The San Francisco call., 1897-09-07
mission RESIDENTS
Make STRONG TALKS
AGAINST THE SCHEME
Those Who Have Taxes to Pay See No Necessity for
New Park Just at
Present.

employed work on boulevard. ms was
done as an act of charity, and yet In the
face of this we have lot of schemers IN
our midst who wish to saddle US with
such bubbles as a zoo and large ParA
out at distance from any portion OF tne
City where it can be reached by the peo-
pie without carfare. II will be recog-
nized that the proprietor of THE CALL mas
an interest in the Mission second to none,
and if park and zoo were to beneht the
Mission or the Mission people surely
he would be among the nrst 10
advocate its being placed there:
l know ofno man so thorou hly identlhed
with the interests of the Mission and its
people as is the proprietor of The CALL.
Mr.. John d. Spreckels. He has, Lesides
his home in this place. moneyed interests
amounting to thousands OF dollars, and
for him to oppose park upon any
but good reasons would be so absurd
that the most stupid man on earth would
not for a moment believe it. But, like the
balance of good citizens, he sees in the
proposition huge scheme to draw from
the taxpayers money that there Is no ne
cessty for unless it is to make a few
schemers wealthy at the expense OF the
many"
George H. Fitch, formerly
one of the prOprietOrs of the
Morning CaI1' and Evening
Bulletin. and also large
DrOperfy.Owm well, really L
nave been so busy with other matters,
which the people of this City are some
what conversant with, that l have not
given the m latter much thought; but, on
the face of the proposition, L am In favor
of the people in the Mission having
park, or, in other words, of having large
park out in the southern portion of the
City. But not now, however. l do not
want the Supervisors TO violate their
pledges. They were elected on the dollar
limit pledge, and it would be unfair OF
the people or any portion Of the
people to ask them to violate that
pledge. A park out south, say in twenty
or thirty years from now, would be great
benefit to not only the people residing IN
that locality but to the entire community.
But before that should take place the
proposition should be submitted TO the
people AT the ballot-box. There are other
and far more important questions which
need looking after than the purchasing of
| piece of land for a. park at the present
time. Our City has needs of a great many
i'm provements that could be done if we
had an economical administration at the
City Hall. But, perhaps, by-and- by there
may be a change for the better in that dl.
reetion. AT least We shall hope So"
&. w. Welch. capitalist and
~
street: II have been a resident of The
Mission for twenty years and have many
! thousands of dollars invested in land here.
| The geological scheme i5 fraud. The
price asked Is four times its value. The
| loca ZION is not in the Mission district,
neither is it the Gum Tree Tract. II is d
stee u gu!ch, mile west of the Gum Tree
Tract, and can never be made into park.
| This scheme 10 rob the City must be
stopped. We want good streets ana clean
sewers. No more parksat present. The
Board OF Supervisors have no right to
spend the taxpayers money for wild ami
mails. We have elephants enough on our
hands already-at the City Hall. We of
the Mission hope THE CALI will keep up
the fight. Where are the other morning
papers?
Thomas Aerby. retired
builder and contractor. 40 Hill
street: The people of :he NJ ssiou do
not want wild animal rancheria. They
have never asked for it, and the pro-
jec,ors OF this scheme, when they sar the
Mission wants a zoo, are not telling the
truth. We have parks enough until taxes
are lower. Il the Board of Supervisors
buy the worthless gulch offered foy his
purpose they should be i'm peached. The
whole scheme is fraud. The land can
not be and is not intended 10 be converted
into park. The programme is to sell
the land to the City for five times its
value, divide the profits and abandon the
park.
III. NOIt, mining engineer.
$500 Ivyenty-firsG street: The
people OF the Mission do not want ZOO
logical park. They have never asked for
such thing. The want clean sewers and
good streets.
A. II. Van Duzer, attorney
and secretary of the Mission
Defense Union: "Seil the land for
the money barracks to the City for $780,
600; actual value of same (highest hgure)
$780, 900; profits in the deal $500 600. di-
vided thus: Placed where it will do the
most good $50 600; net profits of the real
estate ring which is promoting the steal
$3.50. 600. In this programme, as usual,
tie schemers get rich and the taxpayers !
get robbed. The above are frozen facts, !
and / commend them 10 the consideration !
OF Professor David Starr Jorden, president
of Stanford University, who, from his re-
cent letter in the Post, seems 10 have lent
himself-innocenily, no doubt-to thin
outrageous swindle."