Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-02
THE RIGHT OF WAY.
The Council Looks over the Pro-
posed Line.

posed Line.
Messrs. Bosbyshell Barrett, Hum
phreys, Teed, Collins and Mathews, OF
the City Council, assembled at the city
hall to proceed with Mr.. Lunt represen-
tative of the Southern Pacific r. R. in
the matter of the right of way, Mr.. Knox,
attorney for Mr.. G, j. Griffith and a
number Of citizens, to the place where
the s. p. r. r. desires to obtain per-
mission to cross the streets of the city.
The party was driven rapidly in carriages
to the corner of San Pedro and Pine
streets where about fifty citizens to-
gether with Mr.. G.. w. Frink and Mr.. G..
j. Griffith were in waiting to discuss the
matter. The property owners had
gathered to protest to the grant
ing of the right OF way over
the streets, and vigorous objection was
made, some of the people saying that
they would sell out their lots if the per-
mission was granted. The property
owners represented to the Councilmen
that instead of branching across to Ala
media street at this point as was propos-
ed, the railroad company should have
crossed through the Wolfskill tract, or
through the property of Mr.. q. j. Grif-
fifth, on the southern boundary of the
city.
Mr.. Lunt, for the S. P. r. Il. Com
pany, stated that the Company had en-
deavored to cross through Mr.. Griffith g
property, but that Mr.. Griffith had asked
too much money for the right of way.
The first line he proposed to run through
this property was direct continuance of
the track from the point where it
now turns into San Pedro
street to Alameda street with
no curves except that at Alameda street.
For this right of way Mr.. Lunt stated
Mr.. Griffith asked $1,000 an acre for
eighty acres. This land was all of the
Briswalter property lying south of the
proposed right of way, which Mr.. Grit
fifth thought would be ruined by the rail-
road, Mr.. Griffith then proposed to sell
the right of way along the southern
boundary OF the property, but it was
found that one of the property owners
near where it was proposed to 60 into
Alameda street would not either sell his
property or allow the road to pass over
it. Other lines were talked Of, but they
were either impractical or impossible.
He then went to work and purchased the
lots on the back of which it is proposed
to build the road from San Pedro street.
This line will run at the back
OF these lots, on the north
ern side of Pine street, and
so far as he was able to ascertain the
property owners who protested were
those whose property was south OF Pine
street and their AFFECTIONS to the route
were that it still left a portion of the road
on San Pedro street.
Mr.. G. j. Griffith said that he had
offered the company the right.of-wav
across his ranch at the southern
boundry, and about fourteen acres OF land
for $4,000, and this offer was
still open. He could not al
ford to have the right Of
way cross through the center of his prop
erty and cut all the blocks diagonally. He
thought that the company could easily
have taken the lower route and have
saved itself two ten degree curves and
could have obtained the right of way
across other property to Alameda street.
Mr.. Frnk said that all the company
desired was franchise across the streets.
After looking over the ground the party
returned to the CITY and the matter will
come up before the Board of Public Works
at later date.