The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-30
NEW PLAN
FOR PARKS
Mr.. Cuvellier Wants to
See the Project
Succeed.
VIII Introduce a Measure at
Next Mondays
Meeting.
Many Prominent Citizens Do Not Ap-
prove of the Councils
Action.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,


90S Broadway, Dec %.
Another solution of the park prob
lem has been offered by Councilman
3. c. Cuvellier, and his plan is unique
in one Of its details. He wants a Park
Commission, but does not want any
real estate agents, city officials,
newspaper men, nor owners nor agents
. OF any of the sites submitted" to be
members of that commission.
- Next Monday night Mr.. Cuvellier
III present the following resolution:
Resolved, That each of the ward Coun-
cllTnen and each of the Councilmen at
I~Ige snah report to the Council at Its
next regular meeting the name OF q
property-holding, taX-paying resident of
his respective ward, who shall act with
out compensation as one of a commission
70 be known as the Park Site Commits
sion; 1t shall be the duty of the said
commission of eleven taxpayers to con-
Ter together in executive session and
make selection of the site, for the pur-
chase of which a bond election shall be
called; the choice and recommendation
OF said Park Site Commission shall be
1nal and shall be accepted by the City
Council without debate.
1t is further provided that no real es-
tate agents, city officials, newspaper men
nor owners nor agents of any of the sites
submitted shall be eligible to member
ship on said Park Site Commission.
Should any Councilman refuse to recon-
u
the other members of the Council as
so desire shall submit other names, writ
ten on securely folded ballots, and a suf-
hclent number Of names shall be drawn
by chance from said ballots by the clerk
of the Council until the required number
of commissioners shall be completed.
Said Park Site Commission shall make
its report to the City Council at the see
ond regular meeting in February.
The action of the Council last Mon
day night when as a committee Of the
whole ii decided to do nothing in the
way Of making a recommendation is
not at all popular with those who are
honestly Interested in obtaining q
large public park.
Rev. DR.. j. K. Mclean says he was
amazed at the action of the committee.
Il do not know what to make Of #, -
he said. This backing and filling and
hesitating of the Council is extremely
dangerous. So far as the Council is
concerned the indications seem to be
that very little can be expected from
that source. I have thought that if
there were enough people interested
in the matter to get UP a monster
asS-rneeting between now and next
Monday it might have the desired eff
feet on the Council. I was in Los An
geles last week and noticed that they
were beautifying the most prominent
eminerce in the city. I thought at the
time If Lake Merritt and the surround
ing territory were situated within the
boundaries Of Los Angeles 1t would not
be long before they would be improved
and made the garden spot of the world.
The first thing do to is to call bond
election, and the Council is the body
that should do it,
W. V Witcher. NJ. ]. Keller Dr.
Myra Knox, ]. P. Taylor and many
others think that the Council should
certainly call for an election and let
the people decide whether they want
a park or not.