The morning call., 1892-02-07
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Taber Rounded Up by Mission Road
Property Owners.
Supervisor TaueI, who represents the Twelfth
Ward, was led lively chase last evening by
several OF bis most prominent constituents al a
meeting OF thu MissiOu-I0ad Improvement cub
held on Mission street, opposite 1wenIy-niulb.
Oh Woikmeu's Hall. William ByrHes was In the
cusIr.
Al meeting held a week OF so previous by the
club DR.. Claytou introduced q resolution 10 the
e1ec, mat The proitlty-owners OF the assess
meut district Of tile MlsslOn-StIeet Widening were
In favor Of Tie widening and removal Of build
iugs BOW standing on the portion &c be con-
demued fOl lie Improvement. Nothing was said
OF establishing new and higher grade, uul when
the resolution was lied IN the Board of Super
yi.0Is had several clauses touching upon That
point, ana u was 90 discover The author OF Tie
Jukers" and Ihwart bis designs that last
nights meeting was cal ed
AT tie previous meeting Supervisor TabeT was
scored with .Y.lal others, and u was 10 pre-
vent Il repetition OF such a scene that he tut IN
au "a pearduce. Bu, il was adding Oh To The Gle
or waving Ied flag before the infatuated bull of
property rights, for lie was taken not
gently 90 10 TIE tips Of lis horns and landed re-
gaIdess.
President Ryrnes opened with a speech that
augued lil Tor opposition. lie said a petition
had been 30 ide 10 tile supervisors go the name OF
The property owners tor raising lie grade of
Mission street about seven leet. This "prnp.
erty-uWucTS'" petition, lie declared, was signed
by one name aiuue-by J. j. Haley. agent for
was not lie desire Of tie prOperly -uWueIs OF
that district 10 have Mission streets grade raised
II they were 10 be- taxed for Il, and since the
City Railroad Company Will alone profit by n, he
suggested il pay for IL, or II The Board OF Super
yIsOrs see that IL Will be OF benefit 10 tie cl' y,
thdj Tie city and county pay FOR %. 4 resolution
covering the suggestions was introduced ana
passed unanimously.
Supervisor IaUer was asked whether he had
anything 10 say on the subject At first he was
silent; then he said: You cannot certainly eX-
pect the railroad company To-Day the entire sum
II the improvement Is 10 be OF advantage 10 the
prOueTty-OWUeTs il you want the grade OF the
street raised now, If ever, is he lime TO say So"
I'VE have already raised SlS6,2S for widen
Ing Mission street, and every cent has been
wasted said President Byrnes. "Of that sum
the City Railroad Company paid paltry $1,000
aud y was tie one TO derive the greatest pi oft
thereby This would not have happened had we
not been towards. I admit II. / was one OF
those towards. We were hjutaliZed aud abused.
Il is 4 Wtil-kuOWu fact thar the Southern Pa
cihc Company Guy Railroad Company wants
10 bleed u.s. Some OF us may be Supervisors
some day, but we must not look back with scoru
at the mark we had 10 toe when We were simple
tax payers."
II you want the grade raised say so; II you
don't say so" inteTDOsed Taber. But II pro.
test goes In Il must be nnal. The board don't
care, and VIII do AS The property say"
ByTneS-We don't want the grade II we are 10
be assessed for It,, We can't afford II.