The morning call., 1894-10-03
1T LOOKS JUST THAT WAY.
The Company Presents an Omni-
bus Demand.
SUPERVISORS SEEM TO FAVOR 1T
How the Southern Pacific Provides
for Filling Seventh Street for
Its Own Benefit.

Several matters OF general public inter-
est came before the Supervisors yesterday.
1t was decided TO pave Kearny street.
from Suffer to Clay, with hituminOus
rock. The petition OF Van Ness avenue
folks in the same direction was ordered on
file, as was also that of the Merchants
Association against any more banners or
streamers in the streets.
A resolution was introduced by Super
visor Rogers granting 10 the Market-street
Railway the right to use electricity IN any
form it pleases (Which, of course, means
the overhead wire) iu any street it pleases
save Market street.
This brought out discussion on the
whole matter which was largely one-sided
and was concluded by motion 10 hold
over for one week.
Mr. Denman said he was opposed to any
such sweeping grant. "Let the company
ask for what streets it wants to use the
wires in one at time. Generally | am In
! favor of permitting il. but when 1t comes
10 Kearnv street [ say No, as / would for
Market street.
| Mr.. Rogers, in order TO avoid the ap-
pearance of being Inconsistent, desired TO
explain his having offered the resolution.
| During bis vacation. he said, he had taken
a trip East, during which he observed how
| very general was the use of the overhead
wire in the cities and towns. The system,
| he said. gave satisfaction everywhere be-
! cause of their spread, and many cities at
! tributed their growth TO the Introduction
| of this system. On Chestnut street, Phila-
7 delphia, the system was In use and gener-
| ally approved. He thought there would
! be no objection TO its use on kearny
street.
Mr. Hinton opposed the resolution. He
- Co. Cd Inv In
pany because of its cheapness The fact
that it was dangerous 10 life cut no figure
with the company. 1t was cheap and,
! therefore. desirable.
l! the right to use electricity was de-
MED Kearny street would get cable-cars-
| a very much more desirable system. But
there were other systems OF electric-cars
safer and every way better than the over
! head, and San Francisco should have il.
| The franchises given TO the railway COM
| pany were so valuable that the city should
| get The best that was 10 be ha0 in c0nsid-
| Grafton therefor.
Action was postponed one week.
Mr.. Denman called up the matter of
submitting to the people, on the ballots for
| the coming general election. the question OF
the city owning its own water works and
securing the best water supply. The ques-
ton az to the legality of putting the ques-
tiun on the ballots had been submitted TO
City and County Attorney Creswell, and
he had reported againstit.
| Mr.. Denman thought he had not met the
question squarely; that he had argued as
Through the board intended to submit the
question whether OF not they should appro-
PIRATE the money and go ahead and buy
the works, which was not the question at
all. The proposition was simply one of
! Observation-Disclosures or not the people
were in favor of the city owning its own
water works. He thought the board had
the right to submit this question at gen.
eral election and moved that the resolution
which he mad presented for so submitting
it be passed.
Dundon thought Creswel's opinion had
not been to tie point
Rogers said the constitution directly
stated what questions could be submitted
to the peopie at regular and special cleo
lions. This was one for special election,
and the placing of it on the tickets at the
coming election might invalidate the ell
tire election. The Board of Supervisors,
he said, had no power to arrogate to itself
the rignt to run contrary to the consttu-
ton.
Mr.. Forman thought the matter should
be sent back 10 Mr.. Cresswell with a re-
quest for direct answer.
Denman reused up at this and said that
no lodging or shifting the issue should be
tolerated. They should vote on the Ques-
ton like men-whether the proposition
then let the Election Commissioners do
the RESI-.
Dundon said the question did not con-
template any robbery OF the present water
company. In case the city though. it
should own the works they should be
secured in a fair business-like manner.
The resolution favoring submitting the
matter to the voters at the coming election
was then carried, Rogers and Ryan voting
mo" Stanton absent.
The specifications for street-cleaning,
presented by the Merchants Association,
were then read. One clause, as follows,
was severely criticized by Mr.. Denman:
10th. q. The street sweepings taken
| from that portion of the city lying west OF
Second and Montgomery streets, south OF
Washington, east OF the west line of Lar
kin, and northeast of the southwestern
! line of Ninth street, to he deposited at the
, dump on Seventh street, until SAID street
is continued and filed in as projected un.
less prevented by inclement weather; and
, on completion of the filing in of Seventh
street, That thereafter during the con tin
, uance Of the contract, the street sweepings
, from that portion of the city TO be depos
. tied in like manner at such dump as may
hereafter be designated by the Board 81
l Supervisors"
. The Board of Supervisors has for year.
, been trying to secure the sweepings for TIL,
I park, the Park commissioners being YER,
ADxlOuS W StCuI6 IueIi IOT 1erllilZlDg pur
poses. They we're just about to react
b. the desired contamination when some
body steps in to take it away. The prom
( Use of the railroad company had been sc
cured to furnish cars and do the hauling
1t was mystery to him, he said, how tni.
provi ion had got in. 1t was the frs
he had seen of IL. He had attended ever,
meeting of the Street Committee ant
every provision of he specifications hat
I been read there. but he had never heart
this one. IL was very mysterious. FL
called attention t. the fact that provision
was made for the changing of all othe
dumping grounds by resolution of the Su
5 pervisors except this one, which was fixet
\ by the proviso that "no other disposition
: OF the street sweepings required to b
S dumped at the foot OF Seventh street shal
: be made until said street is filled in an
completed"
'ln other words" he said. 'the South
ern Pacific Railroad has made arrange
u menis for having street filed in for II
e own benefit, ana without cost to itself, an
9 despite the protest of residents 10 that "
q entity against the dumping of garbag
there"
The starting of the following stree
work was ordered: To pave with b
tumen. Vallejo street between HYDE an
Leavenworth: to lay stone Sidewalk
" where not laid, on Sacramento street b,
ID tween Dupont and Stockton; to constru,
m | saver in Edith street TO within ten feet (