The record-union., 1891-08-04
CLEAN KNOCK OUT.
The P-Street Electric Railway VIII
Not be Built.
So Say the Three City Trustees for the
Third Tfme-And Now Q Street
VIII Try It On.

The space outside the railing in the
boardroom Of the City Trustees was
crowded with citizens at the meeting
yesterday morning, the majority of them
being residents and property-owners on
p street.
Alter the board had disposed of some
other business the clerk read for the sec
Ond time the franchise asked by J. H.
Henry, of the Electric Railway Company,
granting him the right 70 lay down and
operate an electric road on Seventh street
from ] to P, and on street from Seventh
to Twenty eighth; also Twenty first
street from to O.
The reading was listened to with great
attention by those present.
DR.. G.. l.. Simmons addressed the board,
stating that he had been requested by a
committee of citizens to present peti-
ton signed by over 1900 citizens, favor
ing the granting of the P-street fran
chise to Mr.. Henry. Five-sixths of
the property along the line was rep
resented in the petition, and it was,
indeed, no ordinary request. He
stated that, in consultation with q
very prominent attorney OF this city, he
was told by that gentleman that in real
ity the board had no right to refuse such
q request by the people. According to
the deed Of Sutter, the streets We're the
property Of the lot-Owners, and when it
came to the question of allowing the
right Of way on that street for railroad,
1t was the duty and legal right of the
/ property-owners along that street TO say
whether or not they wanted that road. II
they did, then the only matter that should
| come before the board in CONSIDERING the
/
not the road would be public nuisance
The doctor then told of the benefits the
| people, and especially the working class.
would derive from the establishment Of
such an electric road, and the extent to
which it would increase property values
He considered the argument that Mr..
HenTy's line would injure MIR. Carey's a
very weak one, and he urged the board
| not to refuse to grant the franchise in the
face of such an enormous and almost
unanimous petition.
The remarks of the doctor were ap-
plauded by those outside the bar
J. w. Hughes also addressed the board
on the subject. He told of the rapidity
with which Oak Park had built up since
the electric car line was run TO that dis
trict, and he held that the board could
not consistently refuse to grant the fran
chise, when nine-tenths of the people
wanted it.
|
| upholding Mr.. Carey and his street car
lines. He said he had lived on 0 street
for many years, and he knew that Mr..
Carey laid down his track on O street
when there were very few houses in that
part Of the city. He knew the Electric
Company wanted TO run Mr.. Carey out.
! Moreover, the electric folks are building
another town outside OF Sacramento, and
are offering inducements TO get people to
go out of the city and avoid paying city
taxes. Mr.. Carey was now experiment.
ing with a motor, and it was not yet the
thing he wanted. He had a right to ex-
! pertinent, as well as the Electric Com
/ pany, and it took the latter corporation
| over year to get what it wanted. He
| considered that Mr.. Henry would be
| benefited just as much if he put his road
on q street.
| Mr.. Henry was present, and said it was
| a question as to whether both roads
/ would pay, if Mr.. Carey put in
| electricity, but he was willing to run the
| risk.
| Mr.. Comstock and Mr.. Henry INDUCED
| in q heated debate, the latter declaring
! that Mr.. Comstock did not know what
| he was talking about, and the former in
| sisting that he did, that he had more time
than money, and was therefore satisfied
with Mr.. Carey's horse cars.
| The roll was called on the adoption of
| the ordinance, and all three Trustees
voted no.
The Central Electric Railway Com
! pany then filed an abandonment of its
! franchises on the following streets:
/ Eleventh, from to L. l., from Eleventh
to Fifteenth, and Nineteenth, from ]
| to G.
II. S. Carey filed written acceptance
of the franchises granted him by Ordi-
nance No. go. The ordinance includes
the franchise on Third, from X TO Q, and
on o street, from Third to Tenth; also.
the right to equip his other roads with
| electricity.
WILL TRY FOR @ STREET.
1t seems to be the determined purpose
of the Electric Railway people to get a
| road in the southern portion of the city if
possible, and at the next meeting of the
City Trustees they will probably ask for
franchise through @ and Sixth streets.