The morning call., 1892-11-06
sTREET-ExrENsIoN JOBS.
1ohn .. Enos Tells Some Plain Truth
Regarding Them.

John 8. Enos Tells Some Plain Truths
Regarding Them,
John S. Enos, after describing the condi-
tion of the old parties at the time of the
organization of the Non-Partisan conven-
tion spoke, as follows:
My friends, / will now show you the cor
rupt condition of the school affairs. During
past years it has been the custom to buy
and sell the positions OF the school teachers.
Each candidate for the office of School
director was the pledged to give bosses the
power OF appointing two teachers. There
being twelve School Directors there were
twenty-four positions allowed them. Now
wnat was done with these appointments
Iney were sold for the sum of $500 each.
thus making in the whole the snug sum of
$4,000 to be divided between the bosses.
The positions were not sold to deserving
men and women, but in many cases to those
who had neither intellectual nor moral fit
ness for the position.
The Board of Supervisors are selected
with the intention OF controlling working
majority, which generally amounts 10 nine.
The Importance of selecting Board of Su-
pervisors who are free from boss influence
is apparent to every thinking mind and to
every taxpayer in the city, as they have the
disposing OF S5.O00,9O0 annually to carry on
the city government. They regulate and
fix the prices of gas and water, and conn.,
mon rumor, founded upon historical facts,
says that the bosses. in fixing these rates,
have received large sums of money from
the water and gas companies. The Nou-
PartisaDs. when elected, propose to do
better than this. ! quote part OF their
constitution. which all its candidates have
sworn to support:
THAT current expenses shall be reason
able, and while including repairs, shall not
embrace extensions and developments.
''The amount of bonds outstanding plus
aggregate or even market values of the
shares Of capital stock. shall not be taken
as the sum on which interest has to be paid,
but that such sum Of value shall be de-
termined by appraisal Of that portion of
company property actually used in the sup
ply of commodities or in rendering service,
the basis of valuation being cost of duplica-
tion. the appraisers to assume duplication
possible, the respective companies to have
notice of intended appraisal and an oppor-
tunity to be heard through their officers,
agents or attorneys.
Recognizing the foregoing as the intent
Of the law as eXpounded by the courts. we
pledge our nominees for Mayor and Super
visors TO fix such rates for water and gas
that the companies will realize therefrom
reasonable current expenses, and in addi-
tion an income equal to fair rate of inter-
est on the value Of their respective plants
and materials. as such value may be deter
mined in manner suggested, the interest on
bonds of each company, II any are outstand-
ing. to be paid fromssuch income.
''And we further pledge our said nominees
to secure for the public from the Spring
Valley Water Works uniform rates for
water and the right TO the use of meters In
strict compliance with the laws OF the State
or ordinances of the city,"
The citizens OF this city have been plum
dered for long time by the Supervisors,
who claim that the money taken was for the
extension of streets or for paving of the
same. As an instance of this I will take
the Sixteenth-street extension, where
a tax of S3S3.000 was levied upon all prop
erty-owneIs within ten blocks of the I'M
provement; and there is now Job on hand
which eclipses all others In its daring. II
is known as the Potrero.avenue-extensi
job, by which the avenue Is 10 be extended
from Twenty-fourth street over hills and
marshes to Supervisor Taber's milk ranch.
near the county line, and for which the city
Is expected to pay over 81, COO 600.
Already, as is seen by the commissioners
report on that extension. there has been
S241, ,202 81 expended as per this bill: