The San Francisco call., 1905-06-10
REJECTS SITE
FOR A SCHOOL
Supervisors Committee Rules
Against Holladay Property
for Lowell High Building
PLAYGROUND is CHOSEN
Passage of Bill for Erection
of Structures Is Advised
Despite Veto by the Mayor

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The Supervisors joint Committee OIL
Finance and Utilities yesterday formal
ly rejected the site offered by S. W.
Holladay and adjoining Lafayette
Park for the new Lowell High School
building
Harry T. Creswell. former City At
torney, filed on behalf of certain prop
erty owners a protest against the Sc
lection of the Holladay site. Creswell
went into the legal phases of the mat
ter, and argued that the entire four
blocks of land bounded by Cough, La
guna. Sacramento and Washington
streets mad been originally dedicated
<or park purposes, aud the property
should not be diverted from its first
proposed use Creswell said that the
Supreme Court had not confirmed the
possession of the Holidays in the land
shey offered for sale, and they should
not be paid / cent more than the land
is worth.
creswell referred to the City Attor-
ney's opinion, which declares Clay
street, between Cough and Octavia, and
Octavia street. between Sacramento and
Washington, to be part Of Lafayette
Park. Creswell held that permission
could not be secured from the Park
Commission to have ingress and eSress
to and from the Holiday property
even under tha right of eminent do
main. This would therefore prevent
teaming and hauling of material for
the building of the Lowell High School.
Granting that the school may be
built on the lot, it woald cost the city
a great deal of money to recover the
land for park purposes" said Creswel-
1t would he folly to put the building
on the lot in view of the fact that 80
per cent of the pupils attending the
school live south of California street
and would be compelled to climb the
hills to reach the school"
Principal Morton said that 20 per cent
OF the pupils live north of California
street. and that he favored the Bell site
on Octavia street, between Sutter and
Bush. rather than the Holiday lot,
the depth of which was inadequate.
RONCoVIERI MAKES PLEA.
School Director Roncovieri made a
strong plea that the land adjoining La
fayette Park be selected.
''The site is the most commanding in
the citv Of Ssu Francisco" said Ron
covieri, 'and a s45O,00O building will
be erected thereon. The site is favor
cd by the Board of Education because
the pupils will have the advantage of
the park adjoining as q playground.
The Holiday lot itself is large enough
to erect a building of two wings in
the form of an II, with exposure to the
east and south light"
Supervisor Connor held that it would
be unadvisable to select the Holiday
site in view of the legal objections
raised by CresWell, and his motion that
the site be rejected was carried by q
vote of TO l, D'Ancona alone voting in
the negative.
The site offered by Mrs. Teresa Bell
on the corner of Octavia and Sutter
streets was then discussed and referred
to the Board of Education with a re-
quest that it report speedily on the
comparative eligibility of all the sites
under consideration or any others that
may be offered.
The committee rejected fifty-vara
block 12s, adjoining Washington
Square, as a site for a children's play
ground, owing TO the excessive prices
asked, and recommended block 15t,
bounded by Chestnut, Powell. Lombard
and Mason streets, for the purpose. City
Attorney Long was directed to purchase
the block, If possible, for s244,00o, the
sum available.
The offer of A. RiddelI to sell a site
in the Silver Terrace Tract for the new
Bay View School for s1o.25o was ac-
cepted.
REPORTS AGAINST VETO.
The committee recommended that the
bill providing for the construction of
all school buildings under the bond is
sue and the appointment of Lewis Stone
as supervising architect be finally pass
ed, Notwithstanding the Mayors veto
of the same. D'Aneona and Braunhart
were delegated to prepare a report on
the matter.
President Roncovferi of the Board of
Education called attention 10 the fact
that the bids for the building under the
bond issue of sly additional rooms on
the Croker Grammar School were all
largely in excess of the s17,500 avail
able. Roncovieri stated that this con-
difinn would likely obtain with resnAct