The record-union., 1891-07-24

Ta1nenJO improvement ASSOCIttlcn leiNSe
evening for the purpose of considering
the recent action Of the City Trustees in
refusing to grant franchise for an cleo
trio road on street.
There was large delegation of P-street
property-owners present, loaded with
speeches and indignation.
Chairman Luhrs, in calling the meet
ing to order, stated that communication
had been received from the P-street peo-
pie requesting the board to confer with
their committee, and it was in accordance
with this request that the meeting was
called.
THEIR GRIEVANCES.
Samuel Katzenstein, Chairman of the
property owners committee, explained
that the residents of P street felt that they
had been seriously wronged by the
Trustees, and they wanted that wrong
righted, if possible. They also wanted
the assistance of an influential body OF
citizens, such as composed the Improve
ment Association.
J. L. Siller said that the P-street people
wanted the road and hoped the Trustees
would reconsider their action and get Mr..
Henry to put more of his enterprise in
Sacramento. AS far as hurting Mr..
Careys road was concerned, he consid-
It would help Mr.. Carey, rather than in
jure him.
S. w. Haynie, another of the ,P-street
committee, said that he was not advocat-
ing Mr.. Henry's road because he thought
it would benefit his property. Sacra-
mento needed more of such roads as Mr..
Henry had already given it. Mr.. Carey,
he said, had been dilly-dallying for ten
years, getting franchises and keeping
them in his. pocket-getting franchises
without any backing from the property
owners at alI-and he had done nothing
for the people except to give them rat
tle-trap road that was a disgrace to the
city. Here was Mr.. Henry, with I'M
limited capital and enterprise enough to
invest it to advantage of the city, who
was backed up by every property-owne
of p street. Why should he be discrini-
mated against? The excuses offered by the
Trustees for their action were childish and
stupid.
DR.. Huntington was called upon, but as
he was a north h-ender' and was not
familiar with the subject, asked to be ex-
cused.
IT Is A NECESSITY.
Messrs. Stevenson and KRONER of the
P-street committee also made remarks.
They agreed that the P-street electric
road was necessity, and the property
owners on that street demanded it. They
had petitioned the Trustees, but that
It had been appropriately said that the
Trustees were building wall around
the city to keep out capital and enter
prise. Mr.. KRONER particularly was in
denunciatory mood, and arraigned the
Trustees severely.
of improvements, but did not consider
himself sufficiently informed to speak on
the subject of the P-street road. How
ever. he thought that the property-own-
ers were in earnest and their appeal
should be listened to. He was afraid that
it was too late to remedy the evil COM
planned of, as the Trustees had acted
finally. Besides he hardly thought it
would be judicious for the Improvement
Association to join in a movement to
condemn the Trustees. 1t had to be pre-
suned that the Trustees thought they
were doing their duty when they decided
against the P-street road.
Mr.. Siller admitted that it was rather
late, but at the same time he felt conf
dent that the Trustees would have to
listen to the clamorings of so many prop
erty-owners and taxpayers. The P-street
people were determined, and if they
failed to get the road it would not be
through their lack OF diligence.
ALL WANT IT.
DR.. Parkinson said he had yet to find
the person-eXcept Mr.. Carey and the
Trustees-who was not in favor of the p
street road. Mr.. Carey had been slow
and unenterprising. Until the advent of
the Central Street Railway Company.
Sacramento's street-car service was the
laughing-stock of the State. 1t was an
old joke that anybody could walk down
street or Ii street faster than the horse
cars made the trip. He believed in COM
petition,i and was satisfied that Sacra-
mento should have more of it.
Mr.. katZenstein took the floor again
and made some telling remarks. When
the electric road started out J street there
were would-be-k knowing people looked
wise and said it would never pay-they
were only throwing their money
away. But they didn't lose their money.
People who lived on the line of the Carey
system now walked over to the electric
cars, and walked several blocks to get
home, rather than take an all-day trip on
the horse-cars. he hoped MIR. Carey
would put in an electric system. Com
petition was the life of trade. Mr.. Carey
would make money by showing a little
enterprise. When people like Mr..
Henry come TO Sacramento and
offered to invest in some enter
prise the hand Of welcome should
be extended to them. The P-street
people felt that they had not been treated
right by the Trustees, and all they wanted
now was recognition Of their rights.
There were some hot-heads among them
who wanted to call big public indigna-
and do other things that they would after
ward be sorry for. But the cooler heads
prevailed and it was decided to make one
more appeal. They wanted the Improve
ment Association TO help them, and then
if the Trustees could not be moved it was
time to ''get mad.'
NO RIGHT TO DISCRIMINATE.
w. d. Knights said he admired the
P-street residents for their perseverance,
and he hoped the Trustees would listen TO
them. The Trustees had not acted right
Mr.. knights said that If he had a mo-
nopoly in his business it was through his
own energy, and would not go before the
Trustees and howl for protection when he
was in danger of competition. The Trus-
tees had no right to interfere in such mat
ters and shut out enterprise and capital.
Mr.. Coleman took occasion to indulge
IN some more conservative remarks.
While he believed that the P-street peo-
pie had reason TO feel indignant, he did
not think that it was in the province of
the Improvement Association TO take a
hand in the matter at this late time.
j. w. Hughes suggested that another
application could be made by Mr. Henry.
Mir. Carey had no right to ask the Trus-
tees 10 keep out competition. Mr.. Carey
paid nothing for his O-street franchise.
1t was a simple business Investments
business proposition-and why should
he be free from competition any more
than a dry goods store on j street? Mr..
Hughes thought that Mr.. Henry could
change his proposed franchise, making ii
practically new one.
). Tryon made some very caustic re-
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