The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-24
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/ The black lines represent the present
! tracks OF the Salt Lake company-the light
| lines the proposed track of the Rapid Tran
sit, the space 10 be covered being, as be-
fore stated, between Main street and Sec
ond West-a distance of three blocks.
THE OTHER PEOPLE APPEAR
For few moments work went steadily
on, the Rapid Transit people putting 10
ties distant from each other the length of 9
rail, the idea being, apparently, to put
down temporary track under cover OF
darkness and then and the other rails al
their pleasure.
Soon after u, however, several cars Of the
Salt Lake company were run down on the
track where the men were ar
work; and these were stopped by plac-
ing ties across the track. The ties were
pulled out by the conductors and the cars
went ahead. Then one of the Rapid Tran
sit vandals split of a fish plate and en-
deayored TO take up a rail. He
had just about done so when he
was stopped by Marshal Young, VINO told
him he had no right to interfere with or
destroy other peoples property. More
cars were then run down to the scene, and
these were Kept going back and forth over
the track where the men were endeayoring
to work, some being kept at the Main
street corner and others patrolling the
line in dispute. This hindered work to
some extent Soon afterward Slperin-
tencelt Reed and Attorney j. L. Rawlins
appeared On the scene and demanded
OF Marshal Young that work be
stopped, the claim being made that
the men had no right to iniure the property
of the Salt Lake company. The marshal
however, seemed TO think that he knew
more about law than MIR. Rawiins, and re-
fused to order the work stopped. Superin-
Iendent Reed then ordered several OF the
Rapid Transit dagos TO quit work, but they
paid no attention 10 him, and when he at
tempted 20 pat the men of the track. he
was prevented by the police-a number of
whom acted more like prize DULLES than
preseryers OF the public peace. Later
Superintendent Reed was placed under
arrest because he offended the
high moral sense of all Of the coppers. He
was taken TO jail, but was subsequently re-
leased.
In the meantime cars continued 10 null
tiply and Mr.. Chambers, Marshal Parsons
and others appeared on the scene The
cars continued 10 run back and forth few
rods and then the police ordered the con
ductOrs TO change their trolleys and head
lights at each move. This gave an advant-
age to the Rapid Transit people.
and they grasped the opportunity.
This was kept up until about a. ~, when
Messrs. Rawlins and Critchlow left to
pTCpdEc lUguHCIlOu PAPERS. Judge AnQer-
son and Clerk Mcmillan were visited, the
papers received legal sanction, and were
served at about 800 g. N.
Only four or five rails were laid
The Rapid Transit is to show cause
Saturday.
HIGa-HASDED OUTRAGE.
Whatever subsequent proceedings NAV
develop, there Is but one view TO be
taken of the action of the Rapid
Transit company at this writIng-tdat
il was simply a high-handed outrage;
those who planned il knew their action
was illegal; that the plea that the work
was being done at night in order to save
the impeding Of public thoroughfare, was
the himsiest Of excuses. MIR. Chambers.
after some search, found MIR. Jack. and the
former expressed his opinion Of the action
of the Rapid Transit in language that could
not be misunderstood.
The affair 10 not yet settled by any
means-it is but The beginning Of the end.