The San Francisco call., 1910-07-02
MISSION Street
TO BE REPAVED
Promotion Association Secures
Splendid improvements in
It's District

With the decision of the board Of
public works to replace the basalt
pavement in Mission street, between
Ninth and Fourteenth. with an asphalt
pavement. the entire roadway of Mis-
sion street, from Ninth street southerly
to the San Mateo county line will be a
smooth pavement of the latest design.
Mission street, from Fourteenth to
Twentieth, is now being asphalted,
underground eonduits are being laid
by the San Francisco gas and cleo
trio company. and the high pressure
water system for fire protection will
be laid simultaneously. The entire
length of Valencia and Mission streets
as far as Army street will have under
ground conduits by the end of the pres
ent year, and in this way the fire risk
and the distractions to the uniform
lighting of these thoroughfares will
have been removed. This work is being
done through the efforts of the Mission
promotion association.
In the near future a conference will
be held between the Fairgrounds COM
mission and the committee on parks
and Fairgrounds of the Mission promo
tion association in order to reach con-
clusion on the most suitable location
for public Fairgrounds in the Mission
district. The residential tracts east of
Howard street are at present in great
need OF playground accommodations
An idea of the number of children in
need of recreation facilities may be
gained from the number of children
that frequent the Mission park Eigh-
teenth and Dolores streets, each day of
the week. 1t is proposed to lease. for
a long period. suitable sites since the
money is not at the disposal of the
fairgrounds commission and the board
of supervisors to purchase outright the
necessary land.
CAR LINE SOUGHT
Property owners in Church street
have requested the Mission promotion
association to assist them in their ef-
forts 20 obtain adequate transportation
facilities for the district contiguous to
the Eureka valley and the Liberty hill
district. 1t is proposed by the inter
ested property owners that the Church
street system be extended from Six
teenth street to Thirtieth street. Their
petition has been referred to the asso-
cfation's committee on street railways
and railroad transportation for investi-
cation and report.
The committee on schools, school
buildings and. other public buildings
OF the Mission promotion association
has made an exhaustive inspection of
the school facilities of the Mission
districti The board of education will
In the near future, cover the same
ground with the committee, when a
report viii be submitted by the mem
bers of the committee recommending
certain improvements in the district
east of Potrero avenue. The chief rec
ommendation of the committee will
be that a school be provided for the
residents Of the Potrero in the vicinity
Of Twentieth and Vermont streets, as
many pupils of the schools adjacent
to Sixteenth and Mission streets live
in that locality. The report of the
evening classes be established In the
thickly populated districts of the Mis-
sion, so that greater educational fa-
unable to attend to their education
in the day time.
INDUSTRIAL CENTER
The committee on commercial devel-
opment of the Mission promotion asso-
citation will meet in the course of the
week to outline a campaign for in
creasing the availability of the Mis-
sion as q manufacturing center. The
comm ercial development is working in
conjunction with the associations
home Industry committee in promoting
this branch of the Missions business
resources.
Efforts are being made to extend
the Army street sewer east of De Haro
street. In this way the sewering of
the manufacturing portion of the Mis-
sion adjacent to the abattoir section
will be provided for