The morning call., 1892-07-02
To-day Is noae 100 soon % begin.
rHE rALk rofB rERsrIY
u Iaefssiss serne Tsrg shady ana Peculiar
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u Tsefsfss soue Fers shady af.a Peculiar
Tsalssaettesss.
terse teIlng q tae tale of eorporata
greed Ia Oakland lops oa al the Famfasa.
tons into whLeh ths reader is carried ~
The reports of the court trials aud side
lssuea
TIE Oakland Water Front Companv.
csutFo.isd bY the Southern Paelae Com
paUY. holds ia seven miles # watsr fFsnt
rs vifsue Il grsnt made &c II. u. CaTpen-
sier 10 lisa
GarpsDtieg was member ot the Oakland
B0afd of Trustees. Nhleh uas. as il tarns
sat attsnE pTsdscsasoE to shs present city
Council.
Ameaee Meier vas president sf the
otafd, and kdsoB AGaWs. II N Carpenter
A. ~. huueH ana A. ] Moou wefe tie
asiiRF mHm heFs.
The Trustees met ia small frame BALD
ng near the bay shere.
1lvy Conducted ans sTalrs g! ths town
- .A.. AaAzA manner, .ha Carnan tisr
grant being one pI.tos OF TINS fact, thous.
others are not waning.
IL Is question 81 30 whether the grant
was made 10 Carpenter for term of 81
years or forever
This question cannot easily be cleared IN.
for the reason that TWO important books Of
town records, covering the period from 1852
10 1876, are missing
Who has those books?
Report says that they are somewhere in
this city, probably not thousand miles
from Fourth aud Townsend streets
The Oakland City Council does not seem
TO care where they are.
Mayor Chapman is not bit worried about
them.
But the citizens want them produced.
Inc railroad has control Of the water
q front from Emeryvile clear around to
Brooklyn. without break, as itselegal ad-
visers would have the people understand.
But the people believe that 1t now belongs
to the city.
They believe that the city could hold it If
into the courts.
Two attempts have been made to have
this done.e
In each case the attorneys for the indi-
Vloual company proposing TO begin the liti-
Sallon nave been called up by the City
Council and made to reinqush the suit.
A nice set of City Fathers, is 1t not?
How could they possibly stand In the
way OF the omplishment Of the peoples
best interests more strikingly than in these
instances.
And not only in Oaklanq's interests. but
those of San Francisco and the whole State
of California.
Yes, the whole State has right to look
upon The Oakland City Council as clog to
its progress.
No lsiiIOdu company can reacn Sdn FRAN
cisco through Oakland except 1t be by the
grace OF the City Council.
IL the Connclmen had been awake to the
peoples Interests and stood ready to do
their duty they would have adopted reso-
tution long ago authorizing citizens to select
portion Of the water front for the city,
and bring test suit to decide whether title
could be obtained to it,
In the case of Taylor VS.. Fortin, which Is
virtually d suit brought on behalf of the
railroad company to eject claimants to 300
feet Of water front at the foot of Market
street. Mayor Melvin &. Chapman, Oak
lands municipal chief and head Of affairs,
sits In court as associate counsel for the
plaintiff, who is mere fgurehead for the
railroad.
Think of that
1t is spectacle to arouse the Ire Of every
Californian who sees the great need Of rail-
road competition in this State.
But this suit will not. decide the title to
the property.
There is another and nnre important suit