The San Francisco call., 1908-11-11

any circulars and asked permission to
address the gathering, which was
granted by the executive committee
later in the evening.
City Engineer Marsden Manson
opened the meeting with a history of
the attempt of San Francisco to obtain
a water supply. He told of the first
town and of the final success of secur-
ing a grant from Secretary Garfield
Charts maps and stereopticon views
We're used by the engineer to demon :
strate the practieability of the pro-
posed system.
Dunn was granted the floor at the
conclusion of Manson's speech and after
conceding many points In favor of the
project, gave as his main objections to
the plan that the city engineer had
failed to specify coverings for the res
ervoirs in the city, that the secretary
of the interior had no right to make
any grant to the city and that there
were other available reservoir claims
in the Sierra that had been overlooked
by the city engineer and the board of
supervisors.
E. w. Wilson, vice president of the
American national bank. questioned
Dunn as to whether he was the owner
of any stock of Spring Valley. Dunn
replied that he was a stock holder to
small extent, but that his opinion
was not influenced by that fact. After
this admission 1t was impossible for
Dunn to continue on account of the
applause, and Supervisor Johnston was
called upon.
Johnston made a vigorous attack on
Dunn's argument, and in less than three
minutes brought the members of the
club to their feet, when he quoted to
them the clubs motto. Down With
the Knockers" The methods of the
persons who are opposing the project
were condemned by the supervisors
in strong language. In closing his
argument, Johnston said:
1t is a matter of three things, gentle
men. You are not asked to vote for a
bond issue for $50, 600, 900, but for $500. :
900. Only a sufficient amount to secure
certain lands adjacent to Hetch Hetchy
The first proposition to be voted on
next Thursday is: Do you accept the
rights of the grant of these reservoir
Second-Are you willing to authorize
a bonded Indebtedness of 100000 at
this time to get possession of all of
the necessary lands?
900 out of the funds of the city and
county for the purchase of the County
Line water company?
If you are willing that this be done,
vote YES next Thursday and register
the opinions of the citizens of San
Francisco. I'VE WANT GOOD WATER .
Supervisor Giannini also addressed
the meeting and answered the argtI-
ment of Dunn, demonstrating that the
arguments were biased The doctor
quoted from Dunn's remarks, that the
United States usually does what IL
starts out to do" which was made by
Dunn in reference to the Panama canal.
and showed that when the United States
started out to give San Francisco a
water supply that 1T would finish what
it started unless the people were con-
tent to exist on the water furnished by
Spring Valley.
Giannini again referred to the circu-
lars and proved that they were based
on Misrepresentation.
At the conclusion of Gianninis ad-
dress Dr. C. ID. Salfield introduced the
above resolution and followed II I'M
with the declaration that he was a
stock holder and bond holder in
Spring Valley and that still he was in
favor of the Hetch Hetchy and Lake
Eleanor project. DR.. SalfieId also
made the announcement that his
daughter was at the present time living
at home with typhoid fever and that
he was of the opinion that it had
been caused by drinking Spring Valley
water.
The members of the board of super-
visors and the city engineer will ad