The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-05
EVENTS COUNTIES BORDERING
CLUBS WORKING
FOR CAR lines
Annexed District Wants New
Branch Roads to the Foot
hill Section

OAKLAND, Sept. An order that
the attractive residence districts bor-
dering the foothills to the north and
east of Fruitvale, Melrose. Fitchburg
and Elmhurst may become easily ac-
cessible the Improvement clubs of that
ment to obtain better transportation
facilities. Several crosstown lines at
right angles to East Fourteenth street,
the central thoroughfare of the an
nexed district. are wanted as quickly
as they can be built.
With adequate transportation ia
cilities the hillside district of the an
nexed territory would rapidly become
a popular residence section of greater
Oakland and would provide home sites
for half a million people. Realizing
the Importance of car service the Cen
trail improvement club of East Fruit
vale started an agitation many months
ago to obtain an extension of the
Liese avenue or Allendale car line. 1t
was thought the extension would not
be built for a year, but in two weeks
streetcars will be running into the CEN
ter of the hillside district of East
Fruitvale
Edward Hensley, Ernest Southwick,
j. T. Taylor, W. H Loke, Z. Dietz-
mann, Ralph Clarke and Charles
Schueman have been appointed by
President w. E. Sansome of the club TO
arrange for a fitting celebration in
honor of the extension of the Allendale
line. The tracks are now laid as far
as Fruitvale boulevard and within 10
more days the road will be completed
to its terminal in the Key Route
heights tract, where it will meet the
f1- Cd
of the Key Route line. This point is
a mile from its former terminal at
Liese and Penniman avenues.
ANOTHER CLUB WORKS
Another club that is working hard
to obtain better car service is the Hop
kins Street improvement club. At its
last meeting F. w. s. Brookes reported
that practically all the preliminary
work for the extension of the Dimond
car line along Hopkins street to Allen
dale had been completed The club
of the property owners along the high
way to deed 10 feet to the city so that
the thoroughfare could be widened
sufficiently for a car line.
The Elmhurst board of trade is
working to secure a car line in Grand
avenue, which will furnish transporta-
ton facilities to a rapidly growing
Prince motordrome is built in Jones
avenue below the Southern Pacific
railroad it is probable that the Oak
land traction company will run
branch line down Jones avenue. An
other line is also wanted in Seminary
avenue, Melrose.
K. Bergendahl, H. Griffin and E.
Hensley have been appointed by Presi-
dent w. z. Sansome of the Allendale
r.Itt 10 on hot he off
day night to request immediate pro-
vision for fire protection in the East
Fruitvale district The fire under
writers have threatened to discontinue
writing insurance in Allendale on &C
count of the numerous fires in the last
six months, owing to no fire protection.
COMMITTEE is APPOINTED
B. A. Gamble, D. J. Lynch and S. A
Neppach have been appointed by the
Taxpayers Improvement club to confer
with District Attorney Donahue in re-
gard to the immediate dissolution of
the sanitary districts in the annexed
territory SO that sewers can be in
stalled by Oakland.
After months of work the members
of the Twenty third Avenue improve
ment club have secured the necessary
signatures of the property owners and
electroliers will be Immediately in
Stdlied on Doln SlueS OF IWenIy-tnlrd
avenue from East Twelfth to East
Twenty-second street, distance of 10
blocks, with the exception of at one
corner. The Hogle estate, at the
southwest corner of East Fourteenth
street and Twenty third avenue, has
refused to sign for the Improvement
The Fruitvale board of trade is con-
sidering the location of the new post
office building for the Fruitvale dis
trict. Though the contract has been
let and the government has expressed
it's approval of the site in East Four
teenth street. west of F'ruitvale avenue
several protests against the location
have been filed with the organization.
Following a discussion of these Con-
gresham Joseph r. Knowland last
Thursday night agreed to wire back to
Washington and stop the arrangements
if possible.