The San Francisco call., 1910-04-19
Lower MARKET
ST. PERMIT IS
BURIED DEEP
Board of Supervisors Passes
Walsh Resolution by a
Unanimous Vote
Bancroft Measure Killed: u.
r. R. Urged TO Use Inner
Tracks Voluntarily

BY a unanimous vote the board of
supervisors yesterday adopted the reso-
luton Of Supervisor Walsh. which de-
uied the petition of the Downtown as
that a permit be granted to the Sutter
street railway company to operate its
ears over the outer tracks in Market
street 10 the ferry. That stand was
taken to protect the rights of the
Geary street railroad.
The board then by a divided vote
adopted the Loughery resolution. which
disposed Of the Bancroft resolution and
advised the civic associations to use
their influence with the United Rail-
roads TO have the corpora ton volun-
tarily agree TO operate its Sutter street
cars over the inner tracks on a tenn
porary permit. the board declaring it
self ready TO support the associations
in their efforts to bring about an ami
able termination of the vital trans
pOrtatiOn question.
MURDOCH RESOLUTION LOST
A motion introduced by Supervisor
MurdOck 10 have the Loughery resolu-
tion resUbmitted to the public utilities
committee, chiefly for the reason that
he believed the Bancroft resolution
should not be killed, was lost. The
Bancroft resolution ordered the United
Railroads TO operate its cars over the
inner tracks.
Bancrofts motion that the Loughery
resolution be segregated, that the Ban
croft resolution be laid over. but that
the second part of the Loughery reso-
luton. covering the proposed co-opera-
1iOn with the Downtown and other as
sociations be passed, did not come to a
vote.
All the supervisors. the union labor
and the minority members. went solidly
for the Walsh resolution. On Murdock' S
resolution the vote was on factional
lines, the ayes being: Bancroft, Cut
ten. Harris. Hayden, Hooks and Muir
docks.
Noes: Deasy, Healy. Herget, Kelly.
Knowles, LOughery. Mclaughlin. Nine
han, Nelson, O'Dowd, Pugh and Walsh
-l2.
Loughery resolution was the same, with
the exception that Harris voted with
the majority.
COMMITTEES REPORT
The matter of the resolutions, which
caused the chief discussion of yester-
days session Of the board, was intro
duced in a report of the public utilities
committee OF the board. which reviewed
its action of last Wednesday.
This report mentioned the petitions
OF the Downtown association, the North
Central Improvement club. the Mer-
chants association and the Western
Addition Improvement club, which
asked that the Sutter street railway
company be granted a permit over the
outer tracks in Market street from San
some 10 the ferry The Bancroft or
dinance and the substitute resolution
Of Edgar PeiXOtto. attorney for the
Downtown association, were also con-
sidered. In prefacing its recommenda-
tion that the Walsh and Loughery reso-
lutiOns be adopted the report said:
Your committee believes that if this
action is concurred in and this policy
adhered 10 it will bring about the only
proper settlement of this question and
the fulfllment of pledges made by the
union labor party in its platform to set
tie speedily and for all time the i'm
portant question of the rights of the
city to the use Of lower Market street
for the proposed municipal railroad
1t viii also afford, as quickly as con-
sistent with the safety of the rights the
city may have TO operate a municipal
railroad in lower Market street, the
relief asked for by the improvement
clubs, merchants and property owners
in Sutter street. In this connection we
again request that every effort be made
on the part of the city attorneys Office
70 bring TO a final conclusion the suits
now pending in the matter"
WALSH MEASURE RECoMMENDED
The Walsh resolution was then quoted
and recommended for adoption. That
resolution, which was made public or
last Wednesday, refused the petition to
have the Sutter street cars operated or
the outer track for two reasons-first
that the Sutter street company and the
United Railroads refused to agree to
permit the Gsary street road to use its
tracks; second. that the board did no;
want TO Jeopardize the rights of the
Geary street road until the question
OF lower Market street was finally de-
termined.
The report attacked the Bancroft
resolution on the ground that 1T was
an Illegal piece of legislation and
would greatly complicate the already
involved legal questions" and might
confer invaluable rights on the United
Railroads. The report closed with q
review OF the good work of the labor
union administration during it's in
cumbency in making progress with
the lower Market street situation.
There followed a general discussion
OF the report and the resolutions af.
fected by it. Mayor Mccarthy took
part. Il will never sign any permf-
which in any manner will interfere
with the Geary street road going dowr
Market street TO the ferry. If you pass
any such permit you will have to pass
II over my head"