The San Francisco call., 1896-02-27
REGENT MARTIN TALKS,
He Says the Wilmerding School
Will Surely Be in
Oakland.
The Site at Temescal Is the Unani.
NOUS Choice of the Com
mittee.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
ono NOV, Eoh

90S Broadway, Feb. 26.
Regent J. West Martin feels confident
Oakland will secure the Wilmerding
School. The report of the special COM
mittee favoring Ayala Park at Temescal,
between two lines OF electric roads, is es-
pecially pleasing to him. Referring to the
subject to-day he said:
"There is no doubt that the Wilmerding
School will be located on this side The
committee on sites reported unanimously
in favor of the Ayala Park proposition.
When the first ballot was cast by the COM
mittee there were two votes for the Sew
enth and Adeline streets site, but the next
ballot showed unanimous vote for the
Ayala site. TIE first time 1 saw the Ayala
Park I thought thought it was the ideal
spot for the school. 1t is a beautiful place.
1t is on two electric lines and is convenient
to all the little suburban towns and almost
in the corporate limits of Oakland. 1t is
only question of time before that section
will be part of the city.
cit is near Berkeley, too; that is great
thing-having the school accessible to the
university. That was the great objection
to the other sites offered-they were all too
far away. The school will be rnder the
ulTeCb supervision OI the faculty ana he
gents of the State University and it would
be absurd to place it in location incon-
venient for them to reach. Every requisi-
ton and salary Will have to pass through
the hands of the university controllers.
Now, the AyaIa Park site is so near that it
will take but short time for the faculty
or Regents to visit the school. This site
offers several natural attractions. There
is spring OF clear, pure water that will
always give all the water supply needed.
1t is laid out as a park, with magnificent
trees. The location is within half a mile
of two power houses. If power is ever
needed, you see, it will be convenient to
obtain it.
at is in fact, as l said before, the ideal
spot for the school. l did not try to in
fiuence the committee, however, L
showed them all the sites offered and they
saw for themselves that the Ayala prop
erty was the best. 1t presents more advan-
tages than any other property that has
been offered. l consider the question of a
site settled now, for the Regents will not,
unless for very good reasons, act contrary
to the report of their committee. OF course
other sites may be offered, but none to
excel this, | feel sure. | have often told
the Regents that it is not the commercial
value OF the property that we should con-
slider as much as the convenience of the
location.
The San Francisco site is too far out in
the sandhills. We could not consider that
any more than we could consider the Of
fers from San Diego and Lake counties
The Ayala property is valued at SIS, 600
and am sure that nowhere could such a
piece of property be obtained at the price
| named. 1t embraces large block OF land
and is surrounded by good neighborhood.
Ayala Park is the site par excellence. |
think it had better be rechristened, ho W.
| ever, and in the future shall call it not