The San Francisco call., 1909-06-24
GEARY STREET BONDS
IN VOTERS HANDS
San FranciscO's Right to Own
City Streets Hinges on
Result of Election
Municipal Railroad IndOrsed by
All Civic and Commercial
Organizations
continued From pnrr i

o'clock tonight During the u hours
the people of the city viii be afforded
an opportunity to solve one OF the
greatest problems that now confronts
them.
GOWN YOUR OWN STREETS"
vote for the Geary street bonds:
own your own streets"
That was the slogan Of bond issue
boosters who circled the city last even
ing in automobiles. stopping here, there
and every place where crowds were
thickest TO put final arguments before
the voters in short concise Eve minute
speeches.
Two parties OF speakers made the
rounds Of the business district north of
Market and in the Mission and every
where a stop was made the streets be-
came Jammed with listeners. At some
points there were one or two individ-
usls in the crowds 20 shout protests
when the banners were first read. but
each time as the automobiles pulled
away after the speakers had pounded in
point after point Of telling argument
there were nothing but cheers and
shouts OF encourag cement as goodbys.
Each automobile was decorated with
banners bearing the legend. 'Geary
Street Bond Election Tomorrow Vote
YES" and each contained its compile
mcnt OF good extemporaneous orators.
sincere in their purpose and virile i'm
their arguments. The issue was met
sQuarely and forcefuliy every time a
halt was made. and voters were urged
70 do their duty today and cast their
ballots in favor OF municipal manage
ment of the municipality owned road.
In one automobile which visited the
Mission the speakers We're Attorney
Charles Wesley Reed. Walter Macar-
thur Richard Cornelius and f. p. r.
Troy. Stops were made at Sixteenth
and Mission streets and at Twenty
second and Mission streets. at each of
which places the speakers held the
crowds for nearly an hour. And the
crowds We're Of magnitude that
pressed around the car from which the
speakers made their addresses and
blocksded sidewalks and street. Cars
had difficulty in forcing way through
the jam. and all the speakers declared
that the audiences were the largest and
most enthusiastic they had met during
the campaign. AS each speaker con-
cluded. the listeners shouted back their
promises to get out today and put the
Gesry street bond issue through.
CROWDS CHEER SPEAKERS
The second automobile carried Ar
thur II. Barendt OF the board OF health.
Police Commissioners Charles A. Swell
Eert and John W. Sweeney, the well
known labor leader From Third and
Market streets, where the first appesls
were made. the car progressed up
Kesrny street to Portsmouth square
where another crowd spplauded the ar
guments put before them. Another
stop was made at Broadway and Mont
gomery avenue, and then. after circling
the northern section OF the city, a run
was made TO Fillmore street. More
speeches We're made by Sweeney and
Barendt at Sutter and Fillmore streets
and at Eddy and Fillmore.
At Sutter and Fillmore a small
blockade was caused by the throng
which gathered around the automobile,
and after the speakers in the car had
finished their talks Charles Alpers was
hoisted into the machine and followed
them with an additional appeal.
Throughout the trip Sweeney kept the
crowds along the way alive TO what
was going on by shouting arguments
20 them through megaphone.
COMPETING ROAD URGED
BY the speakers of both parties the
actual facts concerning the proposed
bond issue were whipped into telling
and convincing argument. The fact
that the United Railroads is fighting
the issue tooth and nail was advanced
as one Of the, strongest reasons why
the matter should carry, and some
pointed references were made 10 the
methods Of Patrick Calhoun and the
corporation officials who have stolen
the citys streets and given in return
only the poorest of service. A COM
peting road was declared by the speak
ers the best means of forcing the
United Railroads TO improve its service,
and Il was shown that by no possibility
could such a road fail 10 pay the city
a large income on its investment, re-
sulting in the raising Of wages and the
lowering OF taxes.
Durng the noon hour yesterday SINH
lar speeches were made by George A.
Tracy Of the typographical union, Wal
ter Macarthur, Richard Cornelius and
Charles Wesley Reed at the Union iron
works and at the mail dock Big
crowds gathered at each place and an
enthusiastic response was accorded the
speakers. II was pointed out that the
bond propositions voted upon Tuesday
failed TO carry because Of the failure OF
the voters 20 so TO the polls and be-
cause of the existence OF local
3ealousies. Every man was urged to
raise civic pride above sectional
jealousy and 10 vote today in favor OF
the Geary street bonds.
BOND VICTORY EXPECTED
That there is no necessary connection
between the outcome OF the Tuesday
bond election and the result Of today s
voting is the opinion expressed by the
men who are making the campaign for
the municipal administration OF the
Geary street railway.
The dissimilsrity OF the projects and
the evident difference Of viewpoint on
the part OF the voter are instanced as
reasons Tor thinking that victory FOR
the Geary street railway bonds may
follow on the heels OF the defeat OF
eight out OF nine propositions voted on
the day before yesterday.
in the first place IL is pretty gener-
ally thought that the vote viii be
larger today than 81 was Tuesday. on
account Of the greater interest which
has been taken in the project of .
municipality ownod and operated street
railway Besides the dissatisfaction
which is ovc~ywhere felt over the
wretched car service given by the
CnIted Railroads is expected TO express
iSself In heavy voting FOR the bonds
sust as happened when the Hetch
Hctchy bond election gave the voters
Carnival nt Healdsburg
Friday and SATURDAY. June eS and e6