The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-19
SUNNYS|DE IS
UNANIMOUS FOR
CIVIC PROGRESS
Pretty Presentation to
the Mayor.
BONDS WARMLY ENDORSED
CENTRAL CLUB RECEIVING GEN
ERoUS SUPPORT.
BONDS WARMLY ENDORSED

Sunnyside Is not one whit behind any
olheT part or the city in the desire for
general improvements. The meeting last
night In the new hall OF the Sunyside
District Improvement Club was largely
attended and was noticeable for the large
proportion Of ladies and school children
VINO We're present and the marked inter
est they showed in the many speeches.
chairman q. Schnee OF the club in
Few Introductory words said:
IL should not be necessary 10 say any
thing 10 YOU about bonds for public i'm
provements. but there are some points
that do not seem TO be thoroughly under
stood especially in regard 10 the bonds
FOR panhandle extension The speakers
tonight are prepared to show YOU in a
practical. unbiased manner. what is your
duty as citizens in these important mat
ters''
c. Alpers opened practical speech with
a reference 10 the new hall in which the
meeting was held and to the elaborate
manner in which II had been decorated by
the ladies.
We ought not to meet any opposition
toward Improving our city. he said land
/ cannot think that the objections are
made seriously. No one should object to
borrowing money from the future TO ap-
Pay 10 the present. Ii is a good business
proposition and we Of Sunnyside should
certainly do all we can TO improve and
attract attention TO our city We have
Curious park, but II begins nowhere
ana mas no road leading 10 IL worthy of
the name. The burden OF the cost will
never be felt and perhaps the best guar
/ antee that the scheme is mn forth in
good faith and after mature deliberatian
IS that II meets with the hearty support
OF our Mayor, I'm whom we all have con-
nuence. We must shake off our lethargy.
must convert silurians II possible, but We
must go ahead"
=. y Wellin argued that it is lust as
, NECESSARY 10 procure proper parks as TO
procure sewers ana schools and a prOper
hospital ON an average" he said "a
per cent of the money that is spent on a
DulIdlnS Is Tor adjournment. A city should
ann 10 make itself beautiful. and only bv
TINS manner can we bring 10 our midst
those people who want 10 spend monev
ana whose money we want 10 get The
t SSSdan NY MOWERS are raising the point
that the panhandle extension Will be so
very expensive that we shall be reduced
, 70 poverty: II Will cost you just 90 cents
on every SlV worth OF property. l wish
mere 10 correct Mr.. Barry who in his
paper last Saturday said the freeholders
VINO made the new charter were opposed
10 the panhandle. The truth is that at
/ the headquarters of the bond promoters
to-day twelve out OF the fifteen freehold
ers announced that they are firmly in
FAVOR OF the panhandle extension bonds
! think Nj. Barry is one Of the best citi-
zens OF san Francisco. but IN this in
stance somebody has certainly led him
down wrong path"
Mayor Phelan congratulated the large
audience on the interest il showed In
public improvements, and said that in this
campaign he had noticed that the people
IN the suburbs We're apparently far more
~ earnest than the people in the heart of
the city.
As soon as the Mayor had opened his
speech six young ladies dressed in white.
one bearing an elegant bouquet marched
on 10 the platform and presented the
flowers TO the Mayor, while little Miss
Ethel North delivered the following neat
speech:
Your Honor-we. the children of the
Sunnyside school. present you with this
bouquet OF Sunnyside lowers in recogni-
ton OF the noble efforts you have made
10 get Us school building in our district
suitable TO our wants and also for your
efforts In behalf Of other districts equally
as badly on. And we would say to YOU.
sir, press on in the path you have marked
out for yourself and there will be no such
word as fail"
While taking a boutonniere from the
/ bouquet. the Mayor very gracefully ac-
knowledged the gift and the kind words
The little maidens We're. Jennie O'Conner
/ Freda Stoesser, Irene Ayres. Ethel North
! Alva Hotem and Mary Stammer
The Mayor replied to all the objections
! that have been raised and showed that II
/ is folly TO raise a cry Of class. or OF sec
tionalism, or OF useless adornment or 70
say that because our fathers did not need
panhandle. therefore the present and
succeeding generations shall not have n
] Give this improvement 10 ourselves and
/ 70 our city as a Christmas present" said
| the Mayor Let us not be mean and mar
/ row minded. hut let US do what is so
plainly our duty"
Speeches were also made by Supervisor
elect Reed. j. 5. Webster and Colonel