The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-14
SUPERVISOR WILL
LEAVE THE BOARD
Giannini Sends His Resignation
to the Mayor to Take
Effect Monday
Pressure of Private Business
Given as Reason for Retiring
From Public Service

Supervisor Giannini sent his resig-
nation as a member of the board to
Mayor Taylor yesterday. He asked
that his withdrawal take effect next
tuesday. May IS. thus allowing him to
participate in next Mondays board
meeting. at which time the BIDS will
be opened for the 100000 worth of
Hetch Hetchy bonds AS head OF the
public utilities committee, Giannini has
taken the leading part in all the steps
by which the city has acquired the be-
ginnings of it's Sierra water supply.
The reception of bids on the first
Hetch Hetchy bonds marks the COM
pletfon of the first cycle in the city's
progress toward obtaining its own
water supply from the mountains, and
although DESTROYS on account of his
personal business demands to return TO
private life, Giannini stayed on for
several months to round up the analrs
connected with this major project.
NOT HAsTY ACTION
Upon returning from Washington,
several months ago, Giannini infor-
mally apprised the mayor OF his 1n-
tention of retiring from the board. He
stated yesterday that he had remained
on through the fixing of rates for the
various public service corporations. the
steps in Hetch Hetchy matters, ETC.,
because he would not pull out with
these jobs ahead of his colleagues.
Increased duties connected with his
executive position in the Bank of Italy
and the impossibility of attending to
these and at the same time putting
vigor and effort into municipal affairs,
were the causes which he stated to the
mayor led him with regret to sever
his connection with the administration
My heart has been in this work,
said Giannini yesterday, and l am
very sorry now to have to give up my
connection with the board 1t has be-
come impossible, though, for me to
keep up my end of the work and at
the same time to attend to the duties
have assumed in connection with the
bank. Either one is enough to take all
OF ones time and effort. | did not
think I could do justice to the city
and carry on the bank work at the
same time. / can now take up the
latter unineumbered and will be able
to give attention to practice in con-
sulting capacity as we'll
No one has yet been mentioned in
connection with the vacancy on the
board. 1t is believed that either SUI
pervisor Johnston or Murphy will sue
coed to the Craftsmanship of the pub
lie utilities committee.
LETTER TO THE MAYOR
Giannini's letter to the mayor fol-
lows:
Dear Sir: Additional duties which have been
imposed upon me within the past few mouths
in connection with my position as officer
in the Bank of Italy will require major por-
ton of the time l am now devoting to the
citys affairs.
Believing that partial attention TO my public
duties would surely neglect thereof,
therefore herewith transmit you my resigna-
ton as supervisor for the city and county of
San Francisco, the same to take effect May
lS 1909.
feel constrained to take this step, and thus
officially separate myself from you, and my
associates the board.
With best wishes for the success OF your
administration, L remain. yours truly,
A. H. GIANNINI.