The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 1, 1897, Page 14

14 —e THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WED iSDAY, SEPTEMBER ‘1, 1897. PURCEHASE OF LANDS FOR A NEW PARK [ NOT DESTRABLE. | the . City. T | more ta make the City attractive than if Leading Citizens and Taxpayers Regard the Scheme to Establish a Zoological Garden Mission With Disfavor, at the THE PRICE OF LAND T00 HIGH| Municipal Revenue Should Be| Expended to Improve the Streets and Sewers, SOME CLEAR EXPRESSIONS OF OI’IXI{)Ni | Golden Gate Park Is'a Noble Pleasure Ground ‘Accessible to All the People. Expression of opinion readily obtained | from leading ¢itizens and taxpayers of the City plainly discloses the fact that the public is not in ‘sympathy with the move- ment to spend a large sum of the muni- cipal revenue to purchase land for a Mis- 2 park and - zoological garden. The timent is almost universal that Golden Gate Park. should "be adorned and im- proved for the benefit of every section of the Citv C. Murphy, 1904 | I, agreeing with THE avor of the proposea is ull that a city 1 Francisco can | I think the idea of having a It at the present time in the so- | ssion _district is absurd. ney to better advantage and the City’s good. and where there is | i Attormey Market st ALl population of & Let v streel improve- | , painting school d which ‘will bene from aiding a re: i I'nere is an immense amount of money >~ Park, and Iam of the opin- | | | | we should “await t oefore - building is the moth recessity ‘is invenior will be h state speculatc t:is probably wha James Denn 2099 Pevisade K busines nun a real ate “speculat CALL has | ba: taken ‘a’ po: should -be vraised by every honest ¢ Cuy of 8 The. hosen for the park on district in the more -importan i more than third of the price Why, the resi- in that d.strict, or cven any one | D taxes throughout the ty, should ~aliow - the speculators to Imnd‘ the regard to this watter for | eve i is almost beyond com- 1ave-one park which is within casy | nd what could be done with | syt to-increase ihe exnense d speculatcrs, that the Mission had al- | ways paid their-taxes and that they were | entitled ‘to a public park, but I am of the opinion that'the residents of the Mission have received -as much benefit irom the taxes they have paid as others who reside e in other tions of the City. Let this idea of 2 Mission park be done away with | and ‘pay more attention to the improve- ment of our streets, sewers and schoo! system. GolaenGate Park is good enough for me, and I think my opinion is the same as the majority of the people in the E. A president of the Cal n Mortgage and Savings Bank, 5214 Montgom- ery street: 1 agree wi THE CALL | in:‘the opwnion that there are more im- | portant and necessary things to be at- tended to than building a park in the Mission, which can be of no great benefit | icke, to taXpayers or property-owne Tex- | penses are heavy enough as it At the | present time Golden Gate Park is all that | can very well be supported, and why tte | expense should be increased, is a question worthy -of study. I cannot blame the real estaie dealers for tryirg to sella piece of peor property for three times its | value, but I do find fauit with those who | will indorse the idea. Our streets should | be first attended to0.so that those who | wish to visit any park which we may have | can go there in a comforiable manner and not be jolted out of # bugey whils driving, | Horace Davis, presidemt of| the Sperry Flour Compa can see no nelessity nor ny efit | 10 be derived from tbe proposed park in | the Mission, or rather what is callea the | Mission. THE CaLL should receive credit for the stand 1t has taken, and I hope that the real estate dealers who are advancicg the scheme will be tripped up. The idea is absurd. No park is needed there, at least not until the City has grown almost twice its present size. Captain Woran, Police Prop. erty Clerk: I aon’t sce the necessity of a park. and 7oo for the Mission. We have a park biz ‘encugh, central enough and attractive enough for all, Asa Cali- fornian I am proud of Golden Gate Park, and if exira money is to be expended let it be done there. Ttis within the reach of all for a nickel. . I heartily indorse the course of THE CALL on this proposition. To estabiish a park and zoo in the Mission would be a nseless expenditure of money, considering the stringency of the times and the clamor of the taxpayers ‘or re- auced expenses. Bernard Joost, a large prop= erty-owner and formerly pres. ident of the San Mateo and San Framcisco Electric Rai road Company: am decidedly opposed to tne