The San Francisco call., 1905-02-07
DELAYS GRANT
OF FRANCHISE
Two Protests Block Passage
of Bill Giving Privilege
to the Santa Fe System
WILL FIX WATER RATES
Supervisors to Begin In
quiry Next Tuesday and
Company Files Statements

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
referred to the Street Committee for
further investigation, the proposed or
dinance granting the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railway Company
franchise to operate steam road along
Sixteenth, Indiana, Mariposa and other
street connecting Herewith.
Captain A. H. Payson, vice president
Of the company, addressed the board,
saying that he had offered Annie
Toomey, who protested against the
franchise, s4Oo for damages that he
caused her property. Payson said he
was willing TO submit her claim 10 ar
bitration by the Street Committee.
Regarding the protest flied by the
Lehrke Estate Company against the
grant of franchise on the ground that
its property on Indiana and Mariposa
streets would be injured Payson said
the property was two blocks away from
the proposed line. Payson said that
the Indiana street tracks had been laid
some years ago under another fran
chise and NJ. Lehrke had vastly i'm
proved his property since the tracks
were there.
Supervisor Boxton desired TO know if
any provision would be made for pro-
tecting pedestrian traffic at the cross
imgs Payson assured him that all
safeguards would be installed in that
connection at the six or seven cross
fnes Of the road. Supervisor Connor
explained that the road was in fact
g spur track to connect the Santa Fe
main line with the industrial centers of
the city.
Attorneys for the protestants raised
the point that as the Santa Fe COM
pany has already been granted a fran
chise TO enter the city and connect
with the water front the Supervisors
could not legally grant any more privi-
leges of the same character.
Boxton's motion that the ordinance
be re-referred to the Street Committee
which recommended its passage. for
the purpose of settling the prGtestants
claims, was carried. The City Attorney
may be asked for an opinion as to the
legal point noted. The committee will
meet on Wednesday, February Is. at 8
p. m.
In reply to questions put by Eggers,
who presided at the meeting, Payson
said the Eighteenth and Nineteenth
street bridges would be completed at
the earliest possible date, the former in
thirty days and the latter as soon as a
retaining wall to cost SO, 600 can be
built. Supervisors Lunstedt and Egg
gers insisted that the residents in the
vicinity should be given relief.
The dispute over the resolution par
ceiling out the horseshoeing contracts
among seven bidders was resumed.
D'Ancona moved as a substitute that
the entire award be made to Ed. Tay
at 81 % per horse. n. Morrisey, presi-
dent of the Master Horseshoers' Asso-
citation, asserted that Tay was not re-
sponsihle and had caused trouble to the
craft when he was a walking delegate
OF the Horseshoers Union. The matter
was then deferred one week to give
Tay an opportunity to disprove the al
legation that he is not a responsible
bidder.
The beginning Of the annual investi-
cation for the fixing of water rates had
been made q special order and several
officials Of the Spring Valley Water
Company were present to be ques-
toned The usual resolutions directing
the company to furnish statements
showing its revenue and operating ex-
penses for 1904 and the clerk to ascer-
tain its assessed valuation were adopt
ed. Braunhart said that the inquiry
would not take long. as mass of evi-
dence had been taken in investigations
for three years past, and il would only
b necessary to question the company's
representatives relative to the accrued
property Of the company. The inquiry
Will be formally begun on Tuesday,
February Il, at j. m.
The statements asked for were filed
Immediately showing the company had
expended s437, ,s65 SO in permanent i'm
provements in 1904. The receipts were
$2lS1.456 "A and the disbursements ST.
194, 432 IS, a loss of Sc, 1896. "a in the fiscal
year 1904. Ten dividends amounting
to S5S1,O52 36 We're paid.