Municipal blue book of San Francisco, 1915 . nts, together with his highstanding in the commercial and industrial world, turnedthe eyes of the general public upon him in 1911 as thecandidate upon whom all classes might unite, and as theideal figure for Mayor of San Francisco during the. im-portant Exposition period. He was elected at the primary, September 26, 1911,on a platform pledging the expeditious completion of theGeary Street Municipal Railway and the extension of the^lunicipal Railway system, the construction of tunnels,more school houses and playgrounds, better paved streets,construct
Municipal blue book of San Francisco, 1915 . nts, together with his highstanding in the commercial and industrial world, turnedthe eyes of the general public upon him in 1911 as thecandidate upon whom all classes might unite, and as theideal figure for Mayor of San Francisco during the. im-portant Exposition period. He was elected at the primary, September 26, 1911,on a platform pledging the expeditious completion of theGeary Street Municipal Railway and the extension of the^lunicipal Railway system, the construction of tunnels,more school houses and playgrounds, better paved streets,construction of the Civic Center and new City Hall, ac-Cjuisition of the Hetch Hetchy water supply, and the properpreparation of the city to entertain her Exposition guests in1915. How well he has carried out the vast projects essentialto the progress and development of the city is set forth else-where in this volume. It is sufficient to say here that hisadministration has been one of unprecedented achievementsand unrivaled success. AIavors Office /. E EDWARD RAINEYSecretary to the Mayor DWARD RAINEY. Secretaryto ]^Iayor Rolph since the be-ginning of his administration, is anewspaper man. Prior to his ap-pointment as Secretary he was lorthirteen years in the employ of theHearst newspapers, first as a conn-try correspondent, later as a re-porter. Before entering upon hisnewspaper career he attended theUniversity of California for fonryears, his home being at Santa Bar-bara. Mr. Rainey has always beena firm believer in municipal owner-ship. He was active in the cam-paign for the original Geary streetmunicipal railway bonds and laterwas secretary of the Mayors Com-mittee of One Hundred, which suc-cessfully conducted the campaignfor the issuance of $3,300,000 in bonds for the extensions to theMunicipal Railway system which the administration is building- atthis time. SYLVESTER J. McATEESecretary to the Mayor SYLVESTER J. McATEE, Secre-tarv to Mayor Rolph, was bornin the little frontier catt
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