The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-12
Minority Will Meet
To-Day.
dAY REACH AN AGREEMENT
SUPERVISORS WILL HOLD A SEES
SION ANYWAY.
They Will Not Act Finally on the
Franchises and They Will Pass
on City Gas Bills
Only.

There will be one more chance for the
gas companies and the Mayor and the
minority of the Board of Supervisors
to come to an agreement. The time
for the meeting of the board is mis-
afternoon, but before it meets, prob
ably this morning, the minority and the
Mayor will hold another conference,
similar to the one C Friday, and it may
be that the vexing question Of gas will
be settled then. In case ii be settled
the Mayor will call the meeting of tic
afternoon and the Supervisors can.
without faint of possible illegality, get
down To- their neglected business.
At Fridays meeting, although the
Mayor and the representatives of the
gas company parted friendly enemies,
still they had been very near an
agreement on rates, and a little give
or take or either side this morning may
bring about the much wished for COM
promise for the companies need the
money and there is no DOUBT but rhe
risks the Supervisors are taking IN lct-
ting business so TO the dogs may lead
10 serious harm. At the meeting Fiji
day there was represented only :he Pa
cific Gas Improvement Company. but
the minority has been given TO under
stand that if the Pacific people come
TO an arrangement at all satisfactory,
the San Francisco Company will join
with il so as TO avoid further trouble.
1t is the companies money against he
citys business. and both sides are
anxious for some solution Of the
problem.
The ultimatum of the majority was
that the city bills in the hands of the
Pacific company and the rates 1t
charged consumers should be consider
ed together, and then, later that no
proposition from a single company
would be heard. The companies are
still urging that the consumers rates
are the subject of a suit in court, and
should be left for the courts decision,
and that it will be urged again to-day
if the companies are represented be-
fore this mornings meeting of the
minority. Should no decision be reach
ed the Mayor still declares he will not
call a meeting.
There will be a meeting of the ma
jority this afternoon, held under the
resolution passed on January of this
year, the resolution setting each Mon
day as the time for the regular meet
ings of the board. The full majority
will be there. and if the Mayor does
not call the meeting there will be three
or four of the minority present despite
that fact. They will take a hand in
such business as can be transacted
without interfering with the positions
they have assumed On the franchises
and the gas rates.
As to the franchises, the members of
the majority repeat the statement that
there will be no final action taken, even
if the whole board meets. The fran
chises will be brought up and any one
who wishes to talk will be heard, either
in protest or in support, and then they
will positively be referred back to the
Street Committee, there to await the
pleasure of the board.
Should there be no agreement at the
meeting of the minority and the gas
people the majority will take action on
the bills owed by the city, but con-
sumers' rates will not be considered.
These will be left to the courts or to
some future action of the board.