The San Francisco call., 1909-05-28
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ment when the full attention Of the
big assemblage was not fastened upon
the speakers The remarks were fire.
quentIy interrupted by loud bursts of
applause. Dohrmann summed up the
situation when he said in concluding.
that it was the first time that the city
administration, the street railroad COM
pany. and the community had sat down
10 talk matters over.
Summarizes Situation
In opening the speech making, Pres
ident Davis OF the association sum
married briefly the situation that had
brought these TWO problems TO a focus
at this time
Nothing" said Davis. can be more
potent 10 the growth Of San Fran
cisco than street railroad development
and extension. Nothing can be Of more
assistance TO us in our endeavors to
stimulate the growth Of our city and
10 bring back to san Francisco the peo-
pie who belong here and who want 10
live here than good and efficient street
car service.
In conclusion Davis referred to the
Portola festival and spoke OF its i'm
portance to the city.
Willis Polk. the architect. who has
been associated with Bunham in elab-
Grating the plans for the city beautiful.
spoke Of The Benefit TO San Francisco
OF Civic Center.
we can practically get the civic
center for nothing" he said. Any
plan means order. It is a step in ad-
vance. Our American cities have been
built without order The effect of
many OF our most beautiful buildings
is lost for the lack OF a proper setting.
tt is this setting that we propose to
give. There should be no hesitation
because IL means a large bond issue.
such an issue is an advertisement Of
your confidence in your city
Thomas Magee followed with a dis
cussion of the subject The Financial
Aspect. Can we Afford itg' He re-
terred 10 LOndon's undertaking and the
beautification at vast expense of Paris,
Washington. Detroit and Cleveland.
Magee saw in the request for q boule-
ward about Fort Mason the extension
OF East street the acquisition Of lands
for Fairgrounds and aquatic park, the
expression of q sentiment calling for
civic center. He referred to a clip
ping that had been handed to him a
few moments before stating that Paris
was about TO expend an additional
S20o.00o.090 for purposes of adOrnment.
Rent City Hall Site
Magee figured that the present city
hall site could be sold if necessary. or
leased for about sl25.000 a year The
interest on the bonds. he figured. would
amount to $lS90O0. leaving only s64-
600 a year To he made up
This represents a tax Of / cent for
the civic center" he said. Is it worth
= cent TO lay the foundation for these
great plans?
He estimated that under the charter
restrictions $4,000 600 would be avail
able for 3 water supply at the present
time. or in 10 years si25,O00 .OO0.
A. ". Scott Jr was assigned the
topic, The Need OF Street Railway Ex-
tensions and improvements He
stated that 10000 San Franciscans
lived across the bay or in San Mateo
county because of the lack of proper
transportation in this city He re-
ferred 10 map that had been prepared
BY the Merchants association outlining
the proposed extensions. These called
for q tunnel through Twin peaks from
The end of Market street for rapid
transit into a big outlying section; the
extension of the Kentucky street line
10 LlAiLtIS DCiuls an extension from
Holly park to University mound and
other extensions from Stanford heights.
the Sunset and Richmond districts He
figured the cost Of the Twin peaks
tunnel at 81 1.500, GOO.
That said Scott would benefit
the great holdings of the Crocker-s $.
the Spring valley. and the Sutro estate.
These are the interests that would
make fortunes out OF IT. These are
fhe interests that with the United rail
roads should see 10 it that the line is
built"
Scott explained that in such an un-
dertaking II was inevitable that some
Interests would gain. but that the only
question at issue was the good OF the
city.
Following were those present al the
banquet.