The San Francisco call., 1905-04-08
.SCIINIIz TAKES
NJ v POSITION
Mayors Brother Is Elected
Secretary of the Board
of Park Commissioners
GREAT HIGHWAY LINE
Signs of a Scheme to Wrest
From the Public Lands Set
Apart for Pleasure Ground

The Board Of Park Commissioners at
a meeting in the Palace Hotel yester-
day afternoon accepted the resignation
of James de Succa, secretary and elect
/ ed in his place Herbert Schmitz, broth
er of the Mayor. The Commissioners
attending were: Reuben H. Lloyd.
Earl Cummings. William J. Dingee and
i William H. Metson, the last named
/ presiding. The president, A. b. Spreck-
| els, was out of town.
When the last document on the file
| of business was taken up Secretary de
Succa remarked with some emotion
| that the last was the saddest, and
| thereupon read his own resignation to
! take effect April Is. Commissioner
Lloyd moved its acceptance, praising
the faithful service rendered by Mr.. de
Succa. Similar expressions of good will
came from other Commissioners and a
vote. of thanks was given to the retiring
secretary.
On motion of Commissioner Lloyd,
seconded by Commissioner Dingee,
Herbert Schmitz was elected secretary
by unanimous vote. De Succa will
be appointed storekeeper for the Board
of Education. The salary attaching to
the park secretaryship is SITS month.
The pay of storekeeper is $3.50 month.
Yesterday forenoon the retiring Sec
retary was informed of the Mayors s
wishes, but was unable to control his
emotions of grief when the time came
for obeying the decree.
Custom accords to the Mayor the
privilege of naming the secretary OF
the Park Commission, and the mem
bers of the board yesterday with some
alacrity recognized the desires of the
executive. Two years ago Herbert
Schmitz resigned the Office to which he
was elected yesterday to accept place
on the Board of Public Works. Sub.
sequently he was slated for the office
OF Police Commissioner, but some.
thing happened to cause a revision OF
the programme.
Commissioner Lloyd called tbs
boards attention to the original line Of
the Great Highway as established by
ordinance 500 in 1867. The line is 20l
feet from highwater mark Of 1916. Ad
herence to the original lines will place
under the control of the commission E
Cliff House, which is now occupied
and jointly claimed by the city and
r. NJ Hotaling. The lines recognized
by the City Engineer do not place. the
disputed land within the park domain
Yesterday the Col -missioners resolved
to contend for the rights of the parl
as against the city and other claim
ants.
Charles A. Lambert offered to pro
cure for the park from Alaska three
young moose and four mountain sheer
at $3.50 each. Commissioners Lloyd
Dingee and Metson each agreed to con
tribute $50 to the fund for purchas
ing the real and true Big Horn noun
tain sheep. Lambert asked the boart
to get a permit from the United States
Commissioner of Agriculture to au
thorize him to kill mother sheep II
order that he may capture the lambs
The Commissioners decided that they
would not ask for such a permit. They
will request the Government to givt
Lambert authority to transfer moose
and sheep from Alaska to Golden Cat,
Park.
The holder of the Park News con
cession is in trouble. The expenses
Of getting out the paper have far ex
, ceeded the estimates and the advertis
ing revenue is away below the amour
he expected to receive when he Sc
cured the concession. He frankly ad
mitted to the Commissioners that h,
was in a hole and needed their assist
ance to get out The subject, on mo
ton of Commissioner Lloyd, was re
ferred to Commissioner Metson. 1t il
understood that everything now du
must be paid up before terms can b.
made for the future.
superintendent McLaren was au
thorized to plant in Golden Gate Parl
an emblem of the Knights of Columbus
Along about the middle of June, whel
the knights will be here in grand array
the emblem should appear In all 1t
glory on the sward.
The Hall McAllister statue will b
!. placed in position Saturday, April Ii
!, at D. m. A platform for distinguishe
guests will be erected under the super
vision of Judge Hunt and Superintend
ent McLaren.
Mission blocks Sc and 81, bounded b.
Dolores, Church, Eighteenth and Twen
tieth streets, recently set apart by or
der No 1441 as the new Mission Park
were accepted yesterday by the Par
Commissioners. The Supervisors ar
requested to close Nineteenth street s
that the landscape architect may no
: be hampered by street runnin
: through the center of the reservation.
: Commissioner Cummings reported t
the board that the police officers o.
duty at the museum declined to per
. form patrol service. The Chief OF Pc
lice was asked to issue an order re
: ouiring the policemen to make tn
rounds Of the museum every half
hour.