The San Francisco call., 1901-12-19
MAY NOT USE
OTHER TRACKS
Charter Excludes City
From Market Street
Facilities.

%, r, p, Trey. secretary Of the Rleh-
mend Improvement Association, appeared
before the Supervisory Utilities Commit
tee yesterday and directed attention "a a
section OF the charter which will Ia all
probability prevent the city fFem usiAg
street ear tracks en- Market street Ia
conjunction. With the proposed mehleipel
operation OF the geaFy street read, II haa
all aleng been the opinion OF the SUPER
ViseFs that the tracks on Market street
could be used fer a distance OF ten eleeka
under the charter In order 60 reach che
The language OF the charter, however,
would seem 60 bar any new owners from
using tracks now In existence, according
TO Troy's Interpretation, and apparently
gives the right to use tracks Jointly to
existing companies only. The section
says.
The Board OF Supervisors shall have the
power TO compel the owners OF two or more
OF such roads using the same street for any
distance not exceeding ten blocks to use the
same tracks and to equitably divide the cost
of construction.
The City Attorney will be asked wheth-
er the city will have the right to use
the tracks of the Market Street Company
from Geary and Kearney streets to the
ferry. Also whether the Board of Super
visors had the power to grant a second
franchise in 1873 to the Geary Street Rail-
way Company over practically the Same
route.
Troy also questioned the right of the
board to grant a franchise over Point
Lobos avenue, which he said is part of
the park and under the control of the
park commission.
Troy suggested that in order to obvi-
ate any possible legal entanglemen the
proposed route be changed to run from
Geary street up to Grant avenue to Pine,
thence down Pine to Market to the fer
ry. Under the State law the city would
have the right to use five blocks in con-
junction with other roads.
The committee requested City Engineer
Grunsky to report upon the best route
to extend the Geary street line south of
the park to Nineteenth avenue, instead
having the extension run north of the
park along Fell and Shrader streets.
Russell l. Dunn submitted to the Utilt-
ties Committee modified plan and esti-
mate of the cost Of construction of the
plan. heretofore suggested, in connection
with his proposal to sell to the city the
Visitacton Water Company properties,
and other water and appurtenant prop
critics, including what is known as the
Giant Gap water supply. The modihca-
tions of plan are:
the Rosevills reservoir to San Francisco, hav-
Ing together maximum capacity OF 60, 0OO, 900
gallons daily, in place Of one pipe with a maxi
mum capacity Of 5000, 900 gallons daily.
on the pipe line near the city. having a ca
pacity Of storage of about q 600 600 900 gallons
The object Of these notifications is to
make the plan and cost Of the Giant Gap
water system compare more directly
with the Tuolumne project Of the City
Engineer and the Board Of Works.
Dunn produces figures to show that the
Giant Gap system would cost 50, ,1S9, ,139,
after the capitalization of the reasonable
earning of its surplus water power. as
Tuolumne project by the Board of Pub
lie Works and City Engineer.