Telegram-herald., 1890-03-31
THOSE FOUR TRACKS
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~ the Ealt9F of tas Iz.sszAE- HGsALB.
have unw.lIiagly ald Qnintenu0nlly
been drawn INTO this neaspaper racket
about C0ngre,si8sn BelkBap's connect
ION With the loaE tracks on Cansl-st-
A short time since r. ". Ball, oI the
Democrat, called Al the mayors Once
and inquired of me whether or not the
street Railway Company, Of Grand
RAPIDS, was bound by ordinance 10 con
struct certain lines Of street railway up
the hiil which they failed 10 do. IN
loTnled HIM that while such routes were
IN the hrst two or three ordinances sub
mitted and passed BY the council, sad
ordinances We're - amended that the
company refused them and finally the
ordinance under which the company IS
now operating, contained no such
routes. Ia showing hlm the facts ii
the case, referred TO the council pro-
ceedings Of 1854 and 1855 and IN so
dong, came across the vote taken on
my amendment as above referred 20,
which showed that the amendment was
lost by the casting vote Of Mayor Bel
/ KNAPP and Ball made a note OF the fact.
| | did not consider that | was being IN
/ teryled, on the contrary supposed that
| was giving Mr.. Bali the key to the lost
I links OF an ordinance which he ms
| quoted III a recent issue OF his paper.
/ | now desire TO express 10 the IELE-
GRAM HERALD my thanks Tor the WIS
1 dom and afOrethOught displayed in
/ publishing your article headed 'Stop
| this Racket" thereby showing now this
! great country might have been de-
/ prlyed OF the able services OF this emf
nent statesman and distinguished ex-
mayor. and following the theory of the
| IELEGRAM-HERALD step further,
| had not certain distinguished
| man of his day and time, met and won
the affections of a lovely bride, George
| Washington would never have been
called the father of his country. Hold
Your patience a little. Ii the father
! and mother of the lamented Lincoln
| had not joined hearts and hands, the
great emancipation proclamation, which
| threw the shackles OFT 1 1000, 900 souls,
| would never have been issued by him.
The same cause would produce the
| same result IN the cases Of the great and
only Daniel Crossman and Lewis NJ.
| Miller, who oftimes in by gone years,
electrified the members of the Senate
and State House of Representatives
with their clear ringing voices and dis
tInct articulation, thereby expediting
| business and making their services so
valuable TO the State. And if the Elder
| Arnold had never united in matri-
mony our then suffering country would
not have been compelled to submit to
the humiliation of admitting that one
of her best known sons was traitor.
! Two more ifs and i have done. You
know if the dog had not stopped to
bark he might have caught the rabbit,
and, if c. +. Belknap had not or the
evening of April 81, 1888, per page 475
of the printed proceedings Of the coun-
ell of that year, gwen the casting vote,
| in the interest of the Grand Rapids
! Street Railroad Company, the people on
/ Canal-st. would not be suffering on ac-
count of four tracks IN that thorough,
fare. Now If you want any more,
come right along.
Very respectfully yours,
JOIN KILLEAN.