The San Francisco call., 1909-01-08
HETCH HETCHY wins
VICTORY IN SENATE
Meets Setback in House, How
ever, Which Will Delay the
Bill for a Week

CALL HEADQUARTERS, CHAMBER
| OF COMMERCE BUILDING. SACRA-
MENTO, Jan. Victory in the senate
and a temporary setback in the assem-
bly, were the portion of San francisco
! legislators who are trying TO put the
Hetch Hetchy resolution desired by the
San Francisco board of supervisors
through both houses in record time.
| Senator Curtin of Tuolumne con-
tinued his opposition by trying to have
yesterdays favorable vote reconsidered,
but lost out, Senator Caminetu of Anna
dor alone voting with him.
! In the assembly a motion to suspend
the rules so that the resolution might
be referred at once to the committee
on federal relations was lost by a vote
of 40 to 80.
This means an aggravating delay of
nearly a week before the resolution
can be passed through the assembly
and forwarded to Washington. The
assembly committees will not be named
before Monday and granting that the
committee on federal relations reports
the resolution favorably and that it
passes the assembly-twos strong prob
iabilities-the recalcitrant congressman
who are blocking the Hetch Hetchy
grant can not be Informed of the
wishes of the state Legislature before
the middle of next week.
Nate Coghlan made the fight for the
immediate reference of the resolution
in the assembly, while Grove L. John
son of Sacramento, Drew of Fresno and
] Otis of Alameda opposed it.
Drew said he thought the assembly
should have an opportunity to find out
what the resolution was all about. and
/ Otis had doubts as to whether Hetch
Hetchy was the best water system for
San Francisco. He also sympathized
with John Muir's sentimental objec-
tions TO the project
Coghlan admitted that he hadn't
voted for the Hetch Hetchy bonds at
the polls, but declared that San Fran
cisco wanted the resolution and ought
to have it. But the motion to refer
it to committee which needed a two
thirds vote was lost. the champions of
the motion being shy nine votes.
OAKLAND, JAN THE proposition
to bond the city of Oakland for a new
water supply to be obtained from the
Hetch Hetchy valley was favorably
discussed tonight at joint meeting
OF the water committee of the city
council and representatives of the
/ board of town trustees of Berkeley
held in the city hall. Definite action
was postponed until the bill now being
prepared by the city attorneys of Oak
land and San Francisco giving the
cities the legal right TO bond them
selves for water supply can be COM
pleted and acted upon by the legfsla-
ture. The Berkeley representatives
announced that the board of trustees
in that city had already placed their
stamp of approval upon the Hetch
Iietchy project but had deferred final
action until Chairman A. H. Giannini
of the public utilities committee of San
Francisco returns from Washington
ID. g, where he is attending congress
In the interest of the Hetch Hetchy
project
Judge James A. waymire Of Alameda
addressed the meeting in behalf of his
project to obtain a bay cities water
supply from a point on the Truckee
river four miles below Lake Tahoe.
| further discussion of the water sup
ply problem will be taken up by the
committee at meeting to be held two
weeks from tonight Those present to-
night were Councilmen Ellsworth and
Stlefvater of Oakland and Trustees
| Schmidt and Shad of Berkeley