The San Francisco call., 1897-02-26
LIGHTS WANTED
At LAKEVIEW v,
Property Holders Unite in
Preparing Their Pc
tition.
They Set Forth Well That the
Section Is Growing Very
Rapidly.
Supervisors Are Counted Upon to
Sse That Darkness Shall No
Longer Prevail.

A mass-meeting of property-owners and
residents of Lakeview ana Ingleside I'm
provement Club was held at Persico's
Hall last night, at which William Corbin
presided.
The object of the meeting was to petit
ton the Board of Supervisors to place
from fifteen to twenty electric lights on
Ocean boulevard, from San Jose to Ingle-
side, over distance OF about three miles
of road. upon which there is not the faint
est glimmer of even tallow candle during
the night.
In the absence of Nj. ]. Donovan. the
chairman of the light committee ap-
pointed by the club at previous meeting,
Captain P. NJ. Clarkson of the committee
reported that he had interviewed Super
visor Rivers, the chairman of the Light
Committee of the Supervisors, during the
week, and from him had learned that it
would be impossible to get lights placed
on the boulevard before next July, when
probably an appropriation would be made
sufficient to give the club what it desired.
In the meantime he advised the commit
tee to petition the board for that purpose.
This was done by drafting the following
petition:
LAkEV1EW, Cal.I jan ~ 1oS1s
DR.. c. A. Clinton Supervisor Eleventh. Ward,
San Francisco, Cdi.-DEAR SIR: We, citizens
and property-holders OF Lakeview, kindly ask
you TO aid us IN securing electric-llghts for
this particular portion of the City. You, OF
course, are aware OF the fact that we never
have had single light here, nor has the City
ever spent a single cent in helping US.
This section of the City is growing very rap
| idly, and would grow much faster If furnished
| with few lights. The racetrack is situated in
this district, and, as is true OF all racetraeks
| has some very bad element that follows II.
| Nightly ii is dumped upon US, and, owing TO
no lights. the police are almost powerless to
| cope with 1t. The remark made by some one
that one good electric-light is as good as po-
| To give US proper light it will require about
| fifteen lights. Owing to the tact that electric
| poles and lights are within one block OF US,
over the hill on the Ocean View side, the cost
| OF putting in these lights would be very in
We made a similar applies to the Board
| OF Supervisors which has Just re tired from Of
| fee, but were told, ''No funds on hand"
Wetrust you can give us some immediate
| relief, and thank you for anticipated favors.
This document received over 100 sigma
lures at the meeting, with more TO be
| added before its presentation 10 the
! board.
The light committee which consisted of
NJ. ]. Donovan, H. J. Knight and Captain
| p. NJ. Garrison, was enlarged by adding
| President Corbin and &. B. Kitch. The
| latter, who is connected with The Market
street Railroad Company, made an ad-
| dress urging that lights should be plac ed
( on the boulevard.
Captain GARRISON also spoke of the
| necessity of bitter protection against fires.
| Patrick Harrington and others advo-
Gated immediate action for the betterme ent
of the Ingleside and Lakeview district in
| which there is over $75 600 worth of prop
erty wholly unprotected.