The San Francisco call., 1909-01-16
SAN FRANCISCO
HARBOR BONDS
WILL BE ISSUED
Legislature Will Authorize IS
suance of SS,OOO,OOO for Im-
proving Local HarbOr
Committee Also Recommends
Purchase of Land at IsIais
Creek Basin
Many Other HarbOrs of the
State Will Be Improved
by Sale of Bonds

Two special bond issues TO provide
for the improvements OF san Francisco
harbor win be authorized by the state
legislature-one providing for sl,OOe,OOO
in bonds for the purchase of Islais
creek basin; the other an omnibus
measure providing sS.00O,o0o for the
general Improvement of san Francisco
-harbor. the money to be expended by
the state board Of harbor commits
sioners ana the seawan commission
according 10 the understanding of men
interested in the movement
These two measures will be substi-
futed for the recommendations Of the
5oint committee on harbors Of the legis-
lature Of which Senator Leroy H.
Wright of san Diego is chairman.
There is little difference in the scope
Of the various schemes. save that the
Legislative committee recommended a
bond issue OF s10.s5O.OOo against the
total Of ss.o0o.OoO favored by the San
Francisco organizations. The legisla-
tive committee, Furthermore. would ap-
portion stated sums for stated improve
ments. while sS.OOO.ooO under the alter
nate measure would be used as the au-
thorities saw fit and the conditions and
growth of the harbor required
BOTH MEASURES SOMEWHAT ALIKE
In spirit the two propositions are
not antagonistic. but rather are simply
two ways Of expressing the same gen
eral idea, according TO C. c. Moore,
president OF the chamber of commerce.
James McNab, president elect of the
chamber. and Andrew NJ Davis, presi-
dent Of the Merchants association
The reoommendations Of the joint
committee on harbors are included in
its report. which is now ready to be
submitted to the legislature. The
committees work included an inVestd
cation into the needs Of all harbors OF
California Oakland and San Pedro
however. are excluded from the recon-
uiendations for financial assistance, as
the committee reports that the inter
ested municipalities wish 10 retain con-
troll Of those bodies.
BOND ISSUE RECOMMENDED
In eli the committee recommends
bond issues Of s1O.s50.0 for San Fran
cisco and $500, 600 for San Diego, and
appropriations OF S25.0OO for Humboldt
bay and $4,000 for the dredging and
Improvement Of Petaluma creek. The
t members Of the committee are Senators
Leroy A. Wright, Z. /. Wolfe and T. J
Kennedy and Assemblymen Walter
Leeds Percy Johnson and Louis Stroll
It's recommendations regarding SaI
Francisco harbOr are for bond issue:
for the following amounts;
Three million dollars for building Z
seawaU and appurtenances.
SIX million five hundred thousand
dollars for building wharves and docks
Fifty thousand dollars for extending
repairing and Improving the belt line
railroad.
one million dollars for the purchase
OF land at Islais creek basin.
-Four hundred thousand dollars fol-
dredging IN the port Of San Francisco
SENATOR WEIGHS BILL
senator WEIGH has already introduced
bin TO authorize the issue Of 1,000, 00G
bonds for the purchase Of So blocks Of
submerged land at Islais creek, and yes
terday Attorney Allen Wright for the
Merchants association and the allied
commercial bodies completed his work
OF drawing UP the omnibus bill for the
IS. 5000 600 bond issue. Both it and the
1slais creek bonds are to run for a
d. years. the sinking funds in each case
not to be created until 1928
Andrew n Davis, president of the
Merchants association, said yesterday
that he believed that the recommenda-
lions Of the joint harbor committee
would not be put in the form Of a bill
Davis said that while the Legislative
committee has recommended bonds fol
100000 and odd. he believed thai
50 .0O0. 600, including the Islais creek
purchase bonds. win be sufficient This
money IS to be spent at the discretion
OF the seawall commission and the state
board Of harbor commissioners. and is
NOT TO be settled on hard and fast pro-
iects. which. as the harbor develops
may not be so much an Improvement as
other improvements.
G. Q. Moore and James AfcNab. the
president and president elect Of the
chamber Of commerce. said that the bill
being prepared here would undoubtedly
meet with the approval Of the legisla-
ture.
IsLAIs CREEK BILL DISCUSSED
Matt J. Sullivan, who drew up the
. Islais creek purchase bond act, and Al
len Wright had a conference yesterday
over the two local measures and will
hold another talk today on the same
matter. SEllivan's bill has already been
introduced by Welch. and Wright's is
about to be submitted to the San Fran
cisco delegation at Sacramento.