The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-16
Charles Wesley Reed Delivers
Address to Enthusiastic
Mass Meeting
Advises Citizens 10 Vote for inc
Municipal Car Line PROPOSE
ton Without Fail


United Railroads an dother greedy pub |
Ii cservice corporations. Charles Wes- |
ley Reed, prominent attorney of the |
city, delivered q stirring address TO the !
members of the Mission heights and
Church street Improvement association |
last night. Indorsing the entire bond |
issue. but more particularly the Geary |
street project, the speaker was heartily |
seconded by number OF other prom |
inent citizens who addressed the meet |
ing
Duvenick hail, at Twenty fourth and 4
Church streets, was crowded to the /
doors when Reed was called on last
night to address the meeting. and with 4
in few minutes it was apparent that
the audience was heartily in sympathy
with the speaker in rs denuneiation of
those corporations which levied toll on
the people Of San Francisco in return
for wreUcned public service.
FOR THE ENTIRE ISSUE
Il indorse this entire bond issue"
said Reed. but more particularly than
anything else that portion which win
be spent in the construction Of a car
line on Geary street which will be
owned. controlled and operated by the
city. / have Just returned from a trip
east. where I frequently heard San
Francisco referred TO in contemptuous
terms because Of the boodling and
grating by which Patrick Calhoun and
the United Railroads secured invalu-
able privileges for practically nothing; 4
in fact for nothing in so far as the
people Of san Francisco are concerned. 4
IF we were to stop the prosecution
Of these indicted grafters at this time
we would be the laughing stock of the
entire world, but il we do not avail
ourselves of this opportunity TO put in
the entering wedge for a real streetcar
system We deserve nothing better.
The speaker then took up and dis
Cussed briefly the different items in the
bon dissue, and before he closed his ad-
dress returned TO the Geary street
project bitterly denouncing the San
Francisco Chronicle for its present
stand against municipal ownership of
the road. whereas the same publication
formerly. under the same mana cement
but under different circumstances
heartily favored such a project.
Supervisor Ralph McLaren addressed
the meeting and pleaded earnestly for
support Of that section which calls for
the purchase and laying out of the
aquatic park. The many and beneficial
uses 10 which the park will be devoted
were clearly defined by the city official
PARKS AND FAIRGROUNDS
Supervisor Oscar Hooks and J. w
Sweeney. superintendent of the play
ground commission. pleaded for sup
port OF the bonds which viii mean the
purchase OF parks and Fairgrounds for
the children Of the city's crowded dis
Iricts.
Give Us more parks and Fairgrounds
for our boys and girls" said Sweeney.
and we viii have fewer jailbirds and
convicts- Our municipal legislative
body legislates our boys of the streets
their only playground, for good rea-
sons. OF course. and il is now our duty
TO give these children some place where
they can indulge in healthful exercise"
Theodore Pinther, president Of the
Glen Park improvement association.
also exhorted the audience TO support
the bond issue for more parks.
Golden Gate park a comparatively
few years ago was nothing but value
less sand dunes" he said. and now il
IS one Of the city's greatest assets. If
81 were TO be cut up into city lots il
would bring $50 600 900. Let US have
more parks for our children, old and
young
Norman w. Hall addressed the meet
ing in support OF the entire bond
issue, and expressed pity for the cit
szen who was not endowed with enough
public spirit to pay a tax of 10 cents
one 500 in return for the vast i'm
provements the bond issue viii make
possible.
Pleads. for Telegraph Hill
Enthusiasm of the heartiest kind
greeted the speeches in favor of the
bond issue, TO be voted upon next
Tuesday. at meeting held last night
= the Mission high school, Eighteenth
and Dolores streets, the audience show
ing by its applause that it recognized
the necessity for the general improve
rnent Of the city at this time
The main speakers were Rev. Ter
ence Caraher. who made an eloquent
plea for the preservation of Telegraph
hill. and James d. Phelan,' who spoke
in favor OF a civic center.
I have lived near and on Telegraph
hin for many years." said Father Car
aher. ~and my deductions are based on
a careful study OF conditions there,
and. after careful thought, 1 am con-
WINGED that money could not be spent
on a project more deserving than that
OF the preservation of this Hill.
HAVEN OF REFUGE
II was on the hill following the
disaster when IT was made an ark of
safety, an asylum Of refuge for those
homeless ones who were forced to fly
10 its kindly heights for shelter. This,
perhaps. could be given as one reason
why It should be preserved, for there
is no knowing when another catastro-
pho will drive some homeless citizens
Of San Francisco to its heights again
The reasons for its preservation are
numerous, each as important as the
other. Tonight, however, / will deal
with but few. the first one being its
relation to the health of the city. 1t
is now well recognized that this hill
plays a very important part in keeping
the city healthy. The clean winds. CON-
ing from the sea. strike Telegraph hill
and are thus distributed over a wide
area The razing of the hill will mean
that the wind. instead of being a bless
ing, would prove an injury
WOULD BE NATURAL FORTRESS
Another reason is its advantages
for natural fortress. We Americans
are not looking for war-we are not
going about with chip on our should
ers-but II there should be war. and
war in these days is as probable as
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