The San Francisco call., 1896-08-28

First came the reports of several COM
mittees appointed at previous meeting.
The committee on streets reported ar
rangements made with responsible con-
tractor to have the streets of the district
cleaned of sand, remacadamized, sprin-
kled, rolled and put in irst-class shape
for 20 cents per front foot, or S. for each
25-foot lot complete. A sample block is to
be done on Third avenue, between Clement
and California streets. Immediately, and all
residents of the district may avail them
selves of this offer by consulting the COM
mittee, Bert Case or J. G. Maloney, ap-
pointed by the association.
The secretary reported that he had in
terviewed the different persons named for
Assem- blymen for the Fortieth District on
the Democratic side, and he recommended
G. s. Rosener as the best candidate for
Richmond. The secretary went before the
district club and nominated Mr. Rosener
on behalf of the district, and he was
chosen. 1t is believed that the Junta side
will also select him. The same mode was
taken on the Republican side and David
Short was selected.
Some resolutions recommending Hon.
Frank Coppin for Mavor were unani-
then came the report of the ommittee on
Sutter street extension. This thorough
fare runs from Market street west TO Gen.
trail avenue or Laurel Hill Cemetery. It
strikes the graveyard near Its southern
line, and if it were extended in straight
line 1t would issue from the burial en-
closure after passing through distance
equal to six blocks.
The report is given in full. as follows:
m n he Dsobo n
Improvement Association = GENTLEMEN: Your
committee, to whom was reierred The matter
of the opening of Sutter street through Laurel
Hill Cemetery to Williamson street, respect
fully report that upon careful investigation
of the law upon the subject we find that the
proper course is by procedure in the courts
under the eminent domain act. which defines
the rights of the people or Government TO take
private property for public use and the
method by which it Is done.
Which provides: That the right of eminent
domain may be exercised in behalf of, among
other things, streets and alleys and all other
public uses for the benefit of any city and
county, and 1t further provides for the mode
of apportioning and collecting the costs of
such Improvements shall be such as may be
provided in the statutes by which the same
may be authorized.
hereinbefore named is 1or the public use of
the entire City and County of San Francisco
and its inhabitants, for the purpose of being
used by them as public street and thorough
We advise that this association do imme-
diately petition the Honorable the Board of
Supervisors of this City and County:
That they pass an order instructing the City
aud County Attorney of this City to imme-
diately prepare and file complaint in con-
tormity TO section 1244. of the Code of Civil
Procedure OF this State. and prosecute IL to
final judgment.
The Richmond District is at present menaced
with cemete and their hirelings are seek
ing to aggrandze themselves at the expense
of retarding the natural pace OF progress,
which, OF right, the Richmond District does
possess.
They stand as TIE barriers in the way to free
ingress and egress to our district.
FIAll other districts in this City have their
streets open and free to the use of the public,
while Richmond is shut off from Sutter street
Bush and Pine, OiFarrell, Ellis, Eddy, Golden
Gate avenue and McAllster, all barricaded
with cemeteries on the one side, and Walnut
street, Laurel. Locust Spruce, Josephine, Eu-
genia, Wood Collins Blake, Cook, Boyce, Al
dine, Commons ealth, Jordan, Michigan, Rose
avenue, Junipero street, North Willard, g. B
and A and Richmond avenue. all blocked by
cemeteries. and the public is deprived from
reaching the Richmond District on either or
any of the aforenamed thirty streets OF the City
and County of San Francisco
The nirelings of these cemeteries are endeav-