The San Francisco call., 1910-11-05

the pesthouse in the Sunset district
close to Golden Gate park. Through
the earnest protest Of the Sunset Dis
trict improvement club this scheme
was abandoned.
The old steam car line in II street
continued its opera ton long after the
Sutro line beganaoperations Constant
pressure and circumstances on the
part Of the club had considerable to do
with the change from steam TO cleo
tricity.
Miles and miles of streets have been
severed, graded and bituminized in the
district. Cement sidewalks have been
laid. water mains gas mains and hy
drants installed, electric lights and gas
lamps provided. frehouse built at
Tenth avenue and Irving street and
many other improvements accom-
plished. The club has through its
committees and by petitions urged the
TO make large portion of these i'm
provements
Only recently the club induced the
United Railroads TO supply an owl car
service. to make more stops and give
better service in the district The club
worked earnestly for two years for
the granting of the Parkside franchise.
a
heart OF the Sunset district was alb
solutely necessary for its growth The
line over Nineteenth avenue nearly hi
sects the district and connects the
Sloat Boulevard and Mission district
with Golden Gate park and the West
ern addition
The opening of the Nineteenth ave-
nue. boulevard was the direct result of
the clubs work
81,
night class was recently started at the
Laguna Honda school.
The club has placed itself on record
as favoring the selection of Golden
Gate park the site for the Panama
Pacific exposition and is doing every
thing i'm its power to have this site
selected. The club subscribed 500
toward the Panama Pacific expo
sition in addition to the amount sub
scribed by its members, and has been
a consistent booster for the fair.
The matter of erecting an orna-
mental entrance to Golden Gate park
at Ninth avenue and II street and of
securing another firehouse for the dis
trict is now engaging the attention
Of the club.
One achievement for which the club
is to be especially commended is the
establishment OF the Sunset Journal, a
paper devoted to the interests of the
people of the Sunset district The
paper has now been established for
several years and has done much to-
ward developing civic pride and Co
operation among property owners. r.
NJ Brown is the editor of the paper.
ORGANIZATION
The club meets on the first Wednes-
day of each month and the executive
committee on the third Wednesday of
each month at Forrester's hall | street
between Eleventh and Twelfth ave-
nues. The dues amount to 81 A year.
The membership at present is 145.
The officers of the club are Charles
S. Peery. president; Louis Bernstein,
vice president; II. Morris. treasurer
and P. L. Brown. secretary. The ex-
ecutiVe committee consists of P. J.
Diez, chairman; H. ]. Hunt. D. s
OBrien, J. r. Hunt. 2. +. Brown Paul
Vlantin. II. Morris. NJ Brady. NJ W.
Moon, c. W. Riffee. George L. Allen.
julius Frankel, /. Bernstein and
Charles s. Peery.
The Sunset district with its mild
and heslthful climate, its many mag
nificent heights and inspiring sur
roundings, is today and always will be
one Of the best residence sections in
the city. .