The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-01-08
MAYOR ROLPH
THROWS WEIGHT
INCITY'SCOLLAR
: A Long Pull, a Strong Pull, a
Pull All Together, for
1915
Spring Valley Purchase, City
Hall and Civic Center Site
All in TOday's Work
Supervisors Have Aided New
Chief in Clearing Path for
Quick Action
VERIFYING was ready last
| ereninc for The Launching of

VERIFYING was ready last
evening for the launching of
J 1 the Rolph administration at
1880 o'clock this morning,
when 1t VIII be high tide in the mu-
nicipality At that hour James Rolph
Jr.. who was elected mayor at the
primary held last September, will take
Office with board of Is supervisors,
and in a brief address will outline his
policy for the government of San
Francisco. Not only will Rolph be
ready with his policy, but he will be
prepared to put it into effect.
When the board of supervisors
meets in its first business session at
2:5O o'clock this afternoon there viii
be submitted for adoption resolutions
declaring for the purchase of the
Spring Valley water system as a part
OF the Hetch Hetchy system and a res
olution declaring it the purpose of the
supervisors to proceed at once in the
work of selecting a site and calling a
bond election to obtain funds for the
building of a city han and the estab
lishment of a civic center.
The city hall idea has been foremost
in Rolph's mind since the day he began
his campaign. One hope of his will be
gratifed this morning. He will have
ready to present to the people definite
scheme for the location of the city hall.
That was made possible by confer
eqence held for three hours yesterday aft
ernoon in the headquarters of the
Panama-P Pacific international exposi-
stion. There the advisory board of arch
4tects and the building committee of
the board of supervisors met and dis
cussed plans for the location of the
civic center, and the architects reached
their decision. It will be submitted
today TO Mayor Rolph and the building
committee of the board of supervisors,
Of which Paul Bancroft is chairman.
Willis Polk. chairman of the archi-
tectural commission of the Panama
yesterdays conference, so the report
could not be made public at that time
had the conferees considered 1t eti-
quette to have dene so before 1t was
formally presented to the city govern
ment
Report Ready to Hand In
At the conference were Supervisors
Paul Bancroft, chairman, and George
F. Gallagher and Ralph McLeran of
the building committee of the board;
John Galen Howard, president of the
San Francisco chapter of the American
Institute of Architects, chairman of the
q advisory committee, and the follow
ing members of that committee: w.
3. Faville and Clarence J. Ward of
the architectural commission OF the ex-
position; z. H. Bennett, landscape
architect of the exposition; Harris D.
r. sConnick, director of works of the
exposition. and architects attached to
the exposition architectural depart
ment.
The advisory committee of architects
will meet this morning and have the
report ready to submit to the mayor
and supervisors before the houH set
Tor their installation.
Rolph spent yesterday at hard work
in his office, 80 California street, pre-
pairing for to6ay's duties. He was en-
gagged with his stenographers and as
sistants in making copies of his ad-
dress and Of the other papers which
he will present to the public today.
The mayor would not give out the list
of appointments he is to make, re-
q hold public announcement of his ap-
pointees until he became mayor and
could officially name them. In man,
ing them he will give his reasons for
each selection and present the recon-
mendations submitted to him on behalf
Of each appointee.
Although there has been much con-
lecture over the personnel of the new
administration. including commission
ers, the private secretary to the mayor
and the supervisor who will take the
place left vacant by the death of Bo-
carde. authoritative announcement OF
the names viii not be available until
today
Midnight Finds RoIph at Desk
AS midnight of yesterday passed into
morning of today the city passed into
the government Of Mayor Rolph, P. II.
McCarthy's term expiring with yester-
day. The midnight hour found Rolph
still at work in his Office. so that today
would find its new mayor ready for his
duties
Il intend" said Mayor Rolph yester-
: day. Ito have everything prepared for
laS I have my address prepared and
wiH fake Office at 1880 o'clock tomor-
row morning. Then 1 shall announce