The San Francisco call., 1910-01-29
HOM[SEEKERS FIND
OCEANSlDF IDEAL
District Rapidly Improving and
Many Handsome Houses
Are Erected
By w. N. MCCARTHY.
Prsssesst oceazsids Improvement Ciub.

Oceauside has achieved 2 remarka bic
growth under difficulties. but those
difficulties are about 70 be removed and
the district win progress rapidly IN all
WAYS The present population. con
serratfveIx estimated, must be 25e9.
IN . few years the total number Of
persons living IN Oceanside VIII De
numbered BY thousands. Up TO the
present tinne there have been no sewers
in oceanside. Now six foot sewer
IS in construction in H street that viii
run OUT 10 Forty eighth avenue, along
FoFty-eighth avenue by tunnel under
Golden Gate park TO the Cliff house
bIun. thence By tunnel through the
bluff 10 Nile rock al Bakers beach.
\ le foot sewer will be constructed
across the width OF the district in
Forty-eighth avenue That will bring
about the construction OF the cross sew
ers IN all the blocks \ sewer is being
constructed with diameter of six feet
from Psrkside district 10 drain into the
Forty-eighth avenue sewer Thus the
sewage question VIII be solved The H
streN sewer is IN construction The
plans for the two other large sewers
have been prepared and the contracts
viii soon ne let
HIGH BLUFF CUT DOWN
For many years high bIuf of sand
has fronted H street on the north line
Of Oceanside and along large part
or the Sunset district frontage on
Golden Gate park The grading Of H
street. which has been completed. has
done away with that bluff TO q large
extent Back OF the hills OF sand were
hollows. The opening Of II street 50
that II is psssable for vehicles has led
70 the leveling ofs many blocks The
hills just about fill up the hoiloWs and
bring properties 70 grade. The cost
and labor OF the grading have been
lessened and the work has been ex-
pedited By the nature Of the material
10 be removed, which is sand that is
easily handled by scrapers. Something
like % blocks west OF Twentieth ave
nue. south OF the park and on or
adjacent 10 II street have recently been
either graded or are in process of being
graded. Thus the second obstacle to
the Improvement Of Oceanside has been
set aside.
The third obstacle has been the lack
Of transportation for passeng gers. Con-
trary to the experience in other dis
tricts. the inhabitants OF Oceanside
have been compelled 10 go away from
the car line to get 10 their homes The
only line In the district is the one that
runs in II street and turns at Forty
eighth avenue and goes toward the
cliff Black OF the United Railroads
has promised that a line viii be run
along one Of our avenues across the
district, dependent upon the perform
~
agreement that is not onerous in its
terms. When we have transportation
through the district as well as along
its northern edge Oceanside viii grow
rapidly and well.
LARGER MAINS NEEDED
Larger water mains and larger gas
mains are needed. A fire cistern has
been constructed at Forty-seventh ave
nue. and street. A frehouse to ac-
commodate the three branches of the
fire service has been promised That
viii give us protection by the use Of
a chemical engine, but we have not
enough water TO put out a fire If the
property is removed any distance from
the fire reservoir recently constructed
The water main runs on the Great high
way and is but two inches in diameter.
That does not permit an extensive use
Of the water for extinguishing fires
The gas main IS also small We need
more gas and more water. The light
ing of the district has been improved
by the lights on the Great highway
We have the greatest scenic district
in San Francisco. It lies fronting the
Pacific ocean and close to it. On one
side Of us is Golden Gate park, through
which we ride, drive or walk on the
way TO and from business. If there was
any such royal route as the park af-
fords by which San AIateo county or
Marin or Alameda county could be
reached, including any such wealth of
fine scenery and landscape gardening
effects, the route would be famous all
over the world and its advertising value
for the district to which it led would
be great We have the park at our
door and IT is free for us all and is
maintained at the cost of the entire
city.
We have as healthfu1 district as
there is in the world and this is proved
by the fact that all the people are well.
Notwithstanding that we have been
compelled TO get along for years with
cesspools, in the absence of any sewers.
That condition is about to be bettered
by the sewer construction of which l
have already written. We open our
windows at night and the purest of
all airs, winnowed and purified by its
passage across the broad Pacific ocean.
soothes, invigorates and brings sleep
to all who have experienced insomnia
elsewhere and who have sought in vain
for cure for their malady until they
found 1t by residing in Oceanside.
IMPROVEMENTS ARE PLANNED
The district will be splendid1y inn
proved by the carrying out Of a plan
prepared by Superintendent McLaren of
Golden Gate park. This involves the
construction of a boulevard 400 feet
wide along the ocean frontage the en-
tire length of the Great highway The
plan is TO make bulkhead competent
to hold the water back in any state of
the waves; TO run railing along this;
to construct walk for pedestrians
inside of this to have two wide roads
for automobiles and other vehicles used
for pleasure, so that one road could be
used going up and the other going
down and also to construct a drive
way for business wagons, etc.