The morning call., 1892-06-14
KENTUCKY METHODS.
The Southern Pacific's Cinch ON
Mission Street.
Propsrty.0wneYs Punished for Opposing Ex-
tension Vindictiveness of the Monop-
oly-A Cry for Help

company OF hentucEy MADE proposition
to extend West Mission street through to
| Market. opposite Franklin street, and in
| duced few pr0perty-holders. who sup
| posed they would be benefited by the work,
| to second their endeavors. It soon became
| apparent to some Of the latter that they
would have to pay very heavily for the
supposititious benefits conferred; that their
neighbors east OF Thirteenth street, who
would be practically ruined by the change.
would also have to pay for supposed bene-
hts, while the real beneficiary, the railroad
| company, to which three-fOurths Of the land
to be cut through belongs, would have its
property improved at the expense of the
people, and would also receive by way OF
damages. the immense amount Of money
squeezed out of nelghboring pIOperty-own-
ers for imaginary benefits to their buildings.
a popular uprising followed the discovery,
apd Tor wonder the Supervisors turned
their heads from the company and upheld
the protestants, and sat down heavily On
the scheme.
RAILROAD VINDIcTIvENEss.
Smartlng under their defeat the Southern
Pacific. which a short time before had be-
gun to improve the horsecar service on
Mission street, threw things back into the
old rut. and made them worse. if anything
At the same time sheds were put up on Fiji
teenth street, between Valencia and Guer-
zero, and the $4,000 barrels of cement
ordered for the construction OF the prom
ised cable-TOad on Mission street were
stored there. Other necessary material was
also stored in other parts OF the city. Now,
it is asserted, these materials will remain
locked up, and the change from horse to
cable road will be delayed indefinitely, in
order that the recslcitrant property-ownerS
who dared to oppose the will Of the Ken
lucky corporation may in time repent their
folly and agree 10 all that the railroad wants.
To force the residents of Mission street
10 accept the railroad ultimatum the car
service Is being made most execrabe The
wants of the people are entirely ignored.
To reach the ferries it Is necessary to trans
fer to the Market system after 1880
P. NJ, and to reach any part of Mission
street, between Fifth and the water front,
after the same hour, it Is necessary to walk.
One consequence Of this already noticeable
is that the numerous small stores in those
blocks, which previously remained open
until about o'clock, are now obliged to
close at Z.
A number Of property-owners and bust
ness men were interviewed by CALL re-
porter on the situation yesterday, and all
had nearly the same tale of woe TO tell.
VIEWS OF PROPERTY OWNERS.
William Eide, capitalist and owner of
several parcels of properly on Mission
street, said last night: eve certainly OBJ
ject 90 cutting through West Mission street,
because In the first place we would be as
seSsed heavily 10 pay the expense and in
the second place they would discontinue the
car service on Mission street, below Thir-
teenth. The value o. property would, of
course. be decreased in proportion. l don't
care what kind of a road they run, but |
object 10 paying for the cut through 10 Mar
ket street to let them connect there and
fraa1a ne hal fThirtnapth nhat hov
retaliated for our opposition by removing the
two-hoTse cars and substituting the old
fashioned b0btail, and below Fifth street we
are entirely cut out at night The company
should keep its word and replace the pres.
ent road with a cable road, as they prom
ised. or we will endeavor to give the fran
chise 10 somebody that will. The property
owners must unite and protect themselves
or they will get the worst Of It,"
II. X. Sammi, another gentlemen largely
interested in property in the neighDorhood,
expires sed his views as follows
I'VE certainly object to the arbitrary
methods of the company. but what can we
do? We objected TO and sustained our
protest against being assessed to build
them an outlet TO Market street, to the detr-
ment of business and property below Thir-
teeDth street. aud they have given US the
worst car service in the State to get even
with us. If we wish to go downtown in
the evening we must transfer to Market
street at Fifth or walk. Once they cut
through West Mission street we will be
totally in their power. 1t Is disgrace and
j sincerely hope the papers will Rgitate the
thing and compel the monopoly to keep
their promise TO build US q cable-road or
give up the franchise"
ANYTHING FOR DEFENSE"
c. Mailman, another property-owner, had
the same tale of oppression to tell. ANY
thing for defense is my motto" said he.
II willingly paid my share of the expenses
In fighting the proposed cut to Market
street, butsthe company has amply retail
ated. We don't want any more streets cut
through to in lure the large interests of 9TH
ers lower down on Mission street, and hap
PLY won our protest. Now YOU see the
company is trying to freeze us out entirely.
by giving US the poorest possible means of
transportation and bulldozing us into sub
mission. Let them keep their promise 10
build cable-road on Mission street or give
the franchise to somebody that will. The
city government should act in the matter
at once 1t is disgrace to any civilized
city"
Fabian Joost and several others had the
same story to tell. All denounced the
action of the company in trying to dis
criminate against the property interests on
the lower end of the street and the means
resorted to by the company to compel them
10 do so.
When called on, Superintendent n. J.
Bailey of the City Railroad Company denied
that there was any trouble whatever between
the road and the property-Owners. " We
give the best services we possibly can with
the means at our command and run bobtail
cars now on four-minute Roadway instead
of seven minutes, as formerly" Mr.. Bailey
denied that the company would abandon
the lower part of Mission street and use
Market street instead. In explanation OF
the fact that no cars were run below Fifth
street after o'clock he stated that the traffic
did not warrant it and that the service was
not discontinued to freeze the property
owners into submission.
RAILROAD EXCUSES.
When asked why the company did not
commence building the csble-road Mr..
Bailey explained that it was impossible to
do so, as the street as far as Silver street
had not been widened, severed or curbed,
and was in such bad condition that it was
useless to attempt it. He acknowledged
that the material had already been pur-
chased, however.
The statements OF the property-owners
interested tell widely different story,
however, and the fight between the people
and the giant octopus still continues. A
determined effort TO make the company
build the cable-road Is being made and
those interested saw they intend to protect
themselves il possible.