The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-06
Twin PEAKS tunnel
CONVENTION WORK
Report Will Soon Be Presented
Showing How Tube Can
Be Built

The Twin Peaks tunnel and improve
ment convention, which has done so
much to further this great tunnel
project, is composed of delegates from
SO Improvement clubs and civic organ
izations.
It's origin is unique. The Eureka
Valley Improvement association issued
to the other associations that would
mostly be affected by the tunnel an
invitation to attend a conference to
consider this subject
On March 81. 1909, representatives
from the Mission promotion associa :
ton, the Ingleside Improvement club,
the Parkside improvement club Mis-
sion Heights and Church street i'm
provement club and the Upper Market
street Improvement club responded to
the call. There were about $50 persons
present and they came in spite of one
of the heaviest transforms that we had
this year. There were numerous
speeches made favoring the PROPOSE
ton.
IT was decided that the project was
too large a one for a few improvement
clubs to handle. A resolution was
adopted calling for convention of all
the Improvement clubs. A committee
consisting of L. H. Peterson, c.. F
Adams, w. S. Pierce, G. S. Long, Henry
Becker, A. G. Allen, C. T. McEnery and
w. c. Graves was appointed to invite
the other organizations to send dele
gates. w. B. Bush and M. j. Melvin
of the Eureka Valley Improvement as
ISOLATION had been elected president
and secretary of the temporary organ
ization, and they acted with the COM
mittee.
SPLENDID RESPONSE TO CALL
On April Is, 1910, the fourth ami
versary of the destruction of San Fran
cisco. there assembled at New Era hall
as result of the call previously issued
delegates from SO Improvement clubs
and civic organizations, the largest
and most enthusiastic assemblage of
Improvement clubs ever gathered to-
gether in San Francisco for any pur-
pose.
The hall was packed. There were
representatives present from the Mer-
chants association, the Downtown as
ISOLATION, the Real Estate board, the
San Francisco advertising mems asso-
citation, the Mission promotion associa-
ton, clubs from Richmond, Sunset
Parkside Ingleside, Western addition,
North beach, the Mission, the Potrero,
South Francisco and every part of San
Francisco.
The plan of organization proposed by
the committee was adopted DR.. Hart
land Law was elected president; Josiah
r. Howell, first vice president; John I.
Walter and E. Walter, second vice
presidents; Senator Richard WEIGH,
third vice president; C. F. Adams, sec
rotary; A G. Allen of the Ingleside
Improvement club, assistant secretary,
and C. L. McEnery, treasurer.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Committees on ways and means, pub
licity, finance and membership were
appointed.
At the convention addresses were
made by DR.. Hartland Law; James
Dockweiler, former city engineer of
Los Angeles who planned the Los An
geles tunnels that were built within
the estimates; Mayor P. H. Mccarthy;
Hans Wagner, editor of the Western
Journal of Education; George Baldwin,
the supervisor of census, and Attorney
Allen Wright.
The ways and means committee, con-
sisting of Gustave Bremen, Rev. D. o.
Crowley, David Livingston, John l.
Walter, D. Coffin, L. H. Peterson, e. L.
Van der Naillen, George Breck and P
Burns was instructed to divide itself
into three subcommittee, one on the
bond issue plan, one on the private
ownership plan anu one upon the as.
sessment district plan. P. D. Broder-
lex and Paul Carroll have been work
ing with the committee.
Each of these subcommittee has
been working Independently Several
committee meetings were held A
special committee of three wass ap-
pointed at the last meeting to prepare
the report of the. general committee.
That special committee is now ready
to report The general committee will
be called together in a short while.
When the report is adopted the