The San Francisco call., 1907-02-14

every business house in the old whole
sale district and scores in the new re-
tail section, have voluntarily come for
in the movement. The business dis
trict has practically decided to clean
up on the plan submitted -.hy The
Call, whether a general cleaning day
is determined upon or not.
STATE WILL HELP
The State Board of Harbor Commits
sioners will cooperate with the citi-
zens on cleaning up day, or on some
day preceding If 1t is found expedient
to do so, and all thoroughfares within
the jurisdiction of the State will be
cleaned from one end to the other.
Michael Casey Of the Teamsters'
Union will confer today with Chairman
Scott, and it will be decided whether
il is within the province of the union
to allow it's men to volunteer to run
the teams, the men to donate their
services for an eight hour days work
or such fraction thereof as they feel
that they can afford to spare for the
labor The Building Trades and other
unions will decide also whether they
can give an hour or so per member to
help out the movement
President Duffey of the Board of
Public Works said that he believed
the movement was the best scheme
that he had yet heard of for the ac-
complishment of the greatest amount
of good in the shortest space of time.
He said that IL the people of the city
took the cleaning UP day in hand with
a vim and put it through it would give
his men opportunity to keep the city
clear OF debris and the patching de-
partment opportunity to do effective
service Duffey said:
Il think the plan an excellent one.
To be sure extraordinary conditions
confront us such as did not confront
Eastern cities. 1t was easy enough
for big places like Boston and Phila-
delphia to plan a general cleaning up
day. because the cities were in normal
condition; it viii be little harder
task for San Francisco, but no matter
what percentage of work is done here
it will count fourfold in the average
of results. I feel that the scheme is
a most excellent one, and the Board of
Public Works will enter the work with
vigor.'
Chairman Scott Jr. was the recipient
of many telephone messages during
the day and offers of money and labor
came from all classes of people. Among
those who expressed, Indirectly, inten-
tion of giving the movement their sup
port were members of the Board of
Health This important branch of the
public service has had it's hands full
on account OF the growing demands
upon it as a result of unsanitary con-
ditions that cannot be downed without
the cooperation of the people. Any
thing that tends to the improvement
of health conditions meets with the
unqualified support of the Health
Board.
ALL CLASSES INTERESTED
THE movement" said Scott, lis in
the interest of all the people. 1t has
started off with the right idea that
there shall be no friction of any sort
and that San Francisco has set aside
all memory of controversies, political
and otherwise, with the one thought
of pitching in and putting the city in
first class condition Every San Fran
ciscan who loves his city--and few of
them there are that don't-is anxious
to see order come out of chaos. In
concentration lies the great secret 6f
success, and If our energies can be con-