The San Francisco call., 1898-02-02
County Hospital Lot to Be Made Into a Pleasure
 Ground.
Prospects of the Removal of the Old Institution Gives.
 Joy to the Residents.
Representative Citizens Meet. and Decide on Holding a Mass Meeting
 on February 12.

The action taken by the Supervisors yesterday in passing Dr.. Rottanzils resolution for the building of a City and County Hospital on the. Almshouse tract was hailed with delight by the Mission people as soon as they heard of the action taken. <.:.. ,.. .>s: .#>
 This will give. them a. park right in their own. neighborhood The. passage of pr. Rottanzfs resolution has put a quietus on the we'll laid schemes of the whirlwind -guIch project Of the. real es- tate dealers, who thought :: they had lulled the people to sleep over the great benefits that would result from the purchase of 160 acres of land at a fabulous price. No mention is made by the advocates of whirlwind gulet about the u1limproved ;. condition of Buena Vista Park that has been per mitted from time inmemnoriaI to remain in it's virgin condition There are other parks lying. unreclafIned in the outside sections of the city that would look all the better if a few hun dred dollars of the public funds were expended in their improvement. E. But all this Is lost sight of by the dozen of men who wish to draw S460,000 out of the taxpayers pockets for the pur- chase of whirlwind gulch. l. Whether the tract be improved after its pur- chase or not remains an open 5qnes- tion, and one that the speculators care very little about The only thing that apparently troubles them now IS to have it bought and the money dis tributed where It will do the most gcodl The zoo @propQsftlon would re- ceive a Klondfke chill immediately after. ..,.5 =s>.- =. ..=..
 Great stress is laid on the fact that 2000 signatures had been obtained Ia. Vorable to the purchase of. WhlrlW1Ilu Guleh,. but the indtsPutable fact stI1 re- mains: that over 3900 signatures Of" property owners opposing the scheme is on file with#the* clerk of the Board of SuperVisors It Inay be true that there : are 2H00 mem living in this city. who| 1 favored the. project, but many of them. did not own :a"d6Ilafs $: worth Of: rop- : ertX. Not so, however, , with the "300O opposing the purchase: They were j property owners. and taxpayarst. and as : such. knoWing that they :; would. be called upon to foot the bill, signed in opposition thereto.
 Now that the Supervisors have set about something that every citizen a nd : taxpayer approves of, to Wit. :: the building of a decent and well-equipped <ll turning of the site where the ram shackIed old rotten building stands into park for, the benefit Of the people living fn that section of the Mission, a general rejoicing has been felt. all through the sunbelt district. ..ss: a
 The first steps to hail with joy this contemplated movement was taken at a meeting of representative citizens of the Mission at Mangels. Hall on Folsom and Twenty-third streets last night.
 At the meeting EGeorge Center was appointed chairman, with J. G. Flood secretary. *Dr. Charles. X. Clinton was present, and at the request of: the chairman he gave his views on the great necessity of providing. a suitable hospital and pesthuuse. He was -un-! sparing in his remarks on the schem- CTS who wish to saddle the city; with the expenditure of S40e009 for a piece Of land In Whfrlwind Guleh that is not! needed at the present time. He stated that it was to these men he alluded. when he spoke in the Board of Super visors and not of his brother members.
 On motion of A. B. Maguire the fol- lowing were appointed. as. a committee. on resolutions: A. B. Mcguire, E. P. E. Troy, Joseph Mcguire, J. c. Flood and Joseph Leggett. The following for the mass meeting: A. B. Mcguire, Max. Pepper J. c. Flood, Captain Raabe and w F. Tillman.
 On motion of Judge F.. w. Van Key negom it was decided to hold mass meeting on February 12 at Mangels Hall. Messrs. John McEnhill, J. Sulli- van and John Welch were appointed committee on advertising the meeting and securing a band of music for the occasion. A vote of thanks was ten. dered to H. Mangels for his offer of the. use of the hall free for the meeting.