Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-06
To Be Given Work, Says
EX-Mayor Workman,
On the Los Angeles and Ter
minal Railway.
The Council Will Grant the Fran
chiSe Asked For.
An Informal Meeting of the Council Yes
terday-A Conference With the
Railroad Oficials-The Fran
chise to Be Granted.

Since the last meeting of the council
when the majority of that body insisted
upon such terms, in the matter OF the
petition of the Los Angeles Terminal
railway company for franchise for a
right of way into the city, as to cause
the applicants to withdraw their peti-
tion in disgust, an immense amount of
pressure has been brought to bear upon
the five refractory members, with the
view of causing them to reconsider their
action. Such was the unanimity of pub
lie opinion with regard to the matter,
that the councilmen who had been so
anxious to consider the rights of their
constituents on Monday last, found
themselves in an exceedingly unpleas-
ant situation, and they at once cast
about for means of extricating them
selves from the difficulty in as dignifed
a manner as possible.
With this end in view an informal
conference was held in the mayors Of
flee yesterday afternoon with the repre-
sentatives of the railway company, for
the purpose of reconsidering the various
plONlolOIo VI Gllc lIdlClllS0 dSk6u lOr.
There were present on behalf of the city:
Mayor Hazard, Councilmen McLain,
Bonsall, Frankenfeld, Shafer, Hamil-
ton, and Brown, and City Engineer
Fred. Eaton, while the company was
represented by Messrs. H. T. Lee, T. B.
Burnett, w. H. Workman, and several
other well known gentlemen.
After going over each section of the
franchise individually, the matter was
finally amicably adjusted, the company
making number of concessions of a
minor nature, and the city on the other
hand agreeing to withdraw the obiec-
tionable last section, and granting the
petitioners an exclusive right of way,
go feet wide; reserving the right and
land sufficient, however, to grant to other
companies who may apply for right of
way, ,.the privilege of paralleling the
track of the company.
The following clause was insisted
upon by the council, and finally signed
on behalf of the Terminal Railway COM
pany by 7. B. Burnett:
The company agrees to authorize the
city engineer to proceed Immediately to
repair and construct that portion of the
levee between Hof and Kuhrts streets,
and to pay the expenses of the same,
and also that portion between Also and
Macy streets, or the company will i'm
mediately repair and construct the
same under the direction of the city en-
gineer.
The matter having been satisfactorily
arranged to suit both parties, the coun-
Gil decided to call special meeting for
10 O'Clock this morning, when the mod
itied franchise will in all probability
be adopted The company promises to
commence work at once.
Ex-Mayor w. H. Workman was seen
by HERALD reporter after the confer
ence, and he stated that, "as soon as we
get the franchise we will commence
active operations. We will put thou
sand men at work, and run four steam
pile drivers building the levee, and will
push construction on to Rattlesnake
island as fast as possible
''Will you build east ?''
''Well, of course. Which way? We
are not ready to answer that yet, but
you will see railroad completed before
you know it."