The San Francisco call., 1897-09-18
WELL PLEASED
With THE CALL "
Everybody Satisfied With
the Pledges of the
Supervisors.
Missionites and Other Taypay-
ers Glad That the Zoo
Scheme Is Killed.
Half a Million Dollars Saved to the
City by the Energetic Work
Against the Plot,

While the advocates of the expenditure
of $500. coo of the peoples money for
tract OF land for park ana geological gar
den are working up fictitious Indignation
meetings, on paper, and bogus petitions,
also on paper, those who believe in having
the So ubstsntial Improvements first are
perfectly satisfied with the expression of
opinion of the various Supervisors.
The Mayor has said that he thought the
present time inopportune, the old Board
of Supervisors went on record as being OPP
posed TO the scheme to unload lot of
worthless property on the city at an ex-
orbitant price, and now the new board
has also expressed itself, or 4 majority OF
it has, as being against an increased taxa
tion for the purpose OF establishing a
monkey-ranch in Squirrel Hollow. That
this expression on the part of the men
who make the tax levy is acceptable TO
the taxpayers can be seen from the inter.
views had with men who are well known
and stand b igh in the community.
William Ede-The residents of the
Mission district we're never In favor of
the park and zoo scheme, and of course
We are all well pleased with the fact that
q Ild IOI4ly u Tic UtIS VI Tue OOdIu VI
Supervisors will vote against it. l was
sure they would stand between the job
bers ana the peop.e when they learned
the true situation. There are too many
places for our money Just now 10 spend it
on parks, and the Supervisors are as well
aware of this fact as any body else.
John NEOrtOn-I am well pleased
with the matter as IL now stands. l must
confess that for time it looked as if We
were TO be inf cted with a heavy tax levy
in order that certain land boomers could
dispose OF their property, but 1 always re-
lied upon the sterling good sense of the
SupeTv. v.sors and was sure thai when they
knew how the matter stood they would
not be parties 10 ths scheme. THE CALL
deserves the thanks OF ali the taxpayers
for its noble fight.
Judge ID. y. .TOOhey-There could
BIZ but one outcome 10 IhIs matter if the
Supervisors look the desires of the tax
payers into consideration, and they have
evidently done this. We are all we'll
pleased with the situation, and are es-
pecially pleased with the fight The CALL
has made for the people.
DamieI w. AeIIy-I am glad that
We have heart from The Supervisors in
this matte. 1t Is an easy matter to get
up petition with many names upon it,
but when it comes to having the tax pay
ers sign a petition asking for increased
taxation that is another matter. The peo-
pie of the Nilsson were not wanting a
park and ZOO and we are GLAD that We are
not going to get one.
Thomas HI. LaWIer. OH Treat
avenue auE2ITe The spirit of the edl-
torlal in THE CALL regarding tie stand of
the other papers on The question OF a park
and zoo. Let the other papers speak out,
so we will know where to find them.
There has never been a time when the
Mission needed a geological garden, nor
have we ever asked for any such an insi-
tuition. We want good streets, not wild
animals.
3. M. Thomas. wholesale
dealer in paints and oils, rs
Vicksburg street.-The whole zoo
proposition Is a frauu. 1t Is n real-estate
deal. The people are with The CALL, and
on next Monday, or when the board meets,
the scheme Will not get one vote.
L. G. MOsher. Deputy County
Clerk: hope The GALL will Keep up
The fight until all danger is past. The
Mission, to paraphrass a celebrated quo
tatIon, expects every Supervisor TO do his
duty, and that duty is 10 see to it that the
pub ic funds are not squandered on such
schemes as the so-calied zoo.
N.DOdge. S36 Valencia street:
believe tue Supervisors who We're inter
viewed in THE CALL will stand by their
pledges. consider the fight won. THE
CALL has saved the city half a million