The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-14
THE SUPERVISORS SPEAK OUT.

NE publish this morning interviews with the Supervisors
w the subject of the proposed Mission park and ZOO
logical gardens and the people will be graied to learn
that strong majority is opposed TO the project In fac only
member the board T. W. Rivers declares openly for it.
TwoDevany and Haskinsare undecided. Dodge is out of
the city, All the others stand with the taxpayers and oppose
the measure
Public opinion taking common-sense view OF the
scheme has reached the conclusion that the choice involved In
the question is the simple whether shall make I'M
for the benefit of the people for the benefit OF
less oioous collection of imported monkeys and lew
real estate boomers
has been pointed out by many citizens in their interviews
with THE CALL that the people at this time in urgent need
improvements every of municipal nstitu-
TONS Our schoolhouses largely out of repair, our fire
companies lodged old wooden buildings police sta
inadequate the needs of the service the County
Hospital and the peshouse condition that dsgraces
the community and of principal horoughares are
paved with cobbesones which only unsghty and dis
agreeable but by their and vehicles entail heavy
cost every kind of traffic that passes over them.
The people demand that these muchneeded improvements
for the general benefit shall be made before expenditure IS
undertaken for additional pleasure grounds with menagere
attachment Until have better schools for Children
better hospitals for the unfortunate better buildings for the po
lice and the Fire Department and better street paving and
the convenience of ALL would be foolish for us to
enter upon scheme involving heavy expenditure for the
maintenance of birds and beasts and the booming OF certain
tracts of real estate
To these arguments of the people, the boomers answer
that do require the park and the monkey garden
present will need them later and that should
chase the site while land cheap. he offers made by
the boomers the city, however do not correspond with the
they make to the people They talk of cheap land but
they do not offer it at cheap prices
In proposition made to the city to sell land for the
park the price asked far in of the assessed value
Of IF hut
out of consideration fair bargain. On tract
assessed at the price fixed is S387,5oo For another
assessed sIoSooo there is asked s726ooo third
assessed at $4,000 and is offered the city for
fourth, with Improvements, assessed s474oo and the
price demanded is $4,000 the remaining three proposals
of the One of them is offer to sell for
of land assessed at $4,000 another offers for
$4,000 tract assessed at s25ooo while the third for tract
assessed at $50, 500 asks the city to pay $4,000.
1t to induce the city to consent accept such proposals
these that the boomers rails. the cry Buy while land is
cheap is promote such real estate specuatons that
taxpayers asked to consent to heavier burden taxa
ton is to carry through such schemes that the people
asked consent further posponement of needed improve
mentS in Streets sewers, hospitals shoohouses and other
municipal buildings.
There would be cheapneSs square bargain in
single of these propositions if the promoters of
would guarantee to furnish with the land monkey garden
with the monkeys included premium.
That fact beyond question and congratulate the tax
that the majority of the Board of Supervisors has de-
clared against imposing additional upon them for any
such purpose.
Colorado gentleman of seething temperament wants to
fight duel with the Attorney General of that State The
General having of the challenger
will lop off his in the interests of fair play
which let proceed.