The San Francisco call., 1909-12-21
700 men IN FIELD
THE BONDS
Public Aroused by the Campaign
Against Project for Mu1ic=
ipal Street Railway
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meeting. Preparations are also being
made for great public gatherings.
The unions have for some time beer
considering the question as to bringing
out full vote Felt and composition
roofers union No 20 took the initia
step last night by ordering part holi-
day December 80, the election day. The
members will report for work at IL
o'clock in the morning. The two hours
/ ing.
! The proponents of the bond issue
were doubly encouraged last night
when full plans were completed for the
sale of tags and announcement made al
the same time that George Williams
Hooper, the local capitalist, had con-
| tributed 500 to the cause.
Favors Bond Issue
Hooper is interested in large lumber
and shipping enterprises. He made his
/ gift through Supervisor elect Edward
L. Cutten in the following letter:
Mr.. Edward L. Cutten-Dear Sir:
| inclose herewith my check for
/ 500. which 1 wish you would use
as you think most advantageous
| toward the election in favor of the
| Geary street bonds. 1 am thor
oughly in favor of this proposition,
can not see how anybody who is
| interested in the future of San
| Francisco can justify themselves
in opposing the measure.
The objections publicly made by
the press and others, coming from
the source which they evidently
| do, seem to me to show that it is
the United Railroads and their
friends who are opposing the prof.
ect, and that they are not doing
so from the standpoint which they
| pretend, but evidently for the pur-
pose of finally obtaining this fran
chise themselves, and from the fear
| that if this passes the future will
tend to weaken the securities of
these companies, and also weaken
their firm hold upon the transpor-
tation of this city.
1t certainly appears to me that
those who have the interests of
the city at heart, without any self
ish motive, should favor the carry
ing of this project.
GEORGE WILLIAMS HOOPER.
Tags to Be Sold
To- 1.ao -,
street car with the word Yes stamped
upon it, will be placed on sale b the
public today. The tags will be dis
tributed from the headquarters, room
sol of the Kamm building at III Mar
ket street. The committee desires thar
all men, women and children inter-
ested assist in the sale of the emblems
Two prizes of $40 each have beer of
fered to the boy and girl selling the
greatest number of tags.
This feature will be entirely in
charge of the women. Mrs Lillian
Harris Coffin has a big corps of assist
ants who will arrange to place the
tags on sale in every quarter of the
city. Those who participate in the
work may obtain tags from either the
headquarter sor from the following
district leaders, Thirty fourth, Mrs
Florence Hartell, 3944 Seventeenth
street; thirty fifth, Mrs. r. Albrecht
A Lappidge street; thirty seventh
Emil Pohli, 1873 De Long avenue;
thirty ninth, Mrs. ]. j. Pratt, Point
Lobos avenue; forty-first. Mrs. Lillian
Harris Coffin, 1920 Pacific street
forty-fourth, Nine. A. M. N. Guistui
Filbert street, and Mrs. Emma Gray
1858 Pine street. Mrs. Emma NJ
Stehlin will be in charge at headquar-
ters in the Kamm building.
The committee has $4,000 tags on
hand and will print more as the neces-
sity arises. 1t is figured that the sale
of this number will bring in sufficient
revenue to enable the campaign COM
mittee to circulate literature pointing
out the advantages to be derived from
the municipal operation of the Geary
| line.
Labor Union Acts
The first of tho lahor unions tn daa