The San Francisco call., 1910-10-01


tives have appeared before the board
of supervisors, the health: police and
fire. boards, the board of harbor COM
missioners. the .transcontinental lines,
the street railroads, corporations and.
individuals in the. interest, of the dis
trict, and have. usually been successful
IN accomplishing it's purposes.
1t has secured a vast amount of
street grading. paving, repairing: sew
.ering and lighting. It secured numer
Gus permits and spur track privileges
necessary for the convenient handling
of freight. 1t secured the dredging of
the channel between Third and Sixth
streets at a. cost of $4,000 and the cut
ting Of a channel at the foot of Kan:
sas street 500 feet to the Islais creek
to. afford an outlet for the sewage of
the Vicinity -.
Fifteenth avenue south, the only
crossroad from: the bay shore district
to Sixteenth street, has been. filled in
eight. feet in depth from. San Bruno
road eastward, thereby connecting the
bay shore district and the" Potrero dis
trict.:: - : ::
at would: be monotonous to- detail
the amount of street,: work that ;shas
been done :>on Sixteenth Seventeenth,
Eighteenth. Nineteenth Twentieth, Twen4
ssissippi, { -Kentu ueky. Mariposa, Ten
nessee and other streets during ,the1aSt
two wears through: the efforts of the as
ISOLATION. =: Suffice. it to say that: the
streets and sewers are: in better con-
.dition than ever before. -. : -. -.
The: renloNal of the: knoll .at. TWEEN
tieth and Kentucky streets and the
filling in of the. $50 called: Red sea. are
two: very Important projects that: are
now. ;: being 4. accomplished, largely,
through. the efforts of the association:
The knoll closed :up Twentieth: street
as an; avenue: Of travel to and from
Kentucky street The so called. Red
sea was a great pool of stagnant water
betW cen Twenty-second and: Twenty
third, Kentucky and Tennessee streets.
The: debris from the knoll: will be. used
to fill in this lake. ::
: Wlfen:sthe city property at Twentieth
and X entueky.@is graded and the Knoll
in front of. it removed, IT is the in.
tention of :the city. to erect upon the
ground a police sta ton. emergency hos
pital and quarters for: "a hook and lad
der team: The police station at
Eighteenth and Kentucky, for which.
the city is paying rent, will be re
moved. These advantages were urged 1
upon the board. of supervisors by the
association.
:: The sewer system. for which in 4 90S
completed throughout. the district: A
new, modern incinerator is to; be built
in the place of the. Sanitary: reduction
works: thus doing away with this
nuisance. ::
The association. has from. the very
beginning been an earnest advocate of
the. harbor. bond PROPOSITION and also.
the Islais creek bond proposition. )
CONTEMPLATED IMPROVEMENTS
The board of; public works has agreed
to set aside S34 900 upon condition that
the, property owners will contribute. an
equal amount for paving. San Bruno
road. from: ARMY street to- the county
line. - Another project is the widening
of Army street: to 100 feet from Ala
.bama street to Railroad avenue.
The association is advocating the
construction Of a new bridge over the
channel at Fourth street., to cost
$150000.- - -. i
PARKS AND FAIRGROUNDS
While the Potrero is great indus
trial district, it is of necessity. a resi-
dental district also. Probably no other
.district exceeds it in the number of
Rooseveltian families This district
has no parks and Fairgrounds. The
population is fast becoming congested.
The: need for breathing places for the
children is becoming clearly apparent
L MS association, NaDly dSSlSIcu ny IISN
Father Patrick OConnell of ST. Teresa's
church, is strongly urging the acquisi-
tion- of land for park and playground
purposes.
The officers of the association are:
Richard Spreckles, president; w. J.
Barrett secretary and treasurer; G. A.
Buell., vice: president. and Charles ].
King, business manager. The directors
are: Richard Spreckles. G. A Buell.
r Rarrv w CohIIrn r T. Raker-
W. II. Ford. F. s. Loop, Frank W.
Marvin, II M Cook and w / Ra rrett