The San Francisco call., 1910-06-02
WATER RATES BILL
GETS A SETBACK
Result of Conference Indicates
That Last Years Charge
Will Rule Again
Kelly Not Inclined to Let the
Spring Valley Get Away
With Any Extras

Acting Mayor Kelly announced after
the conference yesterday with the
water rates committee of the board of
supervisors that next Monday the bill
enacting the rates as last year would
be introduced and acted upon
Supervisor Murdock win press his
minority report measure, designed to
give the Spring Valley company a 10
per cent Increase over the legal rate,
which, he pointed out, would be a 5
per cent reduction from the rate actu-
ally being collected under Injunction.
1t will be impossible, in view of
the condition of the treasury. In in
crease the hydrant rate from the $3.50
hgure, said Kelly, 'as an increase of
81 would mean about $4,000 in the ag-
sresate, there being more than 1000
hydrants."
NEXT YEAR-MAYBE
Something Will have to be done in
this water matter" continued the act
ing mayor. and perhaps next year the
city will be in a position, for one thing.
to allow the So hydrsnt rate, but not
now
our conference this morning was an
endeavor to meet the grievance of the
shippers, whose claim that the charge
OF the Spring Valley company for water
tend to drive trade away from this
port seems to be well founded. Sew
eral plans were talked over and we
will probably insist that the present
75 cent charge for j 900 gallons be cut
in half"
CONCESSION TO s. p.
Captain Hibberd for the shippers
was heard by the conferees and the
fact was brought out that the South
ern Pacific company had been securing
water for its boats at a vastly cheaper
rate than that charged to the smaller
shippers. This concession it exacted
by Its facilities for getting water
across the bay unless the water COM
pany were reasonable" The commit
tee determined that differential charges
must cease.
A matter of much moment was
broached by the acting mayor in his
proposal of plan to relieve the grow
ing pressure upon the dollar limit i'm
posed by the charter. Kelly advocated
that the school tax should by amend
ment be segregated as the park fund
tax now is.
The city faces a serious situation"
said Kelly. Not only in its water
supply, but in the constant growth of
other demands the financial burden has
increased beyond the capacity of the
dollar levy to carry 1t. l believe the
people would approve an amendment
TO take the school tax out of the dollar
and make 1t separate account like
the park fund. This would give free
play to the extent of Is or 90 cent
levy for the regular municipal expend-
itures."
BOND ISSUE APPROVED
Word received from Dillon & Hub
bard yesterday by the city attorneys
office confirmed fully the validity of
the proceedings in the $4,000, 900 Hetch
Hetchy bond issue. Dillon & Hubbard
after an exhaustive survey reported
the bond issue to be f1awless. They
called attention to one omission of the
ayes" and noes" in one rollcaH of the
printed proceedings of the board, but
examination showed that the ayes and
noes had been recorded in the written
record and that the omission was a
printers error. The names appeared
correctly in the official advertising.
Dillon & Hubbard also requested that
full transcripts of all future proceed
ings be sent them and that they be
advised should litigation be brought
against the bonds.