The morning call., 1892-11-15
HUNTINGTON'S- GRAB.
The Railroad Magnate Asks for Only
Thirty Acres More.

Now isn't that little too much?"
asked Lawyer Frank j. Sullivan. despair
ingy, as he threw down a copy Of the reso-
lntions submitted TO the Board of Super
visors by c. 2. Huntington two weeks ago.
Il consider that tho last straw on the
camel's back" and the lawyer thumped
the paper emphatically.
''If San Francisco was awake to her best
interests such monstrous proposition as
this would meet with tremendous storm
of indignation and protest.
do you know what that resolution
amounts to? 1t is nothing more or less than
a cool demand for gift OF thirty acres of
Mission Day land. What are we to have in
return? The opportunity TO go long dis
lance out of our way in coming from the
PotrerO to this city in order that our cost Of
travel may go into tho overlooking Golfers of
the Southern Pacific.
That's the whole matter in a word.
"Mr. Huntington asks TO have Sixth stree
and adjoining streets closed In order that
Fourth streets 10 get 10 San Francisco
proper. That will naeessitate the use OF his
steam railroad and there we are incon-
venienced and greatly put out SO we may
drup our nickels into the sack.
Sixth street is the great thoroughfare
from tile Potrero.
ITO my mind ii Is bound TO be one OF the
city's most important aTieries-a second
Market street.
This great channel for our traffic Mr.
Huntington wants closed. He Is farseeing
enough to mark Its future in portanee. and
that alone is sufficient to make Ii feel mis-
grasping power, aud Sixth street is only one
of the twenty-five he demands TO have
closed. saw ii is monstrous.
NOW, object TO all this on three grounds
"First-Becaase the act Of 1850 is uncon-
stitutional 10 not allowing the people living
there an opportunity TO appear in court
We have nc chance TO be heard in our own
defense.
''Seeond-'Public interest and convent
ence' does not demand il. That Is the
ground upon which Mr.. Huntington builds,
| and that is shifting, sinking sand. 1t is I'M
| Qualifiedly false. Public interest and
| convenience demand quite the opposite.
| We could get into town easier by Sixth
street. 1t would palsy the development of
| that part of the city TO have those streets
| shut off.
"Thisd-The assessment district is toe
small
Here is parallel case:
suppose he were to indicate an assess
ment district OF a few hundred yards about
| the end of Market street and demand the
closing OF that street, pleading that bu
few people living there would be injured
by the change. A much greater district Ii
| affected. Indeed, the whole city.
Then we have not been given due notice
AL we know is what we read in the news
| papers or are told.
Don't ycu think we should object?
'And then Mr.. Huntington has the nerve
| TO try and bluff us into 1t. He saws he will
| take his depot TO oakland! Well l ONLY
wish he would. We have had enough of
this monopoly in our politics and else.
| where. But then the trouble is he will not.
| He cannot do it. This is the center Now,
our Property-owners' League is objecting
| to this.
"We have started a petition of remon-
STRANGE, and already 200 signatures have
been affixed TO IL.
"We do not propose togIve this matter up
without fight Why don't / 60 and see
Huntington?
81 did. / must say he Is delightfully."- cool
and frank, too; no sneaking about the
bush. Everything came straight from the
shoulder.
'He said he was amazed that we did not
see IL As he did. Every time rubbed him
a little too hard he would Invariably wave
me of with. Young mani young man
when you are as old rs am you will see
things in different lightv Then he would
tell me how once he had been barefooted
bow. etc.
~ on cant get anything out Of him.
I'VE have only to rely on our Supervisors
and ourselves"