The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
PLAIN PERJURY
BY TROLLEY
TRUST
United Railroads Bad Faith
Is Fully Proved in Sworn
Afidavits of It's Officers
CABLE CARS NIGHT
HAVE BEEN RUN
Arbitrators and Adjusters
Hear Conflicting Stories
of DamagetoP Power-House


The United Railroads stands con-
vtcted by It's own testimony of delib-
erately misrepresentfng the damage to
tempt to convince the public that there
was no corruption in the trolley fran
chise which IL received. Too much
protesting in too many courts has re-
vesled the fact that If the trolley fran
chise had not been given the cable
lines could have been promptly put I'm
operation, and instead of the over
crowded cars which the public has en-
dured every line that was In operation
hefOre the fire might have been running
long ago and 400 cable cars used for
months that are today idle in the COM
pany's barns.
When ThOrnweII Mutually, as acting
head of the corporation, swore to one
thing before the insurance adJusters
and protested the opposite before the
arbitratOrs he laid bare the plot OF the
United Railroads After aling afidavfts
cable lines were not damaged by the
earthquake and showing an fssfgnih-
cant fire loss the company then sent Its
underlings before the Board of Arhitra-
tfon with statements which braxenly
contradfcted the sworn testimony on
which the insurance was paid by zoo
companies to the Cnfted Railroads.
earthquake did NO damage and
10 prove fin another court that
it crippled the cable lines beyond pos
sfbflitx of repair was too much for
even the United Railroads to have un-
dertaken with safety.
by the company to the adjusters was
introduced yesterday in the arbitra-
) ton proceedings. It shows that the
Market-street system including the
Castro. Haight. McAilister and Hayes
street lines, could have been put In
operation within sixty days. while the
cable cars on Sacramento. Washington
and Powell streets might have been
running at or before the day when the
California street company resumed its
service
FACTS WERE CONCEALED
During this time 400 cable cars
have lain idle in the barns. all OF which
could have been used. and every road
which was operated before the fire
might have been running long ago.
The distressing congestion and over
crowding of the streetcars now appears
to have been deliberately forced upon
the city by the company in its des-
perate attempt to convince the public
that it had acted honestly when il
, made the protest that the trolley fran
chise was necessary to enable II to give
the prompt resumption Of service which
the public interest demanded.
To the arbitrators the officials Of the
United Railroads have told the story
that the powerhouse at the corner OF
Valencia and Market streets was sc
crippled by the fire and earthquake
that IL could not have been repaired ir
any reasonable length of time This
testimony, which was not given under
oath, was introduced to show that the
4 company had done everything in its
, power to put more cars in service and
relieve the intolerable overcrowding OF
cars Of which the men had complained
II was one of the reasons urged by
the men for an advance in their wages
The officials OF the road answered that
being done to put more cars in service
and stop the overcrowding. To. prove
this they stated-but not under bath
that the powerhouse which drove The
cable on Market, Valencia, Castro and
F1aight streets was in an impossible
condition.
The proof II loss-which is sworr
to-tells quite another story. These af
hdavits assert that no considerably
damage was done by the earthquake
and that the FIRE DANCE to the ma
chinery was less than 9 per cent Tx
quote the figures given exac1re TAs
total cost of the machinery was sll5..
s4s and the greatest loss which th'
! company could show the adjusters was
Nbut ss5s5.
DAMAGE WAS LIGHT
The two engines. which cost $4,000
were damaged by fire to the exten'
of exactly s25. Six boilers, which cos'
$40. 900. were damaged to the extent
of $4,000, while on the feed pumps. Dow
boilers and surface condensers the
company was unable to prove 10 the
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