The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-08

alone they agreed to erect. for s4265, to
Eliminate the streets for $3.50 and the
ferry depot and City Hall, $4,000.
Marx also made a proposition 70 Stflng
5000 lights across Market street from the
ferry to Larkin for $1,000.
The Tidball-MarX proposition was de-
cIarpd al once to be beyond the reach OF
the means it was thought would be placed
in the hands of the executive committee.
Chairman Martin stated that the IN
yitatiOn to attend the meeting had DeeH
extended Messrs. de Young and Lawrence
for The purpose of obtaining their views
concerning the amount OF money W. NJ
would be appropriated for decoration: MI
de Young said that was not posslple 70
tell at the present stage of the financier-
ing. MI Lawrence was 6oo OF .h SIo 0h6 for
decorations. Mr. Martin said he did lot
see how there could be any sort OF Lee decoFa-
ton for night parade snort -do $oyo e,,d
what could you do with S'oU! asked
The members of the committee, who
had practically decided that they dld n9t
want an electric arch, seemed 10 lhiHh
that $500 would be sufficient
n was decided to ask the executive com
rnit+ee Immediately for some figure upon
which the decoration committee could
work with certainty, and the members aG-
iourned till the afternoon at ~ o cloch
At the office of the Union Trust company
Upon reassembling Chairman W; j. Nal
tin informed the committee OF the actloh
of the executive committee in allowing
the sum of $4,000 for an electrical dlapiiy'
1T is now in order he said, FOR the
committee to spend the money judiciously
to obtain the best results. ,
After a long discussion 1t was oFuGiti
on motion of Charles Hirsch that tteld
Brothers, the architects, be asked to tur-
nish the following plans and speclHc"-
tiOns
For the electrical decoration of the City Hall
For the decoration of the dome. including the
For the decoration of the tower, inclusive of
the main angle and exclusive of the wings
Estimates for lighting the streets by festoons
of electric lights. Festoons to be fastened 10
wire drawn across the street fifty feet apart,
on each of which will be twenty-four incandes,
cent lamps THESE festoons Will be suspended
on Market street from East TO Golden Gate
avenue and that thoroughfare to Van Ness
avenue. Ten thousand lights to be used. Be
tween each streamer picture OF some proih-
nent parsonage
The committee appointed for this pur-
pose consists OF Messrs. Hirsch, Holbrook
and Schilling AS soon as the specilica
tons have been finished the decoration
committee will Immediately receive bios
for the electrical decoration. If the funds
hold out the committee Will elaborate on
the details.
Chairman Martin stated that he would
confer with the Native Sons committee
with the idea previously suggested that by
changing their programme they would lie
able to help out the decoration commit
1t was decided that the committee would
for the present take up the question of
electrical decoration alone and request all
citizens to decorate their residences and
business places as they desired.
Messrs. Hellman, Mills and Thayer were
appointed committee to wait on electric
light companies and request the donation
of the necessary current for illumina ton
on the night of the parade.
w H Mills brought up the matter of
having all the school children form in
line on the day of the parade. The matter
was left for future consideration
The committee adjourned to the call Of
the chair.