San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-07
The Daily Eight.
FRIDAY, JUNE I, 1895
SHORT STOPS.
What the People are Saying

What the People are saying.
written by Col. James p. Newcomb)
The style, manner and spirit Of
the communication in the LIGHT
over the signature Of Mr.. w. H.
Weiss, president OF the San Anto-
Mo Street Railway company, has
set the people TO thinking whether
they own the town or whether the
San Antonio Street Railway COM
pany is the proprietor.
In this communication Mr.. Weiss
comes to the defence of the Thirty
seventh Judicial District court, as
if that court could not take care OF
itself and needed the assistance Of
the street railway corporation.
This defence is worse than an in
dictment coming from the source
that it does, as public opinion is
not lenient, whether rightfully or
not, to the championship Of our
courts by private corporations.
Mr.. w, or rather the street rail-
way company, over his signature
as president, denies that they, (the
company have sought to delay
the suit for taxes; a simple, plain
denial was sufficient, but this soul
less creature - this corporation
brands the statement in the reso-
luton passed by the City Council,
Gas willfully and maliciously
false" In plain words, "You are a
liar
"We." continues MI. Weiss, that
is, this soulless corporation, Soon
clude that the assertion made in
the said resolution herein before
referred to. were with the full
knowledge that they were abso-
lutely false" In other words, you
are not only a liar but you have
lied with a full knowledge that
you were lying.
The people must conclude that
the Street Railway company in
tend to make this a personal ques-
ton instead Of relying upon the
courts Of justice.
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This is a very appropriate intro
ductory however, to the defense
that Mr.. w. sets up against the
city. 1t lacks dignity, to say the
least of it.
AS an excuse for not paying the
taxes due the city, Mr.. Weiss
sets up a claim against the
city for money MI. Callaghan
compelled him to pay for paw
ing his track. He ought to
know,or his lawyer for him that no
Offset Of his kind is permissible for
taxes, that the company must pay
taxes or its property can be made
liable therefore.
In addition to the $9,63S,SS Mr..
w. claims was extorted from the
company by tyrant Callaghan,
he suffered still further outrage
and robbery at the hands Of,
in his opinion, that modern
hero the late mayor George
Paschal. Not content with max
ing a business statement Of the
Paschal incident, MI. w. gets of in
the following blood-curdling, deep
dyed villain style: That on or
about May 18th, 1894, in the dead Of
of night, between the hours OF II
m. and 1 o'clock a. M, your city,
under authority Of its mayor, en-
tered upon our road bed, track and
fixtures, on Arkansas street, where
we had lawfully located them,
tearing up and destroying the same
without warrant or authority Of
the law, damaging us in the sum
aforesaid. In the construction, To-
cation, relocation, and building Of
the tracks of our company in this
city, we have never found it neces-
sary to do any such work under
cover of night, but have invariably
performed the same in broad day
light, because we have at no time
attempted to unlawfully do any
such work, consequently did not
apprehend any interference.
So far as the Arkansas street in
cident is concerned, the feature
that seemed to hurt the feelings OF
this soulless body now was that it
was done in the dead hour Of mid
night horrible. Does not Mr..
Weiss know that this is the favor
lite hour for cities to tear up rail-
road tracks, especially in cases
where the corporation refuse or
neglect to do so and pay no atten-