The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-28

The calm thought of the people will
approve the action of the Trustees in
granting to the Central Electric Street
Railway Company the right to complete
its system by operating line on G street.
1t was part of the original plan of the
company to have line in that section,
and to its successful operation it is a ne
cessity. Business judgment convinced
the company that G street was preferable
to III, making its system more compre-
hensive. Without a northerly line con-
would be incomplete, the service crippled
and the people inconvenience. The
company was made to see that the one
fare rule was the only just one and it
yielded the point, and thus the only rea-
son for opposing its petition was elimi-
mated.
The RECoRD-UNIoN cannot be charged
with lack of approval of the enterprise OF
the Folsom Water Power Company.
During many years it has industriously
kept the company and the hopes inspired
by it prominently before the people of
Sacramento. No journal has done so
much as this in pointing out the great
advantages to this city of utilization of
the American River water power. But
the transmission of power from the great
dam at Folsom is not dependent upon the
granting of a franchise for street rail-
way over a few blocks of route applied
Tor by an existing company, long before
the Folsom Company entertained the
idea of going into the street railway bust
ness. It is right to encourage the latter
company in any investment in this city
promotive of industry and business.
But first and foremost the city's bounden
duty is to deal fairly with the capitalized
energy that had the courage to break the
ice of silurianism and demonstrate, when
all doubted, and many to the point OF
rank opposition, that an electric railway
system in Sacramento would pay; that
the age is too fast for horses, too pro-
gressive for bob-tailed cars and too en-
hghtened to be patriarchal.
J. ii. Henry owes the RECORD UNION
nothing and this journal is under no OBJ
legation to him or his, and has certainly
not shown him any favor not due and
granted any other man of equal deserv-
ing. We are in position, therefore, to
say to the community what it is needful
shall be said, and that is that common
decency demanded that the man who
brought his money here and invested
it in the building up of a vigorous pay
make their money here and go else
where to invest it, should be granted the
prayer of his petition, which was brewed
in the soul of enterprise before any others
had awakened to a realization of the re-
markably good thing street railway OF
modern style is in Sacramento.
We reflect the public judgment when
we say, by all means, grant Messrs.
Iiverlnore and Gallatin a right of way,
but by all means let it not be at the un-
fair expense and unjust Encouragement
of the men who proved the practicability
of giving the city an efficient electric
street-car service. If the city had not
taken this position, which it has by the
commendable action of the Board OF
Trustees. it would not deserve friends.
We propose to make no bones' of this
matter, as the slang saying goes, but to
frankly admit that Sacramento owes 8
debt of gratitude to ]. II. Henry and bis
co-laborers. 1t ought to be and is glad
that San Jose cast the man Henry UP
upon our borders. He has done here
what he promised, and has given US the
best system of electric car roads on the
coast, and we except none. Some others
with larger clientage give more frequent
service than is yet operated here, but not
one a safer, better and better managed
service. or so good line of rails; and &c
this Eastern experts all testify.
So, while Sacramento owes Mr.. Henry
much, it does not owe anything to other
people. When any others do as has