San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-05-13
EIGHTH WARD PROTEST.
Bound to Block the Arkansas Pass
from Mill Bridge.

Bound to Block the Arkansas Pass
from Mill Bridge.
The protest meeting at Mission garden Sun
day night was attended by about one hundred
taxpayers. S. NJ Ellis was elected chairman
NJ. K. Seebe, secretary. Mcssrs. W. L. Smith
Elias Edmunds, Carl GrOOs, Jesse Presnall
Hy Vernon, G. 5 Cnabot, AdOlph Wagner e.
II. Mueller, VIM. kOhler, Chas. Hummel Jr,
were appointed Committee on resolutions
and after due deliberatiOn submitted the fol
lowing Shich was unanimously adopted:
BE il resolved by he cItizeHs and taxpayers
of the eighth ward IN public meeting assem-
bed,
That we condemn the action OF the San An.
tonic and Arkansas Pass Railway company in
seeking 10 obtain from the city council OF the
city or San Antonio the right OF way for a
steam railway from its depot over Madison
and Garden streets to the Mill bridge, for the
following reasons wit:
|. That said application is made under
false pre- enses. in this, that 1t Is made TO APP
pear that said ra lway is necessary for the
transportation of passengers 10 the fair
grounds. whereas in truth and in fact the OBJ
ject OF said corporation is to carry freight
into the heart or the city, so as to obtain an
undue advantage over other railroads enter
ing the city.
2 That there is no necessity for a steam
railway to carry passengers To the Arkansas
Pass Railway company depot, because the
street car iaciLleS are ample, AMI il not
ample can be made so with profit to the in
vSsIment or additional capital i'll cars and
mules or horses, and without injury TO any
one.
). Because the public is familiar with the
fair, bu deluslve promises OF said railway
company, and has not had and should not
have any confidence in them.
1. That the granting of said riglt-Ofway
woulr destroy the privacy and value of one
of the fareSt residence portions OF the city,
and would endanger tn lives and property VI
citizens,
Be it further resolved thao we are opp se6
to the granting of temporary right-Ol-way
over said Madison and Garden streets, TO said
san Antonio and AtauSas Pass Railway com
lanY, because in addit on to the reasons here
tOfOre given, we have reasons TO believe, and
do believe that the prayer for a Temporary
rightof-way by said company IS Il scheme TO
bttin possession of the right Of-w0y, and
then by any means lawful or otherwise per-
m&nentIy 10 hold it.
Be Il iurth I resolved that we viii resist the
en.ry Of sald railway company int, sal
streets, or any other in said ward by a remOn-
stTance to the city council, and by other law
iuI means j. necessary.
BE it further resolved tina we condemn the
action OF the san Antonio internatipnal Fair
association and of the press in advocating the
graut OF said right Of way.
BE ii further resolved, That we earnestly
r quest the mayor and aldermen at large ana
the aldermen of the different wards TO come
To the assistance of the people OF this wAri IT.
opposing the Application of said railway com
pany for right of way over said streets or III
any other portion of said ward.
BE it further resolved. Tnat we heartily
thank the aldermen from the Eighth ward
for the stand they have taken in the city
council! IN this matter and for their viga
III representing the interest Of their c0nsttu-
entS.
We, your committee, further recommend
that an executive mmittee of ten be ap
pointed by the CHI air rOr the purpose of prose
cutting to effect the resolutions of this meet
Ing and we recommend the following commit
SDphp e.. f.
S VI. Ellis, w. S. Smith, II. E. Vernon. Arthur
Guenther. J. Fl. PressnaI. c. +. A. Hummel.
Manuel Yturri, Jr., AMI we further recon-
mend that 5. VI Ellis, II. E. Vernon and W 5
smith be appointed a committee to represe Il
this meeting before the CITY coI"Cil in the in
L rest Of tn Sc resolutions
B" il fl 'her resolved that the executive
2ummIttee do cause these resolution to be
Drln1ed in the daily papers ard that II copy OF
II en- re presented To the city council III its
next meeting.
The resolutions we"" signed by over sixty
, tne taxpayers present and he meeting ad
burned.