Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-31
PILlNG ON AMENDMENTS.
City Would Havc the Consolidated street
Railway Company sprinkle streets
and DO Many other Things.

Presiden, Walton II. Holmes, OF the
Kansas City Gable Railway Company. ID.
r. Holmes, counsel for the company;
Frank Hagerman, counsel for the Metro.
polltan company; Judge v. G. slaNcns' OF
the board OF public works, and CITY Coun.
seor Rozzele held lengthy conference
yesterday IN the office of Karnes. Holmes
krauthoT regarding the amendments
to be offered to the bill allowing the two
cable railway companies to consolidate.
The representatives OF the companies are
willing to give the people all reasonable
facilities for transportation and transfer
and an agreement was reached TO the Ell
feet that the companies, when they shaIl
consolidate. shall transfer nj all lntersec-
lions of Its lines ana at all points Of con
necton. Tho company IL empowered TO
make such reasonable regulations ms Will
prevent passengers from obtaining round
trip passage for one fare.
The citys representatives wanted a pro-
vision that when the county shall pave
Niuth street beyond the city limits, along
which the dummy line runs for about
three -fourths of a mile. the company
should pave between the tracks ana he
tween the rails ana for distance of
eighteen inches outside tho tracks with the
same material as the pavement OF the
street The company proposed a coinpro.
mise which was accepted. that when the
city shall extend Its limits and pave the
street the company shall pave between
the tracks and between the rails.
The city made several propositions rc-
gardng the matter of street cleaning and
| sprlnklinE. one Of these was that the
city would furnish a sprinklng car and
water for sprinklng. also men to operate
the car. If the company would allow tho
car to be drawn over its~tracks along the
streets over which it's tracks ran. thus
securing the sprinlSllnE of the streets at
slight expense. Tho company said that
the strain would hc too great on the
cables. The city then suggested that tho
company either clean and sprinkle that
portion of the streets occupied by the
company or pay It's proportionate cost of
such work, In consideration OF having a
monopoly Of the streets. but President
Holmes pointed out that the company
was Offering such excellent facilities fot
transportation ana transfer that 1t ought
not to be burdrncd with onerous require
ments of this sort.
The company agreed that the consolI-
dated company should not have, as to any
constituent company, any more rights
than the constituent company possesses
at present and that the consolidated COM
ferred on business corporations. For in
stance. IL the Grand avenue system oper-
ates under a law which gives II certain
rights not enjoyed by the Ninth street
system. the consolidated company shall
| not have all the rights of both companies,
| but must hc regarded as an aggrega ton
| Of constituent companies, each constituent
company to continue to exercise only such
| rights as 1t now possesses without inner
| itIng the rights of any other company
| The company also agreed that the con-
| soitlated company should he liable for all
| the obligations of every kind of all the
| constituent companies.