The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-17

coed despite the opposition preparing to
meet it it will have weathered the heaV-
lest storm ever kicked up in the city,
The lot upon which the Nymphia is
destined TO stand is on the south side of
Pacific street. 1t has frontage on Pa
cific street of ninety feet and is two hun
dred feet deep. Already all the Chinese
tenements and the junkshops which for
merly occupied it have been removed, and
the place is nearly ready for the laying
Of the foundation of the new building:
The structure will be of brick and will
be in every way an adornment TO the
neighborhood, but only so far as the out
side Of the building is concerned; 1t is
to the purpose of the place that the peo-
pie object, and their objection is all the
more active because the articles of in
corporation under which the company has
been formed are so indefinite They allow
the incorporators TO do just as they
please. and their intention is to establish
Just such a place as has made the faShy
districts of Paris so famous.
Led by Father CaTaher the clergy of
st. Francis Church are out against the
scheme. and they will fight 1t tooth and
nail. Father Caraher has all the facts
he can get about the place and he will
start his crusade as soon as he can get
his people together.
Il have fought the presence of such
women as | understand are coming to
that place whenever they showed them
selves in my parish or in the northern
part of the city" said Father Caraher,
and l will fight them again. We will
arouse the whole northern district here,
and the public officials must side in with
us. We must protect the young people
Of this city and we cannot have such
place established in the heart of a section
where there are thousands of children.
1t will be the biggest fight ever seen in
this city II they try to establish such
place. 1t Will be a war to the knife and
without end until the place has been
closed. Every man and woman in this
section viii be enlisted in the fight against
it, and it must fail. These men who are
backing the scheme have already applied
to the Supervisors for a permit in order
to give color Of authority to their enter
prise, but it is against the law here and
they cannot carry on such a business.
The Twinkling Star Improvement Com
pany was Incorporated on March /. 1893
with L. P. E. Frey, S. 2. Blumenberg
Emil Kehrlein, w II. Richards and Val
entine II. Kehrlein as directors. The com
pany is formed on the basis of three thou
sand shares at $50 each and at the time
of Incorporating each director had sub
scribed one share. The property on which
the building is to be erected is understood
to belong to Blumenberg and his mother
az have heard outlined the plans for
this building" said Chief Lees last night
1.-The Police Department has no jurisdic-
ton over ii yet, as the proposed building
has not been erected, and consequently
no laws are being violated there The
plans of a house for Illicit purposes are
only visionary and may never be carried
TO completion. They may be changed and
a building erected in which some legiti-
mate business may be transacted. We
have no right to make any stand in the
premises at present.