The San Francisco call., 1910-01-04
ANOTHER SETBACK FOR
CALHOUN BY SUPERVISORS
City Fathers Refuse to Grant Crosstown
Franchise to United Railroads

United Railroads and the San Francisco
electric railways, subsidiary concern
was that the proposed franchise should
not act in any way to restrict the power
of the supervisors to permit other pri-
vate lines or municipal line-to use the
part of the proposed route in Valencia
street between Eighteenth and Twen-
tieth and in Eighteenth street between
Church and Guerrero, where the United
Railroads now has lines. It was also
asked that the grantees of the franchise
agree to allow other lines to use ten
consecutive blocks of the route and to
waive and relinquish the restriction
contained In the franchise, which was
passed to print to the effect that such
joint operation shall be for the pur-
pose of securing equal terminal facil-
tiles
King put in a word for an additional
extension.
Are you in favor of the ten block
abandonment asked Mayor Taylor.
Il believe that the charter protects
the city" replied the representative OF
the Merchants association. There is
only left question of five blocks. the
difference between the charter restric-
tion of 10 and the state law restriction
of five. The railroad company takes
the position that the 10 blocks clause is
unconstitutional"
The supervisors can not assume that
the charter is wrong" responded Tay-
lor
THREE SEEK DELAY
D'Ancona said that it seemed to him
to be extraordinary that the company
had not answered the communication
and while he declared that the fran
chise could not pass in its present form
he thought no harm would be done by
passing the question to the new admin
istration
There may be relations established
between the new administration and
the company so that the franchise could
be granted in the interest of the city,
DAncona concluded. He moved that
the matter go over. Comte and Center
seconded the motion.
supervisor Johnston described the in
ability of the board to come to terms
with the company.
Last week this stipulation was
agreed upon orally and was considered
agreeable to the company" said John
ston. we have made every effort to
grant the franchise if it could be
granted on terms favorable to the city
Now the franchise should be defeated
supervisor McLeran favored a vote
on the issue 1T should not go over to
our SUCCESSORS he said
Supervisor Sanderson said that the
whole matter should be started anew
FAVORs MUNICIPAL LINES
In view of the passage of the Geary
street bonds Supervisor Connolly ad-
vised the defeat of the franchise
The granting of this franchise
would he said, delay for 25 years
the hope the people might have for
operating a municipal road along that
route. / am confident that the Geary
street road will not be a failure, and
my hope. is that no further franchises
will be granted to corporations, but
that all roads will come to be owned by
the city. That is a eonsummation for
which every citizen should work.
Supervisor Center made the motion
that the matter be postponed for two
weeks. 81 understand he said, that
the company will agree to everything
but the 10 block restriction"
The vote was then taken. Dan
coma explained that in its present form
he could not vote for the franchise
The other votes were made without
comment.
The board received a communication
from George Beagley protesting against
the granting of the cross town fran
chise Citizens will prefer to have
a municipal road running past their
doors" he said