Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-03
THE ELRCTRIC ROAD.
INDIGNATION OF CITIZENS AT THE AC-
TON OF THE TRUSTEES.
The Board of Trade Holds a Meeting,
and viii Make Another Effort
to Secure 1t.

When the people OF this city learned yes
terday morning through the RECORD UNION
the action taken by the Board of Trustees
in regarding to amending the franchise of
the Central Street Railway Company, so as
to permit the introduction of the electric
system, their indignation knew no bounds
Groups of citizens could be seen upon al
most every corner in the business portions
of the city discussing the situation, and de-
nOuncing in unmeasured terms the action
of Trustees Mclaughlin and Wolf. The
sentiment was absolutely unanimous, not
one voice being raised in any quarter in
defense of those gentlemen. There was
talk of an Indignation meeting, and in one
group on ] street it was proposed to burn
the obnoxious officials in effigy, PROPOSE
ton which was warmly approved by sew
eral well-known business men in the
crowd.
Citizens meeting on the street would ask:
"What do you suppose is the reason Nc.
Laughlin and Wolf refuse to amend the
ordinance, so that we can have an electric
road, when no one objects to it?' The re-
DIV would be: "Oh, you can guess the
reason as well as anybody. They do not
pretend to give any reason, and simply say
they want to look into it further. No doubt
they dol"
BOARD OF TRADE MEETING.
A special meeting of the Directors of the
Board of Trade was called yesterday at its
rooms, the special object of the same being
to consider what further steps to take in the
matter of the proposed electric railway sys.
tenn. Before proceeding to this business,
]. o. Coleman, who was present by invita-
ton of the President, made some interest
ing statements regarding the increased
business of the Postoffice in this city.
Some discussion took place regarding the
needs of the city in the Postoffice Depart
ment, and as result the Board of Trade
decided that a standing committee should
be appointed, such as is in operation in
many cities in the East to be known as
the Board of Trade Postal Committee, and
whose duty will be to act for the interests
of the city in any way that it can to assist
the postal service and to make such recon-
mendations from time to time to the De-
partment III Washington as may seem to
be necessary and proper.
The Board then decided to request all
business houses in Sacramento who can do
SO to observe Tuesday, September 9th, as a
holiday, and it was ordered that the Secre-
tary notify all members of the Board of
that action.
The Board then took up the matter of
the street railway franchise, which has
been hanging fire with the City Trustees.
Albert Leonard addressed the Board in
very emphatic language, declaring that it
was the general opinion that the franchise
should be granted, and that the Trustees in
dalo oofinr for tho
best interests of the city.
Mr.. Hall thought that before condemn
ing the action of the Trustees it would be
proper that the Board should be thoroughly
informed as to what action had been taken
by them, and what the proposed franchise
really provided for. He did not assume
that the Board were actuated by any mo-
tives except proper ones, and thought that
proper restrictions should be thrown
around any grants which might be made by
the city.
THE SYSTEM is DESIRABLE.
President Platt addressed the Board at
some length, and read from Eastern papers
regarding the operations of the overhead
electric street railways in many cities in
the East. He was very emphatic in his
demands that Sacramento should have the
benefit of this system. He called the at
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mittee especially appointed by the Board
had been sent to San Jose, where they had
spent three days in careful examination
of the system employed by Mr.. Henry and
his company; that they had returned
unanimous in favor of it, and thoroughly
well pleased with its workings in every
particular that the Board had unani-
mously adopted the report of its committee
and stood thoroughly committed to the
scheme with, of course, suitable protec-
| ting provisions, which must be introduced
| into any franchise that should be granted.
He also called attention to the fact that
| very few additional poles would have to be
erected; that on one side of street all the
poles necessary had been erected and were
| now standing; that franchise had been
granted for them, and that they could not
be removed so long as the terms of the
franchise were observed that on the op-
poste side a right had been granted for
the erection of poles which would doubt
less be put up. In his opinion. the only
| question involved was, would the city al
low wires to be stretched across from one
set of poles TO the other, and the proper
longitudinal wires hung thereon? This is
all that is necessary to be done in addition
to what has already been done, and would
insure to the city of Sacramento, street.
car service equal to any in the United
States, and it would be big step in the
line of improvement.
Messrs. Lindley, Mott, Hopkins and
Fisher all expressed similar views and
| favored the project. 1t was decided that
Mr.. Plat should be added to the committee
appointed at the last meeting of the Board,
and that the committee as now constituted
should carefully review the proposed ordi-
nance and when the Droner restrictions