The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-27

the face of the earth along and under the
old rails. Hammers hammered, wrenches
wrenched and the foreman swOre Justify
and urged a small army OF men to rush the
work. Gray dawn came and still the work
went on. The appearance of the morning
newspapers and the Sabbath sun did not
interfere with the purpose of the consOli-
dated railway managers.
Yesterday at noon the crossroads and
frogs and other appliances necessary for
electric road were in place over the
Onigomery-avenu cable road, and the
cars were slowly towed over with rope
and a span of horses. The newly placed
rails were still on iron stltS and wooden
supports. and the crossing presented an ir-
regular pit with bewildering network of
rails stretched over ii. Paving stones lay
piled high Oh either side of the Two tracks.
A few men were retained at work during
the aftern Don yesterday.
At u o'clock yesterday Kearny street
bad been torn up, between and on either
side of the tracks, from jackson street to
the Broadway curve. This is preparatory
to the tearing up of the old t1auge rails and
the LAYING of Trails with wire connections
for the electric road that is to be. Just
how soon this will be depends. perhaps, on
Mayor Ebert and the other city authOTi-
ties. 1t is not long since an injunction
was issued fOrbldding the placing of poles
and electric wires on Kearny street. Ii
the railroad company should be baked in
the erection of poles and stTinging of
wires it is difficult to see how electric cars
are to be whiZZed over that street. An I'M
deTground wire would hardly harmonic
with the overhead wire on Third street,
with which connection is to be made.
There are several OF these crossings to
be constructed before the worst is over
for the Consolidated Railway System.
there are the cable crossings of CLAW,
California. Suffer, Post and Geary streets,
to say nothing of the great Pacific Coast
tboroughfare, Market street.
Mayor Ebert was seen on the subject
at his residence on Webster street last
night. He laughed at the idea of the
railway company keeping men at work all
night and half of Sunday.
1T doesn't much matter" said Mr..
Ebert, so long as they don't attempt to
plant poles and string wires or take steps
TO place any other system OF electric
power on Kearny street. don't believe
the company will be so io0lhardy as TO do
such thing at the present time. Ii it
does, however, it lays its officials and en-
ployes open to prosecution for contempt
of court. The injunction which was sued
for and secured in the Superior Court by
tinue to do so until 1T is dissolved. Mr..
| Hart is a merchant and property-owner
| at 400 ana 402 Kearny street.
II have been accosted on this subject by
| dozens of men to-day who wan tied To know
How about that? l could tell them only
| what | say now-that if the railroad CON-
| pany goes right ahead to construct an
electric road on Kearny street before the
| Injunction is dissolved the managers will
| be brought up by short turn of the law.
/ am fully aware that most OF the prop
erty-owners and merchants on Kearny
street are in favor of this electric road,
and l seem to stand almost alone in the
| fight; bur / am decidedly opposed to the
| erection OF more electric poles, either on
! Kearny or Montgomery street. These
| poles are an obstruction and an unSightly
| one. The overhead wires are dangerous
] to life in crowded thoroughfare and
| should never be permitted.
| THE abroad company filed an apDlica-
ton with the Supervisors some time ago,
| asking permission TO set poles and string
trolley wires along Kearny street. This
! application was laid over TO await the final
action of the Superior Court on the in
junction secured by Mr. Hart. The COM
| pany claims right under a supplemental
| franchise ordinance to run cars by cleo
tricity on kearDy street. But, even though
suct right Is granted IN that ordinance, 1t
still remains for the Supervisors to deSig-
nate what kind of electric system shall be
used, whether overhead trolley wires,
underground conduit. storage battery or
other device. Of course, the railroad COM
pany wants to use the overhead trolley
system, III IL % permitted, SO as 10 Dc
| in uniformity with the Third-slreet line
and the connections"
William M. Plerson, attorney for Mr..
! Hart, who has secured the injunction
against the erection of trolley wires and
poles, was questioned on the status of the
case last night. Mr.. PiersOn said
Il can't understand what the railroad
company means by taking such action.
| In the first place, il was agreed by the COM
pany's attorneys and our side that the
railroad managers should take no further
steps in the matter until after final hear
ing on the injunction, which will be on
September Is. or Whereabouts. Further
more, the Injunction specially says that
the street shall not be disturbed IN any
manner whatever for the purpose of con-
struciing an electric road thereon. If this