The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-08-07
Adjourned Meeting OF the Council

Aldermen present.
Captain w. NJ. johnson, City En-
glncor, exhibited maps of the Nlarllo
street and ST. Louis street routes OF the
branch line of the Central
road. together with estimates OF the
cost.
On motion of Alderman Crowdus,
the report Of the Engineer was received
aud lil0d.
On motion, the question Of striking
out Marillo street aud inserting st.
Louis street, was ordered.
Alderman Mcl4ure spoke forcibly in
favor of the st. Louis street route, He
stated that the Council was the
Legislative body of the city That
the citizens OF the Fourth Ward
had rights, and those rights
must he respected. He denounced rs
IN unwurrauted and slanderous piece
Of elfrontery the charge OF the counsel
OF the railroad that the opposition to
tho right-or.way by the people of the
Fourth Ward was induced by u fac
tlous spirit. lie spurned it rs untrue
and ungenerous. The petition against
the Marilo street route was signed by
some of the most responsible citizens
of Dallas, and the assertion that they
were prompted by u factlous spirit was
an insult to their honesty and incplli-
gencc. II was true that the st. Louis
route might cost the railroad II few
thousand dollars more, but on the
question as to whether the rights Of
the people should be violated or great
moneyed corporation he put to II few
thousand dollars moro expense, he
thought there should be no division.
The rights and Interests of the people
of Dallas were dearer to him than the
interests ota monopoly which had ever
Disseminated against this city and its
ciii4eus.
Alderman Tompkins said the entire
question seemed to he misunderstood
II was not the Central railroad that
was asking Il favor from the city, but
1t was the city and business men that
were askinga favor from the Central.
The company were willing to acCede
to the request and build the road by
the Marble street rontc, AT cost of
about sixteen thousand dollars BY
the ~. Louis street route IL would cost
probably tWeUty~One Thousand dollars.
lie WAS anxious to secure the road,
and that nv the earliest possible mo.
mcnt. III the So. Louis street route
was adopted, it WAS no certainty that
the company would build the line, ~
There was no reason to suppose
that because it would spend sixteen
thousand dollars 10y one route that it
would pay twenty-one thousand dol
lars by another.
Alderman Obenchaip would certain
ly vote for the Marble street route, and
only regretted that the road was not
permitted to run its track through the
city 10y general and unanimous con
sent.
Alderman Tompkins, in reply to the
remarks Of Alderman Mcluro, stated
that neither had he the desire nor
would he wrong any man. If the
property Of citizens along the line of
the proposed route was injured, they
had recourse To the law, and could re-
cover from the company ample repair
alton for all injuries OF damages done.
BY courtesy, DR.. NJ. b. franklin was
granted the privilege of the floor. lie
stated that If the road was run down
Marble street il would injure him
greatly. AS an evidence of how sin
cero he was in the belief that it would
injure him, he was willing to have his
property now assessed by three disin-
terested persons, and ii the measure
was passed, and the railroad built, he
was willing to take one-half of the MS
sessed value for it,
BY courtesy, Mr.. ID. Gosliu was
granted the privilege of the floor. He
stated that he had purchased two acres
Of land, for which he paid fourteen
hundred dollars in gold, when he could
have purchased it on the railroad
for three hundred dollars per acre.
He had paid this extra
price In order to be away from the
railroad, and now, If this right-of-way
was granted through Marillo street he
would be greatly injured, and he was
notalone. To-day no would not take one
thousand dollars more for his property
than its assessed value, because it was
his home, and around 1t his feelings
and interests chung; hut grant this
right-ofway through Marillo street to
the railroad, and he would gladly dis.
pose of 1t for one thousand dollars less
than Its assessed value.
Alderman Shone said that damage
and great damage, would not only re-
suit to property holders on Marllo
street, II that route was adopted, but it
would equally affect the value of prop
erty In the neighborhood. He said the
city sought to shirk all responsibility
for damages in this matter, but
he woaldoall the attention of the Coun-
Gil to the fact that similar case had
recently been taken to the Supreme
Court OF Illinois, and that that high
Judicial tribunal had rendered judy.