The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-16
SIXTEENTH STREET
FULL OF V|GOR
It's Improvement Club Has
Taken Hold in Good
Earnest.
Claus Spreckels Contributes to
Provide for It's Illumlna-
ton.
Celebration Will Take Place Satur.
day Night in Concentration
of Progress.

Money talked at the meeting of tho
sixteenth-street Improvement Club Mon
day night and the announcement of liberal
subscriptions to the electric-lighting fund
was an eIoquence that appealed most
pleasantly to all present. This was only
the second meeting of the club, yet the
results already achieved are OF so encour-
aging nature that the prospects are ex-
celIent for every undertaking of this en-
ergetic and enterprising body of men be-
ing made complete success.
The immediate purpose of the club is to
secure the electric lighting of Sixteenth
street from Folsom to Guerrero, and of the
cross streets between Fl teenth and Seven
teenth.
At the meeting Monday night at 1909 Six
tenth street, over which j. j. Moran pre-
sided, the various committees reported
list of monthly subscriptions from mer-
chants and property-owners aggregating
$143 25, sufficient to pay for fifteen big
street lights
Among the most liberal monthly SUBJ
scriptions of property-owners were the fol-
lowing: Claus spreckels $40, John Center
$40, Bruins Bros. $40, w. II. Taylor S., ]. ii.
MduSCIS lOI ". H. IudLHSio cobdtO Pc. hS
merchants in the block between Folsom
and Howard subscribed SO 70. those be-
tween Howard and Mission $2l so and
those between Mission and Valencia $50.
n o subscriptions have yet been reported
from the block between Valencia and
Guerrero though some are promised. a
number of liberal subscriptions were also
reported from Mlssion-street merchants.
1t was decided to let the contract
for the blocks between Folsom and Valen-
cha streets There will be FIVE lights to a
block with one at the Howard and one at
the Mission-sIreet crossing. There will
be two lights on Mission street between
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets and one
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets. There will be fitting celebration
Saturday night with band, bonfires on
the crossings illumination, decorations,
etc.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved That the liberality of Claus
Spreckels, John Center, Bruins Bros, Goldman
& Son, F. w. Waibel and F. II. Taylor has been
such as is characters tic of the progressive,
large-hearted and liberal-minded citizen, and
they are each OF them entitled to the sincere
thanks of this club.
Resolved, That Claus Spreckels, John Center,
w. II. Taylor and C. J. Mangels are hereby de-
clared elected to honorary membership in TINS
club.
a IuOllR Tue uGIuDcIS Va tuc Cluu are Tue
following:
John ]. Moran, Mccoy & Nesbitt. ]. Leichler,
G. L. Center, J. P. Meany, George jaeger, Fred
Reppe, w. Brusger, G. Graft, o. Doyle q Co.,
S. Friedman & Son, d. B. Beaurer, H. Part
man, Jacob Harris, r. c. Griffith, John F.
Bruins, Bruins Bros. WaibePs Bazaar, G. H.
Van der Maiden & Bros, J. E. Adams. w. H.
Benson, J. F. Wielman, F. Brandt, C. a. Taylor,
Fred winters, Goldman & Son. o. H. Jentzsch,
F. c. StIaveD, f. Raabe, T. Musgrave, ]. Peter
son, J. serensky, F. Weyrather, T. @ Hara, An
thony Trayor, Paul Biniorz, Henry Stoever, N.
Bowman, William Huhleman, N. G. Webolo-
L. Caro-, D. Shaw, W. Levy, N. Brace, J. T. Kin
dred, w. j. Pattosien, r. w. Coffin, ]. Flesh
man. Anton Sitter, A. Sehau, James Boyle, d.
Schwetzer A. B. Baiaban, E. K. Adrieh, Gut
lanth Bros, Sperling & eolzenwald, James
Ray, w. Freebooter, w. A. c. Smith Charles H.
Mayer, John II. Lindemann, w. Levy, Gus
Hennig, P. j. McGinnes, J. ID. Rush, Mrs. Bole,
j. Lehman, John Huber, NJ. Much, r. H. Will
cox, Ed Buzbach, j. Nichols, E. III. ]. Mar
quardsen, Charles Relin, A. Fischer
The club will meet Thursday night.