The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-27
WORK TO START
TODAY ON GEARY
ROAD EXTENSION
Dirt Will Fly as Result of
Decision of the Supreme
Court as to Agree
rnent With u. r.
LINE COMPLETE BY
FOURTH OF JULY
Construction at Beach End
to Be Rushed Horsecars
Soon to Be Discarded

Work will begin at s o'clock this
morning on the extension of the
Geary street municipal railroad from
Kearny and Geary streets. along
Market street to the ferry.
At the same time the construction
of the beach link of the city's line viii
be rushed.
According to the board of public
works the ocean to bay route will be
complete on the fourth of July.
This rapid fire civic work will be the
outcome of the decision or the state
supreme court handed down yesterday.
morning, in which 1t is defined that the
efforts of the Public Ownership asso-
citation further to delay the construc-
ton of the municipal lines extension
by hampering the United Railroads,
after the people recently at the polls
expressed decided preference for the
p4duS u ndyOE eIko1 pIk tiil0 lllS cuPCI-
viscrs, are legal failure.
RULING UNANIMOUS
The court unanimously and briefly
ruled that a remittitur be issued forth
with and that the agreement between
the city and the United Railroads. re-.
declared final
Daniel O'Brien, for the Public Own
ership association. was the plaintify and
respondent in the case in which the or
ganization named tried to interrupt the
agreement -oy Intervention.
The court. in part. ruled:
The parties having settled the diff
ferences between them as presented by
the pleadings and having agreed that
the judgment appealed from should be.
modified, and affirmed as so modified,
and having filed a stipulation setting
forth said agreement. they were en-
titled TO a clear pathway toward set
fling once and for all the question In
dispute
THOSE H0RSECARs
William NJ Abbott. general attorney
for the corporation, was questioned
soon after the opinion was sent to him
and he had communicated with the SUI
perintendent of the United Railroads as
to the possibility OF starting the Sutter
street end of the railroad Immediately
and doing away with the ancient
horsecar that has been the franchise
II ho1derr for the cornOratiOu
Mr.. Abbott, acting merely on the
suggestion that was put to him that the
Sutter street liEe might be operated i'm
| mediately. telephoned to the. com
pany's operating department. and
learned that the cars could be put in
motion and the horses retired as soon
as the mayor gave the signal.
At this point question arose among
the supervisors who constitute the
public utilities committee as to
whether it would be advisable for the
Sutter street road to be put into action
on the ferry route before .the municipal
road could be constructed between
Kearny and Sansome.
Mayor Rolph was asked il he was
willing to give the United Railroads
the signal to go ahead. and Supervisor
Murphy. who was present spoke up
and said:
why, we have verbal agreement
with the United Railroads that no cars
shall be run over the Market street
tracks from Sansome and Sutter until
such time as the Geary street extern
sion shall have been completed
Il haven't looked into that phase OF
the matter" answered the mayor. oand
public utilities committee OF the board
of supervisors and let them say when
the cars shall be put into operation.
This will mean that there will be a
delay for Sutter street patrons OF the
United Railroads. but the municipal
road will not be at a disadvantage. 1t
will start on equal terms with the
United Railroads. This is what I have
been told by the members of the pub
lie utilities committee, but, as I hava
said, have not given this turn of the
question personal consideration.
luis uecisioH VIII nave most bene-
fetal effect on the bond issues of the
municipal roads"
Thornweil Mutually. assistant to the
president Of the United Railroads. last
night on his return from the country
said:
Il was speaking with the mayor this
evening. At his request promised NOT
to run the Sutter street cars down
Market street until the Geary street
line is ready to run to the ferry
Supervisor vogelsang said:
There is no doubt of the legal right
of the United Railroads to run cars
over their Sutter and Market street ex-
tention under the ruling of the SUI
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