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h CONfESSION OUT OF THE QUESTION Counsel of San Francisco Unit United United United ed Railroads Makes Light of Slanderous Story BRIBERY NOT NECESSARY I RIGHTS GRANTED BY UNIVERSAL DEMAND San Dec Dee 2 Referring to dispatches appearing In some son eastern papers concerning the report that Supervisor Su Sn Sanderson of or San Francisco had made a confession conCession of bribery In va various varIous various rious matters connected with The board of supervisors including the tile granting of ot the lie overhead trolley rights to the United Railroads TIrey I L Ford general counsel of the United Rail Railroads roads today said Mr lr Sanderson could not have hae made mad madany any confession respecting bribery in connection with our overhead trolley rights for there was no bribery to con confess fess res These rights were granted grant d to the United Railroads s shortly after aCt r the earthquake and fire lire in Fan an Francisco c cIn in response to a universal demand for forthe f forthe r the resumption of street railway opera operation lion tion by the tile then only means mf ans available which was the overhead trolley No Dissenting Voice There was not a voice Jo o 0 I this tills mode of operation and the only question raised in any quarter was j whether these overhead trolley trolle rights should be temporary or should con continue continue I during the th life of or the company street treet railway franchise being on the th average u it little over oer twenty years hIn In view of the heavy expenditures the tile company com pan would be compelled to make in reconstructing its roads for or overhead troll trolley y operation lug into millions of ot dollars it positively declined to go gt g forward with this work under ouch uch enormous expense unless unes these thes rights lights were to continue dUrin during the th life of cf its several street railway franchises The overwhelming sentiment of or the tile city was in favor of granting the th rights in the manner In iii which the company had requested t small minority only holding out for temporary permission Why Ordinance Was Passed These were the th conditions anti and the causes auge that led lell to the th passage of the I ordinance under which the United I Railroads Hail roads proceeded with its overhead construction anti and operation 1 There was lS of course coUrSe no bribery bribers or t attempted bribery of anybody directly or indirectly or in any manner Or form I whatsoever Indeed In eed the United Rail Railroads Railroads roads r td feels that it has some cause to feel justly proud of or the part it played in ill the th rehabilitation on of San Francisco and the tile energy it ft displayed In the th re so resumption of street car service Any AnyonE one who went through those awful days following the earthQuake and anti fire will tell you that the United Railroads was hailed as one of the saviors of the tile city and that the telegram sent from New NewYork NewYork York Yort by the president of the company directing that the tile rehabilitation of the th street car lines be proceeded with promptly and at whatever cost Ost did probably more than any other one thing to restore confidence and put heart and hope in the population |
