The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-18
FILLMORE ST. MEN
SHOW ENTHUSIASM
Banquet of Association Marked
by ROusing Speeches for
Continued Prosperity
FILLMORE. Fillmore.
For IL we roar,
Evernore

FILLMORE. FILLMORE,
For II we roar,
EvermOre
Fillmore. Fillmore.
The energy. the intrepidity and the
lie that made OF Fillmore street the
chief business thoroughfares of the city
after the ere OF two years ago broke
= forth in renewed enthusiasm last night
when the Fillmore Street Improvement
association gathered at the banquet
table at an Up town cafe 20 cast a
llat nave been accomplished and 10
pledge the permanent prominence in
= business life Of Fillmore street.
= Ike the yell OF a college crowd al
iocJoail game. and equally as enthus-
iasrie. the slogan. Fillmore street ever
more was given with the full throated
energy OF merchants determined that
they We're not bOasring a vain thing.
speeches were made In plenty telling
the tale, OF difficulties encountered and
conquered, improvements proposed and
accomplished OF new activities. OF
hopes. OF determinations not only TO
preserve Fillmore street on the present
high plane OF retail business activity.
. but 20 go on ceaselessly improving and
improving.
WILL FOSTER GOOD FORTUNE
=. What fckle fortune had done for
Fillmore street IN making IL the pivot
about which circulated the activities OF
" LIE. city these men declared would al
ways remain. The city must grow,
they said. around Fillmore street
=: About loo merchants and invited
.glests sat at table. The banquet hall
WAS tastefuily decorated with Ameri-
can fiags and bunting. and over the
! toastna ster's head two union jacks
folded their stars about a photograph
gf Rear Admiral Evans. Sm:lax was
spread in wsvy lines on the table linen
and huge punches Of roses were placed
IN picturesque array.
The menu was made attractive by
several misnOmers. which kept the
Avere 20 be offered He who revels IN
: ths deep" served 20 announce the fish;
a cold proposition" brought q dish OF
ice cream: ''Barbary coast" only by
another name. was the nominal guise
OF a tenderloin steak; a bad actor
was the soup; a punch was served as
.sFuey's partner; roast beef was What
President Livingston VIII get when
he comes home and q delicious pate
+ce me 70 the menu call Of a celebrated
singer Prizes were given 10 the guests
who judged most correctly the greater
number OF the oelic2cies hidden under
these terms.
WORK OF PROPERTY OWNER
:. 7. T. Brown acted as POSTMASTER.
After . few Introductory remarks on
Ihe part or President David Livingston,
i: who welcomed. on behalf of the i'm
!. proverueut association the honored
guests and speakers. A J. Pom, secre-
tory, spoke on The Fillmore Street
Property Owner" He said, in part:
What we must consider chiesy in this regard
Is what the merchants Of Fillmore street have
oonlP-ishee n beightenang the value OF real
estate "a that section snd what the real estate
owner in tur1 has done for tie merchants The
merchants q Fillmore street succeeded IN rails
.nz $500 70 give the street decent pave
been beautifully lighted he IRE department
Eas been 50 urged By our different addresses
ton The United Rssirosds. TOO sss Trsated Is
every reasonable request
LPeq tae lsno OVERS. therefore. seems 20
ne duty has oeEolvec Of making improve
ments n their properties commensurate with
tie improvement the merchant has achieved.
Ale tine has cone when small stores such a.
we now have cannot accommodate the trade
that flows in our doors. plead fog large
i recognized IN the down town district as the
proper accompaniment OF big retail business.
tine goes o. grow more important The KEY 20
the situation Is IN the hands Of the land owner.
PIVOT OF CITY ENDEAvOR
Z. 5 Simpson in answer 70 the toast
The Press and Fillmore Street" said:
Wherever you travel IN this state or IN the
large eastern cities the name Of Finno-. street
Is Electrically connected with the business sc-
rtTitF OF San Francisco. You can't get away
from Fillmore street. Everything thst Is big II
san Francisco reFolrss around this point wen
ln the newspaper business everything worth
ehrouicling seems % come from tie vicinity Of
great interest IL your business because OF the
unique problems you have had 70 solve. because
bees use OF the success that has accompanied Il
Fillmore street business thonoughfsre 10
bound 70 remain. What you need is 10 stay to
gressfTe spirit. that san Francisco, through your
Individual and collective Efforts may surpsss
greatness and be numbered with New YORK and
Chicago Il Is no great task TO predict great
zhinEs FOR San Francisco.
Julius Raphael spoke on The FIJI
more Street Merchant and His Future"
lie recited the epoch making history OF
the san Francisco merchants after the
FIRE and told how, through their activi-
ties the merchants now congregated in
the vicinity OF Fillmore street had re-
stored the credit Of the city. He paid
high tribute &c Charles Loesch. who
saw that not a man went hungry
April ls.
san Francisco has builded around
Fillmore street II Is the hub of the
city and viii remain so. What we want
is 10 Undue the land owner with the
urgent. necessity Of constructing per-
naanent buildings IN our present loca-
tion,~ Raphael concluded
PLEADS FOR BOND ISSUE
Supervisor J. A. Johnston spoke on
Fillmore Street and the New Bond
Issue" He pleaded that each of the
guests should make an active cam
bxign for the voting OF the $4,000. 600
bonds proposed for election May IL
Fire chief Shaughnessy spoke on
Fire Fighting In q Wideawake Bust
ness Center
Charles A Sweigert, police commits
sioner, was on the program TO speak
on The Quake, the Fire and the Pres
ent Afterglow," but was detained In
his place L NJ King, secretary of the
merchants association. spoke.
e E Bonnheim. past president OF
the association. talked on Many
Tsfngs Interesting TO the Fillmore
street Merchants"
The banquet was in charge OF the
following committee: l. Brown.