The San Francisco call., 1910-03-19
OPEN A CAMP PAIGN
FOR STREET WORK
Improvement Clubs of Annexed
District Propose Paving of
the Main Highway

neNed district. corresponding to Broad
way. from Twenty-third avenue to
Seminary avenue, Melrose, distance
OF nearly three miles. is the most inn
portsnt question considered this week
by the Improvement clubs of the terri
tory. The Fruitvsle board OF trade,
the F'ruitvale central Improvement club,
the Civic League of Greater Oakland
and the Melrose citizens club. four
progressive organizations of the dis
trict. are all working for the paving OF
the street.
ADVOCATES THE ASPHALT
City Engineer Fred C. Turner ad-
dressed a meeting of the property own
eUs OF the district held tonight in the
Masonic temple, Fruitvale, under the
auspices Of the civic league, on the
merits Of the different kinds of paving
he strongly advocated the asphalt
paving as being the most durable
though he also declared that macadam.
# laid properly, would withstand well
heavy teaming. Councilman r. c.
Nose, who started the movement for
The paving of the street. urged every
property holder present to asphalt the
highway, declaring that the extra orr
ginal cost would be more than saved in
the few repairs required.
The members OF the Fruitvale board
Of trade at a meeting held last night
expressed themselves almost unani-
mously in favor Of asphalting East
Fourteenth street as soon as possible.
The experiences of the last few win
ters. when business along the thor
oughfare has been practically sus
pended for days at a time owing to the
vast accumulation Of mud after a
storm, has taught the merchants of the
section that the street must be paved
10 promote good trade II was stated
81 the meeting last night that many of
the property owners had already signed
private contracts for the paving of the
street. A. LOrsbach, II. Barkmeyer, c
r. Lee. J. l. Bold and W. Smith spoke
on paving the street
FRUITVALE FREIUHT STATION
The establishment OF a freight sta
ton at Fruitvale avenue was also dis
cussed at last nights meeting of the
Fruitvale businessmen. 1t was agreed
that every possible effort should be
used to induce both the Southern Pa
cifc and Western Pacific railroads to
erect freight depots for Fruitvale.
The Meirose citizens club at its
meeting Tuesday night urged the ne
cessiry OF paving East Fourteenth
street this sumner Through the ef-
forts of this organization the property
from Fruitvale avenue TO Fifty-third
avenue have agreed to lay cement side
walks.
In order that they might be per-
fectly satisfied as TO the nOneXplosive
qualities OF the products 10 be made
at the Melrose plant Of the Pacific
steelfte powder company the members
~ the club viii attend a public test at
-re new factory. Bay and Clarke ave
.ues SUNDAY morning.
George Jannsen, W. NJ. Farmer,
Harry King, Fred Bamman and j.
Damn have been appointed as the
committee in charge of the entertain
ment to be given by the club March 80.
The meeting of the Central improve
ment club Of East Fruitvale in Allen
dale hail Tuesday night was devoted TO
the presentation Of a musical and lit
erary program, followed by a dance.
The affair was in charge Of a commit
Tee composed of F. Heinz. {. g. Dowd
and John Dietzmann. Next Tuesday
night the club will take up the subject
Of providing sanitary conveniences for
the Allendale district.
EIMHIRST- WANTS LIBRARY
T. c. Tilman, J. o. Clark and ]. H.
Ross were appointed by the Elmhurst
board Of trade at its meeting Monday
evening as a committee Of three 10
hold conference with the Oakland
library trustees in regard to estab-
fishing q branch library in Elmhurst.
The community now has a population
of more than 5000 and has no reading
room facilities. The board also recon-
mended that q communication be sent
10 Andrew Carnegie asking for q do
natiou for a building.
owing to the alleged failure of the
gas companies to keep their promises
made to the organization some time
fva L -1v,,f,
basis with Oakland rates, J. II! Ross,
II. g Clayton and W B. Malick were
named as committee to investigate
the situation. Secretary J. Z. Hood was
instructed to communicate with the
Western Pacific railroad company in
regard 10 the esta blishment of a sta
ton and freight depot for Elmhurst.
communication win also be sent
10 the Oakland traction company ask
ing that the name "Elmhurst" be placed
on ali cars running to or through
the community. 1t was suggested that
the main line cars should have pla-
card giving the list Of the communities
through which they pass, as follows:
East Oakland, Fruitvale. Allendale,
Melrose, Fitchburg, Highland. Elm
hurst, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Ash
land and Hayward. ". Lewis, II. G.
CLAYTON. J. z. Hood, E. G. Lapham AMI
Ben Wilson were appointed as dele
gates to attend the charter meetings.
ARC LIGHTS INSTALLED
In celebration OF the insta llation of
arc lights in Yoakum. Orchard and
Grand avenues the members of the
Yoakum Avenue Improvement club
held a joIliicstion meeting Wednesday
evening and later enjoyed a banquet
served by the Lockwood mothers club.
Addresses were made by Councilman
r. C. Vose, President r. NJ Ramsey.
Secretary K. Steffens, DR.. S. Bonesteel.
". r Tappan and President F. NJ
Smith OF the Twenty third Avenue i'm
provement club. The members of the
club have subscribed money TO pay for
the new arc lights until July ], as Oak
land has no funds for lights in the
annexed district. The organization has
also paid for the laying Of more than
1000 feet Of gravel sidewalks through
out its district during the last six