The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-30
WORKMAN SPOKE HIS MIND
The Ex.Mayor and His Electric
Road Franchise
WHY THE ROUTE IS OPPOSED
The Opposition Claimed to Be Not Ten.
able
Why THE ROUTE IS OPPOSED
Some Facts pished Up to the Board OF Pub
lie Works-Recomme ndstions Made
by the Board Yesterday

The board of public works yesterday
referred to the city attorney the petitions
recently filed protesting against the
granting to w. H. Workman IL franchise
for an electric road on WolfSkill avenue
from Second street to the Arcade depot.
EX- Mayor Workman was on hand and
stated to the board that ordinance No.
A. new SerieS) grants j. NJ. Davies
franchise for thirty years from May q.
1889, to be operated by two horses or
mules. with this provision in section |
of said ordinance, to wit: land provided
further. if at any time for the space of
three months the said road or any por-
ton thereof, shall be unused as a street
railway, the franchise for the portion
unused shall be thereby forfeited"
This franchise, said Mr.. Workman,
was sold May 18th. 1891, to NJ. e. Ham
mond. representing the Consolidated
Electric railway company( as payments
were made by checks of the company TO
j. NJ. Davies of the Depot Railway COM
pany in payment for the same). And in
order to electricise the road on Wolf
skill avenue from Second street to the
Arcade depot the Consolidated company
procured ordinance No. 797, dated Oc-
tober 14th 1890, to allow them to cleo
tricise the road already belonging to
them.
There is but one franchise existing
the davies franchise" to the Main
Street and Agricultural Park road
which is now part of the Consolidated
system, and under the same manage
ment, is void and of no effect whatever,
The fact that at this late date after
the Davies franchise" has been aband-
cned for over five years. the putting on
two horses or mules on a street car re-
Gently. is q miserable Subterfuge, COM
mented the speaker, and an evasion of
the law that can not win in any court.
1t is notorious in this community, pur-
sued Mr. Workman. that the Consoli-
dated" or Los Angeles Electric Rail-
way company" have been exclusively
operating the Depot Railway COM
pany'S franchise on Wolfskill avenue
between the points mentioned for years.
and not until another franchise is asked
for did they pretend to exercise any
authority. by leasing the same to the
Main Street and Agricultural Park
Railway" by placing on the tracks men,
toned a two-mule or horse car line.
The board also acted upon the follow
ing:
cations for the sidewalks and curbs on
Main street between Commercial and
Fifth streets be adopted and placed on
file in the office of the city clerk.
Recommend that the ordinance of in
tention to construct a cement walk on
Twelfth to Washington streets be placed
upon its passage
Recommend that the ordinance of in
tention to construct cement curb ana
cement sidewalk on Main street between
Commercial and Fifth streets be placed
upon its passage.
Recommend that the protest from r.
L. Garrett ct al. protesting against the
improvement of Bartlett street in ac-
cordance with ordinance No. 354S new
series). be granted and said proceedings
be ordered abandoned. tina said protest
representing q majority of the frontage
affected
Recommend that the petition from Ct.
II. Shafer ct al. asking that Mateo street
be opened from Palmetto street to the
intersection of Short street and Santa
Fe avenue in the manner set forth in tie
diagram accompanying the petition, be
granted and the city attorney be in
structed to prepare ard present the
necessary ordinances; the city engineer
to furnish him with the necessary data
therefor.
Recommend that the petition from
Maier x Zobelein ct al, asking to have
a cement curb constructed on both sides
of Commercial street from Alameda to
Nignes streets, and also a cement side
walk six feet wide be granted and the
city engineer instructed to prepare and
present the necessary ordinance of in
tention therefor.
Recommend the petition from Charles
A. Schroeder ct al, asking that Twelfth
street between Main and Hill streets be
graded and graveled, be granted and the
city engineer instructed to prepare and
present the necessary ordinance of in
tention therefor.
Recommend the petition from T. X.
HoWser ct al, asking that San Julian
street between Pico and Twelfth streets
hp cl1rhad with HaU1nnt C1Irh SilaNVa Ike
with cement walk five feet wide, graV-
eled and graded. be granted and the city
engineer instructed to prepare and pre-
sent the necessary ordinance of inten-
ton.
Recommend the petition from c. A
Smith ct al, asking that Lemon street