The San Francisco call., 1910-03-17

would get improved service by
sending the cars down the inner
tracks, you are mistaken. FROM
Sutter street to the ferry. we main
tain 80 second headway with 10
cars. If you routed the Sutter cars
down the inner tracks you have loo
cars in lower Market street ana you
would reduce the headway TO ~
seconds. A tieup of 10 minutes
would block traffic for half an hour.
You would cause tieups throughout
the city.
we are in this business and our
opinion is entitled to some weight.
The service is better today than II
would be if you insisted on these
changes. This would not abollsn
the horsecars. They would run just
the same. l take it that it is the
proper thing to vote this ordinance
down and not take up time TO ma
rass the company.
BLACK BACKS UP MULLALLY
Black added his note of dissent.
He said:
At one time we tried this. 1t is
no experiment. 1t blocked the cars
between Suffer street and the ferry.
At different times people had 10 get
off the cars and walk TO eaten lnelr
boats They could walk faster than
the cars could proceed under these
conditions
on that switch within four months
If we put in temporary work we
would be compelled to renew it con-
stantly. Every piece of II is spe
ciaL The tracks go into Marker
street at an angle. BY the first OF
June we expect to have more cars
on these lines.
The only place there is apt to be
is at the ferry, said Ban
croft. You have two loops there You
could route some of your cars down
Mission street To my mind continued
Of ha
association solves the whole question
ask that ii be read.
The report was then read, in whlcf
1t was stated that after close STUDY
Of the situation ii had been estab
lished that the Sutter street cars coulc
easily be routed down the inner Market
street tracks without causing conges-
ton.
100 MORE CARS
I'VE have more cars now than We
had when that report was written.
said Mutually. Besides, we are ex-
pecting to put on 100 new cars
.fWhen?" came the chorus at this
cheerful intelligence.
Sometime this year. remarked Mul
lally
Black then came to Mullally's assist
ance.
These cars are All " bc NlNAPPNN
with tenders" he said. and that vii
take up 10 per cent of space. Fender:
on the 12O cars will take up the space
of II cars AS far as that Merchants
association report is concerned, 1t ISM
worth the paper it is written on.
Daniel O'Connell suggested that Coo
per and Peixotto, who had argued fol
a through service. give their suppor
to the Bancroft ordinance. He stated
also that those agencies now urginf
that the Sutter permit be granted hat
been the opponents of the Geary stree
road
Bancroft ordinance. with the amend
ment that the United Railroads b'
given until May l to install the switch
There was no second.
Ioughery suggested that both the
permit and the Bancroft ordinance 81
over until April 13.
u would favor that" said Herget
''basing my action on the city attor
neys opinion"
If you read the city attorneys opin
ion carefully" said Bancroft, you vii
find there is nothing to prevent tn
passage o fthis ordinance TO route tn
cars down the inside tracks"
Il think we should postpone action,
said Loughery, "as we may find solu
tion in the meantime
But postponement viii not solve tn
problem" insisted Hooks. The repor
of the Merchants association doe
solve the problem
ct seems to me-" said Bancroft. tina
in view of Supervisor Walsh's resolu
ton passed by the board there is al
the more reason to pass my ordinance.
Il want, Supervisor Bancroft" an
nounced Loughery, ito put it away Il
the cooler-this time sincerely. Their
are some things l want to look into.
"As it is now" exclaimed Bancrof'
oTII have to request that my ordinanc
be taken up by the board
Loughery presented aformal motto
that the consideration of the permit b
put over to April 13. IT was carried b
unanimous vote. Cooper objected tina
1T should have been sent back to tn
CITY attorney for another opinion.
Loughery then moved that the Ban
croft ordinance be referred to the cit
attorney for an opinion as to its lie
gality.
I'm opposed to that" said Hooks.
believe we should take action at onc'
The Downtown association has peti
tione for through cars. Let US Civ
them what they want and recommen
the passage of this ordinance.
on the vote Hooks was alone in tn
negative.