The San Francisco call., 1897-08-01
OPPOSED TO !.
THE NEW PARK
Mass s-Meeting at Twentieth
and Guerrero
Streets.
The Project Charaote oterized
Plainly as a Real
Estate. Job. +. n.
Land Sought to Be Foisted on the
E e.. Taxpayers at Three Times
It's Value. (.

In response 20 call from the Mission
I'm provement Union, the hall at Twentieth
and Guerrero streets was packed last
night with residents Of the Mission dis
trict. The hject of this mass-meeting
was stated by. Judge F. w. Van Reynegom
Fin his opening address. He. spoke in su b.
stance as follows: - # 81 p: .:. .. :.=..s !.
We are here to-nightfo 10 raise our yoices.in
opposition. to- what we consider one. of the
lgreatest acts OF injustice about to be perpe-
| trate6 on the people here by a few. real-estate
dealers, who. observing the necessity for hav-
! ing a park in the Mission proper have banded
themselves together Tor the purpose of foisting
upon US a piece of barren land having only one
merit about il, and this is that il stands on its
edge. :-s. r.:
The LA acres about to be sold to the inilo-
cent Ia payers for $685., 800 have been asses
i sed at $50, 200. On. this traet:of barren land
I.the scnemers propose to,.loeate park and.
whereas, 1t is not5in the. Mission dis Irictat:
all, but out bey ond tine Fsirmount tract. It is
more inaccessible for the people of this section
j:than is the Golden Gate Park at the present
T. time. ! e ~ -.
& The men=-the few real estate dealers who
want 10 dispose of this waste :landare in hopes
ltnAttheir scheme Will run:Sm oothly through.
I*the Supervisors chambers and that the TAX
payers will swallow the thopt as much
aseyen a protest. . -:
The necess ity Of having a park -beea me so
pop uiar some time ago thatit was conceded
ION all hands that a niece of la nd should be
purchased inside OF the Mission proper, which
lies between Sixteen III and Thirtietn streets.
Thenthe schemers selzed*upop the name of
the mission Park Associa tion,n and selected
| a tract of land more than two miles from the
original location selected by the movers Of
the park tnthe frstlnstance. @.@: ~ -
The speaker believed that some news.
papers had teen mlsled# in this deal, as
from his own experience the press of San
Francisco was opposed to all attem pts by
which the people were 10 be imposed
upon It mattered not who was to be
benented by the deal. - .. &: :.:.=.:.: e.. /
A. r. Gllnnison spoke in a similar
strain and introduced the following re So
lution, which was adopted .:s ...@:: r. 3 FL: ...:. 9
S WHEREAS, An effort is. now being made to-
sell certain lands remote rom the cen or Of
the popn ous Mission district 20: :lhe Gi :zfor
the ostenstb. e purpose of supplying the Mis-.
81 on wi in a geological park; and whereas The
ne Arrest of :Such:outside tracts is further from
the old Misson:C Church, situate n:the heart OF
the Miss ion, ham Golden Gate Park, and as:
the proposed outside lands can only Der cached
by travelling out Of the warm, sunny district
.of the Mission into 1.-THE fog clad and wind
pt:hlls beyond: the: district 1t is pretended
will: be benefited by the purchase of such out
lying tracts; and as IN O assurance. is given
that:.the greatexpense 9t creating and main
tanning large zoLloglear garden will be met
when / he lansi is secured, therefore, = a 6 s
= ReSotutd, Tnat:this; meeting, representing
the peop:e of the Mission district and the.
many petitioners for admission Park, ;, pro
test against he locati of the PARK outside
of the Mission that we want a small park
within easy access OF our homes and respect
fully recommend to the Honorable Board of
Supervisors that they secure, by purchase or
condem n alton, the" two blocks of land be-
tween Dolores and Church, Eight teenth aud
Twentieth streets as the most suita BILE and
available for such purpose, the same being
within two blocks of the old Mission Church..
the actual and historical center of the Mis-
sion. " - -. =; - - !.
John A. Miller, a. p: Van Duzer,
Joseph Scheerer and others gave their
views upon what they all termed a gross
act of injustice on the Mission people. .:z.>...
This is not the only voice from the Mis-.
sion district that has been raised in OBJ
jecting to the Gum Tree site. AT a meet
ing of the West Of Castro Improvement
Club held on last Saturday night opposi-
ton was made to the action of those said
to be interested in the purchase of that
site for a park. - -. p
At the meeting held on Saturday night
Captain r. w. Anderson presided. The
question whether the club should recon-
mend any particular site to the Super.
visors was considered at length. Among
those who spoke on the subject were w.
u. Nixon, w. B.. Curtis, f. e. Hackney,
+. E. Judson and Captain r. w. Ander-
son. Mr.. Nixon thought it would be un-
wise to ndorse any particular site. His
views met with favor,and the resolution
indorsing the Gum Tree ranch was voted
down. A resolution iavoring park and
zoo in the Mission was adopted. ~:
But no particular section was recon-
mended. This action, it was claimed :
was in keeping with pronounced prom
ise by all the mem bers at the original
meetings of the Mission Park and Zoolo-
gical Gardens when that body organized
in Mr.. Center's office. on Montgomery
street, some few months ago. Then it
was agreed that no particular site should
be recommended in preference to any
other, but that the Supervisors should in
their own judgment select the best Of
tered and at the most reasonable price.
ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos with