The herald., 1894-05-05
A TILT ON RAILWAY FRANCHISES
Board OF Public Works Makes
a Recommendation.
The Main Street Car Line Scores a
Point.
Two Franchises That viii Conn OF with
One Another Now Ask "a for an
Electric Railway Mayor
Hazards Proposition.

| The board OF public works tackled the
question OF electric street railway fran
chises yesterday morning. Messrs.
Strohm, lines and Rhodes were present.
W. j. Brodrick was there to urge &C.
ton on the petition of the Main Street
and Agricultural Park railway for an
electric railway franchise covering Santa
Fe avenue to Third, Main, Hill, Eighth,
Hope, Eleventh, Pearl, Georgia Bell,
Sixteenth, Bush, Hoover and Freeman
streets to the city line. He stated that
this petition was filed with the council
six months ago, and no action had been
taken on it.
At this juncture exMayor Hazard
turned up in the meeting with roll OF
legal documents ana urged the passage
OF franchise for III. F. Storrs, from
Main and Eighth to Flower, Tenth,
Pearl, Tenth. Alvarado, Seventh to the
city line. The petition for this line was
submitted at the last meeting of the
council, and clashes with the proposed
franchise of the Main street line and it's
the road under bond.
Mr.. Brodrick--I would like TO know
why you make one Of your terminals at
Eighth and Main streets.
Mr.. Hazard-Mr. Storrs thinks that
the Tensh-street hotel will be built in
the near future, and he wants to accom-
modate the guests. We might exchange
with your mule line.
Very likely" was Mr.. Brodrick's re-
spouse in a sarcastic tone.
Mr.. Strohm-I think we should go over
these lines before deciding to advertise
for the sale of the franchise.
Mr.. Innes-The matter has been held
back for six months and we ought to do
something.
Mr.. Strohm-You have said that sew.
eral times, Mr.. Innes; now ii you were
anxious to take the matter up, both
yourself and Mr.. Rhodes were at perfect
liberty to do go at any time you desired.
Mr.. Brodrick-I came up here several
times and Messrs. Rhodes and Innes
told me you had this petition in your
pocket and they could do nothing.
Mr.. Strohm-That's not so; the petit
ton has been in the desk here, and
won't have any one say that had it in
nv pocket.
Mr.. Brodrick glsred at Mr.. Strohm
and the latter glared back, and there was
an awful silence. Mr.. Rhodes then
stepped into the breach and moved that
the petition of the Main street road be
granted, and the motion was adopted,
Mr.. Strohm voting in the negative.
Mr.. Hazard-If one of these fran.
chises is granted it will carve the en-
trails out of the other. What are you
going to do with the petition of Mr..
Storrs?
Mr.. Rhodes-I propose that there
shall be no monkeying with these fran
chises. If the parties who secure it do
not build they will have to forfeit the
franchise, that's all.
The board decided to postpone action
on the Storr's franchise for one week.
On motion of Mr.. Rhodes the street
superintendent was directed to compel
the City Water company to repair
Broadway at such points where 1t was
left in bad condition az result OF lay
ing water pipe ON that thoroughfare,
and incidentally Mr.. Rhodes remarked
that the street superintendent lacked
backbone in compelling contractors who
tear up the streets to restore them to
their original condition.
The petition of w. +. CLARK to erect
platform scale on Pearl street was de-
MED by the board, and the matter of
widening Fret street., east of Boyle ave-
nue., was laid over for one week to talk
over the assessment district.