The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-15
TEXT OF THE MEASURE.
Empowers Harbor Commits
sioners to Exert the Right
of Eminent Domain.
THEY MAY CONDEMN PROPERTY
With but Little Dis
CuSSiOn.

SACRAMENTO, March 14.-Senator
Gleaves' bills concerning proposed changes
at the foot of Market street to enable the
construction of an overhead passenger
bridge came up in the Assembly to-day
There were originally three bills, and, al
though the House was in favor of the
bridge, it killed the two bills for the pro-
posed sites-one yesterday and one to-day.
The two bills killed provided for an ex-
change of certain properties belonging to
the State for land to be condemned.
One bill was passed. This empowered
the Harbor Commissioners to condemn
and purchase the property at the junction
of Market, East and Sacramento streets.
Senate bill 81 was the first considered
to-day. 1t authorized the Harbor Commits
sioners to exchange certain property east
of the westerly line of East street with the
owners of the triangular corner common
to Market, Sacramento and East streets.
Price of Sonoma violently opposed the
bill, and before the debate had gone on five
minutes Dixon, the chairman of the Com
mittee on Commerce and Navigation, was
inviting the representative of the wine
growing county to step outside and settle
question of veracity at fisticuffs.
Price said he thought the bill should be
voted down, as the Committee on Com
merce and Navigation had reported on it
adversely.
Dixon protested that the committee had
taken advantage of his being sick and of
friends being absent to give the measure an
unfavorable report.
when the gentleman says we took any
advantage of him he speaks an untruth, :"
said Price.
Dixon, his face ablaze with passion,
shouted, 'Take down those words.''
Brusie, who was in the chair, called out
for the clerk to take down the words, but
he did SO in such way that the House
laughed. This angered Dixon, especially
as Price was shouting that he was willing
to have his words taken down and would
add more to them.
Take them down, say" called Dixon
excitedly. This is no laughing matter.
And if l cannot be protected on the floor
from having my word disputed l warn Mr..
Price that l will make him answer for his
words outside"
As he spoke Dixon shook his hand at
Price, and declared that the whole truth
of the matter was that when the committee
l1Cu f1olICO Cdll HIdLClSCO the darDOr
Commissioners had not given them any
fine dinners, but had just shown them
the places where the changes were to be
effected.
Price here said that they had expected
no dinners. The Harbor Commissioners
had given some whisky, though, but if they
expected they were going to get their votes
for that the Commissioners made mis-
take. 'They want to give a large tract for
a small one," said Price. Besides, I am
against the trading of any waterfront
property and think the State should re-
main the proprietor"
Dinkelspiel declared that, irrespective of
free lunches and steam beer, he was in
favor of the bill. He thought the bill rep
resented the wishes of all the best people
of San Francisco.
The House, however, felt that the State
should not give up its title to the least bit
of waterfront property and the bill was
refused passage. The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Berry, Brusie. Coleman, Collins, Cut
ter, Davis, Devine, Dinkelspiel, Dixon, Dwyer,
Huber, Kenyon, Laugenour, Meads, Nickel
vey, Nelson, Phelps, Powers, Twigg-19.
Noes-Ash, Barker, Bennett, Bettman, Bled-
soc, ,Bulla, ,Cargill, Coughlin, Dale, Dewitt Dodge
Dunbar, Ewing, Fassett, Glass, Guy, Hall, Hat.
field, Healey, Holland. Hudson, johnson,
Jones, Keen, Laird, Merrill, North, Osborn,
Price, Reid, Richards, Rowell, Stansell, Wade,
Waymire, Weyse-36.
Then Senate bill 81 was taken up. This
empowers the Harbor Commissioners to
condemn the triangle by exerting the right
of eminent domain. There was almost no
discussion. The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Barker, Bennett, Berry, Bettman, Bru-
sic, Bulla, Butler, Coughlin, Coleman, Dale.
Davis, Devine, Dinkelspiel, Dixon, Dodge, Dun
bar, Dwyer, Ewing, Gay, Hall, Hatfield, Healey,
Holland, Huber, Hudson, johnson, Jones, Ken
yon, Laugenour, McKelvey, Kelson, North,
0'Day, Osborn, Pendleton, Powers, Price, Reid.
Rowell Sanford, staley, Stansell, Twigg, Wade,
Waymire, Weyse, Zocchi, Lynch-48.
Noes-Bledsoe, Meads-2.