The herald., 1894-05-12
ELECTRIC FRANCHISE WRANGLE,
The Rival Factions Again Lock
Horns.
A Proposal to Pay for the Street
Paving.
The storrs People Refuse TO Say who
They Are Representing, bat Claim
the Consolidated Electric
Is Not in 1t.

Inc Doard OF pubic WORKS and the
parties competing for an electric railway
franchise in the southwestern part of
the city had a regular Kilkenny cat
time oil it yesterday.
Ex-Mayor Hazard On behalf OF the
parties asking for the Storrs franchise,
stated that they wanted provision in
serted that a SIS, 900 certified check shall
accompany each bid to be applied to the
cost OF paving Is feet OF Third street from
Santa Fe avenue to Hill street and that
the balance OF the coat of said paving
shall be paid over to the city treasurer
before the railroad company shall enter
into possession of the franchise. Also
that the bids shall be accompanied by a
certified check OF 10 per cent OF the
amount of the bid for the franchise, the
balance to be paid within 80 days after
the acceptance OF the bid before publ
cation of the ordinance.
Mr.. Rhodes stated that he did not
think it would be good policy to have
another road paralleling the roads on
Grand avenue and Main street, between
Eighth and Sixteenth streets, by giving
q franchise between these points on
Hill street.
Mr.. T. II. Spines, q Hill street prop
erty owner, said the people there were
anxious for new road, and Mr.. Storrs
made the same abatement.
Mr.. Rhodea-We can't tell where this
Slorrs line lie going to run and we know
the Main street people will build a belt
line. We do not know who Mr.. Storrs
represents here.
Rx-Mayor Hazard-You know we
mean business, don't you?
MIR. Rhodes-No, | don't; we do not
know who the parties are behind Mr..
Storrs and yourself.
Mr.. Hazard--W are ready to put up
the coin.
MIR. Rhodes.-I don't know that you
are ready.
Mr.. Tesd then suggeEted that fran
chise be prepared covering both routes,
with the exception OF the section of the
Storrs petition covering Hill street, from
Eighth to Sixteenth streets.
Mr.. Spires then got up to kick, saying
he represented majority OF the proper
ty owners on Hill street, and that Hill
street will be great business thorough
fare in few years, as Los Angeles
would have have population of 200, 600
In leas than ten years.
Mr.. Teed--The people in my ward pre-
fer tho Main street proposition, because
they think there is Senegambian in
the woodpile in the Storrs proposition
and that the aforesaid Senegambian is
the electric road.
Mr.. Storrs, excitedly-Thnt Is not
true; our only opposition is the ele ctric
road and we fear them. We have moth
ing whatever to do with the people Of
the electric road.
Mr. Teed-There is such thing as
getting iranchiae for road and then
not building it. | may be very obtuse,
but IL does seem to me that il a new
road is to be built that it would be
good business judgment to 90 into
territory that stands most in mead of
street railway facilities, and by leaving
out the Hill street branch and taking
tie line of the Main street petition a
franchise can be proposed that will be
open to both roads to bid on. The
feature proposed with regard to the
payment of the coat of paving OF the
portion of Third street used by the
company securing the franchise is 8
good one, and l want to see it incor-
porated as condition of the franchise
when it is offered for sale, but want it
distinctly understood that 1 will vote
for no franchise that mas anything to do
with tbs blue Line" Our people
have suffered enough and they will in
sist on the franchise going to an opposi-
ton company that will build the road
Messrs. Storrs and Hazard then stated
that they could not say what the parties
they represented would say az to the
franchise without the Hill and Sixteenth
street feature. and the meeting ad-
Journed until tomorrow morning to give
them an opportunity of holding con-
ference.