The San Francisco call., 1906-04-06
POLES FAVORED
BY NEW BODY
Association Presents Peti-
tion Supporting Overhead
Wires on Sutter Street
CLUB TO ENTER PROTEST
Improvement Organization
Objects to Plans Adyo-
Gated in Paper Circulated

The organization known as the Greater
San Francisco Association, with Offices at
53a Market street, is engaged In getting
signatures to a petition from property
owners and also residents and tenants Of
business houses on Sutter street for a
trolley for that tharoughfare. "A Call rep
resentative visited the Office of the asso-
citation yesterday afternoon and found
ciersk and stenographers busily employed
in transcribing signatures that had been
secured for a Sutter street trolley< sys-
tenn The petition sets forth that 1t is de-
sired by the signers of the petition that q
trolley shall be constructed as early as
possible on Sutter street. The petition
was addressed to the Board OF Super
visors of San Francisco.
The petition is directly opposed to the
aim of the Sutter Street Improvement
Club. which has already secured the Sig
natures OF Is per cent of the property
owners on Sutter street in opposition to
the construction of an overhead trolley.
The trolley is favored and advocated by
the United Railroads
officers of the Sutter Street Improve
ment Club learned yesterday that the
Greater San Francisco Association was
circulating q petition. and have decided
to call the attention of all owners of SUIT
communication will be sent to each OF the
persons concerned in real estate on the
thoroughfare in question. This will reach
its destination today.
Many persons who were asked to sign
the petition of the Greater San Francisco
Association declined TO affix their names.
Among this number was j. Herzog. doing
business at 40 Sutter street. Mr.. Herzog
is the secretary Of the Oceanside Improve
ment Club. According to Mr.. .Herzog, the
person who handed him the petition in
street said, when questioned, that the
United Railroads was back of the petition.
Mr.. Herzog will call the attention of the
Oceanside Improvement Club TO the over
head trolley proposition so he said last
evening. He had no doubt. he said, that
the club would oppose it.
AT the Office of the Greater San Fran
cisco Association ii was said yesterday by
Mitchell Phillips. the manager of the as
sociation. that a petition to the Board OF
Supervisors favoEing an overhead trolley
system on Market street had also been
prepared.
Frank ]. Sullivan, president of the SUIT
ter Street Improvement Club. said yester-
day that agents OF the United Railroads
were getting signatures for Sutter street
trolley But said Mr.. Sullivan. II have
the assurances of majority of the present
Board of Supervisors and of Mayor
Schmitz that they will not favor the over
head trolley on Sutter street l have also
the signatures of rs per cent OF the prop
erty owners on the Sutter street system
protesting against the overhead trolley
The following appeal TO property
owners and tenants was sent out yes-
terday asking them not TO sign the Pc
tition for an overhead system:
To property owners and tenants the line
of the Sutter-street railway system: 9
understand that petition is. being clrcuiateo
among property owners and tenants along what
Is called the Sutter-street system OF the united
Railroads Of San Francisco, asking the super
vsors to give permission .or sne .his iise
We believe the construction Qf an overhead
trolley system 10 be unsightiy. dangerous ana
not in keeping with the endeavors OF the cit-
gems of san Francisco 10 secure for the city
the best in every line OF Improvement. II -
our purpose to give TO San Francisco eonduit
electric ear system. and we ask the eiuzehs se1
TO cooperate with US in every. way pcss'pir.
and above all things not to Yield to tne greed
OF the 1ni,su ,,.,s,. ,b,s nhea,, overhead con-
struction In order that they may squeeze more
money out of the community for the benent OF
their Eastern shareholders.
We further believe that sound business judg-
ment will move the United Railroads to in
stall the conduit electric system II they are
prevented from installing the overhead trolley IN
order that they may make the saving In power
and efficiency resulting from operating the
electric conduit as compared with cost of
operating the cable line. We are reliably In
formed that the saving to the United Railroads
will approximate the sum of S7o,eoD per anntm
II they are permitted to change from the cable
to the electric conduit on the Sutter- street
system.
we ask that you do not sign the United
Railroads petition. but stand firm with us In
opposition to the overhead trolley. Respect
fully CLAUS SPREcKELS,
JAMES ID. PHELAN.
RUDOLPH SPRECKELS-