The San Francisco call., 1896-04-02
I|N|AG GETS A SCORING.
The Superintendent Hauled Over
the Goals With No Gen.
tie Hand.
Lively Resolutions at the Meeting of
the Point Lobos Avenue I'm.
provement Club.

Enthusiasm was by no means lacking at
last nights meeting of the Point Lobos-
avenue Improvement Club. Crossthwaite' s
Hall on Fifth avenue was the scene of the
gathering, which was presided over by
George r. Fletcher, president of the club.
Announcement was made that the
Superintendent of Streets had issued
call for bids On the contract for clearing
Twenty-fourth avenue OF drifting sand in
which it is at present submerged; also
that the grade of First avenue in the Sec
ton now being paved would be reduced to
per cent in order to render the ascent Of
vehicles less difficult. The committee on
the First avenue boulevard having lost one
OF its members through the resignation of
q. Frohman the vacant place was supplied
by the election of P. Filippini, the other
two members of the committee being Luke
Battles and F. T. Newberry.
The streetcar service in Richmond dis.
trict was severely criticized.
4. NJ. Wood said he had seen motormen
on the Sutro line allow cars 10 attain a
speed OF fully twenty miles an hour, and
yet omit to ring the bell at the street
crossings.
Eight miles, | believe" remarked Mr..
Fletcher, lis the legal maximum of speed,
but sometimes il looks as though the gait
will be regulated after few women and
children shall have been killed."
Daniel P. Fenton opined that it would
be better to say nothing on the subject for
the present as some OF the offending mo-
tormen had been discharged and others
warned that they would lose their posi-
tions if they did not use some degree of
care and prudence in running the cars.
The clIb then proceeded to- pay its COM
pliments to Mr.. Vining of the Market
street Railway Company by adopting reso-
lutions that were prefaced by very sar-
castle preamble in which Mr.. Vining and
his peculiar transfer system" were
handled without gloves albeit with good
deal of biting humor and satire. The res
olutions themselves were as follows:
RESOLVED, That this club and the people of the
Richmond District pledge themselves to use
their best endeavors to have inserted in the
platforms of the political parties a plank
pledging the candidates to the Senate and As
sembiy TO Introduce and carry through the
coming Legislature bin that no streetcar
shall carry more passengers than there are seats
ior IN the car, and that the price OF single
fare on any street railroad shall not exceed 3
cents, or shall be two fares for 5 cents; and be
1t further
Resotued, That the secretary be instructed to
forward a copy OF this preamble and resolution
to every improvement club in this City and
also to the Merchants Association, and that
5000 copies be printed for distribution asking
the clubs and the public TO cooperate with
this club to bring this important public ques-
ton to successful issue.
Mr.. Fenton called attention to the con-
dition OF the sidewalk in front of the
Sutro Primary School, on Twelfth avenue,
the boards of which were in so rotten a
state that in his opinion there was great
danger of children tripping and filling.
The executive committee was ordered to
investigate the matter and report upon it
to the Board of Education.
"It's the most viilainous piece of busi-
ness I ever saw" added Mr.. Fenton hy
way Of commentary.
Residents were reported as not being
desirous of going about with lanterns by
night, as many of them are said to have
been doing hitherto. A petition is to be
prepared calling the attention of the Su-
perintendent of Streets TO the matter.