The San Francisco call., 1897-03-20
The Beautiful Driveway
Is Rapidly Being
Built.
The Managers Wish the Public
to Visit It to See What
Is Done.
There Is No Sinking of Work ana
All the Men Are Honesty y Earn.
ing Their Dollar q Day.


being to very large extent solved by the
the big boulevard, which is being opened
up from the Golden Gate Park to Ingleside
road. A representative OF The CALL Wis
TIED the grounds yesterday afternoon and
found 1873 men hard at work, and William
NJ. Bunker, chairman of the general COM
mittee. says there will be from fifty to
seventy-fve additional hands there to.
day.
Not only are the most deserving men
and those most in need being given an OPP
portunity to earn q dollar q day. but
splendid driveway is being rapidly con-
structed, which will when finished be
very valuable addition to the City's at
fractions. The men are so diligently at
work that there is no question about their
earning the wages. and San Francisco
will get the full worth OF every dollar ex-
pended in this benevolence.
The management OF the funds and su.
perintendence OF the work 10 SO thoroughly
systematized there is no chance for any
waste. The plan is for every dollar of the
donations to go to the unfortunate men
who have been unemployed, and the SHOW
els, wheelbarrows, axes, lum Der, etc., have
all been furnished gratis. The very i'm.
portant item Of directing the work is OBJ
tanned free of cost, and it appears that San
Francisco is getting great bargain in hav-
ing this beautiful drive constructed SO
economically.
One of the gangs of men was busily cut
ting a hundred-foot swath through the
pine forest, another was grubbing up big
trees by the roots, another down in the
mud and water was digging trench for
the great 42.inch iron pipe which is being
placed under that portion of the road they
are now grading. A large number were
tearing down hills, while their companions
wheeled the dirt away to fill in ravines,
and there was no indication anywhere of
slow and slouchy work.
JohL McCord, tho chairman of the con-
struction committee, drives out to the
grounds every forenoon to push the work
along and then returns to work for the
good cause in the City. He also furnishes
horse and buggy for the use of the sup
erintendent. The fact that he is also
chairman Of the Boulevard and Driving
Association makes his knowledge and
assistance of great advantage to the carry
ing through of the design.
Chairman William M. Bunker gives his
personal attention to the operations, and
is out on the grounds every day and all
day. He has had a large experience in
this kind of work, as he was chairman of
the construction committee three years
ago when the unem ployed earned under
his direction $93 600 in developing the
park. His familiarity with superintend-
ing large gangs of workmen so as to get
the best results from their labor excludes
any likelihood of there being any waste
through idleness or ill-planned methods
OF work.
Chairman Bunker says they now have
about $4,000 in round mum bers on hand,
and as the policemen, Custom house en-
>pIoyes and others have promised gener-
Gus contributions he thinks there may be
$15. 900 in sight. But this is not one-third
enough to complete the boulevard, and
the army of men seeking is increasing
SO rapidly that the present fund will soon
be exhausted. Those who have the mat
ter in charge earnestly desire that the
attention of the public should be called to
what is being done and to the need of
more money, both as q charity and as .
benefit to the City.
The most careful scrutiny is given to
every application for a job. and only those
in the most urgent need and most deserv-
ing ofassistance are given the tickets that
admit them to the working force.
The work will be so far extended by to-
night that those who go for an outing on
Sunday afternoon would do well to drive
by and see what is being done. At the
suggestion OF ex-Mayor Ellert, q way was
opened yesterday by which vehicles can
get to the scene of the mems labors. The
managers are desirous of having the
people come out and see for themselves
what hard work is being done, and also
what handsome driveway the City will
have as q result of this charity. A view
of it, they are confident, would produce
many more liberal donations.
About the beauty of the boulevard there
can be no question. 1t is intended to con-
meet the new drive with the lngleside
road, and this will be widened and inn
proved without cost by the work of the
300 men who are now idle in the House of
Correction. Down the lovely Ingleside
road the drivers can pass through ave-
nues OF tall trees, and thence out TO tho
broad boulevard on the ocean beach and
return home through the main driveway
of the Golden Gate Park. The whole cir
Gle will be about sixteen miles, and it
would be hard to find anywhere in the
world such com bination OF attractions
for two hours spin. It will take in all
the beauties of the park, and pass through
q strip of country with alternate hills and
valleys, and then traverse four miles
along the surf.
After much delay and many fruitIess