The San Francisco call., 1908-11-10
ASSURES CITY OF
| CONGRESS- SUPPORT
Hon. E. A. Hayes Emphasizes
Necessity of Voters Approv-
ing of Hetch Hetchy Grant
IrOquOis Club IndOrses Bond Is
sue Proposition for Water
System

Assurance Thai SOilST TESS WOulQ TaIlIy
and make perpetual the grant of Sec
retary Garfield to the city of reservoir
rights in Hetch Hetchy valley and Lake
Eleanor, if the voters Thursday indorse
the project at the polls. was given the
board of supervisors yesterday by Con-
-gressman E. A. Hayes Hayes promised
his own support to the measure, as
both Senator Flint and Senator Perkins
had done before him. He emphasized
the necessity of the people setting the
stamp of their approval upon the grant
by their votes at the coming election.
Writing from San Jose under date of
Saturday, November Z, HAYES said:
Il have no doubt that we shall be
able to secure the passage of an act of
congress at the coming session ratify-
ing the grant made by the secretary
of the interior of the reservoir sites at
Lake Eleanor and Hetch Hetchy valley,
provided of course, that the grant is
approved by the citizens Of San Fran
cisco at the coming election. 1 GER
tainly shall be glad to do anything to
that end that lies in my power
INDoRsED BY IROQUOIs
After reading, the letter was spread
upon the minutes and referred to the
public utilities committee.
The Endorsement of the Iroquois club
of the Hetch Hetchy bond issue propo
sition, to be voted upon Thursday,
was received, as we'll as that of the
Merchants association.
On Connolly's motion the board re-
quested the city attorney to seek
modificati tion of the gas and water re-
straining orders issued by the federal
circuit court which, while not per-
mitting citizens to file a multitude
of injunction suits against the shutting
off of water and gas. would restrain
the companies from proceeding to this
extreme in cases where patrons prof
fered the full amount of the gas or
water bill upon the basis of the legally
declared rate
The request that the polytechnic
high school share equally with the
other high schools in the partition of
bond issue money for building, pre-
ferred by the board of education, was
referred to the committee on education.
The license ordinances, requiring a
S. payment and the approval of :. the
police commission for the issuance of
one day permits for the sale of liquor,
went over one week. The board heard
Attorney Kennedy and Rev. Mr.. Doane
of the church federation on the sub
1ect, each protesting against the legal
izing of the all night sale of liquor at
masquerade balls, ETC., as demoralizing
in tendency.
YARD ON LIBRARY SITE
The petition of the library trustees
for $1.350 to repair the sidewalks sur
rounding the library block in Van Ness
avenue came to the board through
recommendation of the board of works.
1t was referred to the finance commit
tee, which had already considered the
proposition direct. Rixford moved that
the trustees be asked to allow part of
the block to be used temporarily for
corporation yard, saying this would
save the city $500 per month rental.
The mayor, on request, being a library
trustee himself. stated he believed that
body would hold itself legally incapable
of granting the use of the lot. He
asked Supervisor Murphy il he were not
one of the attorneys who had secured a
court ruling to that effect when the
Gallagher board sought to put tenn
porary'' city hall on the block. Murphy
replied: But the situation was a little
different then"
The political situation, perhaps, but
not the legal" replied the mayor.
The matter was again referred TO the
finance committee.
Murphy introduced a resolution ask
ing the president to keep the battleship
fleet in the Pacific. McAllister thought
the board ought not to interfere in the
management OF the navy, and a num-
Der of the members not taking kindly
TO the matter it was referred to COM
mittee for further consideration.
Rixford asked that the board of works
receive nudge to put back the city
hall steps, removed for curbing, but
Mayor Taylor said he had already seen
to this and that the steps were going
back. Just an excess of ZEAL mur-
INJURED the mayor.
OFFERS LOT TO CITY
The board accepted the proffer of L.
Render for lot in Vermont street be-
tween Humboldt and Twenty-second for
$1,000. wanted as part of the site of the
ipowerhouse proposed in connection with
the new S2,000,000 city and county hos
pital. Broderick opposed the purchase
| as piecemeal affair, holding that the
entire two blocks contemplated should
be secured If needed. All the other
members supported Rixford's recon-
mendation that the lot be bought as a
basis for further condemnations. If
necessary
The mayor appointed Supervisors
Murphy. Murdock and Payot to act as
the citys representatives at the meet
ing of the league of California munich
palities in Sacramento November 1920.
| The protest of the Ocean View pron-
erty owners club against the encroacb-
ment of the Southern Pacific company
upon Sickles avenue was referred IN
the street committee.
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