The San Francisco call., 1910-07-17

~ with standard rails and model
coaches, reaching the bay by
2 loop from Thirty-third avenue to
3 street. comprises in outline the
form that the Geary street railway
viii assume. This much was decided
tentatively yesterday after long con
ference Of city officials in the office
OF Mayor Mccarthy. That the work
may not lag. a second lot of bonds,
amounting TO $4,000. will be adver-
Used for sale on Monday With this
sale there will be in the treasury a
total OF $5O0,0O0 for the initial con-
. tracts.
1t was announced that at this time
Sl250oo was in sight to be applied to
. the next bond sale The teamsters
viii bid for $4,000. the machinists'
union for $4,000 and the molders'
p union large amount Besides these.
another application has been received
for s2o.00o worth of the securities.
Another investor has requested $1,000
worth and a citizen Of Petaluma desires
q portion Of the issue Thus encour-
aged by the growing demand for the
Geary street paper. the supervisors and
the mayor are planning TO go forward
with the enterprise.
At the meeting in the mayors office
were: Mayor Mccarthy, Supervisors
Kelly, Walsh. Mclaughlin, Loughery.
Pugh, Clerk Hagerty, Commissioner
Broderick Of the board of public works,
City Engineer Marsden Manson and As
sistant City Attorney John Nourse
Contract for Rails
It is generally believed that it viii
require several months to obtain the
rails and for that reason the question
OF their purchase was given immediate
attention. Upon the advice of.Manson
steps viii be taken looking TO the
placing of this contract at once. In the
meantime the work can be pressed for
ward in San Francisco.
one OF the most important questions
under discussion was that of motive
power. II was the opinion of those in
consultation that the overhead trolley
formity with the other lines OF the city
and adaptability. With the overhead
system il is stated that there will be
minimum Of expense in changing to
any one OF the many new methods now
coming into vogue. The storage bat
tery has reached a stage where motor
cars may be used without wires or
T. &c fa1E
soon reach that degree of success that
would warrant it's introduction into
4 IN Francisco.
Y The discussion centered for some time
on the question of the route of the
road. 1t was originally outlined to
run out Geary street, thence along
Point Lobos avenue. with one branch
out Tenth avenue TO the park and the
other straight out to Cliff avenue and
thence to some convenient terminal at
the beach. The ordinances were so |
worded as to permit of changes in this
routing. II is now felt that it would be |
wiser to make some alterations than
10 invite lawsuits with the United Rail- |
roads.
Changes Suggested
The old Sutro line. now owned by the /
United Railroads. runs for a distance of
seven blocks in Point Lobos avenue. en-
tering the avenue at Thirty third street /
and emerging at Fortieth. In order to
avoid the conflict of two lines in the |
same street it has been proposed that /
the municipal line be DETECTED two /
blocks south at Thirty-third avenue,
running TO b street and thence straight
out TO the beach. This would bring the
terminal near the Seal Rock house close
to the big bluff that rises behind the
Cliff house.
While il viii be necessary to place /
the contract for the rails in the east.
al that part OF the system that can be
constructed in San Francisco will be
,,pen to local bidders. For one thing.
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