The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-18

eral'; he may have been some plain.
ordinary prize fight promoter like
Jimmie Coffroth or Eddie Graney. But
come it did from human being who
wanted something and was willing to
help break down the government OF
this country to get It:
So<now, in 1905 in May. we have Mr..
Patrick Calhoun appearing on the
the United Railroads, not an officer, in
the United Railroads. Who is he?
What is he? Why. the United Railroads
has no stock holders except one. II
the kind of books 1t keeps. No stock
holder would stand for $4,000 ex-
penditure by Luther Brown that did
not show anything as TO what became
stand for 100000 expended by TREY
L.. Ford without a voucher to show
where the money went. No stock holder
would stand for money being expended
by that corporation in the manner that
has been shown here. unless it was
getting all the benefits of the eXpendi-
lures.
NEW DEVICE OF WEALTH
And SO this new device of predatory
wealth, the organization of a corpora
ton to own all the stock. the locating
of it outside of the state, having no
books in the state. SO that the courts
of the state have no control over il at
all. It is a great scheme; it is a great
lawyers who have sold the ability given
to them by God to the service Of the
devil. The corporation without a soul
fcan pay men like Luther Brown to
employees; can hire the partner and as
sociate of Luther Brown, the lawyer
who quit the employment Of the United
Railroads as a detective. so he toto
Roy, quit it as a detective two days
before the dynamiting of Gallagher S
house, two or three days before.
swore to you that he was an attorney
and an attorney only, for the United
Railroads. He did not want to be put
into that class known as detectives
whose testimony ought to be looked
upon with suspicion; and so he, Brown
was lawyer. a lawyer and he has
been associated ever since he started
practfcing law with Earl Rogers of
the employment of Rogers. Why? Why
did he recommend the employment of
Rogers? Whyg When man wants
to tamper with witnesses and take
chances of going TO the penitentiary he
wants to be sure of the lawyer TO
whom he must give the information.
That he is one who will be loyad and
true to him. who will never tell 1t, who
is bound to him something stronger
than the ties of fraternal brotherhood,
who is bound to him by the ties OF
will put either one of them in the pen
itentiary Earl Rogers the lawyer;
Luther Brown, the detective And what
kind of a detective? One who seeks
to find out what kind of crimes are
being committed by others. or one who
seeks to have witnesses leave the state
or what is equally as good, close their
mouths and decline to testify, as he did
himself. upon the ground that it would
tend to incriminate-
CALHOUN AT BANQUET
Mr.. Calhoun was here and appeared
at banquet, and at the banquet Mr.
Calhoun announced he had $4,000. 900.
That he had a telegram from Laden
prepared to expend 5000. 900 upon the
Improvement of the service in San
Francisco. What does that mean gen.
tlemen; SIS 200, 900. Why. 1t means prac-
cause we have seen from this evidence
that g. practically new and complete
system has been installed IN San Fran
cisco at cost of not to exceed $S,500.-
900, which means. IL it means any
thing. that the entire United Railroads
system of San Francisco could not pos
sibly cost over $4,000 900, cars and all,
paving of streets, laying OF tracks.
everything included. power houses and
all: S15.000.000 bonded for $4,000, 600:
s1,oO0,0 600 on note, in addition. max
$4,000, 900 preferred stock makes S75.-
600 900 upon which the people are ex-
pected to pay interest and dividends.
A property that ought not to cost and
dence, to exceed $4,000, 600, if brand
new, from one end to the other. is
expected to pay interest upon $780,
100000. and that is the milk in the
cocoanut There is where the tempta-
ton comes In. When men can by
printing presses change $4,000. 900 into
$40.000.000 over night the temptation is
too great. And when they have changed
$4,000. 900 into 100000 over night
and find that they can again, by using
the watering plant freely. change $40
tinue to burden the people of the city
with paying dividends and interest upon
ii, instead of reducing fares, they Will
do it; it is human nature. And IL
dividends upon the s75.O0O,oOO it is
necessary to economic in the cost of
operation they will do it. 1t is human
nature. And when. In order to change
the board of supervisors they will do
ii. That Is the same kind OF human
nature. "Oh, but they didn't save any
thing to amount to anything" says Mr.
King What is the evidence upon which
Mr.. King bases that? And | promised
you a demonstration on that, and ]
any time and have it off my mind
COST OF OPERATION
six hundred and fifty cars before the
fire being operated. ATS cars now; 175
cars less now than before the fire.
That is for the purpose of encouraging
suburban growth, or keeping people on
this side of the bay. running fewer
cars. make them wait longer on the
corner to get car and they are bound
to come over here to live. One hundred
and seventy-five cars less. What does
1t cost to operate It's cars? Whatever
1T costs TO operate the additional IFS
cars is what the company saves by not
operating the IT'S: is it not? That is
pretty nearly a Euclid demonstration.
Whether 1T is profit or expense, if they
don't have to pay it out it is saved !:
because If IL is expense it saves them
from running that much more. If it
is profit IL puts that much more in
their pockets; If 1t is part expense and
part profit nevertheless they are that
much ahead. How much2 The cost Of
operating 175 cars. Well. let us see
what it is, according to the testimony
that is already before you from the
company officials. The lowest rate paid
is % cents an hour to platform men.
1t runs up to 81 cents an hour. or
did; two men so cents an hour. How
many hours in year do us cars run ?
About 20 hours day. from the be-
ginning to the end of the car service?
Say 10 hours a day. as fair average
that q car runs. One hundred and
seventy-fives cars running Is hours a