Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-29

media street. For months the company
has unsuccessfully attempted to obtain
from you sufficient strip of land across
the Briswalter tract to carry out this pro-
lect. After carefully examining the sub
lect, and becoming thoroughly con-
versant with the lay OF the land, it was
ascertained that the only practicable
route was that surveyed across the Bris-
walter tract by Mr.. Bruner, the COM
pany's engineer, designated on the map
as route No. 4. We were unable to
agree with you as to the terms upon
which this right of way could be OBJ
tanned. As the agent of the owners of
the Briswalter tract, you informed me
that you would grant us this right-of-
way. If we would purchase from you all
the land south of the track, comprising
about eighty acres, at $4,000 per acre,
i. e. 100000, and you further required
that we should build you a depot upon
the Briswalter tract to cost not less than
$4,000, and that all trains to and from
Santa Monica and intermediate points
should stop at this depot. These con-
diiions were regarded by the company as
unreasonable, and your offer was de-
clined.
Unable to agree upon line which
would answer the demands which the
public have right to make on the rail-
road company, the latter set about nego-
tiating for another right of way. After
great deal of effort and the expenditure
OF much money, and the purchase of
considerable land, the territory, which is
described in the application now before
the Council, was acquired and fran
chise asked for. If this franchise be
granted, the railroad, as to your prop
erty, will occupy the same position as
at present. You and others, some of
whom are interested principally be-
cause they expect to make valuable
sales to the company, are opposing
favorable consideration OF the franchise
now sought. 1t is urged that it would be
better for San Pedro street if right of
way were obtained across the Briswalter
tract. Had you made reasonable prop
osition before the company purchased it's
present right of way and adjacent prop
erty, there would have been no hesitancy
about accepting it, but, thinking that we
must come to your terms, you waited
until great expense had been incurred.
Under these circumstances, the company
cannot make as desirable a proposition
to you as it would have done had YOU
considered the matter more favorable at
it's inception.
The undersigned is authorized to say
that if you will procure to be made at or
before 10 O'Clock on Friday morning of
this week deed conveying to the COM
pany fifty-foot right of way across the
Briswalter tract, upon the line hereto
fore indicated as being surveyed and
staked by Mr.. Bruner, without cost to
the company and without any condition
as to erection OF depots, stoppage of
trains, or any other restrictions, except
those which may be deemed by the
Council necessary for the protection of
the city, the company will abandon the
Pine street route-in other words, the
route described in the franchise now be-
fore the Council-and will adopt the line
SO surveyed and staked by Mr.. Bruner.
l wish to call your attention to the fact
that the Briswalter tract frontage on San
Pedro street, along which the railroad
track now runs, and from which such
track will be removed if you accept this
proposition, amounts to 4. 400 feet while
the length of the proposed line across
the same tract is 5000 feet, and will con-
tain about four acres.
Taking into consideration the other ex-
sive expenditures which hav, been al
ready made in purchasing land for the
Pine street route, and further expendi-
ture of $500 for right OF way across the
Hooper tract <yet to be securely, we can
not make any more favorable offe. than
that above stated Should you conclude to
accept you will no doubt inform the un-
dersigned at the Hollenbeck Hotel, i'm
mediately. We cannot afford to delay this
matter. The new depot is ready and can
not be occupied until this affair is settled.
You will, of course, understand that
failure to accept this proposition will in
volve the immediate necessity of press
ing the application now before the Coun-
Gil. Yours respectfully, S. P. LUNT,
Right of Way Agent, S. P. Company.
Los Angeles, November 2S, 1888.