The San Francisco call., 1909-08-03
WILL CLOSE STREET
. FOR RAILWAYS USE
Supervisors to Aid Western
Pacific to Secure Freight
Depot Space
Board Sidetracks Attempted
Sale of Geary Franchise and
Votes Big Appropriations

seThe coming of the western Pacific
means a great deal for San Francisco,
and this board should do nothing to
hinder its progress. 1t Is to the public
interest that the road should be given
adequate facilities for handling it's
traffic, and the closing of Langton
street involves nothing else except a
damages conceded by the company and
which ii stands ready to settle"
These views, expressed by Supervisor
Murphy at yesterdays board meeting.
met the approval of the majority, for
Broderick alone voted mo" to the reso-
luton of closure The board Of works
will advertise the proposed closing, and
any property owner may enter his pro-
test and initiate action for damages
upon the final closure of the street.
GEARY STREET FRANCHISE
An attempt to offer the Geary street
railway franchise for sale was made
yesterday by Supervisor Pollok, backed
by McAnister. Johnston, chairman of
the public utilities committee, when
the motion was presented toward the
days close and an immediate vote
asked by Pollok rose to state that the
matter was of Importance and should
first be considered in committee. 1t
was informally pointed out that the
board had alread committed itself to
contrary position--the resubmission of
the Geary proposition to the voters at
a special bond issue election in Decem-
ber.
Pollok's bill was duly packed in the
committee portfolio, McAllister and
Pollok voting No" to this disposition
of the matter.
WILL SELL HETCH HETCHY BONDS
The public utilities committee was
authorized by vote of the board to use
its discretion in the matter of selling
the $3.50, 900 worth of Hetch Hetchy
bonds still in the city treasury. The
times of sale and the amounts to be
offered will be decided by the com
mittee, as funds are needed for the
prosecution of the work. Nearly half
of the $4,000 recently sold is still
unexpended. but the entire amount will
of January.
The sum of $4,000 was voted yester-
day to enable the city attorney to
prosecute the Lake Eleanor condemna-
tion suit, to secure expert witnesses
and to carry through the citys program
in securing the reservoir site.
AS yesterdays was the last business
session of the board until the begin
ming of September. the finance COM
nittee presented an unusually large
number of bills for authorization to
enable contractors and merchants to
get their money. In bills under $500
the sum appropriated was 1928, S,279.67.
To prevent accounts and funds Gre
ated last year lapsing, the board adopt
ed resolution expressing continuing
certain appropriations totaling 1884,
215.62. Among these appropriations
were:
Dismantling city hall. ss5,5OO; con-
struction of fire alarm boxes, $3,954;
building Mission street viaduct, $4,000,
and purchase of fire alarm boxes, $500.
The board set aside 100000 for the
Lakeview primary school, 100000 for
the Sheridan primary, and $25,O00 for
engine house No. Al. 1t passed to print
the bills fixing the licenses of the COM
mercial and savings banks and referred
the petition of the North End athletic
club for the September fight permit and
of the United Railroads club for an
amateur bout September II to commit
tee.
STANDS FOR TAXICABS
Supervisors Connolly and McLeran
presented report in regard to the pc
tition of the taxicab company that four
stands per block should be allowed in
stead of the present two in which they
granted that the introduction of the
taxicabs was a matter of public con-
venience, but recommended that the
change should be made after six months
to enable the present automobile own
ers who have occupied stands to ad-
just their business to the altered con-
dition.
DAncona and McAllister took the
ground that the board had no right to
stand in the way of an admitted i'm
provement for the protection of spe-
cial interest and held that if the taxi