The San Francisco call., 1906-05-29

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the subcommittee on transportation.
made known to the reconstruction
committee of forty yesterday that the
railway companies having terminals
established here had reached detl-
mite agreement as TO the prices they
would charge for the removal of de-
bris from the burned district AS the
railroads have settled this important
question, the hundreds of contractors
that have been awaiting their decision
may now go to work, and within the
week the removal of debris will begin
The report of the transportation
committee follows:
Your committee on transportation held
several meetings with representatives of
the transportation companies for the pur-
pose of securing some agreement or plan
by which debris could be exped1tlously
removed from the burned district and
the result is that an understanding has
been reached between these transporta-
ton companies, namely, the Southern Pa
San Francisco, the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad Company and the
Ocean Shore Railway Company, by which
their temporary tracks laid especially for
the purpose of removing debris and also
certain of their permanent tracks are to
be united under one control and so oper-
ated for the purpose of removing debris,
and your committee attaches hereto and
makes part hereof copy of a communica
tion received from said railroad companies
which sets forth this arrangement and
also the rates to be charged by them
for this service Your committee, after
full investigation, believe that the ar
rangement made will provide as efficient
means as can be had for the prompt re-
moval of debris and at rates which will
closely approximate the actual cost of this
work. We are assured by the representa-
tives of the railroad companies that these
rates are as near to the actual cost of
this work as can be estimated beforehand
The present temporary tracks do not
extend sufficiently through the burned
carrying away this debris and it will
be necessary to extend these tracks with
spurs as far as practicable to the different
sections of the district. and in order that
this may be done to the end that the
burned district may be rapidly cleared
of all debris it is earnestly desired that
there shall be full cooperation on the
part of the municipality as well as of all
contractors and property owners inter
ested. The companies interested desire to
do this work as rapidly. as possible and
of course of general interest that such
work shall be completed as soon as pos
sible and normal conditions of business
restored
Your committee is not advised as to
the changes in grade which are proposed
within the burned district but in view of
the fact that Market street is considerably
below grade and also that other streets
may be raised above their present level
your committee suggest that the adjacent
debris might be used jim filling in and
raising these streets and thus save to
property owners the cost of transporting
the same away over these roads and at
the same time save the expense to the
municipality of obtaining material for the
purpose of filling in these streets and
also expedite this work. Your committee
therefore recommend that the proper COM
mittees having jurisdiction OF the filing
In ana changing OF grades of streets and
also the Board of Public Works give this
matter immediate attention.
OUTLINE or PLANS.
In response to the request that the
various transportation committees file
with the committee schedule of rates
and an outline of plan for the removal
OF debris. the Southern Pacific,
through E. E. Calvin, vice president
and general manager; the Atchison.
Topeka and Santa Fe, through A. G..
Wells, general manager; the United
Railroads, through Thornwell Null
lally, assistant to the president, and
the Ocean Shore Company, through j.
Downey Harvey, vice president, Of
fered the following agreement. which
was made part of Mr.. Mullally's re-
port to the reconstruction committee:
Pursuant to the request of your COM
mittee that the several TRANSPORTATION
companies communicate to you in writing
their rates and such plans as they deem
would be of assistance for removing de-
bris from the burned district of San
Francisco, the undersigned railroad COM
panies, namely, the Southern Pacific
Company, the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe Company. the United Railroads
OF San Francisco and the Ocean Shore
Railway Company, beg to say:
In order that the debris may be re-
moved as quickly as possible and that
the transportation charges to the prop
erty owners should be practically at cost,
the said companies have united in the
following plan and purpose:
The undersigned railroads have agreed
to place. all of their temporary tracks
now or hereafter TO be constructed for
the purpose of removing debris within
the limits of the city of San Francisco
and also certain permanent tracks here
matter described under the control and
management of the United Railroads of
San Francisco. which company will oper-
ate such tracks for the removal of de-
bris from the burned district. Mr.. J. B.