The San Francisco call., 1898-01-17
Property Owners of the Mission Flock to His
 Standard.
Twenty Picked Men to Urge the Removal of the City and
 County Hospital,
Enthusiastic Meeting at Maennerbund Hall-Strong Speeches App
 plauded.

The crusade for the removal of the City and County Hospital to some oth- CT site and the erection of new build ings has at last begun in earnest. Yes terday afternoon the property owners of the Mission assembled in mass meet ing at Maennerbund Hall, Twenty fourth street and Potrero avenue, and used the parliamentary battle-ax wig orousIy in a united endeavor to gain redress of their grievance.
 At that meeting two names shone as stars of the first magnitude-those of Supervisor Rottanzi and Senator L. J. Dwver. They have both devoted a good deal of their time and energy to the proposed reform, and the assem- blaze simply showered them with en- comiums from the drop of the chair mans gavel to the passing round of the hat. As a result of that meeting twen- tv representative citizens will call in sort of friendly way to interview the Supervisors on the proposition to-day, and later on will make a few business visits. In addition 1t was decided to hold monthly meetings and keep ham, mering away on the reform string until somebody's heart softens or nerves d
 The meeting was under the auspices of the Potrero Avenue Improvement Club. James R. Hughes called 1t to or der. and Thomas Slevin was selected as chairman, and Eugene V. Sullivan as secretary.
 After asserting the purpose of the gathering and the fact that vigorous support at this time would direct at tention to Supervisor RottanZis pro- posed resolution to remove the hospital and erect new buildings, Chairman Slevin read a resolution, adopted unan- imously. Its general purport was as follows:
 every community shall care properly for it's suffering poor; that Senator L.. J. DWyer had introduced a bill at the last session of the Legislature empow- ering the Supervisors to levy a special tax of $300,000 for the construction of a new City and County Hospital; that the hospital was built twenty-five years ago with the assurance that it was to be torn down and the land to revert to the city in ten years, none of the prom ises made at the time being fulfilled; that the rights of the taxpayers should be respected in the matter of having a hospital fit for the largest city west Of the Rocky Mountains, and that public decency should be respected and the suffering poor no longer be treated as inadequately as they have been. The document concluded as follows:
 Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting shall appoint a committee of twenty, which shall be present at the next meeting of the Board of Super visors. to lay before that honorable body these resolutions, and in the name of the citizens request that immediate steps be taken to remedy this crying and shameful abuse; and. further,
 Resolved. That the secretary of this meeting be instructed to present to the Board of Supervisors and to the press of San Francisco a copy of these reso- lutiOns.'
 At the suggestion of members of the audience the following were appointed a committee to carry out the purpose of the resolution: M. Ohlandt, l.. J. Dwyer. T. F. Mitchell. n. F. Keefe, A. B. Mcguire. James Behan, James R. Hughes. John Kenney. John Rippe. NJ. F. C. Mauser, MT. Newman, P. T. Cur tis. F. Maginnis, F. Beggins. P Stol- berg, Rev. William Tubb. Henry. Schul- ken, NJ. c. Gull, Max Pepper and Will jam Cook.
 This committee was made permanent. and the first Sunday in February was appointed as the next time of meeting Hughes tried to speak with pr. Rot tanzi by telephone. in order to make arrangements as to the time of confer ring with the board, but failed to find him
 Stirring addresses were made by Sen ator Dwyer. A. B. Mcguire, Max Pop- per, P. J. Curtis and Rev. pr. Tubb All urged the people to keep working until their rights were respected. Pop per struck the keynote of the situation. evidenced by the applause when he de- clared that i've want no money ex pended by the Mission in caring for monkeys when human beings are left sick and neglected" Curtis declared that the present hospital is not good enough in which to place a high bred dog and Rev. Dr. Tubb believed if would be fine thing if all the patients could be removed and the structure burned to the ground.
 Resolutions were adopted thanking Senator l.. J. Dwyer and Dr. Rottanzi for their activity in the matter.
 BTckinyers and Mnsons.