The San Francisco call., 1897-03-31

prades ne tn make the maximum grade on the
boulevard only per cent or thereaoouts. ino
established grade a l. street was lot lnIs = pu1 rs
nose raised Ten feet. And for the purpose OF
getting the full width tor the ROAD we nate &c s
cured from the Harmon estate q gram % otraat cot
teen feet along Seventh avenue, from sllee'
to Lake Honda, and corresponding coHces-
sion on the other side
For more than q year past your commlttee
has been engaged in laying ou. anu h1nnarG
and after completing these arrangements was
then confronted with the problem OF raising
the necessary funds to carry on .ne work, ana mo
recent public movement for the relief of the
.unemployed Mayor Phean having ap-
Dointe committee to take in hand this mat
ter of the unemployed, that committee deter
mined TO collect FUNDS for the purpose and to
appiy the funds toward the cons truction of
the boulevard which we had projected, ac-
comp!ishing in this way the double result OF
assisting the needy and of obtaining for the
public and for the City splendid and valu-
able i'm provement.
The Mayors committee organized with w.
NJ. Bunker rs chairman and ex-Mayor l.. X.
Ebert as chairman of finances. These two
gentlemen have since then devoted their time
and energy unSeltishly to the collection by
voluntary subscriptions of fund to pay the
unemployed. They turned the construction
over TO our own construction committee, add
ing thereto Harold Wheeler. The work OF
building this boulevard has now been in full
operation for the past ten days, and we have
upward of 500 men a day employed thereon,
fare. None OF the money is used for any pur-
pose except to pay for labor, as all the neces-
sary tools and supplies are being contributed
by our libera clnzens. SuperlhtenaehIt heaay ,b
noon hour soup for all the laborers. The great
work is progressing favorably, and the assur-
ance of its completion within the mex sixty
days is unquestioned, providing the necessary
undS are collec ted.
Your construction committee have WORKED
uncea asingly TO accomplish this much during
= Va n hal ms o N los n
kind nearly every day during that time; we
have appeared before the Board of Supervisors,
the Park Commissioners, the Street Committee,
the water officials Mayor Sutro ana many
others and have given our efforts to accom-
plish our ends. Since the actual construction
of the boulevard was commenced we have
been out there, personally supervising the
work during part OF each day. We now ask
each member OF this association 10 AID US 10
collect money enough TO complete this boule-
ward. Many thousand dollars more are needed
and many families are still in distress and the
81 viii go long way toward making them
comiortable until summer work begins. A bout
$13, 900 has already been collected by sub
scription for the work, but fully $15, 900 more
is needed for the completion of the bouAVard
to the Ingleside road. Subscriptions should
therefore be made literally and Immediately,
as it is necessary to push the work on to com
pletion ana not lose the benefit OF the work
already provided for.
The boulevard, when completed to Ingle-
side, will form the most important pubic I'M
provement which has been accomplished In
our City for many years. Connecting with
the park at one end, and at the other with the
Ocean House road and Ocean highway, 1t
gives opportunity for splendid drive or oicy-
Gle tour OF about fifteen miles through the
most picturesque part of our City and County.
And the new roadways that will presently fol-
low this one, from the Ingleside end In
southerly direction, viii give the City what 1t
has hitherto lacked but greatly needed-an
agreeable and direct route to the south boun-
dary of the City, and into the body OF our
peninsula.
II conclusion we are glad to take this oppor-
tunity to give our thanks to all who have
aided US in this work-to the PARK Commits
sioners the last Board of Supervisors, the
present Board of Supervisors, ex-Mayor Sutro,
Mr.. II. Schussler of the water company, Mayor
Phelan, ex-ouperintendent of Streets Ash
worth. Mr.. w. NJ. Bunker, ex-Mayor Ellert, to
all the generous donors to the fund, and last
but far from least, to the whole publ press of
this City who have given US unceasing daily
aid in the project Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES C. BEMIs, President,
JOSEPH MAGNER Secretary,
JOHN MCCoRD,
CORNELIUS o. CONNoR,
COLONEL w. Z. LITTLE.