The San Francisco call., 1905-01-07
ACCEPTS BAY
CITIES PLAN
Council Makes Move Toward
Calling a Municipal Wa
ter Supply Bond Election
TO BE HELD IN MARCH
Contra Costa's Condemna-
tion Offer Referred Back
Without Recommendation
TO BE HELD IN MARCH
Oakland ONCE San Francisco Call,
1n1R Broadway. Jan. 8.

Oakland ONCE San Francisco Call.
1918 Broadway, Jan. 8.
The Bay Cities Water Company's
proposal to install a municipal water
supply of 10000, 600 gallons daily ca
pacity for $s,75o,0Oo was accepted to-
night by the City Council in commit
tee Of the whole. City Attorney Nc
Elroy was instructed to draw the
necessary resolution for presenta-
ton to the City Council Monday night
The Contra Costa Water Company's
offer to submit to a condemnation suit
to determine the value of its plant was
referred to the City Council without
recommendation.
The Bay Cities project as definitely
submitted tonight recites the COM
pany's readiness to enter into the
necessary contract with the city as
soon as the bond election shall be held
to authorize the city to proceed
+ In it's tender the corporation declares
it will furnish a sufficient bond of
81, 600 to protect the interests OF the
city under the contract. 1t purposes
to provide the proposed system Of wa
ter works, including all necessary
| rights, lands, properties and ease
ments, to make all improvements and
to convey the completed plant to the
city free of all incumbrance.
The company agrees specifically to
meet the following conditions:
| To maintain the citys rights to take
and use the storm waters Of Isabel
Creek and the Arroyo del Vale: to
maintain the city's right to the peace
able possession and use of all the prop
critics, rights and easements included in
the water works system; to complete
the specified, or other agreed improve
| ments upon the properties, In a sub
stantial and workmanlike manner; to
deliver the water works system to the
city free and clear of all incumbrance.
The company requires that reso-
luton accepting the offer shall be
adopted within ten days, and that with
in twenty-five days thereafter bond
election shall be called. If the bonds
carry, the company stipulates that the
contract must be signed by March 81.
Accompanying the proposal was an in
vitationf to each member of the Coun-
Gil to make thorough investigation of
all the data in the company's possess
sion.
Dates were submitted showing that
the election can be called between
March / and 13.
Attorney r. M. Fitzgerald, in reply to
Councilman Howard's questions, said
he would on Monday night furnish the
City Council with statement concern
ing the company's position in the mat
| ter of title to the watershed. Howard
said he thought the company should be
willing to pay the cost of the bond cleo
tion in the event the titles are not ac-
ceptable to the city.
The Spring Valley Water Works gave
notice it would attack the right of the
Bay Cities to Isabel Creek waters. At
torney Fitzgerald replied that the COM
pany fully expected and was pre-
pared to meet that litigation. He de-
clared the bond of $1,000, 900 was by no
| means the extent of the corporation's
resources, and that 1t was fully sup
piled with the means to give the city
what it had offered to supply.