Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-12
THE RIGHT OF WAY.
The Matter TO be Argued in Council,
TODAY.

THE Rl6HT OF WAY.
The Matter To be Argued Ina Council
To-Day.
The granting of the franchise to the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company over
certain streets between San Pedro and
Alameda will come up before the City
Council to-day at O'Clock. One of the
original petitioners in favor of granting
the franchise to the Southern Pacific
Company was Mr.. G. w. Tubbs, who
comes forward now and asks that his
name be stricken from the original petit
ton. He has filed petition to this
effect with the Clerk of the City Council,
and states that he signed the document
referred to under misapprehension as
to the effect the building of the
railroad would have on the property.
Since signing the petition he has con-
versed with a large number Of people
who reside in that neighborhood and has
of the track would injure large amount
his name be withdrawn from the petit
ton. He also states that others who
signed the original petition had no inter-
line, and asked that their names be
stricken from the petition or regarded as
Of no force. The representatives of the
railroad state that none of the protest.
ant have property situated so close to
the proposed track that it would be in
iured. They say that the protestants
own property to the south of Pine street
and that their reason for opposing the
crossing here is to endeavor to force the
railroad company to 60 further south for
q line and thus take the San Pedro street
line up entirely. In consequence of this
the representatives of the railroad think
that no consideration should be given to
the protestants The matter will be fully
argued before the committee to-day.
The Southern Pacific people are
anxious to get the matter through to-
day if possible as the excursion travel is
setting in rapidly, and the present quart
ers on San Fernando street are totally
inadequate to the demands upon them.
The company promises that if the right
of-way is granted to-day they will have
the trains running into the new depot by
December 1st. All of the arrangements as
regards the train service have been pro-
jected, and in fact the overland trains
could be run in and out now for the Y
at the Sherer tract has been in for some
time. The construction of the new over
land line from the new depot to Ell Monte
will no doubt be delayed for some time
as the right of-way over the Leguna
ranch is in the hands of the courts and
will have to 60 through the usual stages
of red tapeism.
The Wolfskill depot is we'll worthy a
visit from those who have not seen it for
some time, for now that it is finished it
ranks as one of the finest structures of
the kind west of the Rockies. The en-
trance from Fifth street is guarded by
two tall palms which tower eighty feet
above the level of their surroundings and
will create a favorable impression on the
Eastern visitor as he steps from the cars
and obtains his first view of the city
of Los Angeles. The depot is sur
sounded by a wide roadway Of
bituminous rock, which material is also
used betwsen the tracks in the yards.
The Offices are very commodious, and
the arrangements for the public are very
fine. There are special waiting-rooms
for ladies in addition to large general
waiting-room, and on the platform bar
riers are erected SO that only those hold
ing tickets can get to any particular train
if it is desired to exclude the general
throng. The baggage-room has COM
modious quarters at one end of the sta
ton, and is arranged so that delivery
wagons can drive up right to the
baggage masters receiving shelf. The
refreshment rooms will be under the
management of Mr.. s. Reinhart, who
now runs the San San Fernando STREET
Hotel, but he will have no rooming &C.
commodation in the building, and will
probably erect a structure for that pur-
pose close by. The depot will be lighted
by one Of the most powerful dynamos IN
the country, and in every detail shows
that the determination of the directors to
have the building a frst-class one in
every respect has been carried out.