The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-17
A Plan te illuminate That
Thoroughfare With
Electricity.
1t Comprises White Lights on
the Side and Colors in
the Middle.
Merchants Have Talked 1t Over and
Many Are Enthusiastic for I'm.
preSsivs Examinations.

j. Richard Freud, the attorney and Sec
rotary OF the Merchants Association, says
there is movement now on foot to make
Market street CLEAN at night as no other
of the worlds great thoroughfares appear
after Sol hides his head in the west.
The idea is rather an original one, but it
has already received the nucleus of strong
support from men directly interested in
the welfare of Market street. And Mr..
Freud says that it has assumed pretty
definite shape. The main thoroughfare of
San Francisco cannot be in second place,
now that nearly all the other main arteries
d the City have appeared in blaze OF
llliant electric light. 1t has a feather in
iks cap and wants to eclipse the side shows,
sd 10 speak. For in addition to strings of
electric lamps like beads OF brilliants on
each side, Market street wants to have a
Tow.of colored arc lights along the center.
Red, yellow and blue, for instance-a very
carnival of color to enhance the stately
avenue OF San Francisco in its nightly
garb.
Market street will be in all probability
the next street to have electric lights"
Mr.. Freud said yesterday. Some mer-
chants on the street have talked the matter
over and are favorably impressed with
the proposition 60 light Market street.
We will take 1t up, and / have no doubt
but that merchants on the street will be
only too willing to subscribe as merchants
on the other streets have done. 1t is to
their interest, of course, and with rows of
arc lights on both sides of Market street
and coiored lights at intervals along the
center 1t would create a striking impress
sion.
The idea is to illuminate the street
efficiently, and then to have colored lights
IN addition to the white ones"
Two gangs of workmen were busy yes
terday finishing the strings of electric
lamps on Kearny street toward its north
ern end ana on Stockton street, near
Washington square, and those streets were
ablaze in the principal parts last night.
So far the Merchants Association has
received subscriptions from the following
toward the Lighting OF Sixteenth street:
Center, W. II, Taylor, estate of C. Mangels,
Bruss Bros, Henry Stoever, Il. E. Adams, w.
Kuhlemann, Lexton & Murphy, L Leiehter,
Erred Ripe, George jaeger, Musgrave & Co,
Charles Mayer w. Brutten. ]. Seren sky,
sODwyer & Co., H. Partmann, ]. ]. Moran. Mrs.
Balli, j. Hacy, w. H. Benson, n. Bowman. o.
JentZsch, Charles Rehm, NJ EberhsIt, F. Wey-
nather- W. F. Fischer, Friedman & Son, G.
Van der Maiden, Mccoy &; Nesbitt, w. S. Voy.
S. Quartararo, Charles Weiser, C. A Parkin, S.
Como, J. Iinnegan, Z. *. AIdrich, A b. Bala-
ban,s d. Shwetzer, J. F. Wichman, James Boyle,
A 3. SoCo Waihels' Bazar A Fischer, John p
Meaney Peterson Christensen, Gfralineli
Bros, DiYach d Shaw, N Bracem, Henry Staah,
a. Schan, ]. Fleishmann, Patterson Carpet Co.,
r. W. Coffin, Mrs. Captain Powell, Goldman q
son, j. Were, Paul Biniarz G. Graft, n. ].
A.und, c. A. Taylor, R. w. Deane, Fred Brandt.
The merchants and other public spirited
men who have subscribed for the lighting
of Kearny street from Geary 10 Pacific
streets are as follows:
J. Henry Meyer, NJ. H de Young. " Bias
kower & Co., Gross & Deutsch, Z. Haquithe,
Barrett & Sherwood, K Meussdorffer d Son,
n. Spiro, Gruenhagen & Co., William Schrei-
Der, ]. H. Jacoby, William Moeker, A. Roul-
1ier, Roos Bros, Somme d Kaufman, F. Mas
key Levi Strauss, Lewis Mey erstein, j. f. Ort-
mann, James Stanton, Raphael WE'LL & Co.,
Jacobs & Co., Cook & Co., M. Windmuller.
Boyd & Davis, c. J. Stillwell, Newman Lev
Strehl, John F. Merrill, F. Koenig, NJ. A. Gunst
d Co., J. Z. Adams. J. NJ. Rademaker, B. H.
LichtensteID, Pierson Bros, Coil Bros, Chas.
Schrotb Michalitschke Bros, Mrs. NJ. Tobel-
man, Martin j. Burke, Frank H. burke, J. B.
Martin, John o. Refs, Hyam Bros, A. d d.
Mckay, estate c. J. Wingerter, B. Schapiro, L.
Westerfeld, Rosenbsum & Co., California OPP
ticsl Company, Wing, Tai q Co., Edward !.
Cohn, B. B. Henriksen, G. Hermann q Co, b.
4. Becker, j. H. Seeba, F. A. Him, Joseph
Lyman, solomon Wood estate Joseph NJ.
Macdonough, estate E. L. Goidstein, NJ. Hart
j. Marsus, L. Strauss, z. A. Levy, +. Siebrecht
Z. 4. Eugelberg, j. T. Powers II. Rothenberg
Il Co.. MIS- GeFtruQe Proll, J.. A. Bertellng
Optical Company, viii B. Kirk, Goldberg,
Bowen Co, G. Menssin. P. McDonoqgh,, G. s.
& BohIen o. Roullet. Dabovich & Miles. L.
granz, J. Maconsky Co, K. A. Lundstronl,
Z. D. Martineaut, David Brown, Leo
Gilbert, Charles Clarke, A. B. Crenz,
r. Garland, L. v. Merle, Pernau Bros.
& Pitts Company. P. Peterson, John Gallwey
Md, f. Rogers. Edward Harris, L. Zehn, s.
Caro-, the Ziesche Cash Tobacco Store. S.
Fisher, II. Tesburg, F. Jantzsn, David Bros,
NJ. A Myrish, w. J. Pierce, John Van Bergen,
Z. l. Hueter, E. B. Jorgensen, c. Josselyn. G.
NJ. Josselyn, L luigi, P. E. Erickson. B. f.
JeIlison, J. Ferguson, J. S. Belden, C. F. An
dreig J. NJ Byrne, W. E. Lane, c. Houlet &
Co.. Mrs. Ida Precht, S P Murphy Robert C.
Bolton, B. Jacobs, s. Wehri, C. R. seeman,
Lewis Meyer, J. J. Franenkron, ]. Meyers,
Charles Hess, George S. Grim, @. Jewell,
Shreve & Barber Company. NJ. Hart, E. E. Ber-
ton, John Geary, J. Abrams, B. Mendeondan
John Shirley, L. Little, Frank Brothers, Hy-
man & Meyer, Peter Topini John g. lis & Co.,
Browning & Bremen, F. W. Becker, j. Knob
loch Levy Bros Charles Maier, Antoine Bo-
rel, Louis Schultz, King, Ward Co.