The San Francisco call., 1909-12-19
GREAT CROWD IN
HAMILTON SQUARE
More That 10000 Enjoy Concert
Given by Fillmore Street
Improvement Association

With a crowd of more than 10000
the second of the band concerts given
! in Hamilton square by the Fillmore
street Improvement association last
night proved to be an even bigger sue
cess than the first. going far beyond
the expectations of the most enthusias-
tic of the businessmen in the organiza-
tion.
The central part of Fillmore street
for 10 blocks was ablaze with lights
The immenses globes, hanging under
the arches. were lighted for the first
time, greatly adding to the brilliancy.
Besides the illuminations in Fillmore
street strings of light ran along Post
street Geary and Sutter to Pierce, and
Hamilton square was lighted from end
! to end
Promptly at 7:3o p. m. dozens of
fireworks bombs were exploded in
Hamilton square as a signal to the
neighborhood that the concert was
about to begin Within 10 minutes
streams of people were pouring into
the square from all directions, and by
the time the band crashed out with its
overture the square was filed.
MAYOR ELECT SPEAKS
p. II. Mccarthy was the speaker of
the evening, addressing the crowd from
the bandstand. He was introduced by
David Livingstone. president of the
Fillmore street Improvement assoeia-
ton.
Nothing he said, makes me hap
pier than to see private organizations
such as the Fillmore street improve
ment association providing entertain
ments for the people out of their pri-
vate funds. Not alone because of the
pleasure band concerts give to the peo-
pie. but also because these merchants
realize that helping the people means
helping themselves / would like to
see every other business organization in
/ San Francisco doing business in the
same way The merchant who looks
/ upon the public as something from
which he may extract money and moth
ing more does not do much good TO the
community and seldom TO himself. The
public depends on the merchants and
the merchants depend on the public.
When both realize this fact and work
together in harmony, the merchant for
the public and the public for the mer-
chant, then nothing viii stop our
progress.
ITO the officers and members of the
Fillmore street Improvement association
I offer my heartiest ngratulations.
The manner in which the public has re-
sponded to this entertainment shows
how much 1t is appreciated and l am
confidente that they will discover that
4 they have lost nothing, but gained
much, in securing the good will of these
many thousands of persons by provid-
/ ing them with such excellent entertain
ment.
/ OTHERS SHOULD FOLLOW
Il wish to lay special emphasis on
nv congratulations of the success of
! the iIluminations They are as beau
I tiful as anything I have seen. In con-
+ clusion ] wish to express the hope
1 that every other business organiza ton
/ in San Francisco will follow the eX-
! ample set by the Fillmore street inn
/ provement association, so that in every
1 section of the city feelings of the ut
most good viii may exist between the
merchants and the customers"
The band concert lasted until 10
/ o'clock The crowd around the band
stand was A constantly moving one,
changing from the music to the stores
and then returning to the square again
to listen to a final piece before de-
parting for home The illuminations
were kept up until midnight, at which
time the arches of lights were turned
+ off. but the big globes were allowed to
burn the night through. A similar en-
tertainment viii be given next Satur-
dav night