Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-27
NORTH END IMPROVEMENTS.
a MEETING N FAVOR OF MORE sun
STANTiAL ENCOtRA AGENENT.
Pleas for the Grnntinx of n street
Rniiwny Franchise on Wsnniottc
strcct-N Depot That De-
mnnds nm outlet.

| 4 largely attended meeting of the Sortf
! End Improvement Association was held In
/ Lyceum hall. i0i West Ninth street. yes
| t.rday afternoon. In the interest OF the
franchise for n street railway on Wyan-
dotte street. and the erection OF a tnior
! dtNot in the North end. After a lengthy
L discussion. the following resolutions were
/ adopted. ana pr. Il. H. Lewis and rrssi.
| dent II. T.. Combs were authorized to app
! point committee OF ten to present the
resolutions 70 the mayor and council:
"He 1t resolved. That. whereas, the West
! Side Street Railway Company has had for
moro than nine months before the honora =
| llc common council of Kansas city. Mo.
I an application for n franchise to construct
| modern irs,-class electric railway on
| Nyandottc and other streets in said city,
fci which the owners Of four-nfths Of the
! property on said streets have pctltioned :
and.
Whereas. 1t has consented to amend
ments to said franchise which will fully
protect ana benefit the city AZ large. and
he OF tnCalcuable heneflt TO the northern
tHri of the city,
Now. therefore. We respectfully ask
and request the honorable common council
ana mayor OF Kansas City Mo. 10 grant
the form now. agreed upon by the COM
mittee TO which It has been referred. or in
snch form as such committee and com
iany may agree upon, ano.
=, BE it further resolved. That a copy Of
,his resolution be furnished to the honora-
hle mayor and each momber OF the honora-
Mr. y. r. stlweil. who is at the head
Ing the necessity for a Union depot ana
for street railway transportation from the
d.enot TO all parts OF the city. He stutod
that transfer arrangements had been made
with the Metropolitan company. whereby
the latter was 10 build connecting link
will be given transfer PRIVILEGES 10 ali
points on the Metropolitan system.
ao,il aths ashi for ihe franchise on wyan:-
where We must have help. 1t seems that
eVerythihg mas been against the develop
large majority of the property owners on
Wyandotte street have signed the petition
i2r the franchise, and IT now rests with
EHanted or not. There are now four roads
running into the depo, at Second and Wy
andotte, and contracts have been signed
Kansas and Texas r trust Trust Company m 'sE",i: feels
that 1t has done enough Cor the city to
.ntiue II TO some, consideration at the
pany has inanciered for the good OF this
,"By itself. the wyandottc street fran
cessity If the North end is to he dcvel-
oped. II eight or nine roads use the de
pot the North end Will se incalcuiably
tho entire city. We DO not feel that We
should be made the first example in giving
er eros, rsee. are FsiF by the OF y
the road cannot he built, as We have al
rroyements., II the franchise was granted
amount OF money would be spent among
the laborirr men OF the city.
pay roll of the enterprise. which have been
brought to this city by our company. onla-
ha wouldn't be half SO dead as It is T. +,
had q Missouri Kansas and Texas Trust
Company hustling for 1t. We feel that IN
view of all We have done for the city, we
should be given reasonable considsra,ion;;
the city should be aided and not retarded,
At least We feel that we ought TO know at
and the city enormously benefited"
Judge +. VI. Black said that, as proper
~ owner on Wyandotte street, he was
ofierei the resolutions given herewith.
J. NJ. Lowe made II short speech, IN
which =, eoHaemned the asmafIsy Is SAID ID
that that Mr'Cstiiweil and his associates, de-
served. a monument for what they have
done for Kansas City-if not IN sWope
"a A. a. Tomlinson SPOKE for the West side.
which had tried TO &C., number down 9s ,h'nE
said that the Julian law does not apply
TO this city. and is impraSticaSle anyhow, anyhow.
company had been, granted a franchise
without being taxed. the new enterprise.
which meant so much for the city. Ought
Or. f. r. Lewis moved tho appointment
of a committee of ten TO wait on the may
chise and explain what it meant in the
development OF the city.
owed anythins | to the the city. he had paid
the debt. and a second payment ought not
~ Alderman ID {. 4. Munson said that he was
heartily for the ordinance, as did also
Councilman Wolf, of the Second ward.
smSnd Of the seTSnf re NV wnrn ,h
city a revenue He was suspicious that
the franchise was asked in the, interest
that as the matter nov, stood he would
vote against the franchise. Mr.. Stilwell
fer arransements RAJ constituted the sole con-
nection Of the Metropolitan company with
the enterprise He said that AL the con.
II per cent of the income was taxed |
to the company. the money to build the
Speaker Smith, of the lower house. said |
cent OF the income, but rather in reduced |
benefit, He took kis usual ming al the |
piess by saying il, could always be depend |
ole Information regarding the enterprise |
of what he had read In the news |
1arers he was no, not Prepahbesd to ray sny wheth.
u. pickey explained tho workings of the
Toronto street railways. where school chill
iren rot ten tickets for q cents. laborers
.ot eight tickets for q cents between cer-
ain hours, and the general public got six
ckets for % cents.
r J. Green said that the building of the
Inc would bring in more revenue TO the
'l,v in Increased taxes by reason OF en-
:tnced value. than the . per cent of the
ncome would amount TO.
councilman Beroth was not prepared to
ay whether he would vote for the fran
hisc or not, but he WAS In favor Of what
,yer benefited the city,
The resolutions We're adopted at the close
II the debate. and the meeting adjourned.
Mrs. winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for chill
,ren teethings. oftens the gums reduces infiam-