The San Francisco call., 1910-07-06
SUPERVISORS MAY
STOP GEARY CARS
LOughrey Introduces Resolution
FayOring Early End of
Agreement

Just a hint of retaliation for the
Geary street railroad company's per-
sistent blocking Of the citys project TO
build a municipal road was contained
in Supervisor Loughery's resolution
yesterday, unanimously adopted by the
board. asking the finance and public
utilities committees to report on the
wisdom of Withdrawing permission to
privately owned cars TO operate over
the route
The Geary road has for many months
run on the sufferance OF the board its
franchise having long expired The
resolution as adopted reads:
Resolved, that the finance committee
and the committee on public utilities
report to this board as to the advisa-
bility of terminating at an early date
the existing agreement between the
city, and county and the Geary Street,
Park and Ocean railroad company un-
der which the Geary street railroad is
now being operated.
The city has found itself hampered
right along by the Geary road COM
pany." said Loughery I'VE are re-
ceiving sum not in excess of $3.50
per month for letting these cars run.
It might be well to inquire just how
much inconvenience would be caused
by stopping the cars That would
take away the incentive to block the
construction of the municipal line The
matter is one to be looked into. II
the Geary company people were not
allowed to run their cars they would
have nothing to gain by their attempts
to block the city lines construction"
Walsh wanted to know why the city
attorney didn't get some progress in
Al -
tions
If our city attorney can't move
these matters along. why then let's ap-
point an attorney to see il he can do
any better" said Walsh.
Chairman Kelly ELECTED this by ask
ing Walsh what he proposed to do and
voiced his approval. The matter
ended with a request to the clerk to
write City Attorney Long and inquire
how things were going
The construction of the Marshall pri-
mary school. to cost $4,000; of the
Nisitacion valley. $4,000; of the Pea
body primary, $50, ,0o0; of the Grattan
primary, $4,000, and of the Harrison
primary, s22,500, was ordered by unani-
nous vote.
The expenditure OF $4,000 for auto
mobiles. as provided in the budget, was
authorized. after Supervisor Murdock
had mildly jollied the labor union ma
jority for coming around to the pur-
chase after ante-election shots at the
Taylor boards extravaganza in sinli-
lar direction, and the representative
Of q car passed over had cited the
United States government and the
Standard oil company as patrons prov
ing the worth of his machine
Herget's bill posting license ordi-
nance was ordered printed and given
to the members to be acted upon next
Monday
Not without trouble three four round
amateur boxing contest permits were
given out to the Dolores club for July
%, the Golden Gate club for July Is
and the South Side club for July s.
Herget in disgust was for sending the
latter back 10 committee, when a little
penciled change from Blot's arena to
Dreamland pavilion provoked Harris to
say that these amateur" goes shouldn't
be held OF Saturday afternoon in
the open air with homes overlooking
the field Of battle. The discussion ended
with the permit granted.
Murdock warmly defended Super
visors Sanderson, Payot and Broderick
Of the last board when it was inti-
mated that asbestos roofing had been
made a requirement of the building law
to boost g patented article and the
matter of changing the law to permit
the use of either asbestos or felt and
asphalt roofing was made special or
der for next Monday at o'clock.
Frank Damenstein was appointed in
terpreter of the Russian and Polish Ian
guages in the police and superior
courts OF the city
Daniel O'ConnelTs petition for the
appointment Of two deputy city attor-
neys and for such a change in the
route Of the Hetch Hetchy water sup
ply transmission system as VIII include
MARTINEZ, Berkeley, Oakland and Ala
media and for the immediate sale of
the s45.o00,000 water bond issue was re-
ferred 10 the joint finance and public
utilities committees.