Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-02-02

vi Ch0 pOuJHeTu IdclIlc hallrOaQ COu-
pany, indicate that there is no inten-
tion of making such change; therefore,
Resot1ed, BY the Los Angeles Cham
Der of Commerce, that the resolutions
referred to and adopted January 10Th,
1915, and the circular letter addressed
to our Members OF Congress by CONF
mittee of this Chamber, dated January
%, 1875, were passed and issued with
out proper understanding of the facts,
and the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company is, in the opinion of this
Chamber, entirely acquitted of any of
intention to violate the contract made
with this city and county.
Res0lUed, That the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company has up to the pres
ent time, Zealously fulfilled all the
provisions of said contract, and that the
work now ordered from Spadra to San
Gorgonio Pass and through the San
Fernando mountains indicates an in
tention to construct the road as under
stood by the people of this county.
Resotued, That this Chamber fully
appreciates the Importance and value
of the system of roads already con-
structed by said company in this
county, and earnestly request said
company to perfect the same at the
earliest possible moment, and for
which reason this Chamber is opposed
to any extension of time as contem-
plated by section of the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Houghton as above re-
ferred to.
ResloUed, That this Chamber believes
that the first section of said bill author-
izing change of line between Gilr0y
and Tehachapi Pass by way of Polonio
Pass, could not be prejudicial to the
to the interests of this county, and
that therefore it does not oppose the
passage of the same.
Resolved, That copy of these reso-
lutions be forwarded to our Senators
and Representative in Congress, and
to the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany.
Mr.. Lord spoke in opposition to Mr.
Newmark's resolutions.
Mr.. Barrows said we should keep in
view realities and not names and said
the Chamber understood that the
company proposed to build their main
line through Cajon Pass to a point near
the Tehachape, or near the boundary
line of San Bernardino and Kern
counties and when that is done, the
company do not carry out their prom
ises made at the time the subsidy was
voted by the people of this county.
Mr.. Hewitt said he did not think
he could add anything to the remarks
of Mr.. Newmark, which were alto
gether true and covered the whole
ground. He thought, however, the
company were carrying out all they
promised and that the suspicious and
objections raised against the company
by the resolutions of the Chamber,
passed at the last meeting, were in
juring the company and hampering
them in their efforts to accomplish
their purposes. Heretofore the com
pany has looked upon the people of
Los Angeles us n community of
friends, and had taken pride and
pleasure i'm fulfilling their contracts
under the most difficult and embar-
rassing circumstances. They had
completed the Anaheim branch one
year before the terms of their con-
tracts. He thought the mere act of
selecting Mr.. Luttrell as their mouth
piece was an insult to the company,
he being notoriously their bitter foe.
Judge Widney then addressed the
Chamber prefacing his remarks by
saying that railroad companies gen.
orally had bills drafted by the best
lawyers and most acute business men
andalways had the iaop hole In their
favor. He contended that the Cham
Der had made no mistake either in
passing the resolutions or selecting
Mr.. Luttrell as the representative or
of their views. He argued
strongly and logically in favor of the
ground which had been taken by the
Chamber.
Gov. Downey emphatically endorsed
the action of the committee and the
Chamber. There was no misunder-
standing in the previous articles of
agreement with the railroad company
brought before the people of Los An
geles. TO show our friendly feeling
towards the railroad company, he was
willing to support memorial to Con-
gress, asking that the same aid be ex-
tended to this road that is given to the
Texas and Pacific.
Judge Widney suggested that a
committee be appointed to correspond
with the authorities of the company,
pointing out the antiquities in the
bill which are Objectionable to the
people of Los Angeles, and expressing
our friendly feelings towards the COM
pany.
Mr.. BOrrowe and Mr.. Lord thought
such IL proceeding entirely unnecessa-
nv. Mr.. Lord remarked: cit is saying
that if you will take back what you
have said, we will take back what we
have said; it is going up hill and
then going down again. He was op-
posed to taking further action.
Mr.. /. M. Hellman, though not a
member of the Board, made a few re-
marks, urging conciliatory measures.
Mr.. Barrows opposed the resolutions
of Mr.. Newmark He had grave ap-
prehensons that if this change of road
is made, it will not only rob us of
the Panamint trade, but will eventu-
ally take the great main traffic away
from us. He was opposed to the
granting Of subsidy to the Southern
Pacific Railroad as it is a grasping and
dangerous monopoly. He would vote
against such measure if brought up.
The Chamber has grave duty to per-
form, and he shuddered lest by its ac-
tlon an irreparable injury should be
done to our section of the State. A
long discussion followed.
Mr.. Newmark urged the passage of
his resolutions, claiming that they
were fully in accord with the sense of
the meeting.
Judge Widney then offered the fol-
lowing resolutions:
ResotUed, That a committee of three
be appointed, to which shall be re-
ferred the communications from the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
and the proposed act, with discretion