The San Francisco call., 1896-05-12
Supervisors to Be Asked to Be
gin the Construction
at Once.
AN AGGRESSIVE ORGANIZATION
A Charge That the PesthouSe Resolu.
ton Was Instigated by Market.
Street People.

1.-THE North End aroused. The building
on the old City Hall site must be erected
at once. Important meeting of property
owners and storekeepers."
The above is the startling announce
ment in boldfaced type at the head of
circular mailed yesterday to the owners of
property in the vicinity of the site of the
old City Hall on Kearny street and to
many outside of the immediate vicinity.
One was also sent to each storekeeper on
Kearny street from Sutter north. The cir
cular announces that meeting will be
held in Judge CampbelPs courtroom to-
morrow evening and adds:
Every property-owner, taxpayer and busi-
ness man on Kearny street and streets ada
cent to the building site are earnestly re-
quested to be present.
The shameful delay in the speedy erection of
this needed building has not alone been a
great injury TO the laboring classes in general
but serious damage to property interests in
this section and the whole northern section of
the City as well. All persons interested are
most urgently requested 20 be present. Able
speakers will briefly address the meeting and
expose the high-handed political jugglery that
has been a menace and drawback TO the most
beautiful section of the City.
lQe only 10 IQlS QOCumenL Is
that of Robert E. McGregor, secretary
pro tenn. The prime mover in the matter
is one Lichtenstein, VINO owns a piece of
property on Kearny street, near Pine, and
who is opposed to the resolution adopted
at a recent meeting of the Supervisors
postponing the erection of the proposed
municipal building on the old City Hall
site for four months. One of the most
prominent men he has enlisted in the
movement is John Shirley, at one time a
member of the Board of Supervisors, and
the owner of considerable property in the
North End.
This movement" said Mr.. Shirley,
last night, ais to be one at first intended
to show the Supervisors the injustice of
this unnecessary delay in going on with
the work of putting up the municipal
building contemplated. The money is on
hand, and there is no just reason why the
work should not have been commenced
long ago. We hope that the Supervisors
may see that they have made a mistake
and that they will rescind the resolution
of postponement.
This talk of trouble about the archi-
tects is all nonse," continued Mr.. Shirley.
"It is a movement in the interest of Mar
ket-street property-owners, who hope that
by delaying the proposed Improvements
business would become so dull in the
north end that storekeepers will move to
Market street. This postponement is but
a step in movement so rumor has il,
and Mr.. Shirley emphasized rumor
ito still further delay building
until after the Legislature meets, when an
effort is to be made to obtain authority to
build county Jail on the site instead of a
municipal building. But that we will not
have. We do not want county jail; we
want a portion of the municipal govern
ment at the North End.
'If no action is taken by the Super
visors in this matter, we shall organize an
aggressive movement, just as we did when
there was opposition to the opening of
property-owners organized and controlled
the votes against all candidates who op-
posed the opening of the avenue. They
will organize again and agitate until the
municipal building is erected.
Headquarters will be established in
Montgomery block. We have with us
people along Kearny street as far south as
Sutter, and ex-Congressman w. A. Piper,
whose property is all in the vicinity of
Market street, is with us, because, as he
said. of the manifest injustice to the peo-
pie of the North End. There will be good
speakers at the meeting on Wednesday
night and some good and effective talk
ing"