park and the so-called zoo being located at what is knewn as the Gum Tree Tract. In the first place the. site is not suitable for either a park ora zoological garden, and in the next, the price asked for it is more than three times its value. I am not op- posed to parks or the collection of wild animals, provided either or both can be secured at a fair and reasonable figure by the City. But I am not in favor of spend- ing a whole lot of money at a time when we cannot afford it. Again, there is no need of purchasing land for this purpose when the people bave a large tract of land in that same neighborhood—I meaun the House of Correction iot. There are 100 acres there that are andmirably sitoated | taken by Tre CaLu is the correct one, purpose and besides be a credit to the | City. This would be asaving of thou- sands of dollars annually, as'the one set | of officers would answer the purpose, in- | stead of having men to take charge of three or four jails as it now.is. Thestand l nades in the evenings, or even during the greater portion of the days. We have a fine ocean brexzs thie entire year round, and :we are apundantly ‘provided with parks:just at-present. Repair the'streets. Senator JJ. H. Mahony:. I am in‘favor of havinga. park and a zoological garden by all’ means, but-I am first in 1avor of having our streets properly paved and a sufficient number of schools built for.ali our children before one dollar shall be appropriated for the luxury of havinga lot of wild animais to eat up the taxray- ers’ money. Instead of paying $300,000 for a tract of land that would not be im- proved for the next ten years, suppose that sum, or a* portion of 1t, should be spent in paving Market street from the ferries up toward the. business portion of This, to my niind, would do we had acres of parks and a collection of wild animals. - It we must have a park let us issue bonds énd make those that will follow pay a portion of the expense. Stewart Menzies of Stewart Menzies & Co.. Ntevedores, 512 514 Battery Street:: Tue Mission park i, absolutely unnecessary tothe hap- piness ot the peovle of this City. THE Carr has taken a position ‘which should be upheld by all taxpayers and property- ownersin this City, and I think it will be aone. At the :present time Golden Gate Park is nearer lo. the Mission than to those who live in the vicinity ot North Beach. The improvement of the parks now controlled by the City saould be at- | tended to before another park 1s even thought of.- I can see no reason for more spot yesterday. Three hun The contractors are not mil Beach and on Kearny street Hall of Justice on Kearny street. ionaires ‘and-labor is-not scarce. in" particular; learned: what is the and I hope the Supervisors will accept it as being the voice of the entire com- munity. Judge F. W. Van Reynegom, a prominent lawyer and one of | the progressive men of the Mission: Weli, I baye given my | opinion on this subject before, but now I+ have this to add: The CaLi, under its | new management, has clearly demon--| strated the fact that its proprietor, John | D. Spreckels, has skown his unselfishness | in oppusing the, to me, most gigantic at- | tempt to saddle a big white elephanton the shoulders of the taxpayers that was ever attempted in the history of this City, at the instigation of a few shrewd real estate agents. Now, of all the men who would be directly benented by havingthe park and zoo located at the Gum Tree Tract, John D. Spreckels and his brother, | A._ B. Spreckels, would be the . chief | | zainers. For if the park should be located | | there, the San Franeisco and San Mateo | car line wouid be one of the hest paying | lines in the City. -But Mr. Spreckels iy not built un the peanut model, and this goes to yrove tiat fact beyond any per- adventure. He has shown by the stand he has taken that tbeinterest of the whole | people is his object, and not that of bim- | self alone. Yot I am in favor of a smalil park for the Mission, as wa" prev.ously decided on by 1he people. C. S. Crittenden, proprietor | of Occident stables at Geary and Polk streeis: N . sir; no park and zoo for me just yet. Lot the streets | and sewers be first attended to aud when that is done it will be time eneugh to launch into the collection o! a lot of wild animals. We have a!l the public parks we need just now. Better keep what we bave in good condition before we lav any more burdens on the shoulders of the ai- readv overburdened taxopayers. August Drucker, ex-Super- visor of the First Ward and a heavy taxpayer: No; positively no. We first need the streeis repaired. In- stead of expending $385,000 on the