The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-31
Officers and Supervisors Will
Take Part in the Cere.
mony To-Day.
THE SYSTEM OF COUPONS.
It Will Discriminate in Favor of Those
Who Ride on the Sutro White
Cars.

The Sutro Railroad will be formally
opened with a few simple ceremonies to-
morrow morning. AT the same time the
Cliff House and the Sutro Baths will be
opened and dedicated All is now in readi-
ness. The cars on the Sutro road have
been running for two or three days and
the gearing of machinery and cars are
gettings their bearings.
The business done by the road yesterday
is represented by cash receipts footing up
$133 55 and transfers from the Suffer-
street line numbering 1889. This means
the hauling of 4450 passengers.
The cars are now being run at seven
minute Roadway. There are thirty cars
and they will be run at two minute or
two minute and half Roadway when the
road is in full operation.
The power-house adioins the bathhouse,
and the hot water from its boilers will be
used to heat the baths. Two engines sup
ply the electric power-a large and small
one. The cars are also large and small.
The small cars will be run when there is
small travel, the large ones upon demand,
and both will be operated when required.
The power of the small and large engines,
and both of them together, viii be called
upon in like manner.
Invitations have been sent out to num-
Der of people, who will be the guests of the
Mayor on the occasion of the opening to-
morrow. Among these are the members
of the Board of Supervisors, tie officers of
the Sutro road and the Sutter-street line
and representative of the press. Cars
will be awaiting them at Central avenue at
IL O'Clock. Arriving at the station on the
ocean front the guests will be greeted by
the music of the First Infantry band, Cas-
ASA, leader. Mayor Sutro will deliver an
address of welcome and declare the Sutro
railroad open for business. Under his
guidance the guests will then make tour
of inspection of the baths and the power
house of the road, and then go to the Cliff
House, where collation. will be served at
l o'clock.
The system of coupons will be put into
operation also, under which the patrons of
the Sutro road will be granted privileges
not accorded to those who ride on the cars
of the other company.
Hereafter an admission fee of 10 cents
will be charged to these latter for entering
Sutro Heights. Those who ride on the
Sutro road will be given coupon with
their return ticket emitting them to enter.
Another coupon, worth 5 cents toward the
purchase OF a ticket to the baths-the
price of which is Is cents-is also at
tached.
In other words, the passenger on the
outward bound cars of the Sutro road who
buys for cents a return ticket secures
with it two coupons worth Is cents toward
excursion to the baths and heights. One
of them admits to the heights, and the
other, with 10 cents additional, admits to
the baths.
tits expected there will be big rush
toward the ocean over the new road TO-
morrow.
In speaking of the matter yesterday
Mayor Sutro said: 81 propose to fulfill my
promise now to deed Sutro Heights to the
people as a public park forever. l pro-
pose to put my lawyers at work on this at
once. l have everything in shape now.
Nobody knows the work I have had in
bringing this road through and securing
this cheap rate to the ocean. We are Sc
cure now, and l propose to deed the
heights without any restrictions such as
was sought to be put upon it."
The Market-street Company will no
longer issue transfers to the Sutter-stre
road at Market and Hayes streets aud Mis-
sion and Ninth streets.