The San Francisco call., 1910-09-27
IMPROVERS DISCUSS
THE new CHARTER.
Suggest Provisions to Board of
Free Holders; Want an
Owl Car Service

OAKLAND, Sept. 26.-The members
OF the Melrose citizens club and the
Aieirose heights Improvement club have
presented a resolution to the free hold
ers requesting that the Office of the
city superintendent of schools be made
elective instead of appointive, as at
present
The Melrose heights club has also
requested its president. Raymond 3.
FELTON,, n member of the board of free
holders, to bring before that body a
clause forbidding cemeteries to be To-
Gated within the city limits. There is
at present q cemetery located near
AIelrose heights.
=. r. " Hyden was reelected presi-
dent OF the Latham terrace improve
ment club at a meeting held Friday.
The other officers elected were r. E.
lTummell, vice president. and w. s
Foss- secretary and treasurer. R~V
Campbell. president of Fruitvale sani-
tsry district No. .. appeared before the
organization in regard TO the dissolu-
tion Of the sanitary board. Until the
supreme court renders 3. decision in re-
gard 10 the validity of the sewer bonds
and sanitary boards Of the annexed
district, no action can be taken in the
-lnstter.
The members Of the Fitchburg i'm
.pCovement club plan TO enlist the
aid Of the Oakland chamber of COM
paerce and the Merchants exchange in
90 securing an owl service in the annexed
district on the East Fourteenth street
line of the Oakland traction company.
Under the auspices of the Yoakum
avenue Improvement club, DR.. Won Ade-
lung viii deliver a lecture on the work
Of the anti-tuberculosis society of Ala
media county in the Lockwood school
Thursday evening.
= To obtain q free mail delivery serv-
Tce immediately the Elmhurst board of
trade tonight instructed its officers to
hold a conference with the board of
public works TO see if the houses could
not be numbered at once in Elmhurst.
arrangements were also completed for
the benefit entertainment and dance TO
be given Thursday evening, September
%. in Red Mems hall, for the benefit
Of Leslie A Lewis, president sof the
board, who has been seriously i'll. The
affair is in charge of a committee COM
posed Of Philip Reilly, George W. Muir
ply, Ben Wilson, A f. Horstman,
Frank Storer. J. o. Clark, Charles
Thompson. Charles Melton, s. f. Pit
kin, 3. K. Mclaughlin and II. G. Clay
ton.
The FruitvaIe board of trade has
again taken up the question of public
parks in the annexed district, and has
sent resolutions to the city council
urging that an appropriation be in
cluded in the proposed school bond
issue for the acquisition of the Spring
property in Fruitvale avenue for a
park and children's playground
secretary X. BergendahI of the Cen
tral Improvement club of East Fruit
vale announced at the last meeting thai
the Oakland traction company had in
stalled 10 minute service during the
rush hours Of the morning and evening
on the Liese avenue line. During the
middle Of the day cars were operated
at 20 minute intervals
3 To secure improvements for their
district, residents of Fruitvale between
Ihirty-hfth- avenue and High street
HeNe organized the Central Fruitvale
Improvement club with G. X. Smith
chairman and +. B. StengeI secretary.