The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-30

virtually the last candidate to en-
ter the race. In less than a week more
than 100 signatures were on my Pc
tition. l am in this race independently
of every boss or clique and IL 1 should
be fortunate enough to be elected
mayor by the people of San Francisco I
will give the people all my time. l will
serve the people and l Will owe no al
legiance to any boss or coterie Of
bosses"
Are you in favor of the Hetch
Hetchy water project and the acquisi-
ton and development of the proposed
municipal water supply?"
Il am very much in favor of it," was
! the emphatic reply. AS a member of
the board of supervisors 1 did every
! thing in my power to put it through.
We should purchase the Spring Valley
company's distributing plant at a fair
agreed price. / do not believe in con-
demnation if it is possible to arbitrate.''
Are you in favor of continuing the
| fight made by the incumbent supervis-
ors for an IS cent gas rate, and what,
in your opinion, should be the gas
rate?"
81 believe that every corporation
| should receive fair interest on the
money invested; by that I mean the
actual value of the plant-not inflated
! stock value. If the IS cent rate will
| return fair interest it is enough.
If it will not return such a rate on the
actual value, then the company should
! be allowed more. The matter should
| be gone into fairly. but the value of the
property should be determined by the
supervisors"
| STREET RAILWAY SITUATION
! what. in your opinion, Mr.. Rock
should be done by the city in the mat
ter of the United Railroads attempt to
maintain it's monopoly in lower Market
| street,"
That" replied Rock, sis very seri-
Gus question and it affects more than
| the people who are Inconvenience by
| transferring and standing in the storm.
It affects all the people of San Fran
cisco. Horsecars on the principal bust
ness thoroughfares are not good adj
vertisement for San Francisco. The
| city should not give anything to any
| corporation without receiving some
thing in return. 1t should certainly
1 have the right to run cars down those
| tracks and over any part of any tracks
! owned by any company in San Fran
cisco. It's a difficult question, and /
| should think it might be submitted to
| the people as other questions are sub
mitted."
DO you favor resubmission to the
people of the proposed Geary street
municipal railroad bonds?"
TT should be resubmitted. While |
was a member of the board of super
visors l voted for an appropriation of
| 100000 for a conduit system and l
very strongly favored it. The major
| ity of the people want it. They have
| shown that by their votes three times.
Each time it has fallen only little
short of the necessary two-thirds. 1t
should be resubmitted, but as to the
| time 1 am not sure"
Are there any other questions of
public policy upon which you wish to
express your views for publication"
! There are. / favor more play
| grounds, especially in the outlying dis
tricts. We want parks in all sections
of the city, where the children of the
poor men can play. The outlying Sec
| tions have not been given the consid-
| Grafton they are entitled to.
This is seaport / believe San
Francisco should have broad liberal
business administration. I believe we
| should take up Immediately the install
lation and completion of high pres
/ sure system for fire protection and re-
| duce the exorbitant rates of fire in
| surance home owners and businessmen
are forced to pay. I also believe that
| our streets. sewers. schoolhouses and
hospitals should be rehabilitated as
soon as possible