The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11
The United
Railroads in
Gumshoes

q" nOiseless
Gumshoes pose OF pulling down enough votes in the
I board let the Calhoun company practically
take what the way OF further franchises privileges
1t only electric permit for outer
from Suer down the ferry granted
shut any municipality owned and operated line cy
main horOugare but franchise arranged
to keep possible competition off Valencia
The traction monopoly has changed in nothing methods
1t offers specious compromises them does it
surrender particle of its past contentious policy
expressed in the "The public Mr.
Joseph Reddng the chief of franchise geters
past master the plausible aabity says precisely
what the ud and blunt Black Muay been
ing but he it pleasantly Even the accomplished
kedding constrained to when pinned down that
United Railroads determined that have
municipal railroad compete with existing monopoly
Just Spring Valley contends that the city has right perfect
the Heth Hetchy grant until bought Spring Valley Spring
Valleys figures the United Railroads. speaking with Mr. Red
dings voice the city has right railroad
At all events, the traction is bent
Market street against municipality owned line
little while ago company declared that the
reason why would not agree to let competing
the Market Geary street to the
ferry that feared competition of the wicked people
who active prosecuting for procuring by means
OF bribery To this the supervisors to grant
the desired electric permit the the tracks
covered by should be opened municipality and operated
road This declined Redding stating that
his client will agree accept permit and open the tracks to
the G system provided the latter road now operated on
suerance franchise sold present
owners Obviously he that shall be United
Railroads.
At the the United Railroads
IN much the the Devsadero franchise 1t
still refuses bid in The working through
apparently independent company practically same as in
the OF the dummy Sutter company Tt will not
have the franchise but terms call
Tor grant carefully stocked with bugs for purpose of shut
ting possibility of competition further purpose
OF taking the last shred of the pubs rights the streets
affected Chiefly the greedy traction monopoly is concerned 70
OF Valencia from falling the ten block pro
vision the city charter highly significant that the Chronicle
whose educational contract the Home telephone comnany
was exposed before the Oliver grand jury urging super
sors to grant the cosstown franchise bugs is the
duty OF the the Chronicle for the CON
venience of the public getting part of the cv 70 the
other without the slightest regard immoral char
acter OF the operating company any of its Sol Once
the moral issue may be damned
fortunate for the city charter expressly provides
Tor just such that of the Market street and
the Valencia street portion of the franchise The ten
block reservation appears for these cases II
not be evaded And also fortunate the city that
majority OF the board Of supervisors merely honest
but clear headed WELL recognizing their under the
seeing of the citvs streets one f A
valuable privileges they to guard Happlv majority
OF the board proof clustering of the Blacks and
Muals the OF citizens who only self interest
the amo OF kept newspapers and paid agato and even against
the smooth peruasveness OF such do advocates Reddng
ME- Payne tariff puts duty pound on cocoa which
is the material OF chocolate 1t fundamental principle
Of the protective theory that of aterials-o
manufacture is impotic, because it is hurtfu
Cnchine the the class of industries which is desired
Chocolate bean levied oP o on the nn cocoa
grown here. But considerable
/ 80 quantity of cocoa is manufactured into choco-
late California in other parts of the United States It is
beneficial industry, employing many imposition Of
the heavy proposed duty the material limit
production because the of price curta
the demand
The protection for them