Telegram-herald., 1888-05-12
THE TRACK RAISERS
Ixnsrsst nssi~ndsrs InSsding the fre-
xre<s ~ the Csty Improvements snd
psa't Sessn 10 kuow tkss They
Are st the same nms Ia
jortDg Themselves


This is Just the "size Of H." The TIL
EsEAs-HKG2Lp. with lis usuG! oilagenee.
has given 10 It's readers and the citizens Of
Grand Rapids generally. the status OF the
difficulties existing on the new street car
line Oh Ezst-st No other paper has seen
d 10 mention the subject. except - they
copied the occurrences from the IELkoRAn-
HERALD. This paper. however. has . re-
porter al the seat OF war, and it knows
whereof il speaks when IL makes the state
ment that unless this fool:shness is speed
lily stopped somebody will get into trouble.
There are certain Leaders, property
owners on the line Of Esst-sL and beyond.
who are responsible for the trouble and are
urging Oh the deluded. ignorant Dutcbmen
10 do " bat they are doing night after night.
It is a certain that the work OF these lawless
foreigners must be stopped, as IL is imped-
ing the progress of one Of the finest i'm
provemests Ia the Valley City.
The Grand Rapids Street Railway Com
pany have done great work in reclsiming
for US our finest. and we may say our only
Summer place of pleasure al Reeds Lake
from a resort Of bad characters 70 place
where all eau 10 with their wives anu
daughters and enjoy the cool Summer
bTeezes and all the pereo uisites OF an out
ing without molestation.
This COMPANY has now procured two
noiseless Baldwin motors with which TO
rnu their cars on East-st from the corner OF
sherman-st. 10 the newly erected barns
near Cberry-st. They have acquired
sufficient property so as not 10 do any
switching on the street; they have sent for
twenty.four elegant Summer open cars
which will be here in few days, and the
service from all parts of the city to Reeds
Lake will be regular and rapid, and satis-
factory; and why the citizens along the
route should be opposed TO il is a comni-
drum the solution of which is past find
ing out.
These motors are run in the principal
streets of Cincinnati. Chicago. and other
large cities. they are noiseless. smokeless.
and furnished with steam brakes SO
as to be perfectly safe. The track.
which is the chief bone of contention. is
made with light rail. but is bsried almost
out of sight aud well covered so that any
vehicle can be driven across il with perfect
safety.
But the principal question involved is:
Have they the right to build such a track.
run such q motor, and establish the route
Dro bono p,biico; or have the citizens of
Grand Rapids township the right 10 estop
tneml 1ue courts nave decided tnal t0t
railroad company has the right of way, and
consequently those citizens who are en-
| deavoring to impede their progress are
amenable TO the law. If there are any
more such fracasses as occurred on Wed.
| nesdsy and Thursday nights, the perpetra-
| tors will be summarily dealt with or the
| TELEGRAa-H HERALD will handle the officers
properly responsible in such a case without
gloves.
All il quiet in Easiest, is the word that
is received from that belligerent portion o
the city. Sheriff Bishop and his deputie.
were on hand early in the evening. and
between 9 and 10 o'clock Sergeant Hurley
With sbost twenty patrolmen, went tc
| the seat of war and stayed there nearly al
night. Early in the evening a motor wa
| run over the line, and Hollander threw {
stone through the headlight. Deputy
| Sheriff Powers arrested the man and
brought him to the jail. In getting away
from the crowd the prisoner got bumped
| in the back of the head, cutting him quite
badly. No other attempt was made TO re
new the disturbance last night. and th,
4 war il is bopoi Is rrarticallv AT an and