The San Francisco call., 1905-03-25
PLANS GREATER
GARDEN CITY
San Jose Chamber of Com
merce Pushing Annexation
Scheme to Successful End
IDEA WARMLY RECEIVED
Ambitious Citizens Expect
to Be Able to Show a Pop
ulation of $4,000 in 1910
IDEA WARMLY RECEIVED
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SAN JOSE, March 24.-A Greater
San Jose with a population Of 5O,eOO
| in 1910 Is the aim of the Chamber
| of Commerce. The campaign OF an
| nexation that has been in progress
| for the past three months has prac-
, tically assured that. Most of the meet
| ings held in the suburbs have been en-
thusiastic ones and what little oppo-
| sition has arisen is believed to be van
ishing under the work of the Greater
| San Jose committee appointed by the
Chamber Of Commerce. This commit
tee consists Of the entire board of con-
troll of the Chamber of Commerce. 1t
is composed of twenty-five members.
of which Walter Trinkler Is chairman.
Meetings have been held in College
Park. West San Jose, Willows, Cottage
Grove. and this evening a large meet
ing is being held in East San Jose.
The campaign will close next week.
While San Jose's growth for the
past twenty-five years has been
steady one. the city limits have re-
manned unchanged Nearly half its
population lies in the territory i'm
mediately adjoining the city. The CEN
sus of 1900 gave San Jose a population
of but 1900, when in fact it should
| have been city of more than 10000
population. This has initiated against
the city. Many Fasteners refrained
from coming here because of the fig
| ures of the census bureau. A recent
census taken by the Postoffice Depart
ment gave this city $4,000 population.
and the same census gave the terri
tory which 1t is proposed to annex
population of between 10000 and H.
600. This makes San Jose city of
practically 10000 population. With
the annexation plan carried the Cham>
Der of Commerce is satisfied that San
Jose in 1910 will have a population of
more than $4,000.
REMARKABLE GROWTH.
markable ones for the city. Its growth
has been marvellous. San Jose is Just
entering upon its "skyscraping age"
The buildings planned for the next
two years will practically change the
business center. Work will commence
next month on the new building Of the
Garden City Bank at the corner of
First and San Fernando streets. This
structure will be six stories high and
undoubtedly the finest block in the
city. A rumor has it that the First
National Bank has in contemplation
ten-Story building on the corner of
First and Santa Clara streets. Other
big buildings are contemplated and no
less than a dozen business buildings
are to be erected during the cemine
year. In the residence section a large
number of houses are being erected
San Jose Is getting more Eastern
tourists this year than ever before
Many of the newcomers are men of
money who intend to make their
homes here. The same progress in
building and settlement is reported
from all the outside towns and the or
chard districts.
The proposed boundary lines Of the
Greater San Jose will run to the King
road on the east, taking in East San
Jose; to the Gish road on the north,
annexing the settlement beyond the
Hotel Vendome; to Union avenue on
the west. taking in Crandallville and
the Alameda, and on the south to the
Northern road, making the Willows
and Cottage Grove part of the city.
These lines may be modified some, but
| the greater city will have an area OF
nearly twice that of the present one.
The election for annexation will prob
| ably be held some time in April. The
outlying territory will vote as a whole.
and at the same time an election will
| be held In the city on the question Of
receiving them. The present city ad-
ministration under Mayor Worswick
| has been an excellent one. Street
! lights, sewers and police protection are
| held out to the suburbanites to bring
| them in.
ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
Every part of the territory 1t Is pro-
posed to annex is connected with the
city proper by electric roads. In the
| last year a network Of electric roads,
all radiating from this city, has been
| planned for the county. The Interur-
ban Electric Road, of which o. A. Hale
is president, has franchises for roads
running to Palo Alto and the towns
between that place and this city, and
| also for lines covering the eastern part
| of the valley which will enter the city
! through East San Jose, going to
Wayne Station, Berryessa, Alum Rock
Park and Evergreen. The Parkinson
Company recently purchased the San
Jose and Santa Clara Electric Railroad,
and it has rights of way and franchises
for a road between Santa Clara ard
Palo Alto, which will tap all the towns
along the line of the Southern Pacific.
| A road to Alviso to connect with a
steamer line to San Francisco is also
| to be built during the coming year
| These and other conditions will surely
make a Greater San Jose with popu-
] lation of $4,000 in 1910.
SAYS PEACE is CERTAIN.