The record-union., 1895-08-31
The FREIGHT FRANCHISE GRANTED.
Remonstrances of Residents Do Not
Avail.
Patrol Wagon Team Ordered Pur'
chased-Passenger Vehicles Must
Pay License.

The CITY Trustees held an ADJOURNED
meeting last night to listen to the argu-
ments of interested parties on the matter
of granting the freight franchise on the
V-street road, Trustees Lawton, Wach-
horst, Kent, Davis, Bragg. DeVlne, Iozer
and Leonard being present
The ordinance granting the privilege
was read and Lawton moved It's adop-
ton.
L. T. Hatfield said the charter re-
ouired the signature of at least two-thirds
Of the property y-owners. The original
petitions filed represented Is, 220 feet, and
the remonstrance had s, 8,220. Some names
had been taken from the petition and
some from the remonstrance. and the pc
tition now has 16, 600 feet. The board has
the power to fix the grade OF the road ana
10 lower any points on the road. Inc
road would bring work and sale for ma
terial 10 the town. Other cities nave
freight streets, and he thought the orol-
nance reasonable one. II the obJectorS
have secured the taking oil oI more
names from the petition. and tnere were
enough 10 reduce il below 1860 feet, OF
course tho application would be denied.
fit was necessary to cut down the grade
between Nineteenth ana Twenty-thlrd
streets O. foot or two The City Engineer
would do so.
A. Nj. Seymour asked if the company
would let the grade on the hill remain as
il is at present, and Mr.. datheld SAID yes
IL 1t was the official grade.
T, w. Sheehan explained that street
had been graded, but the grade had not
been declared an official one. and that
property-owners wished it maintained as
at present.
Leonard, who occupied the chair, asked
what kind of rail the road would have,
and MIR. Hatfield replied it would be d
combination steel rail. He did not say,
however, that it would not be L rail.
nor would ne say anything further than
that the company would conform TO the
official grade fixed by the board.
Clinton u. White asked If ne would
consent TO have the ordinance amended
SO that the company would comply with
the grade of the street from twenty hrst
to Twenty-second, substantially as it is
at present, but could get no different
answer from him. He did not want to
put in any conditions that would inter-
fere with the value of the franchise,
Mr. Seymour tried to get definite
answer fran him as TO leaving the grade
as it now is, but only received the same
answer as before.
General Sheehan said that the only
Dlace TO be affected was between Twenty
first and Twenty-second streets, and IL
might need to be cut down six inches or
so.
Devine said that some dirt might be
haulnd there to raise the lower part 10 q
gentle grade.
Tozer and Kent said they were opposed
to any further cutting down OF the street.
General Sheehan said he still believed
that this would be a mistake. lie h&u
never signed a remonstrance against any
ND xFar rxxyic tlaH
to stand in the way OF any, but he warned
the Trustees that I street Is the proper
place for the road and is not safe TO drive
on or fit for anything else. The city is
= going to be large and beautiful one IN
lew years and this road would destroy
the street for homes II the passenger
franchise, which is separate from the
Freight franchise. does not pay. what is to
binder the company from dropping the
rassenger franchise and running it en-
Grely as a freight road2
Mr. Hatfield said that would work q
forfeiture of the franchise.
Mr.. Alsip said there would be remon-
! STRANGE against running the road on \
Street, and General Sheehan said the city
owned one side of the street and object
ers would be in the minority.
Clinton White said there might be q
compromise by whioh the company
would abandon that part of their fran
first, and come down street from
Thirty-frst to Eighteenth, and then come
over to V. That would avoid the hill
and obviate all opposition.
Mr.. Grau said he believed that his
record would show that he had never op-
kposed any movement for the improve
snlent of the town. He had invested his
a1neans in the city and wished to protect
she home he had built Mr.. Whites plan
swould preserve the beautiful hill, the
konly one in the city, and its pride. lie
tasked the board to listen to the objections
furged by the residents.
Thomas Hague wanted the road to go
Through as he thought it would i'm
kprove Y street.
MIR. Seymour said there was no pro-
vision in the ordinance for paying por-
stion of the gross receipts to the city, as
sthe passenger franchise does.
Mr.. Hatfield said the gross receipts of
y the road would all go in together. He
acknowledged that the franchise would
be an exclusive franchise, except that
five blocks could be used by another
road.
Mr.. Seymour said the board had lis
tened to the statement of Mr. Hatfield,
and it might be that he could not influ-
ence any of their votes, but he was op-
posed 10 granting an exclusive franchise
on any street TO any railroad. The pro-
jectors intend to bond the road for $780,
900. The interest yearly will be S24, 600,
which the company viii have to earn.
To do this it viii not be the little plea
yune road they pretend it is, but will be
made q big affair.
Kent thought the property owners
would get the benefit of $50, 900 worth OF
grading if the franchise lapsed. and Soy
mour said that grading did not amount
to much, as the gravel or bitumen must
be paid for by the property owners.
4 sale OF property that when improved
would amount to 900 was to have
been consummated to-day, but the buyer
had said if this privilege is granted he
viii not buy the property. Instead o1
increasing property values, il viii de-
crease them.
Proceeding to the question of proper
ton of representation, MIR. Seymour SAID
that from Nineteenth TO Twenty first was
not a public street, and is not 10 be
counted. The total frontage eligible tc
SIGN is only 1850 feet, and two-thirCis
is Il. 906 The signature Of MIR. Cox is
with the reservation that he does not ac-
knowledge that Y street IS public street
from Nineteenth to Twenty first. The
2s0 feet OF the Harris estate is signeC
suhiect to the approval of the owner
These two pieces should be deducted. anC
would leave only l., $40 feet not major
ity.
not granted an exclusive franchise i
conld not sell its bonds. He thought tht
road would settle up the colonies on til.
Grant. and il il is not built the colonies
will not perhaps be settled.
In answer to question by Mr.. Sey'
n1our. Mr.. Hatfield said that AZ the time
he applied for the passenger franchise
the matter of freight was under discus
sion, but 1t was thought IL WouIu only D'
ta countrV