The San Francisco call., 1897-05-21
Each Public Park Will
Have a Plat Dedicated
TO Them.
A New Plan Adopted by the
Street Committee of the
Supervisors
The Depot of the Park and Ocean
Road Must Be Moved Within
Ninety Days.

The Street Committee of the Board Of
Supervisors has decided on a measure
that will be a godsend to thousands of
children who, in the narrow confines OF
this big City, have little or no place
for ecreation, and are prevented on ac-
count of the expense of the trip from max
ing frequent visits to the peoples play
ground-Golden Gate Park.
In future each public park and square
will have its children's playground, where
the little ones can tumble about in the
grass at their pleasure, with no fear OF the
big blue-coated policeman or burly gar
dener, who now keep them at a distance
from the enticing green sward.
Chairman Devany OF the com mmittee
made a tour of the parks and squares on
Tuesday and instructed the gardeners to
set aside plat In each one for the use OF
the children and not to interfere with the
youngsters as long as they keep within
their boundaries.
Then he instructed them to select some
sheltered spot and have an area boarded
in and filed with clean white sand, where
the babies can play under the watc hful
eyes of their nurses or attendants.
Some of the gardeners demurred on
so worn by the children's feet as to ruin
the sod.
Then move them to another place and
give the grass a chance" answered Mr.
Devany and the gardeners had to be con-
tent. 1t may be remarked that Mr.. Dew
any is man of family and that he appre-
ciates how much the children will well
come this scheme to give them pleasure.
The chairman reported the matter to
ft,a mi r6 tto
and all agreed that the plan was a good
one.
The committee took up and discussed
the matter of widening Stanyan street
and considered the reply of the Market
street Railroad Company to recent in
quiry as to when the corporation would
b. ready to move the depot and fences of
The Park and Ocean road that now en-
croach on the thoroughfare that it is pro-.
posed to improve.
1t is the plan of the committee not only
to widen Stanyan street. but to provide
new entrance to Golden Gate Park
through the southeastern corner for the
convenience of the people of the Mission
district.
1t was decided to require the company
to move the depot and fences within
ninety days, and the following report was
prepared for presentation to the board:
Regarding the communication of the Mar
ket-street Railroad Company, filed May II,
1897, ting that proposition Tor the Con-
yertlng of the present steam road of the Park
and Ocean Railroad Company into an electric
road is under consideration, which, If accom-
plished, will doubtless lead the directors to
cooperate in any feasible plan for the i'm
provement of that portion OF Stanyan street
cover ed by its station buildings, etc.
n this matter your committee would state,
while desiring to accommodate the company
as far as prac Iicable, the main ques ton as to
when the company would remove its station
and buildings from the street has inadvert-
emily remained unanswered
Your committee, therefore, reports In favor
of requiring the Market-street Railroad Com
pany TO remove the depot fences and build
ings within period OF ninety days.
The committee considered bids for gild-
ing Lotta's Fountain, and decided to rec.
ommend that the contract be awarded to
]. II. Keefe, whose d was $245. The other
tenders were S. & G. Gump $475 Thomas
Downing $3.50 and NJ. Stein $3.50
No advertisements are to be allowed on
the fences that will surround the fountain
while the work is under way, and the jo b
must be finished within fifteen days to the
satisfaction of the Mayor.
1t was decided to recommend that the
Market-street Company be instructed to
place gates for the safety of pedestrians
and teams at the following crossings:
Townsend and Eighth streets, Harrison and
Sixteenth, San Jose and Circular avenues
Ocean avenue and Southern Pacific Railroad
and Plymouth avenues, Tenth and Brannan
streets, Potrero avenue and Division street,
Ninth, Utah and Division; Army and Guerrero,
San Jose and Sickles avenues.