The San Francisco call., 1901-11-19
WOULD ACQUIRE
BIG UTILITIES
Propositions Will Be Sub
mitted to Vote Of
People.
Supervisors Favor Acquisi-
ton Of Street Roads and
Water Works.

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The Board Of Supervisors yesterday
passed to print ordinances declaring that
the public interest and necessity demand
the ACQUISITION by the city OF water
works, sewer system, hospital building,
library site and street ratiroads. Ine
first ordinance on the subject Ioilo"s'
whereas the Board Of Supervisors has.
through the City Engineer. procured plans ana
estimates of the actual cost of the original con-
struction and completion by the city OF water
whereas the board has solicited and con-
sidered offers for the sale to the city OF ex-
'ss Whereas the board is satisfied from its in
vestigations in the premises that the Visitacion
Mater to supply the has city Be It ordained
That the public interest and necessity de-
and the %orRs anu and the
plans and estimates of the cost OF outalnlnS
a sufficient and permanent supply @ OF sooo, @
by selected as the ones to be submitted TO the
people for their approval
Comte objected to q portion Of the orqi,
nance as originally drafted Wnlcn stateu
| that the water Of the Spring Valley plant
was rapidly diminishing and becoming
| impure. Comte held that this was merely
not 60 outside of their way to make 2
statement which he did not believe was
! founded onsfact.
| hurt the stock and do injury to the stock
| holders and should be left to political
conventions said Comte.
GunsRys mese rapors that the Spring Valley
supply would run dry IN hve years anu
pointed to the fact that the company was
which, it is said, is contaminated and had
not been included in the cost Of the plant
in fixing the last water rates
Geary-Street Road Proposition.
The ordinance on the streetorailroad
| proposition follows:
Whereas the Board of Supervisors Is satis-
| fled that the city and county can. with great
| advantage, take over the Geary-street railroad
] at the expiration of its franchise and together
City Engineer operate the same as municipal
1 railroad; therefore be 1t ordained, mat the
public interest demands the acapisiaGn a ez
OF the cost OF reconstructing the Geary-streeet
1 railroad and constructing the extensions there
! in the route suggested, are hereby selected as
! the ones to be submitted to the people Tor their
approval.
! An ordinance was also passed to print
Il declaring that public interest demands
the construction of sewer system, nos
pital building, the acquisition Of a site
for new school building, nineteen school
buildings and additions to six school
buildings, the acquisition of two blocks
bounded by Dolores, Church, Eighteenth
block bounded by Seventh, Folsom. Sher-
man and Harrison streets for a play
ground and block bounded by Washing
ton, Cough, Sacramento and Aaguna
streets for park.
| Site for Carnegie Library.
The ordinance that the Mechanics Pa
vilion property be acquired for the Car
} negie Library was also adopted.
Brandenstein urged the selection OF the
Fair site on the ground that 1t was more
central and would effect saving of $400.-
600 A motion to substitute the site for
the Mechanics Pavilion property was
A resolution declaring that public inter
est requires that Outside Land blocks
Nos. 81, 169. 1874. I'll, 1885, 1868 and 1893 and
Park northerly between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth avenues so as to connect WITT
the Preside reservation was adopted
The Board of Works was requested te
! furnish an appraisement of the blocks
named and also Of the sites and buildings
recommended for firehouses by the Fire
Commission
Spring Valley Company Objects.
The Spring Valley ,tec Water Company file, files
! tion soliciting an offer to. sell it's system
to the city, stating that 1t Is ready ant
willing as soon as the charter provisions
offer for the sale Of it's works. The com
} pany, however, makes technical objec-
tions to the boards method OF procedure
In Its mmunication the company quote.
the charter and holds that the estimate:
on the Tuolumne hiver supply Furnished
by the city engineer are designated BY
him, as progress report, and until thu
actual cost is determined the Board o.
Supervisors cannot legally submit prop
| osition to the electors. The communica
ton says:
In securing estimates of the original cost O
the construction and completion of water works
by the city and county the Supervisors mus
, | procure and place on file plans and estimates
,, Of the cost Of obtaining water from all of tn
several available sources. The charter init
l mates clearly that the purpose of soliciting
offers from the existing corporations is to ait
: the electors in determining upon what seec
, ton. II any, shall be made. In this sense th
bids or offers of the existing corporations ar
not only competitive as between themselves
Z but as against the original construction, an,
| 1t is therefore provided that the estimate
t shall be Of the actual cost. otherwise ther
could be no competitive bid based upon suf
: ficent and intelligent premise Only one sourc
has been estimated in the progress report
| whereas the charter requires estimates of al
4 the available sources.
Condemns Lobos Creek Water.
E resolution condemning the action o
the Spring Valley Water Company In fur
; nishing the people with contaminated wa