The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-23

corporation other than the petitioner.
This being so, there will be no competition
in the bidding for the franchises, and the
Market street company will secure valu-
able concessions practically without cost.
At the same time it will gain franchises
on numerous streets and pieces of streets
and thus be enabled to effectually block
future competition. All of the franchises
asked for are to run for fifty years, and
are as follows
Subdivision Commencing at the inter-
section of Jackson and Sansome streets,
thence along Sansome to its northerly
termination.
Subdivision 2-Commencing at the inter-
section of Railroad avenue and Sixteenth
Bruno avenue thence along San Bruno
nue. and Miiliken street to the county line.
Subdivision $.Commencing at the inter
section Of California street and Thirty e
second avenue, along ThIrty-second avenue
to Point Lobos avenue
Subdivision 4-Commencing at the inter
section of Point Lobos road and Forty
eighth avenue. along Forty eighth avenue
to an unnamed street between A and
streets, thence to Forty-sixth avenue,
thence TO street, thence to Forty seventh
avenue, thence to street, thence to Forty
Subdivision 5-Commencing at the corner
of Battery and California streets, thence
along Battery to Sacramento street
Subdivision 6-Commencing at the inter
section of Stockton and Pacific streets.
thence along Stockton street to Broadway.
Subdivision 7-Commencing at the inter
section Of Hayes and Stanyan streets
thence along stanyan to Fulton street
section Of Taylor and Geary streets, thence
along Taylor to Post street
Subdivision s-Commencing at the inter
section of Geary street and Grant avenue.
thence along Grant avenue to Bush street,
thence along Bush TO Sansome street.
In the draft of the resolution granting
the above franchises is inserted the
clause that the person or corporation Sc
curing the franchises on the streets
named shall not be required to pay TO
the city percentage of the gross re-
ceipts for a period of five years
The report of the Street Committee rec
ommends that these franchises be grant
ed on the terms set forth. 1t also recon-
mends that the Market Street Railway
Company be granted permission to use
electricity as motive power on the fol-
lowing named roads:
Brannan street. from First to Third;
Pacific street, from Kearny to Stockton:
Bush street, from Sansome to Battery;
McAlHster street, from Devisadero to
Central avenue, and along Central ave-
nue. to Fulton. and along Fulton to Sew
enth avenue; Hayes street, from Devisa-
dero to Stanyan: California street, from
Central avenue to First avenue. Also to
use electricity as motive power on the
proposed ''corkscrew road so called
Added to the above recommendations
is one granting permission to the South
ern Pacific Company to construct a dou-
BILE track railroad on certain streets in
connection with its railroad to San Jose
There was apparently nothing overlooked
The petition of the railroad company
for the Geary street and other franchises
were first taken up for consideration by
the board. Supervisor Perrault imnae
diately moved that they be referred TO
the committee of the whole. This was
seconded by Supervisor Deasy, who said
he thought the matter entirely too i'm
portant for hasty action, in view of the
fact that the new charter was soon to go
into effect, and that by it's provisions
franchises could not be granted for
longer period than twenty-five years, and
that the city could also have the benefit
of other restrictions: Byington and Lack
mann also opposed hasty action. The mo-
ton TO refer was lost by the following
vote:
Ayes..Byington, Deasy, Heyer, Lack
mann. Perrault-5. Noes-Aigeitinge At
fridge. Black, Collins, Holland, Kalben,
Phelps-7
Perrault then moved that the petitions
be referred to select committee to con-
sist of DeaSy, Lackmann. Byington and
Heyer. Aigeltinger moved as an amend
ment that they be referred to the Street
Committee and that the gentlemen named
as a select committee be invited TO sit
with the committee without power to
vote. This was finally carried and then
motion was made-to include Perrault
cused from voting for the reason, he said,
that Il see that the committee is doing
crooked work in this business and l do
not care to be mixed up in it," The mo-
ton was lost.
The recommendations of the committee
We're then taken up and Perrault moved
10 SlIlhS out Ol TIE report dIl Ol IIldI part
relating to street railway franchises. The
motion was lost on tie vote, as follows:
Ayes-Byington, Collins, Deasy, Heyer
Lackmann. Perraut-6.
Noes - Aigeltinger, Attridge, Black,
Holland, Kalben, Phelps-6.
1t remained for Byington to discover
the error made by the railroad company
an error due to a desire to secure speedy
action in the matter. He made the point
of order that the report of the Street
Committee, or at least that part of it re-
lang TO the franchises, was not properly
before the board because the petitions of
the corporation had not first been pre-
scented to the board and then referred by
the board to the Street Committee The
Mayor held that the point was we'll taken
for the reason that the committee cannot
act on any matter not referred to it by
the board. When this ruling was an
nounced Aigeitinger changed his vote
from no to aye on the previous motion to
eliminate and that motion was then de-
clared carried. The whole subject matter
was then referred to the Street Commit
tee which means a delay of at least one
week before it can again be brought be-
fore the board for initial action This de-
lay may prove fatal, as the time in which
the present Board of Supervisors can
grant franchises under the law is limited
The Raisin-Seeding Patent.