The record-union., 1892-10-04

should be any more discussion. There
was nothing beiore the board, as the
Mayors motion had not been seconded.
Still, he did not object to hearing any
thing that might be said, if it was in
sisted upon. 1t was the Mayors duty,
he being the presiding officer, TO say
whether or not the matter should be dug
up" and gone all over again. II will
sit here as long as l can," he said. 'and
when l can't sit any longer l will go
home"
ID. A. LindIey, who was anxious to
make a speech, asked if it was to be un-
derstood that Mr.. Conklin would let the
talk go on and received an affirmative
reply.
HINKsoN REBUKED.
ST will object, though" said Mr.. Conk-
lin, ''to Mr.. Hinkson jumping up and
talking every minute. We have heard
him for the last month. He's here in the
interest of other people. | am willing 10
hear from bona fde citizens and tax
payers who have the welfare OF the city
at heart, but not from hired attorneys"
Mr. Hinkson declared that he simply
appeared there as citizen, and not as an
attorney.
W. +. Peterson then got the floor, and
proceeded to give the Trustees 'nts,"
was mo good, any way'-that II was
going down and needed new blood.
Clinton White objected 10 allowing
Peterson TO slander the city.
A voice, coming from the crowd back
of Peterson, said: Yes, shut him up.
It's the likes of him that runs the city
down. Put him outW
Mr.. LiveSmore stepped forward, and,
addressing Peterson, said he disagreed
with him. Sacramento was long way
from going down, and there was no rea-
son why il should ever go down.
Peterson, unabashed, proceeded with
his TRADE, this time directing his attack
upon Mir. Henry. The latter, he sald,
had not given the people what he had
promised them in the way OF rapid tran
sit. ON street the cars were only run
every half-hour.
A MEASUREMENT.
Mr.. Henry interrupted the baker and
accused him OF willtully making false
statement. You know, sir, that what
you are saying is untrue" he said, and
| he shook his finger at Mr.. Peterson in q
business-like way. The Central Com
pany, he said, was living up TO the re-
! quirements Of its franchise and he defed
| Mr.. Peterson TO prove that it was not.
! The company was doing more than It's
| franchise called for.
Deatening applause greeted Mr. Henry s
remarks.
Peterson finally subsided after he bad
abused the Central Company a little
more.
j. NJ. Avery was the next speaker.
! He exhorted the board and those present
to consider the subject calmly and not get
excited. He agreed with the citizens
generally that the Folsom Water Power
Company should come to Sacramento.
lie wanted to see every wheel in the city
turned by the great power from Folsom.
But, at the same time, this did not mean
that in order to get it the city authorities
should crush out an enterprising man
like Henry. The latter had come to Sac
ramento when it had an ancient horse-car
system. He gave the city magnificent
system. and the citizens blessed him.
| Then the G-street people asked him to
| give them what he had given the rest OF
the city, and he was willing now TO
grant their request Why, now, We're
some of them willing to see him
crushed?
a NEW FRANCHISE ASKED FOR.
! Mayor Comstock tried to cut off fur
ther talk by saying that the board had
| other business To attend to.
Mr.. Livermore asked if the matter had
been disposed of finally, and receiving
an affirmative reply, thanked the board
! for the time allowed him. He then
unfolded another Of the documents
he held in his hand. This was
new app D'lcdtlOL. anu Ior new
franchise, in the name of himself
and Mr.. Gallatin, and he asked that it be
given immediate attention. 1t might be
considered more of an amendment OF the
former franchise, he explained, as it only
differed from it in the matter of the pro-
posed route. According to the PROPOSE
ton he now made, the road would, after
! coming up Third street from the depot to
j, proceed along the latter street on the
| existing lines tracks to Sixth street, in
stead of Seventh, as before proposed,
! thence along Sixth to /, along | to Twen-
tieth, on Twentieth to II, and on II to the
city limits. The balance of the route
stands as proposed in the former ordi-
nance. The entire route is as follows:
Commencing at the Southern Pacific de-
pot. thence to Third and l, south to Third
and X, to Seventh, to \, to ThIrtieth, to
Il, thence to eastern boundary line of the
city. Then beginning on at and
! Third, east to J and Sixth, north on Sixth
to Sixth and /, east on 1 to Twentieth,
north on Twentieth to II, thence east
to boundary line of the city.
'"Ihis is not our first choice, at all -
said Mr.. Livermore, in conclusion, "but
we are willing to take what is left. The
outlook for realizing upon our invest
ment is not so promising as it would
! have been had we secured G. street, but
we are satisfied to take this route and
/ walt IOE our CeCOIil DSiiS0.
The ordinance presented by Mr.. Liver
more was then read.
HINKsoN AGAIN.
Attorney Hinkson now wanted to talk
again. He wanted TO ask Mr. Henry il
| he would consent to the incorporation in
his G-street franchise the same provis-
| ions of forfeiture that were in the Gala
tin Livermore.
NO, sir, am not" replied Mr.. Henry,
promptly.
Hinkson insisted that the "rights of the
people" should be protected, and that the
board should compel Mr.. Henry to ac-
cept an amendment to his franchise.
Let me ask you question:" said Mr..
Henry, advancing toward the attorney.
IF you want competing line so bad,
why don't you build one?"
Il don't want any line" replied Mr..
Hinkson.
''oh, you don't! Well, I thought not, .
and Mr.. Henry resumed his seat. MIR.
Hinkson retired to the wall, too, and
nothing more was heard OF his proposed
amendment of Henry's franchise.
Trustee Conklin suggested that the new
ordinance go over for a week, and the
other members of the board approved the
idea.
Albert Gallatin asked that the board do
not delay further. The members GER
tainly understood what the franchise
called for, and 10 good would result from
further delay. He and MIR. Livermore
had applied for G-street franchise in good
faith, and had no desire to criticise the
action OF the board in refusing it. Now
they wanted to apply for what was left, and
that, too, was III good faith. He saw no
| reason why there should have to be an
other week Of discussion.
Clinton White asked the board, as a
citizen and q property-owner on Seventh
and on \ street, that the franchise go
over a week, so that they could look into
the matter