The San Francisco call., 1909-12-22
POLLOK REPLIES
OCALHOUN BY
ARRAY OF FACTS
Cites Conditions in Support OF
Charge That United Railroads
Can Not Deal Fairly
Street Railway President Says
He Will Match Records With
the Supervisors

Supervisor Allan Pollok reiterated
yesterday his declaration made Mon
day before the board, of supervisors,
in which he had asserted emphatically
that there should be a change of man
agement in the United Railroads COM
pany. He went further than he did in
his original statement when he charged
the officials of the street railroad COM
of particulars against the company.
based on his observations and expert
ences during the two years in which
he had served on the board.
The president of the United Rail-
roads swung back at Pollok in a state
ment in which he contended that the
dealings of the United Railroads with
the people have been so open that the
public has been able to determine
which of them (the streetcar company
or the board of supervisory has been
insincerep lie referred TO the change
of management in the city government
made at the last election and then
turned personally on Pollok
"As to Mr.. Pollok's personal sincerity
/ refer the public to his dealings with
the Palace hotel while he acted in a
confidential capacity said Calhoun.
Unworthy of Reply
In answer to this fling Pollok said:
Mr. lCalhoun's innuendo as TO my
connection with the Palace hotel is un-
worthy of notice and is unworthy of
Patrick Calhoun's reputation as a
fighter who uses mems weapons. Mr..
Kirkpatrick, manager of the Palace,
was my employer for 10 years and is
and has been my friend for Is years.
/ join Mr.. Calhoun in referring to my
record in the Palace hotel and l refer
to it with pride
Mr.. Calhoun has loomed large in our
courts as man with the hardihood to
lieved he would stoop to petty larceny
and, by innuendo, attempt to flch an
honorable citizens reputation"
Returning to the main subject, Pol
lok went thoroughly into the relations
between the United Railroads and the
board of supervisors, acting for. the
people. He said that the United Rail-
roads had given the city poor service
and crippled cars; that it had failed to
show fair spirit in the matter of the
Sutter street line extension in Market
street TO the ferry; that it had grabbed
a switch in Post street without right;
that it was not acting fairly in the mat
ter of the crosstown franchise; that it
had not paid anything toward the con-
struction of the Mission street viaduct,
and that its conduct in the change of
the transfers was marked by deceit
He repeated his words Of Monday in
effect that the United Railroads should
have change of management.
CaIhoun's Statement
Patrick Calhoun prepared a typewrit
ten answer to Pollok yesterday 1t fol-
lows:
December 81, 1909.
1 have read Mr.. Polloks swan
song as published in The Morning
Catl, delivered at the board of SUI
pervisors' meeting yesterday after
noon. Fortunately the dealings of
the United Railroads with the board
of supervisors have been so open
that the public has been able to
determine which of them has been
sincere. That determination was
made last November, when nearly
every member of the present board
was retired to private life by the
vote of the people. A change of
management was then made. not
of the officials of the United Rail-
roads, but of the officials of the city
government.
1t is very easy to make a charge
of deceit without specification. Any
body can do that. The dealings of
the United Railroads with the city
have been open, frank and sincere,
and Mr.. Pollok knew this to be
true when he made his charge.
AS to Mr.. Pollok's personal sin