The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24
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HFTCHY TO VOTE
Supervisors Want a Special
Bond Election Held in
November
Public Asked to Express an
Opinion of Different
Propositions

The supervisors utilities committee
recommended yesterday that the board
on Monday issue a call for special bond
issue election to be held THURSDAY,
November IL. at which the people Will
be asked TO pass on three general
propositions. These are:
Whether the city shall accept the
gilt or the Hetch Hetchy Lake Eleanor
Sierra reservoir sites, authorizing an
expenditure of s150,000 of other than
bond money in securing the private
holdings involved
Whether the city shall issue 100000
worth of 41a per cent bonds, to COM
plete the purchase of the private hold
ings and to secure the city all rights
and properties necessary to clinch the
proposition.
plant OF the County Line water COM
pany at price not to exceed 100000.
Ine Thursday instead of the Tuesday
Following the presidential election was
CHOSEN to give the newspapers the adj
ditional time to discuss the project for
the people. November IL being the last
day possible under the city's option
on the Smith lands in Hetch Hetchy.
at is proposed to retire the 100000
issue in six years, 100000 each year.
A two-thirds vote of the people will be
necessary for its adoption.
The plant of the County Line company
was virtually offered to the supervisors
yesterday for 100000, but should the
people authorize it's purchase, the board
members incline to believe $4,000 would
be reasonable figure
Chairman Giannini drew attention to
the fact that there was no present In
tention and no likelihood that the peo-
PIE would be called upon to authorize
a great bond issue in the near future
for the whole system.
The only thing to, do now" he said,
is to secure our rights and to acquire
the private holdings involved. few
hundred thousand dollars will do this.
and then the city will have secured
ute to a water supply which some
estimate to be worth, undeveloped,
sic, ,000. 900"
Three thousand men will be working
upon the new sewer construction with
In SO days" said City Engineer Man
son. We are ready to go ahead with
this proposition"
The fre commission received from
the Spring Valley company comnuni-
cation yesterday. which emphasized the
necessity of the city looking after its
own water supply In response to the
commissions request that it install 15
more fre hydrants at the new $3.50
per month hydrant rate, granted by
the BOARD or supervisors, the company
replied that 1t could not see its way
clear to new construction of the sort
demanded, especially as the installation
OF more hydrants as called for might
involve reduction in the pressure to
be maintained In the vicinity. The
commission referred to the communi-
cation to the supervisors.
The commission approved the plans
for the two new fireboats and for 5o of
the proposed cisterns; selected site
for new corporation yard at Fran
cisco and Stockton streets, President
Mccarthy favoring site at Harrison
and Tenth and received from the Van
Arsdale lumber company check of
800 to apply to the widows and or
phans fund. in recognition of the re-
cent faithful services of~the firemen at
the company's plant.