The morning call., 1893-06-21
WANTS THE EARTH
For the rIarket = Street
Gable Line.
The Southern Pacific's Cool Promo
sition to the State Board of har-
Dor Commissioners.

The Southern Pacific Railroad Company
and the State Board of Harbor Commits
sioners convened yesterday afternoon.
Vice-President Croker was present as
was Su erntende2t WiIcutt of the Mar
ket-street,line. Result, the plans for car
loop at the foot of Market street will be
changed.
Vice President Croker proceeded to
business without delav, and led off with
the statement that the Market-street Cable
Company owned and controlled that por-
tion of the face of the earth known as the
ferries, or, in other words, that the South
ern Pacific laid claim to 1t as exclusive
property.
tine Market street Railroad" COM
menced Mr. Croker, would prefer to
operate he loop system. provided it could
do so exclusively"
Harbor Commissioner Bassett's jaw
dropped and he looked surprised, but still
the railroad magnate spoke on.
Tine Market-street road carries two
thirds Of the railway tr ffic of the city, and
our patrons would be inconveniencpd bv
having horsecars circulating about them"
Harbor Commissioner Brown showed
decided dispos ton to second the motion
at this juncture.
THE Market-street line has right tn
choice if any road has," continued Mr..
Croker, land have plans here which |
wish TO submit: Mr.. Wllcutt will show
them to you. l decidedly object to having
the horsecar lines outside of our loop. and
the Board of State Harbor Commiss toner's
will please oblige the Market-street Rail
road by perusing our plans"
Mr.. Willcutt then spread out map OF his
company's lines at the flot of Market
street. drawn according to the plans of
the Southern Pacific Company of Ken
lucky.
The plans showed that the monopoly
wanted to move all of the o;her strsstcar
lines which end at the ferries on to a srur
track north of the present terminus of the
Market-street railway and sood distance
from the Oakland and Alameda ferries
Tracks leading to this car-cOlral. planned
by the monopoly, would have to cross the
Market-street lines track. but Vic--Pres-
dent Croker and Mr.. Wilcut said that
their corporation would rather have 1t thus
than TO take chances with a protective belt
of carhorSes and cars.
The scheme presented by tn, Southern
Pacific TO the beard is one of the most
barefaced attempts on the part Il that all
powerful corporation to crowd it's rivals
onto sdetrackS that has ever leen per-
petrated by that bold organization Strange
to say, Harbor Commissioner Brown ap-
proved OF the railroads plans, and evil
Qe0Ily INTENDS 10 alu IN tnelr execution.
A suggestion was made by Mr.. ViIlcutr
that the Market-street road sh.uld be
allowed to bnild two tracks and two turn
tables in place Of Chief Engineer Homes'
proposed loop.
Some one suggested that it might be
dangerous for ring of horsrcars TO BE-
continually crossing the cable loads
tracks. but Mr.. Wilcutt said that it would
be great deal more inconvenient and
dangerous for people to have to run the
gauntlet of the horsecars to get at the
cable line.
Both Mr.. Willcutt and Mr.. Grocer
seemed TO be laboring under The deluaon
that no other street railroad in the DIV
but the Market street had any rights, and
from all outward visible signs the Harlor
Commissioners appeared to think tiat
way too.
With great promptitude the matter WIS
shelved until next week, with all tie
chances in favor of the Southern Pacit,
carrying its pint unless public opinion
should rule otherwise in the meantime.