The San Francisco call., 1896-04-25
Consolidation of All the Improve.
ment Organizations in
the City.
FIRST MEETING NEXT MONTH.
Work Commenced on Folsom Street.
Outside Sections Demanding
Needed improvements.

The consolidation of all the improve
ment clubs in the City seems to be an es-
tablished fact. and the 9th of May is the
date set for the first meeting of all the
delegates, when the permanent organiza-
ton will be formed.
1t is expected that each improvement
club in the City will send full representa-
ton to this meeting, and that central
body will thus be organized that will have
great weight in the matter of public i'm
provements all over the City.
Since the Mission district made it's exist
ence known to the outside world through
its improvement clubs, streets heretofore
only known to the City at large on the Off
cial map have loomed into actual reality
and are beginning to ask through their
residents share OF attention and a divi-
sion OF the distribution of the expenditure
of the public funds for improvements.
Since the Supervisors stretched trestle
bridge across the railroad cut at Charles
street with its intersection at French
street leading into Mission road on the
south side of the cut, Miguel street now
desires to be similarly honored by having
street bridge span the railroad crossing
at Its intersection with Thirty fourth,
two blocks further southwest of Charles
street bridge and leading directly into
Chenery street, where the San Francisco
and San Mateo electric runs. This bridge,
if built, would enable teams and pedes-
trians to travel directly to and from Col
lege Hill and Fairmount without the
danger of being ground to pieces by the
trains which pass there at all hours of the
day and night.
The Charles-street bridge in its present
position is almost useless in consequence
OF that street not being graded through
into Chenery street on the north side of
the bridge. Again the street being only
thirty feet in width is practically unfit for
general traffic. To remedy this evil the
property-o are considering the ad-
visibility of deciding thirty feet to the
city, which will make the street sixty feet
wide.
To accomplish all these intended i'm
provements in the Eleventh Ward, as well
as many others, is the end and aim of the
General Club lately organized in that Sec
ton. And If the organization does not
realize the highest plans that will not be the
fault OF the members of the executive
committee.
a meeting. of the park and boulevard
committee of the Mission Improvement
Union was held at 900 Dolores street Tues
day evening, April 21.. George Walcom,
D. A. Hulse, Daniel Kelly, J. H. Grady, ].
ID. Daily and +. w. Van Reynegom were
present. The committee appointed Judge
Van Reynegom chairman and George
Walcom secretary. George Walcom and
Daniel Kelly were appointed committee
to prepare petition to present to the
properly-owners of Dolores street and OBJ
tain their signatures to have Dolores street
converted into boulevard.
During the discussion upon the bouIe-
ward matter 1t was argued in favor of the
proposition that as no part of Dolores
street was yet accepted by the City it
would entail no additional expense to
make 1t boulevard, but that on the con-
trary to do so would be an advantage to
the property-owners on the score of
economy.
The plan suggested for improving the
street contemplates reducing the sidewalks
to fifteen feet, to the same width as Va
lencla and Church streets. AS the street |
is 120 feet wide this would leave room to
reserve ten feet in the center of the road
way for planting ornamental trees and
provide driveway OF forty feet on each
side OF the trees. No changes of grade
would be necessary, and the continuous
line Of trees from Market street to Thir-
tieth would be striking and attractive
feature of this important and growing
part of the City. Mr. Hulse remarked
that if the City could get the cemetery
blocks for park purposes such boulevard
fronting upon the park would be a most
appropriate approach to the park, and
would increase the value of property all
along its line.
The secretary was instructed to COM
mnnicate with the trustees of the two
Jewish Cemetery blocks at the Mission.
asking them to appoint time and place.
before May l, when they would meet
committee of the Improvement Union,
consisting of George Walcom, John Grady
and Judge Van Reynegom, for conference
upon the matter of securing those blocks
for park purposes
The following circular was, on motion
OF Judge Van Reynegom, ordered to be
printed and circulated among the prop
erty-owners on Dolores street: