The San Francisco call., 1910-12-24
EVENTS OF WEEK
AMONG The CLUBS

The San Francisco Convention league
reports having sent out during last
week 10000 booklets on Seeing Cali
fornia and the New San Francisco"
These booklets were sent all over the
United States to teachers who might
be Induced thereby to attend the con-
vention of the National Educational
association TO be held here in July.
Ten thousand more copies have been
sent to Los Angeles, where teachers
convention is now being held. Five
thousand copies will be distributed in
Berkeley next week during the meet
ing Of the California Teachers associa-
tion.
The league has sent out 1e1 letters
TO the principal educational journals
of the country to stimulate interest in
the International Sunday School con-
vention and National Educational as
sociauon convention to be held here in
June md July.
MERCHANTS EXCHANGE
The members of the Merchants ex-
change held a jollification party in the
main floor of the Merchants exchange
building yesterday afternoon. An IL
Illuminated Christmas tree gave a yule
tide aspect to the surroundings. Vocal
and instrumental selections were rem
dered. speeches were made and refresh
ments served.
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
The Merchants association addressed
a communication to the board of su-
pervisors asking that charter amend
ment No 3S be not approved upon the
ground that Ii is unconstitutional It
was adopted by a vote of nine mem
bers OF the board of supervisors, while
the law requires a majority vote of
the board 70 submit propositions to the
electors.
The association declares 1t is not
opposed to the SO day provision for
city work, but believes that the act
as drawn requiring So a day to be
specified in all contracts for work to
be performed for the city and county
whether performed here or elsewhere,
and regardless of the kind of work, is
defective.
FILLMORE STREET CLUB
The long cherished hope of the Fill
more Street improvement club has at
last been realized-electric cars are
running in Cough street. The first car
was operated over the line Thursday
To the Fillmore Street Improvement
club is due practically all the credit
for securing the franchise and furnish
ing the capital for the new line.
Through the efforts OF the club Fill
more street has been tastefully deco
rated with festoons and garlands. An
elaborate celebration will be held in
the street upon New Year eve
MISSION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION
The Mission promotion association
has obtained the consent OF the street
committee of the board of supervisors
TO widen San Jose avenue in front of
Balboa park to so feet by taking II
foot strip off of the park.
The railway committee reports that
the car service in San Francisco is
worse than it was in 1897; that then
725 cars were operated. while now only
kos are in use: that in 1900 there was
one and a half minute service in Va
lencfa and Sutter streets. while now
the headway is from three to ten min
utes.
The committee was instructed to
draft an ordinance TO submit to the
hoard OF supervisors which viii regu-
late the headway on streetcars. Com
nittees were appointed to secure the
reconstruction Of the Humboldt evening
school and the Peabody school and the
bringing of condemnation proceedings
to secure the Islais creek lands provided
under the India basin act.
MISSION MERCHANTs' ASSOCIATION
At meeting of the Mission Mer-
chants association held last Monday 1t
was decided to discontinue the Mission