The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-26
CITY INTELLIG ENOE
IFor Additional oiIy lnieisgrnce see Flah pogel
TIE RAILROAD TRACK ON BROAD STREET.
Petitions Arninat ita RemovnI

To1he Honorable NE Select aud Common Councils
Of Lhe Cfty Of F9tftddetpaid--
The undersigned, merchants OF the city OF
Philadelphia, most respectfully call your atten-
tion to the attempt now being made to remove
the railroad track on Broad street, north and
south OF Market street.
Produce to and from the South and South
west is daily received and shipped from points
Broad street north of Market street, ana
any attempt to interrupt the continuous rail-
way connection as at present existing would so
increase the cost of transportation as TO prevent
the introduction of produce from the above
sources to the extent of not less than two hum
dred and fifty thousand tons per annum.
The undersigned most respectfully remon-
strate against the passing of any ordinance of
such character at the present time, knowing
that the same would be prejudicial TO the inte-
rests of the commercial community.
XdrGh Yerkes s, 4 ,S Gary Is and 70 Letta street.
W. II. Howell, lie s. Front street.
Harrison Brothers & Co., 1O5 S. Front street.
PaPis ~ s BOILER ReE E Wsike ra ~ y Third street
Harrison, .Hayemeyer q Co., 22l Vine street.
g; H, Garden & Co. 600 Market street.
f. r. fsSga 55 MSPe s1s sTeet street.
9, 7. Holloway, sos Market street.
Esherick q Black, 422 Market street.
Gillespie, zelier & Co., Sol Market street.
To The Select and Common Councils Of The Citv Of
The undersigned residents, owners Of pro-
perty, and persons engaged in business upon
Broad street, respectfully represent that bill Is
n0T before Go Councils I proposing to rem8ye y The the
sage of which they desire respectfully and ear
nestly to demonstrate and protest.
First. Because, upon the petition OF any ten
citizens owning property upon Broad street,
anywhere between Germantown and League
Island, the city is imperatively required to re-
move the rails.
Second. Because the parties urging the pas
sage of this bill are understood to be Interested
in the race course at the lower end of the city,
and in property far north of the railroad tracks
at the upper end of the city.
That SiUnprS hereto A.
iority of persons owning property and doing
business in Broad street. between Washington
street on the south and Spring Garden street on
Fourth. There is the highest authority for as
serting that the proposed ordinance, If passed,
would be Illegal.
Fifth. The expense of the proposed removal,
if made, Will be enormous, and that it Is not
right to place in the hands of any ten men that
can be found interested in suburban property
on Broad street the power of compelling the
city to incur such expense for their private adj
vantage. ,.,,.
value by the removal of the railroads and
tracks, and the consequent removal of business
from the street.
Names. Residences
samuel H. Hess, 2OS and 2o5 N. Broad street.
Moorhea'd fR'i,H MeKenna I 4 Co. IA n Broad street.
sharpless setter y Coz q s = E. cor Broad and Race sts
Jas. Steele 4 Co., Broad and Cherry streets.
Worleg BrysQn, li9 \. Broad Broad street.
Fisher & Miller, Broad and Arch streets.
Miller & Collins us y, Broad street.
Malone & Co, 13s and 140 n. Broad street.
& II Brooks Brooks t2 t II BT9ad Broad street Sirss;
Shoemaker & CO., 2s9 n. Broad street.
las. II DAVIS 2sl n; Broad street.
eFcG b. @SS 4 Co.. a. rs rSad Sad s ErGS street.
Geo. Myers, 2Ol n. Broad street.
Champion 4 Austin, 2o6 Broad street.
pelwiler English 5l6 2i8 and 226 n Bro I'd streets
Raker y Hopkins M lin ~ 2l6 o 2ls and ~ 40 Broad street
Joseph Better, 2SS and 24O n. Broad street.
RaPd n ais RrSaf 5t5sdi street
Res Ghas AZ "a and REo6J IA Bread Bread street.
esps dhpa6 @ II BT0aS 800 aud 81 4 Broad street.
] W sgpplee @ sl7 and slS sS g n & Bread ID street
Ss BTq9S AND s
r. B. seide & co. 1880 sV Caliowhi @ Street.
Whippe & .PHrneil 1ss Broad street
John i; Steel; q y. skill street.
Samuel Jones Garter. 1929 Spring Garden street.
4oseph b. S9hms IA III Es6tesnGh M M street rect
James James o'DqnneIi Sn I5,I 1SIo Mo- MSntrose T street,
I. II. Crane, 70e shippen street.
IShn DonSghy & 2sl5 5,z SPRUCE ISist street s,,o,
ThOmhs 96@ ~ IT. e aSt5 S street,
c g r. Macaaley, Nj 7S5 f s. Broad dI street. a'eee'
James NicIaHghiin; Iol7 Christian street.
T. N Town Broad and Fitzwater streets.
BpshUns 5S HH5; Z Hail Hahs, N. Bros Broad et street.
Altman q Wenger, 2O7 and 200 S. Broad streets.
Robert Russell & Brother. 2O55 Catharine street..
James o,Bren, 30 S. Seventeenth street.
0pman Kerbaugh Twenty-third and Lo nbard streets
Richard w. Clements 743 S. Fifteenth rect.
Samuel Cowney, sos Wharton street.
DIR. c. II. Ditzer, 1635 Lombard street.
Geo. Garyln. l4l9 Lombard street.
Samuel McNutt, 1923 south street.
John Sherry, 22is Lombard street.
HORACE Klngsoury, 255 SAMSON street
Jos. w. Smedley, 1911 Mervine street.
NIchoias NC Nelson iii MaTiboroueh Street.
Wm J.. Mactier, 62l Spruce street.
James Winters l4OS Hamilton street.
Isaac ]. Smith, 1904 Clement street.
J. l.. Gregory, Broad and Locust streets.
ID. Richie, I12s A nita street.
], @. West, 8l91s FllberJ street.
VIM. Bonner. 1919 Market street.
J. W. Robinson. 439 Tasker street.
II. p. Bender, e52 y. Twelfth street.
MM. MSmaFS Reed d. as s M6iteRSi 7 Sngh street ssess
VIM. II. Wester, 1861 Frankord road.
Joseph Hayward, 23l N. Ninth street.
A. F. Henderson, 236 N. Broad street..
George Goodman ~ Co.. Broad and Fllbe It streets.
Josiah Bryan & Co., $50 and 252 N. Broad street. N
Thomas p. Parker, 249 and 25l n, Broad street,
SHOEMAKER & Tisdaii, 2i4 \. Broad street.
Davis Il Allen, 2S7 N Broad street,
r. j, Riddle a Co., 25S and 2GO n. Broad street.
L. e. Smith. =. T.. corner Broad and Vine streets
A. Cawton & Co., 139, l4i and ii3 N Broad street.
To The Select and Common Councils Of The city OF
l. Philadelphia -
Protest and remonstrance of the undersigned
citizens of Philadelphia, not owners OF property,
nor engaged in business on Broad street, but
having knowledge and interest in the general
business of the city, represents;-
First. That they believe that the maintenance
of the railroad upon Broad street to be alike ne
cessary and desirable; that by it coal is dis
tributed TO families in the Southern part of the
city at an average of Venty-five cents per ton
cheaper than 1t could be done by any Other
Second. BY it our city has cheap and expe-
ditious mode of distributing grain, lumber, iron