pur- chase of a tract of wild land that would require several feet of top dressing to make it fis for a park or for anything else except buildiug lots, better, much better, put the streets in decent condition. San Francisco is not in such great need of parks as real estate agents would have us believe when they have a big sale in con- for ‘just that purpose. The buildings could be advantageously used for the ani- mals. The City should build a jail on one of its-inside lots that would answer the templation. We are very well provided with breathing-spots as they are called. expense being unnecessarily tacked oa the taxpayers at the present time. By -all means let us do without:Mission Park for the present and sttend to.other things of more- interesi and benefit to all -con- cerned; George W. Reid, a merchant grocer at 545 . Washington street: A jark isa good thing 1o have il the people can ‘afford’it.” But to my mind -we “have all t..e parks we require justat the ‘present time.- It would be de- ciaedly wrong toexpend so much money. on.a piece of waste ‘ground and leave the |'streetsin their present deplorable condi- n.1iully indorse the siand taken by Tue CALL inopposing. the expenditure of LA fford it: Bernard Katschinski, pro- prietor of the Philadeélphia Shoestore, 10 Third Street: Parks are.good things-ana we-cannot-have 106 many, of ‘them ina large city, but at of far ' more importance to the wants of the peovle “of - San chase of. a'large tract of land and this stocking of it with a lot of wild animals, modern grown village.. Give us . good streets ficst- and ylenty of iights on our busine<s thoroughiares, schools for the children, clean sewers, clean streets and aft rward the vark. . Ex-Mayor Sutro: I am not in favor of the pronosed site offered. I know it is not suitable for a park, and I also know it is not worth the money asked for it. It was offered to me years ago at a much less tigure than they now want to sell it to the City. but 1 would not take it as a gift. Itis unfit for anything except for building lots. 1f the people wanta suitable piece of land for a park I have it, and will give it at its value without any attempt to rob the people. THE CALE1s right in drawing the attention of the peo- ple to this scheme to feather the nests of a lot of men who care nothing for the wel- fare of the citizens =o long as they can dispose of a piece of unprofitable land at an exorbitant vrice. ‘Thomas U.Sweeny, the donor of Sweeny’'s Observatory in Golden Gate Park, and one of the earliest settlers in Sunset Valley: Tne question of whether the the question at issue just now. It is, rather, Should the people pay $380,000 for the land and neglect other and more im- And again, our climate is not sufficiently inviting to coax us out into park proma- portant improvements. Thirty years ago the people west of Devisadero street own- | 200, especially as our streets are in such & | bad condition. so-much money:avatime when wecan so the same tima tliere are other necessities | Francisco than the “pur- when our streets are a disgrace to even a | Gum Tree Tract is or is not the best is not |. ing real estate were assessed $1.125,000 for the purchase of the Golden Gate Park. There was a necessity then, and the steps taken at that time were considered wise and prudent. This park bas answered all purposes up 1o the present time and to my mind will for the next twenty yesrs. -Con- sequently ‘there is no- necessity for tie expenditure of anything like the amount of money that is now asked jor-the pro- posed park and zoo. Better by tar'spend. every dollar of this on the improvement of the City where it is asbsolutely needed. In nearly every section of the City the cry comes from tke improvement clubsfor school accommodation for: the children, and in re-ponse to this. cry the answaris, “No funds.” And yet it is proposed to purchase a tract of lana and stock it with: | wild animals. I have no patience with such a proposition, and therefore I am | notin favor of it. But [ am in favor of th+ stand taken by THE CALLin‘oppos: ing it. Mrs. Mary W. Newman, pro- ‘)rh‘trcnu of the Wentworth | lotel, 617 Bush street, and a {large properdy-owner: Purk, in- deed! No, I am not in1avor of spending | | one dollar on tue purchase of a park and the siocking of it with elephantsand mon- | keys, while the '4) cobbie stones are per- | mitte! to remain on Bush and other | streets in the heart of the City. We pay too much money as it is for all we get in return. Our streets are a disgrace to even a half-civilized community, much less to the great Queen Uity of the Pacific Coast. Repair the sireets, clean