The San Francisco call., 1910-10-10
new PLAYGROUND
OPENED IN mission
Mayor, City Officials and Inn
provement Clubs Join in
Celebration at Ingleside

Balboa park, the new recreation
grounds of 81 acres, and the Ingleside
police station. Ocean and San Jose av-
enues. We're formally dedicated yester-
day. Many of the city officials aud %
Improvement clubs of the district south
of Army street participated in the elab-
crate ceremony, and great crowds took
part in the games and dancing.
1t was gala occasion for the south
Mission district, and many thousand
men, women and children spent the day
in the park. The new station house is
a substantial two story structure built
on the lines of the old missions, and
cost $4,000 It is one of the finest
substations in the west, and it was
covered with flags and bunting.
Mayor P. H. Mccarthy, who spoke at
the dedication, promised the Mission
districts that he would give them parks
and Fairgrounds such as the western
addition enjoys. He said that the
southern part of the city had been over
looked by past administrations. but
that in the future first consideration
would be given to the Mission.
WORK OF IMPROVEMENT CLUBS
The dedicatory ceremony began after
2 o'clock. Supervisor L. P. Minehan,
president of the combined improvement
clubs, was chairman of the day In
opening the speech making he thanked
the improvement clubs for their gener-
GUS cooperation and welcomed the
many families collected on the grounds
He said that they were commemorating
the movement for more breathing space
for the Mission children.
Supervisor John A. Kelly spoke of
the good work the Improvement clubs
were doing for the district. The acqui-
sition of the park, he said, was one of
the results of concerted Improvement
club effort. Many other things were
TO be had in the same way, said Kelly.
1t was only essential to keep organiz-
ing and championing the rights of the
district.
HOUSE AND PARK PRAISED
W z. o'Connell, president of the
police commission, spoke Of the many
good features of the new station house.
You have now in this district one
Of the finest police stations in the
state" said OConnell. 1T looks large.
but the day will come when this Will
be a thickly populated section and
this building will then be a public
building to be proud Of The building
is spacious. and sanitary it is hand
some and durable
Prof George Barron, curator OF
Golden Gate park museum. made q
vigorous plea for Fairgrounds for the
Mission district He touched on the
great work being done by the i'm
provement clubs and then told of the
trials of Balboa, the great Spanish eX-
pIorer who discovered the Pacific, after
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the people of the district had also
made a great discovery in finding Bal
boa park for the children to play in.s
PROMISES FOR THE MISSION
The needs of the Mission district
have been neglected by past admins
fra tions. said Mayor Mccarthy. The
iay has come when the people Of this
city shall receive an equal degree of
equity and fair pity, no matter what
their position or station in life. The
great district to the south of Army
street will receive in the future the
same care and attention as have been
lavished on the other sections of the
city.
balboa park will be an enduring
monument to the memory to that dash
ing figure in history, the dfscoyerer of
the broad Pacific, Balboa. 1t will mean
breathing space for the people; open
areas where children may romp and
wearied men and women may rest. 4
This handsome new station house is
an architectural denial of the theory.
that places of detention must have the
aspect of dungeons.
STATION TO CAUSE PRIDE
I'VE are breaking away from the
ugly eyesore type Of station and have
put up a building in which your police
may be proud to do duty.
why should a man who is arrested
be placed in a vile hole of detention
I believe decent quarters should be pro-
vided all men taken by the police, at
least on the assumption that they are