The San Francisco call., 1906-05-03
CALHOUN OFFERS
TO RECONSTRUCT
SUTTER CAR LINE
Conversion Would
Take Period OF
Thirty Days.

II the authorities Will grant tue
Unitetd Railroads a permanent fran
chise to operate a trolley system on
Sutter street and Larlxin street and
Pacific avenue will guarantee to
have cars running over those lines
within thirty days. said Patrick Cal
houn. president of the United Rail-
roads. yesterday. ITO convert these
lines into a trolley system would ne
cessitate the narrowing of the gauge
and naturally the first work would
only be temporary. Permanent tracks
could then be built without interfer-
ing with the operation OF the lines in
any way.
THE United Railroads was very
fortunate that so large q portion Of
its system was operated by trolleyf.
Had the entire system been either ca
without reserve that 1t would have
been eighteen months before street.
car operations could have been re-
sumed on a scale worthy Of consider
alton. The cable system is a wreck.
but the fact stands that with a rap
idity that has made history In the
business of street railroading these
have been transformed into trolley
lines, and are now in operation"
Either today or tomorrow the North
Beach power-house of the company
will be ready to operate. When this
starts it will permit of the operation
Of all Of the available electric cars of
the company and Will Immediately re-
licvc the Jsmmed condition hat has
prevailed on the lines running to the
ferry.
All day yesterday corps of engi-
neers, acting under the direction of
cling menacing walls on Turk, Eddy,
Mason and Ellis streets 1t is believed
that this work Will be completed by
noon today and then the Turk and
Eddy street cars viii run through tn
the ferry. The lines viii then opera te
as follows:
Fillmore to Sixteenth, tn Mission,
10 Fifth, to ferry, via Market to Va
lencia and back to ferry. to Fifth, to
Mission, to Onondaga avenue, return
to Twenty-sixth street, to Bryant. to
Sixteenth, to Twenty-thtrd and Ken
lucky streets. to Sixteenth and Fill
more to Turk, to Devisadero, to Sixth
avenue and California street and re-
turn to Devtsadero, to Haight and
Stanyan and to Turk and Fillmore.
Thornwen Mullaily assistant to. the
president OF the United Railroads,
appeared before the general commit
citation for himself and the corpora
tion he represents by insis ring on pre-
senting to the relief committee the
company's receipts for the preceding
day. These receipts amounted 70
sS97s.40 "Just to make this an even
$1,000 I will personally donate the ad-
5ttional sum necessary" said Mr.
Mullally
Although the committee had passed
Railroads for the splendid co-opera-
ton of the company and directing
that it retain its receipts, the COM
rrAttee agreed TO accept this one fur
ther donation and then insist that the
company keep all Of its income here
after. Mr.. Mutually further informed
the committee that the company was
extending its lines as fast as possible,
and that only few days would
be IN order for the Inauguration Of
a regular time card
This morning, upon the adjourn
ment OF the meeting Of the general
committee, Mayor Sch nnitz and other
o rcials. accompanie1 by the manage
ment of the Cnited railroads. will
make trip over all OF the lines oper-
ated by the company. At the conclu-
sion Of the trip Mayor Schmitz will
issue report az TO the condition in
which he finds the transportation of
the system. This report will be an
historical document. containing, as It
will. the facts relating 10 the 1.struc-
ton and rehabilitation nf an immense
transportation system within q limit
OF tiIne that has astoundej tho engi-
T7eere of fha vUOrlI