The San Francisco call., 1908-09-29
ELECTION CALLED
I FOR WATER SUPPLY
Supervisors Select November II
for People to Vote on the
Hetch Hetchy Sites
Adopt Report of Architects That
Old City Hall Should Be
Torn Down


tion for November IL yesterday to have
the people pass upon the gift of the
federal government in the Hetch
Hetchy and Lake Eleanor reservoir
sites; to authorize the board to pro-
ceed with the acquisition of private
holdings necessary to cement the agree
ment with Secretary Garfield; and to
provide bond issue of 100000 to
pay for the same and to begin con-
struction.
A minor proposition-that of the pur-
chase of the County Line water COM
pany's plant for q sum not more than
s4O.000-was also put on the ballot for
the peoples fiat, purely to avoid a
legal tangle which might ensue should
the board neglect to pass this bona fide
offer on to the electors.
POLLOK AGAINST ELECTION
Pollok voted against calling the
election and demanded that the record
preserve his stated reason that the
board had refused" to consult the city
attorney as to the validity of Secre-
tary Garfield's grant Giannini chal-
ienged the alleged fact. Mayor Taylor
ruled that Pollok could inscribe what
ever reason" suited him. but D'Ancona
prevailed upon Pollok to change his
refusal into neglect
Broderick voted against the call, as
ne stated. solely because of "the $4O.-
200 well' which the ordinance gives
the people the opportunity to refuse,
and McAllister voted against it because
ae thought the city too poor to stand
the coming expense. Center was alb
sent
The ayes" of Bancroft. Booth, Con-
molly, D'Ancona, Comte, Murdoch
Murphy, Payot, McLeran, Giannini
Johnston, Jennings, Hooks and Rixford
passed the bill to print.
Adopting the report of Architects
Tharp, Pissis, Howard and Reid, that
the old city hall should be torn down.
the board passed to print a bill au
thorizing the letting of four contracts
to this end by the board OF works
Former City Hall Commissioner
Creswell and Attorney Frank ]. Sui.
livan We're present to protest against
this action, Creswell stating briefly
to the board that he would combat the
move on the ground that the charter
nowhere gave power to destroy" any
public building. Next Monday at 2:30
o'clock the board will take up the final
passage of the ordinance and give
Creswell and Sullivan a full hearing.
The appointment of q special commit
tee to revise the entire building law
was confirmed, the membership being as
BIaisdahl, P. H. Shaughnessy, Charles
A Day, William Galloway, William F.
Wilson and John Horgan. They will re-
port a revised measure for the ap-
proval of the board.
The board backed the artificial light
committees economy reduction In elm
mating the central arc lights on Van
Ness avenue and the cluster gas lights
on Devisadero street. as well as nume-
rous isolated arc lights.
TO BUILD FIRE BOATS
The board finally passed the bills
authorizing the construction of two fire
boats, fire cisterns and power stations
of the auxiliary fire protection system
and postponed action one week on the
school appropriations pending the
board of education's approval of the
final plans. Commissioner Boyle as
sured the board this would be immedi-
ately done.
Despite Attorney Walter Linforth's
promise for his client, Contractor
Woodruff, that mining" operations at
the quarry located at Twenty-sixth and
Douglass streets would be carried on
in perfectly "noiseless, dustless.
harmless. inoffensive" underground
way the board by a decisive vote again
refused to grant a blasting permit, and
many men and women, residents In the
vicinity, withdrew after breaking the
boards bylaw that there shall be no
applause" in the chamber. The mayor
admonished the citizens present, but
the board members before the day was
over created vastly greater confusion
in the procedure at a number of juno
tures
The judiciary and street committees
will Thursday afternoon consider the
Western Pacific franchise.