The morning call., 1891-07-31
RESTING ON ARMS.
The Rival Railroad People Hold.
ing Their Own.
No Further Trouble Anticipated The Omni
bus Company Has the Inside Track Be-
fore the Supervisors.

The reign of force is over on Stanyan
street, the touch of medievialism has
fickered out, and the rival railroad COM
panies have settled down to nineteenth GEN.
tury methods, and will adjust their differ
ences by an amicable compromise, or by
leaving the issue to the decision Of the
courts.
AT least that is suggested as the most
probable solution of the trouble. On the
steps to be taken in the future every one is
discreetly reticent, and the two companies
are, for the present, contenting themselves
with holding their own on the scene of
operations. The process of holding their
own has been the modus operandi ever
since active hostilities on Wednesday morn
ing
And their own consists for the Omnibus
Railroad Company in completing the build
Ing of the forty yards so of rail which it
mas already laid from Halght street south,
and for the Market-street Company in
maintaining its rails which run the rest of
the block and actively pushing forward the
extension Of the line along Waller street.
THE WATCHERS WERE FEW.
There were but few watching the men Mt
work yesterday compared with those vino
had been present on Tuesday. Knots Of curl
osity seekers hung about the spot all day.
Visitors to the park and the ball grounds
lotered for few minutes, ebnt passed on.
with their curiosity stated, when they found
that nothing was to be seen but ordinary
road-laying work.
There was. perhaps, an overlarge force at
work at both sides, and the men engaged at
the junction Of the two tracks bad seemingly
little to do but to smoke an occasional pipe
of peace and wait upon events. Looking
down StapyaD the track already
laid presents an odd appearance.
The Market-street section has evidently
been laid III hurry, and presents Zig-Zag
course that only an intoxicated car and
| dummy could travel in safety. 1t is of Il
| Wider grade, too, than the shorter section,
| and-there Is an abrupt break at the junction
| OF the two systems. A further appearance
OF want of symmetry is produced by the
southern track being at least two inches
| higher than the Omnibus road track.
NO FURTHER TROUBLE ANTICIPATED.
| No further trouble is said to be antici-
pated. On Tuesday night Sergeant w.
| Lutman and four officers were on duty TO
| prevent collision between the rival forces
| Sergeant Flanders relieved him at O'clock
! In the morning, and he and his men had an
| equally easy time, and at O'Clock III the
| afternoon Sergeant BirdSalI was able TO
| telephone to headquarters that all was quiet.
a fresh shift OF men in The employ OF the
| companies went out at Z O'Clock IN the
morning, but for the higher officials it las
been busy time. Superin tendent Barron
of the Market street Company was Oh the
| ground all day Superintendent Anderson
OF the Omnibus Company saw that no
march was stolen upon the Omnibus people
till the middle OF the afternoon, and Eu-
| gineer Fairchild of the same company has
| only left the spot for a few hours since the
beginning OF the trouble.
NJ further light could be obtained ON the
rights Of the quarrel. The Omnibus road
officials claim that their original franchise
| entities them to extend their read as far as
Waller street. They had further preserved
the right by running a horse-car from
1t is claimed on behalf of the Market-street
| road that the bio k had only been used by
| the opposition company by sufferance.
Their own franchise allowed them to run
along Stanyan to Waller aud out. Waller in
-ihe direction of the ocean.