased to
receive additional tenders of land for the
school.