The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Discussing the Lease of
Water Front to the
Valley Road.
TEXT OF THE DOCUMENT.
The Harbor Commissioners
Satisfied With the Terms
of the Contract.
GOV. BUDDs AMENDMENTS
The New Railroad Company's Rep
resentatives Meet the State
Officials at Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO. March 2s.-An ;mnor.

| SACRAMENTO, March 23.-An impor-
/ tant conference was held in the Governor S
office this Afternoon, resulting in favora-
bic decision as to the lease of the proposed
depot site for the San Joaquin Valley Rail-
road. The lease will be granted. Harbor
Commissioners Cole, Chadbourne and Bas-
| sett stated that they had not the slightest
| objection to offer to the signing of the doc
ment, and President Colnon, although he
has not as yet qualified, says he believes
! the lease to be perfectly fair and Just
| Governor Budd said he would consider the
/ document, as he desires to thoroughly ex-
anime all the provisions and convince him
self that it is fair in all its clauses to all the
parties interested.
! Shortly after 12 o'clock to-day John D.
Spreckels, Mayor Sutro of San Francisco,
Harbor Commissioners Cole Bassett and
Chadbourne, Attorney Preston, Engineer
Holmes of the State Harbor Commission
and others entered the Governors office
and were cordially received by the execu-
tive. The map of the proposed depot site,
as portrayed in this mornings CALL, was
produced and spread upon the table and
general discussion of its merits was entered
upon. After reading the description of the
boundary lines of the desired tract Gov
ernor Budd inquired if it would not be
Necessary within the next fifty years, owing
to the growth of the city's commerce, to
widen Channel street at the intersection of
Kentucky Engineer Holmes replied that
snch would probably be the case.
! The Governor replied: Then I would
suggest taking fifty feet off the east end of
the proposed reservation in China Basin,
for we must look to the future. I want to
arrange this so as to make it possible to
widen Channel street, making it at least
/ 200 feet from the east to the west line of
that throughfare.
Engineer Holmes stated that it could
be accomplished by cutting off small
corner, and Attorney Preston suggested
that nothing be taken off, but that a pro
viso be inserted in the document that
whenever it should be considered advis-
able to widen Channel street the railroad
company should vacate whatever space
become necessary to accomplish that OBJ
| ject.
Governor Budd said he believed that
would be satisfactory and Attorney Pres
ton was requested to read the draft of the
proposed lease. Before doing so the gen.
tleman explained that the document had
been drawn in a hurried manner and was
the original draft and that it was more
than probable that several alterations
would become necessary. He offered this
explanation in advance to forestall any
erroneous idea that might be formed, that
| the company he represented desired any,
thing that was not perfectly just and
reasonable. If the document embodied
any errors they were to he attributed to
him personally and were purely uninten-
tional. He then read the draft of the
lease, which is as follows:
This indenture, made this - day of -
A. D. 1895, by and between Daniel T. Cole, F.
S. Chadbourne and E. L. Colnon, constituting
the Board OF State Harbor Commissioners
| together with James 81. Budd, Governor of the
| State of California, and Adolph Sutro, Mayor of
the City and County of San Francisco, ex-
| oficio members Of said board and constituting
part of said board for the purposes of this
| lease, under and by virtue of the provisions of
an act of the Legislature of the State of Cali
fornia, hereinafter particularly mentioned, the
party of the first part, and the San Francisco
and San joaquin Valley Railroad Company a
corporation duly organized and existing under
and by virtue of the laws of the State of Cali
fornia, the party of the second part witnesseth:
| That whereas by virtue of the provisions of
mia, entitled an act to amend an act entitled
an act to amend an act entitled an act to
amend section 6 of an act entitled an act con-
| corning the water front of the city and county
| OF San Francisco, approved March Is, 1873.
and to confer further powers upon the Board
of State Harbor Commissioners, approved
March IL, 1880 approved March 10, 1889,
comforting further powers upon the said board
approved March -, 1895, the State Board OF
| rtanrC 1iccfrr
ernor of the State of California and the Mayor
of the city and county of San Francisco consti-
tuted members thereof for the purposes of said
act and this lease, were empowered to lease for
period not exceeding fifty years at rental
not exceeding $1,000 per annum, to any rail-
road corporation incorporated in this State,
and not having at the date of the passage of
this act any terminal facilities in the CITY and
county of San Francisco, any land belonging
| to the State, which is required for said pur-
poses, which lies adjacent contiguous TO any
| public street streets designated upon the
official map OF the city and county of San
Francisco, and
| WHEREAS, The party of the second part
hereto is railroad corporation incorporated
in this State and does not have now and did
not have at the date of the passage of this act
any terminal facilities from the city and
county of San Francisco; and,
| WHEREAS, The tract of land hereinafter par
ticularly described is the property of the State
of California and. in the judgment of said
Board of State Harbor Commissioners, is a
proper, fit and necessary location for the ter
minal of said railroad corporation; and
WHEREAS, AT a meeting of said Board of
State Harbor Commissioners holden at the
Office of said board pursuant to notice, the
! said board, including the said Governor and
the said Mayor, did, by a resolution regularly
| adopted, decide to lease to said the San Fran
cisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway Com
| pany for the term of fifty years, at rental of
| $1,000 per annum, the whole OF the land here
| matter described for the purposes aforesaid,
and that proper lease thereof be executed
to said corporation;
Now, therefore, this indenture witnesseth
that the said party of the first part as the
Board OF State Harbor Commissioners does by
| these presents lease. devise and let unto the
! said party Of the second part ell that certain