The San Francisco call., 1910-11-26
CONSOLIDATION PLAN TO BE
SUBMITTED TO LEGISLATURE
Civic Bodies Show United Front in Movement for
Bringing About Greater San Francisco
By c. F. ADAMS

taken into account in estimating the
! Importance Of a city.
I NECESSITY Is SHOWN
San Francisco needs the prestige of
added population. added wealth, more
! factory sites and better dockage facil-
/ titles. These she can get by consolida-
/ tfon. Oakland. which together with the
Western Pacific. Southern Pacific. Key
Route, F. NJ. Smith and the government.
proposes to spend s5o.o0o.oO0 within the
next few years in constructing inland
basins, wharves and warehouses. needs
docks, not for the purpose of attracting
shipping, but for the purpose of hand
ling shipping.
Berkeley, with an undeveloped water
front needs dockage facilities and
direct passenger and freight communi-
cation with San Francisco. Richmond
wants and is destined to become a great
manufacturing center.
Sausalito and San Rafael need to be
drawn tighter to San Francisco by a
ferry system at North beach. the
shortest point between Marin county
and San Francisco. San Meteo cherishes
becoming great residence section of
the new San Francisco.
San Francisco herself is destined to
BfNOIlt 4 SItdL DuSlneSS dUQ COHlul6E-
cial center. Her people. no longer dis
franchised will seek homes in the sub
urbs. These suburbs, while becoming
greater residence cities. will not lose
their Importance as business centers.
These great projects and this great
development can be accomplished effec-
lively only through such community
Of interests as would be created
through consolidation. Consolidation is
unquestionably favored in all the bay
and peninsula cities, providing only
that each city is given local autonomy
and that local customs and institutions
are not disturbed. This precisely is the
plan that is proposed.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
The work of maintaining an effective
organization for the purpose of carry
ing out this plan has been intrusted
TO the campaign committee, consisting
of A. H Elliott, William Kent, Joseph
Rothschild. Victor Robertson, T. D.
Boardman Paul Pickney and Frederick
". dEvelyn. The officers of the
Greater San Francisco committee are
Warren Olney Sr., former mayor of
Oakland. president, and Clarence E. Ed
words, secretary.
To Mr.. Olney is due a very great
amount of credit for the success of the
Greater San Francisco movement He
is man advanced in years and has de-
clared his intention of withdrawing
from active work as soon as the legis-
lature passes the consolidation act. He
believes that younger man should
assume the leadership. 1t is doubtful
If better man could be found for COM
rnanding officer than Mr.. Olney himself
The executive committee, in whose
hands are all matters of policy and
general Importance, consists of Albert
H. Elliot of Alameda county, chairman;
= Csr+f Of
s B. Cushing of Marin county, William
L. Gerstle of San Francisco and John H.
Coleman of San Mateo county.
The general committee, consisting OF
one delegate from each organization
represented, is follows:
SAN FRANCIsCo--The California Promotion
committee, William L. Gerstle; the chamber of
commerce Of San Francisco James D. Phelan;
Merchants association OF san Francisco, Hart
land Law; Merchants exchange OF san Fran
cisco. Leon Sloss San Francisco real estate
board. T. D. Boardman: Manufacturers and
Sbsrboro: shin Owners Association of the Pa
cihc Coast. W. II. Marston; Pacific Coast com
mercial travellers association, H. L. Judell;
Civic league Of San Francisco, DR.. George c. Mer
ritz Commonwealth club, E. a. Wolcott; FIJI
more street improvement association, Robert a.
Howell: San Francisco labor council, J.. ".
Sweeney; California building trades council, p
H Mccarthy: Ferry District Improvement
citation. J. Emmett Hayden; Association for the
Improvement and AdOrnment Of San Francisco,
MarS0en Manson. suffer street property OWneIS
Improvement and protective association, DR.. J.
Rosenstirn: Devisadero street improvement as
sociation, william F. Smith: Mission promotion
\ S G. W, D. ]. Troy; West End betterment
club 1900 Hayes street Oscar 4. Tolle; Bar
association Of San Francisco. William Thomas:
Upper Market street promotion association.
Thomas H. Mccarthy: central committee, South
End Improvement clubs. Al Sather.
OAKLAND-The Harbor league, Oakland, J.
S. Josselyn; building trades council, r. H.
Hamb.
ALAMEDA-Alsmeda fifty thousand club. DR..
Frederick W. d'Evelyn; Alameda improvement
club, Adolph Hecker; North Side improvement
club. n. W. Cooley.
SAN MATEO-Board of trade. John Fl. Cole
man; North San Mateo county improvement club,
SEusALITo-Board OF trustees, L. C. Pts.
SAN RAFAEL-Board of trade. Robert Fur
HAYWARD Buslnessmen's association,
Thomas V. o'Brien-
BELyEDERE-Board Of trustees, Charles n.
PIFDMoNT-Bosrd Of trustees. Hugh Craig.
SAN LEANDRo-Board Of trade, P. n.
R.i5Si RR.iic5SiHMoND-cbamber of commerce, H c.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCo-south City i'm
proyement club, F. ". Langenbach.
BERKELEY-Conference committee OF i'm
movement clubs. Victor 7. Robertson; Berkeley
council, Beverly Hodghead-
ROSS-Ross improvement association. r. s.
Hale.