The San Francisco call., 1908-09-12
BLANKET BID FOR
! BONDS IS FAVORED
Supervisors Utilities Committee
Recommends Acceptance of
Rollins-Harris Proposal
Engineer Manson and Architect
Tharp Have Plans Ready
for Municipal Work

Relying upon Dillon g. Hubbard's
telegraphed opinion that the Rollins
Harris blanket bid of s3,514,5 $50 for all
the municipal bond, issues offered was
a binding and valid proffer to the city,
the supervisors public utilities COM
mittee disregarded yesterday the pro-
test of A. IT. Brock representing the
New York combination Of Speyer, Hal
sey and the National City bank. and
recommended that the board should
accept the highest offer. There is
virtually no doubt that the board will
vote the bonds to the Rollins Harris
people Monday.
Mayor Taylor stated yesterday that
the Dillon & Hubbard opinion uphold
ing the validity of the contested bid
went merely to the point that the bid
was binding obligation and did not
touch upon the city's position as re-
CARDS the exclusion of a blanket bid.
DR.. Taylor said his own view upon this
point was that the city had expressly
excluded such a bid in its proposal and
should stand by that exclusion. He
added that the matter was before the
supervisors, not himself. and gave no
intimation as to his own action when
the resolution of acceptance comes be-
fore him for approval. 1t is not likely
that he will interpose a veto to the
boards acceptance, and there is less
likelihood still that the board would
sustain his negative by the necessary
five votes should he do so.
TROUBLE FOR AUDITOR
DR.. Taylor called attention yesterday
to one embarrassment arising from the
submission of the blanket bid. It's
acceptance will leave the auditor all at
sea as to the respective amounts with
which to credit the four bond issue
accounts for schools, fire protection sys-
tenn, sewers and hospital Deputy Audi
tor Mathewson said a distribution by
direct arithmetical proportion would be
inequitable, as the long term bond is
sues were relatively more valuable than
the short term bonds. but how much
more valuable was a matter which no.
body on earth could finally settle. He
suggested that the firms own segrega-
tion was an impartial and disinterested
distribution which might be accepted
as an approximation.
Supervisors Giannini, Murphy and
McLeran united In unanimously recon-
mending the Rollins Harris bid and
their decision met the approval of the
other supervisors present in the boards
chambers
WORKING PLANS READY
City Engineer Manson stated yester-
day in response to the inquiry of the
working plans for the fire protection
system were ready and that the 81, ,075.-
600 to be received for the first INSTALL
ment of fire bonds might be put to
work as soon as the contractors could
figure on the job and contracts could
be let.
The same thing was true of the work
ing plans for sewers, he said, the Of
flee being prepared to prosecute this
100000 proposition Immediately.
City Architect Tharp stated that
plans for half a dozen of the permanent
schoolhouses were ready for the con-
tractors figuring and work on them
would be prosecuted at once.
Chairman Giannini informed the Rol-
lins- Harris representatives that the city
would require, in all likelihood, $1,000,-
600 per month to carry on the work.
The city was assured that this sum
would be forthcoming. Bullard stated
that the firms would cooperate with
the city in. supplying the money as
needed in order that as little idle in
terest as possible would have to be
paid by the municipality.