The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-01
Municipal Revenue Should Be
Expended to Improve the
-.s. Streets and Sewers. ~ j.
SOME. CLEAR EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION
. Golden Gate Park Is a Noble Pleasure
r.. Ground Accessible to All the =
. People. ...-.- II.


public.is notin sympathy with the move
meut. to spend large sum OF the NUM-
cipaIrevenue to purchase land for Mis-
sion park and. geological garden The
sentiment is almost universal that Golden
. Gate Park should be adorned and i'm
:. proved Tor the benefit OF every section Of
the City. ..+ -.
Attorney ID. G.. Murphy, 1904
Market street: j, agreeing with The
. 1 ALL, am nOL=ln ayor OF the proposed
=. Mission park One park is all that city
of the. population of San Francisco can
support. / think the idea of having a
mark built at the present time in the so
called Mission district is absurd. Let Us
put our money to better advantage, both
for ourselves and the. City's good. There
is no necessity for it, and where there is
d. no .uetessitv can see no need
Senator RraunIlart: Golden
Gate PARK IS enough. The GALL is right.
r Let us spend money for. street improve
ments, sewers, painting school houses and
other things which@w will benefit the City,
anu refrain from aiding a real-esta tate deal.
There lis an immense amount OF money
spent annually for the Improvement of
Golden Gate Park, and am of the opin-
ion that we should await the growth OF
our City. before building another one.
IN eceSslly. is the mother of invention
and,:w here necessity IS so. palpahlv lack
ing sali%inven orwill be hard to find I'M
less rea14estate spectators strain q point,
: and that:is probably what's being done.
James Denmam, capitalist,
2E93 DeXisaderO street: Tins
park CUISINES rs nothing mnre lnnn real
: estate speculation, and THE CALL has
has. ia ken.=:a : position W hicn should be
praised: by every honest citizen of the
: ClIy=of= ST. n.zF raneiscos.z The park is un-
:: necessary The land chosen for the park
3 site is not in I he Mission district in the
: first . ace, and what is more i'm portant,
the:property is not worth ore than one
.ethird OF the price asked Why, the resi-
I dent$ in that district, or even any one
who pays=.taxes throughout the City
should allow the Spectators to blind
their sight III regard to this matter for
even one moment is almost beyond com
: prehension..r r.. =: -.
/. /. We haye"one park which is within easy
.aCc ass to all, and W nat could be done with
an other, Except to increase The expense
OF. the raXpayers, Is All enigma. There
( wass*a great cry. raised; especially by the
/; land speculatcrs, thatthe Mission had al
+: ways paid their taxes and that they were
entitled 10 a public park, but am of the
opinion that the residents OF the Mission
have received as much benefit from the
taxes they have paid as others who reside
sin other :: portions OF the City. Let this
:. idea of a Mission park be done away with
and pay more attention to the improve
ment of our streets, sewers and school
system. GoldenGate Park is good enough
:. for me, and l think my opinion is the
same as the majority OF the people in the
City. r. 49,: ....-.
* E. A. Denicke. president of
the California Mortgage and
Savings Bank, 52A MomtgoIn-
cry street.: l agree VITA The CALL
: in: the opinion that there are more inn
portant and necessary things to be at
- tended to than building a park IN the
Mission, which ca be of no great benefit
Ito taxpayers or property -owners. Our ex-
penses are heavy enough as it is. At the
present time Golden Gate Park is all that
can very well be supported. and why the
expense should be Increased. is a question
:. worthy of study. l cannot blame the
real estate dealers for trying to sell
piece of poor property for three times its
. value, but1 do ind. fault with those who
j will indorse the idea. Our streets should
be first attended 10. so that those who
!: wish to@vlsit any park which we may have
can go there in comfortable manner and
: not be jolted out of buggy while DRIVING
Horace Davis, president of
= the Sperry Flour COMPANY:
: can see no necessity IoI nor any benefit
to be derived from the proposed park III
= the Mission. or rather what is called the
> Mission. The CALL should receive credit
for the stand 1t has taken, and hope that
the real estate dealers who are advancing
the scheme will be tripped up. The idea
is absurd. No park: is needed there, at
least not until the City has grown almost
twice its present size. ~.
Captain Moran, Police PROP
.erfy Clerk: Idon't see the necessity
OF park. and zoo for the Mission. We
have a park big enough, central enough
nd or fJx-sa- am !, fo- ,II
fornian am proud of Golden Gate Park
and if extra money is to be expended lei
:: it be done. there. 1t Is within the reach of
all for nickel. 1 heartily indorse the
course of The: CALL on this proposition
. To establish PARK and zoo in the Mission
would be useless expenditure of money,
T. considering the stringency of the times
and the ciamor of the: taxpayers Tor re-
duced expe nses.
Bernard .BOOst, n large prop
erfy-OWner and formerly pres
ident of fhe San Mafeo and
SAN Francisco Electric Rail-
road Company: l am decidedly
opposed to the park and the so-called
zoo being located at what is known
= as the Gum Tree Tract In the first
place the site is not suitable for
either park or geological garden, and
in the next, the price asked for it is more
than three times its value. am not op-
: posed 10 parks or the collection of wild
animals, provided either or both can be
secured al "a fair and reasonable figure by
the City. But | am not in favor Of spend
ing whole lot OF money at time when
we cannot afford it. Again, there is no
need of purchasing land for this purpose
when the people have large tract of land
in that same neighborhood-I mean the
House of Correction lot. There are 100
acres there that are admirably situated
for just that purpose. The buildings
could be advantageously used for the ami
mails The City should build jail on one