The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-21
EXTRA SESSION PETITION.
THE MATTER NOW UP TO THE
GOVERNOR.
San Francisco Pleads for Necessary
Legislation for Mercantile
Interests.

Interests.
The petition circulated among and
signed by many of the largest property
owners and taxpayers in San Francisco,
praying that an extra session Of the
Legislature be called to provide more
and better dockage facilities, was re-
|ceived by Governor Gage yesterday.
Mr. Foley, the Governors Private
Secretary, said, in speaking about the
matter, that the Governor had not yet
sufficiently considered the situation to
be able to state whether or not an extra
session would be called. Following is
the petition, together with the sigma
lures attached:
San Francisco, December, 1899.
Hon. Henry T. Gage, Governor of
California-Sir: We, the undersigned,
property owners and business men in
the city of San Francisco, most re-
spectfully petition that at an early date
you convene a special and extraor
binary session of the Legislature of the
State for the purpose of enacting sucn
| legislation as is necessary to enable the
State Harbor Commissioners immedi-
| wharves, piers, bulkheads and break
| waters as in their judgment are de-
manded by the changed conditions and
the rapidly increasing necessities of the
commercial and shipping requirements
Of the port of San Francisco.
We thus petition, as under the pres
ent conditions no new wharves can be
| constructed over 600 feet in length,
whereas such wharves should be OF
considerably greater length to conform
to the measurements of modern vessels,
which are in many instances over 90
feet long, at least one being TO feet in
| length.
| There are many applications for
wharfage now ON file with the State
Board of Harbor Commissioners which
cannot be assigned to the lack of
wharves. the yard room available for
the belt railroad is much less than the
Requirements, lack of space only at the
present date preventing the transaction
of a much greater volume of business.
Additional space is also required by
| the new line of railroad just entering
San Francisco The additional yard
room required would be secured from
the yard space on the solid pier con-
templated as a breakwater.
| If wharves, ETC., cannot be built Of
the proper length at the present time,
and the law modified at an extra ses-
sion of the Legislature, nothing can be
done in this regard for at least one
year at the next regular session of the
Legislature. In the meantime, the
port of San Francisco is certain to lose
large amount of shipping from it's in
ability to accommodate it, and the
greater facilities of other ports. Very
respectfully submitted:
| (Signed) Mills Building, by w. H
Taylor; Bank of California, by Thomas
Brown, Cashier; Thomas Brown; San
Francisco and Fresno Land Company,
by G. Howard Thompson, Secretary,
California Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany, by J. Manzel Brown, Manager;
San Francisco Savings Union, by Lowell
White, Cashier: executors of the last
will Of James G. Fair, deceased, by
Charles J. Neal estate of Lloyd Tevis,
deceased. Susan G. Tevis, executrix, by
tG. Drum; J. B. Haggin, by F. G.
Drum; NJ S. Jeffers: estate of
Thomas Jennings, by Thomas Jennings;
the Frank estate, by Alfred ]. Marcus,
L L
Babcock; Rittle & Co.; Pacific Oil and
Lead Works, by ]. Palache, Manager,
tP. Pr. London and San Francisco Bank
Nimited), by G. Friedrich, Cashier:
the Merchants Exchange Association
of San Francisco, by H. F.. Emery,
Manager; Union Pulp & Paper Com
pany, by C. Mallaghan, President; P.
Ghirardelli Company, by D. Ghirardelli,
President; Durham, Carrighan & Hay
den Company, by Sanford Bennett, Sec
retary; Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson by
H. NJ. Holbrook: Tellmann & Bendel,
by G. /. Laninger, Secretary; Dodge,
Sweeney & Co.; The Haslett Warehouse
Company, by S. M. Haslett, Secretary;
The Pacific Rolling Mill Company. by
P Noble, General Manager; American
Bank and Trust Company of San Fran
cisco. by James J. Fagin, Cashier, and
Edwin Tretwell, President; Sidney v
Smith; Stewart Menzies; The Anglo
California Bank, by 1. G. N. Steinhart,
Cashier: Grown Distilleries Company,
by Louis ]. Haas; M. Ehrman & Co.;
Mccarthy Bros; Stockton Milling Com
pany, by Sigismund Schwaboch, Presi-
dent; J. A. Folger & Co., by E. r. Fol-
ger; W. r. Grace & Co.: G. w. Nc
Near; Henry P. Sonntag; estate of j
B. Painter, by Edgar Painter; Murphy,
Grant & Co.; London, Paris and Amer
lean Bank Uimited), by Charles
Altschul, Manager; Sachs Bros. Co.; ].
L. Flood; Antoine Borel Co.; Emily b.
Hopkins, by c. A Grow, attorney; e.
A. Grow; Ralston & Grayson; Califor-
MIA Dry Dock Company by William
Babcock, President; Shipowners' and
Merchants Tugboat Company, by Will
lam Babcock, President: John Rosen-
fields Sons; Hind, Ralph & Co.; Meyer,
Wilson & Co.; Williams, Dimond & Co.
After the names attached to the pc
tition appears the following:
I'm presenting the foregoing petition
we secured the signatures representing
the largest commercial and property in
! terests in San Francisco. If necessary
we will secure any further number OF
signatures"
| (Signed) Northern Central Improve
ment Association, representing property
owners mostly in wholesale business
districts in San Francisco, by Edgar
Painter, Secretary.