The San Francisco call., 1909-12-25
United RAILROADS
POOR SERVICE


Supervisor George A. Connolly, who
Is resident OF the Richmond district
also sees in the Geary street line un-
der municipal operation an escape for
the people OF that district from the in
adequate service OF the United Rail
roads Take the service OF the Sut-
Ter street line as an instance" said
connolly. Instead Of the Is to -
cars which are now operated over that
line there should be 40 The opera
lion OF q proper service in Geary
street would mean that the other lines
would have to meet the competition
That is realized by the people OF the
district and tley viii vote for the
Cfeary street bonds.
John W Sweeney. who has been
meeting the opponents Of the GeaTy
street line in a series of public de-
bates for the last week, declared yes
terdsy that he was sure the bonds
would carry
Il have spoken at ten meetings for
The most part in the Mission and along
tile Mission road. and at nine of those
meetings votes were taken and the
Improvement clubs before which we
spoke declared in favor Of the bonds
No vote was taken at the other place.
PROFITS ARE REALIZED
In my arguments I have pointed
out that in 30 cities in Great Britain
owner
snip is the rule. there has been
uroft made and the receipts have ex-
ceeded the expenses Of the municipal
fty Ia koenfgburg Germany. where
they have municipal ownership. there
was e division OF the prohts and each
voter received the equivalent OF $3.50
edinburgh. scotland, has made great
profits out Of its municipal operations
and pays the expenses Of street paw
ing. schools and other works with its
surplus.
On the whole yesterday was quiet
d campaign circles. but the proponents
Of the municipal system realized that
tbe paid agencies Of the United Rail
roads and the other foes of municipal
ownership would be afoot in spite of
The holiday season. and were spurred
br that 10 DO their utmost
At the headquarters Of the com
mittee in the Kamm building there
was A constant inquiry for the tags
which are being sold to advertise the
election and TO increase the campaign
fund.
1T IS difficult 10 carry on a cam
paign At this time Of the year when
ones MIND is turned toward Christ
mas. declared Mrs. Moore, one of the
public spirited women who has been
active in the campaign. To-day and
during all this last week the women
D. have considered that their first duty
was toward making their children
happy with Christmas presents. and
the men too. have been devoting their
lime TO furthering the Christmas spirit
But / think there viii come time
when the people viii realize that 2
public issue like this is Of more i'm
portance than the transient pleasures
of holiday celebration"
THE BIG MASS MEETING
All the energies of the Geary street
bond proponents are now turned toward
rhe meeting which is TO be held tonor-
row afternoon in the auditorium OF the
building trades council. Fourteenth and
Guerrero streets. Mayor elect P. H.
Mccarthy and James 9. Mcguire
are TO speak and Andrew ]. GaIlagher.
secretary Of the san Francisco labor
council, viii preside Other prominent
labor leaders viii address the meeting
Considerable comment has been
caused by q comparison of the attitude
3 Of the Merchants association on the car
service at the present time with its
stand Of some months ago.
During the fore part of this year the
Merchants association appointed Wal
Ter Manley 10 study the United Rail-
roads system and that Of other car
lines in the city and report upon their
condition The report bristled with
t.ouplafnts on every page. There has
been little improvement in the service
since the report was prepared and pre-
sented to the public. but now the Mer-
chants association, II is pointed out, is
fgbtink shoulder TO shoulder with the
same corporation in its effort TO per
+etuate the intoIerable service from
which the city suffers
Few Of the suggestions contained in
that report have been adopted by the
United Railroads. and in cases where
more cars have been put on the In