The San Francisco call., 1906-04-05
OCEAN SHORE
IN HIGH FAVOR
Gossip in Political Camps
That Southern Pacific Is
Helping the New Line
VALUABLE FRANCHISE
Right to Construct Overhead
System to Center of the
City EXcites Comment

Politicians are predicting that the rail-
way influences of the State will not be
combined in favor of any one of the Re-
publican aspirants for the gubernatorial
nomina ton. 1t is remarked that the
fight which is being waged by the South
ern Pacific to prevent the Western Pa
cific from obtaining terminal facilities op
the bay of San Francisco will force the
Gould people to enter the arena of politics
as opponents of Hartman. There are also
indications of railway strife in the South
which may result in bringing to the poll
teal conventions as supporters of II. e.
Huntington several of the old time ma
nipulators who formerly took the South
ern Pacific programme straight.
Some months ago there was deal of
comment concerning the hostile attitude
of the Southern Pacific toward the Ocean
Shore but present gossip in political and
commercial circles is to the effect that
the two corporations have reached an
agreement wherein 1t is stipulated that
neither one shall oppose the other. 1t IS
common gossip that the leaders of the
Schmitz administration. including the
Supervisors, are quite friendly to Herrin
and the Southern Pacific. Mention is
made of the fact that the Ocean Shore
is permitted by its recently acquired
franchise TO bring the overhead electric
system into the heart of San francisco.
Moreover, 1t is noted that the Southern
Pacific instead of interposing obstacles
to prevent the Ocean Shore from cross
ing its tracks. is extending every facility
to make the crossings convenient and IN
expensive. The old corporation is not
demanding that the conduit system
within the city limits shall be constructed
by the Ocean Shore. The politicians are
therefore convinced that the two cor
porations are acting as one In the nela
of construction. and there is every IN
dication that the harmony Will be carried
into the field of politics
Frank H Short of Fresno, who recently
! returned from Washington. d. C., was
| in the city yesterday. A prominent mem
Der of the California delegation in Con-
gress writes to friend in San Francisco
that he is convinced that Mr. Short VIII
not be a candidate for Governor. Ine
topic of his rllmored candidacy was dis
cussed at the Palace Hotel yesterday
/ Mr.. Short cut the discussion short by the
remark: "You have not heard Short say
/ that he is a candidate.
! Next week George II. Pippy.. M. III. de
/ Young, Jesse B. Fuller, |. w. Heilman
| Jr and other members of the board OF
! directors of the Union League Will ap-
! point sixty delegates to represent the
! club at the Santa Cruz convention 1t is
/ presumed that the regular Republican
! County Committee, W. H. Davis, chair
man. will also provide for full repre-
sentation of the organization from each
Assembly District of San Francisco to
the Santa Cruz convention.
| Walter F. Parker of Los Angeles is In
the city.
The West End Thirty-seventh District
| Republican Club will meet at Young
! Mems Hebrew Association Hall, on Page
| street near Stanyan, this evening. The
! call for the meeting is, signed by the
organization committee-W. E. Lee, Cap
! tain Anderson, ]. C. Cairnes, H. c. Caid-
we'll and D. d. Hunt The circular says
| the meeting is called for the purpose OF
permanent organization and general
| discussion of business pertaining to the
/ Improvement and recognition of the west
! erly end of the Thirty-seventh Assembly
District. Political rumor is to the effect
that the meeting is called to recognize
the Ruef end of the Thirty seventh.