The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-24

appear that they are doing a great thing
for the public. They never did anything
before, and now they find that they have a
tight on their hands they want to be very
careful about securing my property to the
city and at the same time get out of the
trouble they are in"
Then Mr.. Sutro went over the names
suggested by Colonel Croker again and
| said: Good men, and | may name five
I'll name them ALL 1T will seem to you
that this is novel way of settling con-
tIOversy.' Very novel. indeed. 1 should
say that it was.
Il shall reply TO this, but not now. I'll
do it tomorrow. l want to digest it
thoroughly before l write them, but I'll
reply TO il. l don't intend TO enter into
any such thing.
They want to give transfer, but l
want cable road 10 Point Lobos avenue,
and want to have the depo;S where they
should be, and not where they are now.
As it has been heretofore, if you went out
/ there at night you had to walk a block
and a half in the pitch dark. They
wouldn't even keep lantern there. We
/ could have the same kind of accommoda.
tions we have had all along. They would
run cars often when there was heavy
travel, and when there wasn't you would
have 10 wait half an hour.
II want a cable-road, and l shall 60 be-
fore the Street Committee of the Super
visOrs tomorrow with an application for a
franchise. L have taken all these steps.
and l can't recall them. They want to
stop the fight, but l can't stop now. |
can't stop the meeting tomorrow night.
have taken steps to fight them In Wash
ingtoD. l can't stop that. l sent tele-
gram to the Sacramento convention asking
the insertion in the platform of the Peo-
pies party of a plank in relation to the
railroad. and they have adopted it. |
can't stop that. The thing has passed oct
of my hands"
Mr.. SutrO's telegram to the convention
was as follows:
To Colonel Ben Morgan and Judge Z. M
/ Gibson, POpuliSt Convention, Sacramento:
! Please insert plank in your platform de-
| nouncing The sO-called Pacific Railroad bill
! now by corrupt influence being pushed to pas
! sage 10 Congress and under which the people
/ Of the United States Will be practically robbed
/ of S76,000.000 by the Central Pacific Com
| pany alone. That the said company is Cali
| fornia corporation, whose stockholders are
personally liable for its debts under the consti-
tuition of the State of California. That the
! United States may recover the greatest part OF
! said indebtedness by taking the proper pro-
ceedings under the laws OF our State.
Memorandum-This plank should be tele-
graphed TO President Cleveland, and copies de-
livered TO the United States Senate, the
Speaker Of the House OF Representatives, and
chairman of The Senate and House Pacific Rail.
road Committee. ADoLPH SUTRo.
This is the first time on record" Mr.
| i'm hat hn
Pacific Railroad has ever offered to do
anything. They are tottering. Two
millions of their bonds fall due in july;
three millions more soon thereafter. ana
besides the Government bonds, their own
bonds are due, and the only salvation for
them is to have their funding bill passed.
1t never should pass. If they could get
that bill through it would give them
century at . per cent, and that would put
them on their feet again. AS 1t is now
their credit is gone. They have no credit
in the United States and none in England.
They must have that bill passed TO save
themselves, but they shall not do it, They
shall fail and their road shall pass into the
hands of a receiver next January. We
have got them now and we will put the
screws tcsthem.
"The Southern Pacific Railroad has op-
pressed ana cursed this coast. The men
at its head have installed themselves at
the head of society and they have ruined
! the morals of the young people. and de-
mOraliZed the honor OF the State by show
| ing that men can steal millions and be re-
| garded as leaders of society. l say it, and
it is true, and every word of IL. mean to
/ fight This Thing to the bitter end
! With this nnSitive declaration Mr. SDtro
concluded his remarks in the presence of
the committee.
At another time he said he had not
wavered in his intention to present Sutro
| Heights to the CITY. 81 will do what l
! said | would. NV word is better than all
! theirs and it is down in writing"
Attention was called to a press dispatch
! from Washington in which Mr. Hunting
ton was quoted as having said that if Mr..
! Sutro would give Sutro Heights to the city
! he would be disposed to give the people
! scent fare to the Cliff and better accom-
modations.
Il have seen that dispatch" said ne,
''but what does it amount to? They ask
me to give my property. What did they
| ever give? If L give SutrO Heights they
| will give better accommodations. Well. l
will give Sutro Heights, that is giving
! 81, O00, 900. | wouldn't take a million for it.
l have said during the past FIVE years that
| | would give it. because it is too beautiful
TO be owned by an individual. l am afraid
nv heirs would fight over it and divide II
/ up into building lots. as has been done
with Woodward's gardens"
/ In relation TO Mr.. Huntington's refer
/ ence to the lunches he had enjoyed at the
Heights Mr.. SutrO said II never said that
he had had lunches at my expense, as he
was Informed had. l may have said he
took lunch with me, but l never referred
to the matter in a slurring way"
Speaking generally Of Mr.. Huntington
Mr. Sutro said 81 consider him the smart
est man In America. l respect him for
that. He Is an old pirate and a free
booter, but he does not deny that He is a
man, and admits that he will take every
thing in sight.
"But as for Fred Croker he is a min
compOop and the most incompetent man to
! be at the head Of a great corporation"