The San Francisco call., 1910-09-15
CLOSER
TO HETCH
HETCHY
Supervisors Take Long Strides
Toward Building of Sierra
Water System
s3,OOO,0oO WORTH OF
BONDS WILL BE SOLD
Spring Valley Viii Be Asked to
Submit Offer for Sale
of Plant
COMMITTEE ACTS ON
McCARTHY'S SUGGESTION

With business like precision the pub
lie utilities committee of the board OF
supervisors clicked of steps of progress
in the Hetch Hetchy Lake Eleanor mu-
nicipal water project yesterday after
noon The committee recommended to
the board the sale of 100000 worth
of the voted bonds to be disposed Of In
three s1.oOO,OOO blocks on or before
February 1. 1911. August 1. 1911 and
August 1. 1912. respectively.
The committee also recommended to
the board that $4,000 be transferred
to the water fund from the urgent
necessity fund. to be later repaid out
of the bond issue. for the purpose OF
continuing preliminary work In the
Sierras- Acting on the communication
from Mayor P. H. Mccarthy. requesting
the board to take steps to secure an
offer of sale from the Spring Valley
water company. and recommending pur-
chase by the city the COMMITTEES rec
commended that the board send a formal
communication to the company asking
for an Offer for the sale of the whole
property and also for an offer OF sale
of that portion OF the property most
needed for the completion Of the pro
posed San Francisco water system In
connection with the Sierra supply.
The session of the committee was
busy. Chairman Pugh presided and
Supervisors Loughery. Hooks, Herxet
and Walsh were present.
HERGET STARTS DISCUSSION
Hsrget started the water discussion.
Il understand" he said. that 100000
will be due Hammond Hall on Nav 1
to cover the options which the city
holds on his properties in the Hetch
Hetchy district. Something must be
done to have that money avadIabIs
when needed We can't wait tin Mr..
Spring Valley puts our plan out OF
business entirely. move that we rec
ommend thatt he board take some
action TO have the necessary sum avail
able
City Engineer Marsden Manson
stated that sssS.OoO would be due on
May 1, 1911.
On motion of Supervisor Louzhrey ft
was recommended that the board pro
vide now for the sale OF the required
bonds so that there would be no fatal
delay at the last moment
The city engineer appeared before
hte committee and brought out the sub,
ject OF the need Of monsy to continue
the preliminary work in the Hetch
Hetchy and Lake Eleanor valleys in ac-
cordance with the terms OF the Garfield
permit.
He stated that the law OF February
Z, 1905. under which much of the cfty's
progress was made. was a very subtle
piece of legislation" That act he
said, absolutely prohibits any further
step once we let go the rights which
we have now. II these rights we now
have were in the hands of private
operators they could be capitalized for
from $50. 100000 to s50.ooo,OO. we must
not relinqCish them. We have to pre-
sent data to the board OF army en-
gineers whic his investigating our
needs and rights to the Hetch Hetchy
waters We have to protect our state
and national flings"
TRANSFER Is RECOMMENDED
Supervisor Hooks then recommended
the transfer of $4,000 from the urgent
necessity fund for the use OF the board
OF public works in carrying out the
work contemplated in the Sierras. This
appropriation is to be paid back out OF
the s45.ooo.OOO bond issue
When the question of Mayor McCar-
thy's recent communication came up
Hooks referred to the mayors declara-
tion that the Garheld permit was not
worth the paper it was written on"
In the matter OF McCarthy's letter
the committee recommended that the
board OF supervisors address formal
communication to the Spring Valley
water company asking for offers Of
sale 1t was suggested that the com
munfcation be delivered by the SER
geant at arms and an official acknowl-
edgment of receipt be secured. as the
last communication sent by the COM
mittee was not acknowledge by the
water company.
communications from the Inglesids
Improvement club indorsing the may
or's recommendation for the purchase
of the Spring Valley plant was received
and filed.
A communication was received from