The San Francisco call., 1899-07-02
His Peculiar Attitude on the Street
Franchises. HI.
Members Of the Board Of Supervisors Tell What They
will Do TO-Morrow on the Market Street
Railway Company Steal.

T.: ~ r rests with Supervisor Albert
- +. #TFeVer: to decide. whether or. not the
- H.: city shall be betrayed into the
3Ijj. hands Of the Market. Street Rail
:: @ q 1J5s a t36ll3 E5aTly And for some rea-
5s 3yI. ii fft Ii his. past official conduct
:'.5T3}Eea .:iT7explfEable Supervisor. Reyer
:.ZzIEIlI5t tfgJy<t that:he intends 10 dishonor
his !: j5v5 III. .y{I3ria al Z life and become
. 4 raftor 10 me people e->wlro elected" him:
:: I3e7Fri3eg< .o5f The; Hoard of Supervisors
. The finaf:V0te on the franchises. asked
.bv the Gfarliet street Railway Company
3. 15:flr@l5e- -tf{lt-fr- tQ-r9OrrOW" afternoon. 1t
yyj1J<el}5 II ha Iast test Of the honest mem
. .bars. lgf the board and; the last :oPp9r-
*tlInity Of }he Others for Illicit gain. =
TIE M rFlet. Street Railway Company
2 warts 3 bid on the GRANT avenue leon
: and. on :f:a.}lzhises. on StanXan, " Stock
on and -I3lttary streets" None Of these
:ffsaricBisgs are necessities. = The: railroad
..cjjrIli5ratioll " ants them simply to, Kill.
:*c5l7rpetiriq1l, and the dishonest mem
:: b@rs off, a:-board. are bought to accom-
=. .plish the tBeft:that Will rob the munic1-
=; pality- OF Valuable rights: and. heavy
:.fevenues for many 5-ears. The tran
:Cllises> have been recommended by the
:: Street {, 6garnittee for: adoption, and,
y6starday The " Call sought 10 obtain
from the Supervisors their. opinions =on
=. the. franchises and <the3r plan. OF ACTION
for to-morrow: ~...'-. -. r. =
:. 1T is. a. matter for public eongratu1a-
: ttor that. Supervisors. Perrault, .Bying--
tom Deaey,* *Lactrnann and KaFben Will
continue to stand .as.the. champions and
=deferders of public rights in this. vitality
important matter. They have. been un-
a1terably opposed: tO"the gigantic theft
of. the Market Street. Railroad Company
= and at this. critical :tiTiTe they wifi not
T. alter their course Of action. They Will
q ali vote against offering for sale -*the
four franchises which have been sane
.fioned= by the Street Committee in. the
interest soIely.of the railroad. =: :. -:
of the men who fought for the rights
%ofthe people. Supervisor Heyer alone is
yvaverfng. He. says that he: does. not
J.. know how he will vote: on Monday,
With amazing effrontery:.. or an. &C
acknowledgement =. of. almogt incredible-
stupidity he declares that :;hfs only
knowledge Of the merits of the fran
+. chises has been derived. from the news;
papers. and he must inquire: more
thoroughly into the. proposition. before
he can say whether or not he: is :op-
posed to the theft or in favor of it.
This remarkable assertion will dunn
found the many people who believed
+ Heyer to be an honest man. Until. now
he has been consistent opponent of
the thieving encroachments of the rail
road monopoly. AS a matter of.fact. he
has been more aggressive. and more
emphaticaIly spoken than his associates.
in antagonism TO the unjust demands
of the railway people, He has, de-
clared himself to be opposed to any of
the; franchises, and he has voted, ia con.
sistency with his assertions. =:
He has posed as one thoroughly In
formed of his own knowledge. by: his.
own Investigations and through the
wishes of his constituents, of the Grim
>:inal character: of the railroad demands
and now he IameIy pleads that his only
know ledge, has been obtained from the
= neWspapers.< is it. possible that the
golden .eloquence of Henry Lynch is
. iingling- in: the ears Of Mr.. Heyer? Can
1t: be that some. gIittering power: Of
railroad hypnotism has changed his
MIND that he now sees merit Where be.
fore. there were but. faults? Mr.. Efeyer
has much to explain, and nothing needs
. explanation more, perhaps, than his
own words. =.
=" They are his own worst accusers
and if they do nothing else they com.
NIT him to a deliberate falseheod and
10 an Inconsistency which, in a public
official and under suspicious. condi-
tions, have an ugly, look. Mr.: -H6yer
was suspected in this very matter
- once before. Henry Lynch, the paid
lobbyist of the Market-street Railway
Company, declared several weeks ago
that whenever he wanted Supervisor