Telegram-herald., 1890-12-16

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AkaiAst she eFP~satlss.
Dodgers esFc1lKsoa yesterday AZ
uoencsd mass mesting 81 Elghth Ana
Nnlh MArd cu1sns al Turner Hall
"a shs interest & ihs proposed opealag
~ Ailsn-st Across tie railroads. The
meeting vas held a. Ars,ssteE Hal in-
stead, a. Turner Hal szs "a uss ~ tbs
gymn4ssse school. some A. 81 So prop
srty owners weIe present. A petition
VAS circulated. whloh was ssgnod -
about ~ property ownsrs. .ststlBg tie pro-
posed improvement ID tss . pU0lle neces-
silys Aaa that the s.gners believed them
srltos entitled - another saeh street
oota IN respect 10 giving tAsm greater
oQIFenleno1 zna al increase ID prop
erty values proporsi0nate wlth tae Iosl
Of tie elty.
L. e. d. Holden Was made chairman
0t tie meeting. and Peter SChickeA
secretary. Alderman hauseT explained
tie object of the gathering. de s4id
that ~nen elected he lad guaranteed
10 Use All eadeaf0r 10 open another
east and west street The matter
had progressed until nov i VAS about
20 be tired Ia the courts. lts pTonot-
er. lad not expected more than tie or
dlnary opposition, bat AT the eleventh
hour the action Of some or the daily
pa pers had been such as % convince
readers that they had been bought up
by The railroad companies. The meet
ing WAS 10 contradict Any false repre-
sentAtions made by sald papers. He
had therefore called the meeting that
property owners might verify the po-
sitlOu Of their representatives. and show
how much of n necessity they regarded
the street opening. Late on Saturday
night he had drawn up the petition,
which had already been signed by near
ly 100. Property in the Eighth ward
had been deprecated. The West SIDE
had been neglected, and the business Of
the city had been enhanced at the eI-
pense OF the West SIDE, where most Of
the switching WAS being done. The
Allen street opening WAS the most de-
sirable and necessary.
A resolution prepared by Alderman
Hauser was referred 70 a committee
consisting OF Messrs. Hauser, Hammer
schmidt and Schlckel, who reported
fayorably 20 It's adoption. The resolu-
ton sets forth that for several years
property owners had advocated such
an extension, and had been meanwhile
subjected 10 great inconvenience and
detTiment 10 travel. The common
council had taken the necessary action
and the hearing Of the case Ia the supe-
rioT court had been set for December
10. The opposition had filed no protest,
but within the past week or two certain
city paper, notably the Leader and
Democrat, had devoted their editorial
and other columns TO the interests OF
railroad corporations III the matter.
The people and corporations were the
contending parties, consequently the
people were obliged TO protest against
the attitude of said papers. The reso-
lutions ended with the request that the
sentiments of the meeting be published
IN all of the daily papers.
Ex-Alderman Launlere, IN moving
the adoption, scored the railroad COM
panies for their actions in the past, IN
failing 10 fulfill pledges made 10 the
West Side people. 1t was difficult for
people TO find Slbley, Jackson or other
streets west of the railroad, he said, be-
cause they were isolated from lack of
connections. The meeting adjourned,
number Of later arrivals singing the
petition. The plan is to present the pc
tition and resolutions 10 the court ct
the hearing.