The San Francisco call., 1910-01-03
Building Trades Committee
Adopts Resolution in Favor
of Mayor Elects Stand
Hetch Hetchy and Lake Eleanor
Projects Meet With Full
Approval s.. n :
Overlooking of City Given as the
Reason for Opposition to
Buying Water System 4

n HAYoR ELECT P. n MCCARTHY
MI last night declared himself tor
- be squareIy in favor OF the Lake,
Eleanor and Hetch Hetchy water-
bonds and advised the voters 10 adopt
them, but declared himself 10 be as un-
compromisingly opposed TO the acquisi-
tion of the Spring Valley water COM
pany property. particularly under tho
proposition to be voted upon at the
bond election January IL. He made his
statement in the building trades tenn
pie hall at meeting of the joint COM
mittee of 80 OF the building trades
council and the San Francisco Labor.
council BY unanimous vote the cons
mittee concurred in McCarthy's recom-
mendstion.
Speakers Oppose Project
With but one exception every speak
er sided with Mccarthy in his de-
nunciation of the Spring Valley water
proposition Andrew j. Gallagher. Sec
retary OF the San Francisco labor
council advised a further considera-
tion of the Spring Valley question
and. while he agreed that the Spring
Valley water property was not worth
the s35.0O0,000 provided for it BY the
bond election. if it should carry, he
stated that there were other consid-
erstions which might move the voters
to authorize the purchase at this time.
Mccarthy bitterly criticised the out
going administration and accused the
board of supervisors Of sharp prac-
tice. His main argument in opposi-
tion to the Spring Valley bonds was
that if they should be voted, along
with the Sierra water bonds, which he
reiterated must be approved, the city
would have exceeded its bonding ca
paclty by $1,000 600.
Spring Valleys Argument
He also argued that il both bonds
passed the Spring Valley will at once
take the position that the Spring Valley
bonds, being within the limitation,
should be declared legal. and secondly.
that it being an existing utility it
should take precedence in the matter"
The mayor elect read his speech, but
he took the floor several times during
the course of the discussion and sx-
pressed more extensive views. and add
ed to the force OF his original remarks.
However. his chief argument was con-
tanned in his written speech
In his peroration he summed up his
stand on the question. He said:
I'm view of the foregoing we can
not be honest with ourselves or with
anybody else If we argue or vote for
both the Lake Eleanor and the Spring
Valley, when we know that BY doing so
we will get Spring Valley only for ss5,-
600. .O0O. and deprive ourselves for all
time OF the opportunity OF securing
for our people water from Hetch
Hetchy. 1t. therefore. devoIves upon
us az good citizens who have ths best
interest OF our city's welfare at heart
to vote for the Hetch Hetchy and
against the Spring Valley proposition
Resolution Is Adopted
Supervisor elect John o. Kelly. pres
ident OF the San Francisco labor coun.
ell. presided Mccarthy was the hrsS.
speaker.
william H. Urmy of the building
trades council committee introduced the
following resolution, which was voted
upon and unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That it be the sense of
this meeting that we concur in the
opinion and recommendation set forth
in the document read by Brother P.
h Mccarthy. president Of the building
trades council. to the effect that we go
on record as being heartily in favor OF
Hetch Hetchy proposition and opposed
TO the Spring Valley proposition
Tt was also decided that the cam
paign committee meet in executive
session tonight at the building trades
council to consider the fight to be
made in the course it advocates.