The San Francisco call., 1910-09-24
EVENTS OF WEEK
AMONG THE CLUBS
Downtown Association Takes
Up Holiday Closing of Stores
and Street Signs

At its meeting Wednesday at the ST.
Francis hotel the Downtown associa-
tion took up the matter of street signs
and the holiday closing of stores. It
was the general expression of opinion
that a distinctive artistic street sign
that would clearly designate the street
should be secured. Several designs
were submitted by local architects. The
matter was referred to committee to
report upon at the next meeting of the
association.
1t was the consensus of opinion that
there should be unity and cooperation
among downtown merchants in the
matter Of holiday closing. This matter
was also referred to a subcommittee
for report.
MISSION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION
The committee on commercial deveI-
opment of the Mission promotion asso-
citation has just completed a compre-
hensive report upon the Islais creek
basin project, which will be submitted
to the association at its meeting Mon
day evening.
The committee made a tour of inspec-
tion of the entire city. front. Expert
ing out a loaded team of lumber from
the Potrero district to test the relative
convenience of various portions of the
Potrero and South San Francisco with
respect to distance from the center Of
the city. careful study of the pres
ent dockage facilities was made, to-
gether with the accessibility and con-
venience of portions of the city front
where there are no dockage facilities
at present.
The report concludes with a recon-
mendation that the Islais lands be ac-
quired and that an active campaign for
this purpose be waged.
TWIN PEAKS TUNNEL
About Is representatives of the Twin
Peaks tunnel and Improvement con-
vention appeared before the street
committee of the board of supervisors
upon the hearing of the proposed Twin
Peaks tunnel bond issue.
The representatives declared they
would like to see some progress made
in this matter, but were unwilling to
stand in the way of the city's acquiring
the Spring Valley water company
property.
The committee believed that it could
do nothing in the matter at the pres
ent time without prejudicing the nego-
tiations now pending with the Spring
Valley Water company and it was
mutually agreed that the matter should
be postponed for two weeks longer to
await developments.
GREEN VALLEY CLUB
The dedication Of the Cleveland
school was achieved last Sunday under
the auspices of the Green Valley i'm
provement association. Mayor p. H
Mccarthy welded the trowel and deliv-
cred a eulogy of the former president
al Ia
upon the school children present the
significance to them of the event that
they were witnessing. The school is
located in Persia street between Athens
and Moscow streets.
The exercises were participated in
by members of the Green Valley i'm
provement association, Excelsior
Homestead improvement association.
Silver Heights improvement club.
Guadalupe parlor N S. G. w. and N
D. G. w, Twin Peaks parlor N S. G.
w, Women of Woodcraft and Path
finder camp of Woodmen of the World,
pupils and faculty OF the Cleveland
school.
John A. Keefe OF the Silver Heights
club acted as chairman of the day.
Arthur Warren of the Green Valley i'm
provement association was secretary
of the committee of arrangements
A band headed the procession to the
school. The parlors of the Native Sons
were accompanied by their drum corps.
Speeches were made by President
Keefe, Mayor Mccarthy. Superinten-
dent of Schools Alfred Roncovieri. Su-
pervisor S. P. Minehan, Thomas j.
Barry and r. E. Barnes Three hum
dred and fifty school children sang
The Star Spangled Banner under the
leadership of Miss Susie Ward
yIESr ENn
The West End betterment club at its
last regular meeting in Painters hall,
Fulton and Devisadero streets. voted
to petition the board of supervisors to
change the pavement in Hayes street
between Broderick and Baker and re-
place the present basalt pavement with
bitumen.
AS the supervisors have decided to
place a. 20 foot wide basalt strip in
Masonic avenue from Golden Gate ave-
nue. to Turk street, the club will sug-
gest that the Hayes street blocks can
be used for that purpose.
At the next meeting the club will
discuss the proposal to purchase the
Spring Valley water plant.
INGLEsIDE IMPROVEMENT CLUB
On Wednesday evening a meeting
was held at 1898 Ocean avenue of the
committee having charge of the dedi-
cation of Balboa park. The arrange
ments are now complete for the exer-
cises, which will be held on October g..
Twenty improvement clubs south of
Army street have joined in making this
celebration success.
Supervisor T. P. Minehan will be
master of ceremonies. Addresses will
be made by Mayor Mccarthy, Rev D. o.
Crowley, G. H. Baron, Supervisor
George A. Kelly. w H. Metson of the
park board, James Rolph Jr., w. e.