The San Francisco call., 1897-09-09
A Hollow Proposition All
Around So Far as the CITY
Is Concerned.
TWELVE men MIX MUCH NOSE.
A Mathematical Problem That the
President of the Squirrel Hollow"
Society viii Have to Solve.

The people OF the Mission are numer-
ously signing petition to the Board of
Supervisors, making vigorous protest
against the geological scheme that they
fear will go through. Committees will
soon be appointed 10 interview the MEM
bers of the board ana place them on
record.
What exasperates the people of that
section of the City is that the statement is
constantly reiterated that the Mission
people are in favor of the scheme. The
taxpayers of that portion OF the City say
that when they get an appropriation they
want it to be applied to some necessary
i'm provement and not stolen.
According to one of the afternoon papers
the idea is to buy the land now and at
tend to the park afterward. The Mission
people, who understand This game, are
Justly indignant and well understand that
if the scheme goes through it will mean
that for the next twenty years they will be
unable to secure any appropriation for i'm
provements, as this big sum will constantly
be thrown up to them. The $500 900
park and zoo will bar good streets, sewers
and necessary street lighting for a long
lime to come, because of the big sum
given for monkey ranch.
The Squirrel Hollow Society,"" for
merly the Mission Park and Geological
Garden Association, held meeting at
Lawyer George d. Shadburne's Office yes
terday afternoon at which there were
twelve persons - the original number
which at first nstituted tho entire 'asso-
ciation." having for its object the locat-
ing of park and zoo out on the Gum
Tree Tract. Since that time, however,
Professor David Starr Jordon of the STAN
ford University has been found to give
the Gum Tree Tract new if not a
more euphonious name, to wit: squirrel
Hollow" Be tPi, as it may, the assoca-
tion Led its meeting, and the dignihed
presence OF G. u. Shadburne in the chair
added much to the otherwise somber sur
roundings.
Even the unctuous communication in
fessor of Stanford s seat of culture, which
was intended TO dlspel the fog that will
persist in hanging over the horizontal
slopes of Squirrel Hollow" was not
sufficient 10 rouse in the hearts of the as
sociation of twelve men that amount of
enthusiasm that used to initiate their
breasts at a time when the Gum Tree
Tract speculation was booming and when
the modest sum OF 1897, 500 was within
sight in the City Treasury, to be paid out
for the barren tract upon which the
monkeys were to be led and housed at the
expense OF the innocent taxpayer.
Yet in the face of this the Squirrel
Hollow" Association summed up suffi-
cient courage 10 go ahead with the meet
ing. The first order of business was the
reading of Professor Jordan's communi-
cation in which he dwelt at considerable
length on the climatic grandeur of rhe
squirrels deserted place OF abode" He
gave ''twelve" cogent reasons why the
Hollow" should be selected as the only
fit place OF abode Tor the unborn mon KEYS.
This declaration coming from such per-
son as a professor OF high art learning
from a quas-State institution was heard
with great gus;o by the majority OF the
twelve phIlanthropists present.
The rose-colored Communication from
the professor was ordered to be grated on
to cream-c -co!ored sheets of paper and to be
couutersgned by he secretary and copies
of the same sent to each OF the twelve SUI
pervisors as all inducement 10 at once
purcnase squirrel Hollow"
Secretary McEwen introduced a resolu-
tion that the nres!dent appoint twelve"
committees OF three each, whose duties it
small be 10 wait on the Supervisors and by
al means pull the wool over their eyes
between now and the third Monday in
this month, at which time the appropri-
ations for the expenditures OF the City
shall be made. The question of how the
learned president can find thirty-six men
to make up these commi tees out of the
mum Der of members present was left un-
solved by reason of the obstinacy OF Major
B. McKinue, who at this time saw The
woolly head stick out Of the wood pile
The major, who is one of those hard
headed Scotchmen, was on his feet in an
instant and in laundering tones sent in
his objection against the whole proceed
ing He reminded the club that it had
any one site of land for the zoo coIlec-
ton, leaving this delicate duty for the
Supervisors.
This objection was anything bull pleas
ant to the members to hear that they
were not there TO be treated to any OBJ
iections, but, on the contrary. were ready
10 purchase Squirrel Hollow" ana swaI-
low it in one bite, as it offered the hest in
ducement for q monkey ranch. But the
hard d-headed major could not be induced
to partake of the pie. He still protes ed,
when he was called TO order. The chair,
after giving his "fog-strainers" an extra
tug, ruled the point OF order we'll taken
and the honest major was forced to take
his seat The motion went through with
all the celerity of a klondike climbe GO
ing down an Alaska g acier over one OF the
Chilcoot trails.
Having disposed OF the twelve commit
tees and leaving the mathematical conun-