The San Francisco call., 1905-05-24
MANY PETITION
SUPERVISORS
Representatives of Various
Districts Ask Appropria-
tions for Improvements
VAN DUZER is ON HAND
Says Items for Fighting of
Spring Valley and Geary-
Street Road Are Illegal

Various districts of the city. through
their representatives, presented to the
Supervisors last night their claims for
recognition in the annual budget soon
TO be adopted. Mayor Schmitz was in the
chair and every citizen who wished was
allowed to speak in favor of the section
he represented. The closing part of the
session was the most interesting. owing
to A. P. Van Duzer making an objection
to the appropriations to purchase land
for Telegraph Hill Improvements, to pay
the cost Of fighting the Spring Valley
litigation and TO acquire the Geary- street
railroad.
Van Duzer called attention to the fact
that each year when appropriations had
been made to carry on the legal battle
with the Spring Valley the rate had ex-
pired and new one had been established
before the litigation had ended. 1t would
be the same this year. he said.
Are We then not TO fight the Spring
Valley suits, simply because the rates
fixed expire before decision is reached?'
asked Supervisor Gallagher
Under section l, article IA of the con-
stitution," replied Van DuZer, ANY pub
lie utility corporation that charges
greater rate than that fixed by the Su-
pervisors Immediately forfeits its fran
-
Braunhart called Van Duzer's attention
to a charter amendment that permitted
the Geary-street road requirement. He
also said the board was allowed to pur-
chase property for permanent improve
ments outside the bond issue not to ex-
ceed the amount of $4,000, providing the
tax limit of 81 was not exceeded. Van
Duzer said II was an evasion of the
spirit of the charter to buy $4,000 worth
Of 1on q certain nlirnQSe
and $4,000 worth during each of two
succeeding years, making the total
s75, 900.
Brandenstein said there was no doubt
about the legality of the boards act III
the Telegraph Hill matter and it was
satisfied with the propriety of it.
CAPTAIN HEALEY SPEAKS.
Captain Patrick Healey supplied some
amusement by his speech supporting the
petition of the Fairmount Property Own
ers' Association fer money with which
to turn the property bounded by Twenty
ninth, Thirtieth, Diamond and Noe streets
into public park.
There are $50 acres of park north of
Twentieth street and only fifty acres
south of it, he said. The working peo-
pie nearly all live south of that line. We
have been paying taxes for forty years
and there is not dollars worth of park
improvements to show for it. Pretty soon
your missionary societies will be making
stunning calls on US. You'd better help
US before it gets to that. All the money
is going into that rich and fashionable
driving ground, Golden aGte Park
John Allen and Julius Frankel appear
ed on behalf of the citizens of Oceanside,
formerly known CarviIle. who want
H street, which lies along the south side
of the park, improved so 1t will form a
continuous highway to the ocean. The
two representatives of the village by the
sea asked for $4,000 for the improvement
of H street from Twenty-second avenue
to the beach, the work from Seventh
avenue to Twenty-second having already
been done. 1t was stated that at present
the citizens of Oceanside were compelled
to carry all materials around by way of
California street and Point Lobos avenue
There was no part of San Francisco SO
cut off from, the center of the city, it
was declared.
]. E. Rutherford, who had asked 5000
for the Sunset district for the improve
ment of II street from First to Seventh
avenue. said his district would forego
that in favor of the proposition to i'm
prove the street to the beach.
SALOONS AND POLICEMEN.
Richard Baker asked for more police
protection for Oceanside. He said the
Police Commission had given the district
saloons it did not want. and now should
give it some more policemen. He said
that at least fifty new patrolmen should
be added to the department
Phillip ]. Diez, representing the Sunset
District Improvement Club, asked for
more policemen in that locality. He said
that two men at present covered the en-
tire district.
D. z. Butt asked for $1,000 with which
to buy the lot at the corner of TWENTY
second street and View avenue that Hoff-
man avenue might be opened into View;
5000 to buy lots near the Noe Valley
school. and sum sufficient to make the
preliminary surveys for the extension of
Market street.
Phillip Mole asked that property on
Forty-ninth avenue, between ] and I
streets. be bought in order to extend
Forty-ninth avenue to the Boulevard and
do away with a mudhole that exists on
the property in the winter time.
John Heilman. REPRESENTING the Twen-
tieth Street Improvement Club, asked
for enough money to begin the work Of
doing away with a hill where Twentieth
street crosses Potrero avenue. that a new
roadway may be opened to the Potrero.
He said $4,000 would be enough to start
the work Some members Of the board
seemed TO 0ouDt Wnetner II could be car
ried to completion for four times that
amount.
The announcement that the s25 900
asked to buy land for the protection of
Telegraph Hill was In the budget brought
applause from a bevy Of ladies pesent.
R. NJ. Sims thanked the Supervisors on
behalf Of the California Outdoor Art
League and the Telegraph Hill Improve
ment Club.
HOLLY PARK GAMBLING.
A. s. Lille, for the citizens of Noe VAL
ley, asked for 1900 with which to buy a
site for schoolhouse there. The primary
pupils in the valley had to walk fourteen
blocks to attend school. he said He also
asked for Improvements at Holly Park.
Mark L. McCord spoke for the Holly
Park Improvement Club. More police
men were urgently needed, he said The
hoodlums who went to that locality to
engage in gambling games carried on
there were continually insulting ladies
and children. John T. Dennehy spoke for
Improvement at Holly Park.
Ex-senator H. ". Morehouse, repre-
senting the Fortyfourth District I'm
provement Club. asked for the paving Of
Pacific street from Stockton to Powell,
and was informed that the work was