The San Francisco call., 1909-12-14
MUNICIPAL ROAD IS
BEING DEMANDED
Officials Urge Voting OF Bonds
at the Election to Be Held
December 80
Opinion of Speakers Is That the
Line Would Easily Be
Self=Supporting
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quisition and operation by the city of
both the Spring Valley and the Tuol-
umne water systems were passed last
evening at largely attended meeting
of the Richmond central Improvement
club, held at 1880 Clement street. The
club will undertake an active campaign
in support of both of these public works
and will conduct meetings. TO be ad-
dressed by City Engineer Marsden Man
son and others. prior to the elections
of December 80 and January IA.
The club appointed a committee. con-
sisting of j. A. Hammill. A. H. Norton,
H. H. Hicks, Z. w. Brewer and ]. E.
Hardy. to go before the new board of
supervisors after their Inauguration and
present to the board the needs of the
district so that appropriations sufficient
to make improvements may be made.
The sense of the meeting wassthat the
district needs concrete sidewalks, and
that the supervisors should order that
they be laid where they are not now
also be asked of the board.
The strong resolutions passed by the
club favoring municipal ownership fol-
low
Resolved. that we do heartily ap-
prove of the municipal ownership of the
Geary street railroad and do earnestly
request all voters of the district to take
an active interest in the bond election
to be held for the purpose of acquiring
that line on December 80. 1909.
Resolved that we favor the bond
election to be held on January II. 1910.
for the purpose of purchasing the
Spring Valley water plant and also the
acquisition of the Hetch Hetchy water
supply, to be owned and operated by
the city of San Francisco; and be it
further
Resolved, that the boosters commit
tee call mass meetings to be held before
the days of the elections. which meet
ings will be addressed by City En-
gineer Marsden Manson.
Resolved. that copy of these resO-
lutions be given to The Call for publi-
cation
The Richmond central Improvement
club is not affiliated with any other or
ganiza tion. but its policy is to cooper
ate with any other club on matters ben
eficial to the district
Supervisor Elect Cutten stirred the
meeting to great enthusiasm by citing
the examples of other cities and rec
ommendfng that San Francisco follow
their example Emmett Hayden, also
member of the incoming board. spoke
in similar strain. Supervisor Jen-
nings asserted that he had been pre-
viously opposed to the city's ownership
of the line. but of late years had be-
come convinced that the municipality
should take it over.
OBJECTIONABLE INFLUENCES
After dealing with the public serv-
ice corporation declared Jennings Il
have come to the conclusion that the
only way to get good government is TO
eliminate the elements that are work
ing against good government. and
these are the public service corpora
tions.'
T. p d. Gray argued that the Geary
street road would be as profitable to the
city as the Sutter street line to the
United Railroads.
..The Sutter street line takes in $780,
600 a year said Gray. Its receipts
average $50 per car per day. At
o'clock in the evening it piles 175 per-
sons on a car It's receipts on a single
outward run at this hour easily exceed
the wages of the two platform men for
the day. The city could make enough
from the Beary road to pay interest on
the bonds and to repay the cost of the
line in a very few'years."
j. b. Rawlings raised a laugh by his
solemn assertion: Il have been sar-
dined in Calhoun's cars for many years
to my entire disgust.
At the conclusion of the meeting the
committees were appointed:
Campaign committee = Supervisors
elect Cutten. Hayden, Walsh and
Healy, John Hogan, Mrs Lillian Cof-
fin, Max Pepper. r. A. Laurin. Frank
Crooks, E. r. Zion. c. w. Eastin, o. l.
Scott. John NJ Hogan. j. c. Connolly.
F. W. Griffith. Supervisors Murphy and
McLeran. Popper was named chair
man.
Finance committee. B. Rawlings |
Charles Sweigert Milton U'Ren, Dan
ieI O'ConnelI. Michael Merigan. Mrs |
Eliza Keith. r. NJ. Roche, Henry Col |
ombat, n. p. Wynne, n. c. Hassett and |
7. B. Gray.
Press committee-Walter Macarthur |
Mrs Henel Moore. Eustace Cullinan, L. |
p. E. Troy and Arthur Barendt.
1t was announced that the commit |
tees would meet every evening in the |
rooms of the board of supervisors. |
Another public meeing will be held |
Thursday evening at the same place.