out the sewers yand build schools for the children first. | | Then it will be time enough to talk about ! leeding a lot of wild animals. It is far| more important to give the childrena-l good education in the public school than | i it is toshow them the fine polutsin atiger. | THE CALL is on the popular side. in this issue, and I hope it will .keep right ‘along until the real estate agents' schemes are thoroughly expoved. ~ For -it is nothing morenor less than a scheme to dispose of a piece of worthless ontside land at-three times its value to the City. Carl G. Larsen, proprietor of’| the Tivoli Cafe. on Eddy street, and an extensive propert owner of real estate south of Sunset Valley: [ canuvot say thatl aniin favor ol ine proposed park and We cannot afford - to longer put off their repair. They must be improved, and it is about time that we commence. Market street shou'd be paved with bitumen -and other. streets in the downtown portion put in better cond tion beforé we expend one dollar on the lixury of another park-and still-further burden ourselves with the expense of maintain- | ing a colleciion of wild animals which we | do-not nheed.: There is plenty of land in this City to'be bad at any time within the next twenty years fora vark and zoologi- cal gurden, whicn we can—or, al’ least, | those who will .come -alter-us—obtain at| its value. - “'We: would better take care of what wenow have, and ‘iniprove it and | make it comfortable and fit tolivein, than extend our resources far beyond our means. Thereis no meritin the proposi- tion, and therefore I am with THE CALL and against the park and zno. H. €. Hinkel, capitalist. 1610 Devisadero street: -1 think the attitude THE CALL bas taken upon the park question is a good one.. While I am in fayor.of such improvements, 1 believe thatif there is -any money available to be spent for such purposes it. could be used. to. much. better-‘advantage in_ improving our sireets, sewers, etc.. I'cannot see Why the residents ‘of tiie Mission are" entitled to:a park at‘thistime. They dre within easy access of: Golden Gate: Prirk, and if money must be. spent in:parks why not use it in improvingz Gdlden :Gate Park? Many:thousand dollars could: be spent to advantage there, but it seems'to me: that the park and- zoo question should :not. be given any prominence at this: time, when our taxes are already too high. < Asa tax- payer 1 do-notfavor the proposed: Mission park. Joseph Walters, Secretary of the United Brewery Work- men’s Union: The position of THE CaLL with regard -to the Mission 200 is correct. -The City-is in far greater need of good streets, beiter public buildings and 2 perfected sewer sysiem thana playground and “breathing place’’ 1or the peovle -of the Mission. It seems to me that for the time being Golden Gate Park is large enough-and easy enough ‘to reach from all parts of the Tity, and for a time the people should be satisfied without trying 1o saddle a big - debt upon -the taxpavers for another park. Much' has been said about preparing for posterity, but I think that posterity will be able t) look after itsell. As THE CALL states, 'wnat we want is more 1mprovements for ‘the present— improvements of a substantial nature— and if any money 1s to be spent for the purchase of animals let the animals be placed ‘in Golden Gate Park, for there is plenty of room out therefor them. E. P.: E. Troy, insurance agent, 301 California stireet: IV~ a clear sweal. Ti’s unnecessary, and, furthermore, is out of -the Mission ais- tricts.” Tf THE CALL'S zood work will pre- vent this outrage it will conter a favor upon the people of this City and at the same- time keep us: from taking useless property off the hands of real estate speculators. Itisevident the solid mem- bers'of the ‘Supervisors are looking fora better ‘“angel’ thun the Spring Valley Water - Works. The proposition is de- nounced as-a’cold steal by every citizen throughout the City. and, more, the property would not sell -at the present time for $50,000. It will require as much time for the residents of the Mission proper to reach ‘the proposed park as it would for them to go to the Golden Gate Park, which ‘is already in runniig order. Itis asteal, pure and simple, and sooner or.later the people in tuat district will Bbave their eves-orened: Dr.F. A. Grazer, Nineteenth and Mission streets: The health ot the community shuuld be. the first con- sideration, and the sewers siiould ihere- fore be attended to. That is a greater necessity than a park. The views of TRE CaArvare good and sound and meet with my approval. 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