Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-23
RIGHT OF WAY.
Protest Against the Pine Streei
R0ute.


A delegation of citizens interested il
that portion Of the city which will b'
affected if the Southern Pacific Compan,
is permitted to reach Alameda stree
from San Pedro by the way Of Pine stree
instead OF by one of the lines across tht
Briswalter tract, called upon us yester
day and showed us the following protest
which was at the time signed by some
three hundred interested parties, anc
would contain great many more before
being presented to the Council to-mor.
row. We give the text of the protest
alone, because the signatures are not ye,
all in. 1t is as follows:
To the Honorable Council of the city of Los
GENTLEMEN Whereas, a petition is now be-
Pacific Company, whereby said company s
efforts for franchise for railroad tracks along
the line of Pine street, from San Pedro street
Therefore. we, your undersigned petitioners,
being property holders in that immediate vi
entity and in the territory affected by the grant
ing of such franchise, do most earnestly pro
test against the pray er Of said petition and do
hereby ask your honorable body to withhold
said franchise, for the following reasons, to-
wit:
First, If such franchise be granted, the per-
petual blockade of San Pedro street will be
assured, as nearly one mile OF track will remain
Second, The right of way called for by said
franchise crosses three 80 foot and nine 60 foot
streets. and six alleys.
Third, 1t will be much better to have the
track remain as at present, than to accept the
proposed change.
Fourth. A right OF wav has been rendered
the Southern Pacific Company across the Bris
walter vineyard free OF cost to said company.
Fifth, The Briswalter route, II adopted, will
cause less damage to property interests, will
practicable than the Pine street route.
Sixth. The difference in valuation of prop
erty affected will be at least 81 100000.
Your petitioners would iufJher state that in
opposing the petition of the Southern Pacific
Company they aye not actuated by any narrow
minded policy, nor by reason of any hostility
fits naturally accruing through Judicious rail.
way enterprise; but they are strongly of the
opinion and belief that the best interests of
our city will bs best served by resoiute denial
of the application for The Pine street franchise:
and so we, your petitioners. will ever humbly
pray.
The delegation said that it is the in
tention of making San Pedro street one
of the fine boulevards of the city, leading
to Vernon and Harmony. They have al
ready received the signatures of property
holders representing 10000 feet of 'front.'
age on the street, agreeing to give enough
ground to widen it to ITO feet the whole
way, if the railroad is removed from it.
They propose to have the street speedily
graded and otherwise improved, so as to
make it cne of the most desirable drive.
ways out of the city. This, they say, can
be easily accomplished, because the
street is of porous sand and almost en-
tirely destitute of clay or adobe
that turns into mud when it rains.
They say that on the faith of Mr..
Lunt's letter they have raised the money
required to purchase the Briswalter
route, and are ready to present it free to
the railroad, and that good faith on the
part of the company ought to make it
carry out the proposition of it's agent,
upon which they have acted. They de-
clare that they are anxious that the rail-
road should have every facility possible
to reach the new depot, but they protest
that if there are several routes, the one
most advantageous to the people and the
city, and not disadvantageous to the
COMPANY. ought to be selected.