The San Francisco call., 1897-04-04

10 carry off the waters of the Trocadero,
which are heading for that ocean which
Vasco Nunes de Ba boa, soldier OF fortune,
discovered so long ago.
This gulch will be filled up TO the
level OF the cabbage patch and the
road will lead over it around the sides OF
the wooded hills to Ingleside, with fine
view of the sea all the way.
From the Almshouse to the Trocadero,
a hall mile or more, the 721 laborers were
strung out making the dirt fly with pick
and shovel and wheelbarrow and tram
car. The greater part of this route
belongs to Adolph Sutro. Even the ground
on which the caobages and the Egyp,isn n
blood beets are growing is his. Naturally
he takes great interest in the work.
he began by donating the roadway 100
feet widS, and his good wishes, a thousand
yards broad. Hence, when he met MIR.
Bunker at the edge of the garden patch be
had few suggestions TO offer, while the
salt sea breeze tore viciously at his whis-
kers, and while Stockton Brown, gleefuIly
swapping his curbrein, Iun ched upon the
cabbages that opened their big green petals
50 lnvitingly at his hoofs.
Now. that was foolish thing they
did," said the Mayor. "They named this
road Balboa boulevard, because it had
three BIS in 1t. Who in the blank was
BALBOA, anyhow? He was only Spanish
adventurer, and he didn't do thing.
Why didn't they name il after some pody
who did something? There are plenty of
Europeans and Americans more dis
unguished thanfB Bal boa"
well" moraliZed Mr. Bunker, she was
about as good as tnat English pirate
Drake. alter whom We named one of the
bays on this coast"
The transition from buccaneers to cul.
verts was easy, Mr.. Sutro insisting that
dark redwood should be used instead of
pine.
But the day was waning and the party
went back 10 the pay station. AT quar-
ter OF P. NJ. man blew a police whistle
and 100 men all along the line, with picks
and shovels N hand, rushed furiously
toward the pay station and formed in two
lines, each to.ler to receive 81 10 for his
days work. The 10 cents goes TO the
Market-slreet Railway Company for fare
TO and from work and amounts to more
than $50 day, from people who were
Obliged 10 walk before they got the joo on
the boulevard
They bless the name of Balboa as fer
ventiy as they would that of Sutro had
the driveway been called the Sutro boule-
ward, for this 81 10 per day buys food and
pays rent for family, and every dollar of
ihe eight hundred and odd goes al once
into circulation among the retailers. So
II helps business and makes nearly 700
families happy. Preference is given to
married men and in proportion to the
numb ber OF children in the family
Each of the $3.50 applicants for work has
signed blank form, giving his name, adj
dress, occupation, the fact that he is mar
rled, the number of persons dependent
upon him for their livelihood, his age, the
lengi n OF time he has resided in San Fran
cisco and the name of some person as his
reference. This application is sent to the
Associated Charities for investigation into
the truth OF the re presentations made, and
is returned 10 the committee with q re-
port favorable or otherwise.
On these applications 1888 tickets, lit
tie less than half the number, have been
issued. The first batch OF tickets entitled
the holder to fourteen days employment
on the boulevard. The ones being given
out now are good for ten days WORK. be-
cause the intention is to increase the
force, so as to give the waiting applicants
an early turn at the shovel. OF the whole
mum Der OF tickets issued 270 were left un-
called for. the applicants having left the
City or gone back to begging nickels from
passers-by in the neighborhood of the
5-cent restaurants on Clay street.
Yesterday was the seventeenth day of
the work, and the expenditures amounted
10 SS933 The total collections have been
$17, l04 %; so that a half of the fund has
been expended on labor and n ot m ore than
third OF the roadway completed. All
the lumber, the tools, etc, have been do
mated through the exertions of Messrs.
Bunker and Ellert, who are devoting AL
most the whole of their time 10 the project.
Following are the cash subscriptions to
date: