El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-24
NOT THROUGH THE CITY'S CENTER.
The Action of the Council Last Night
was Against the RAILROAD.

Inc city council met IN a1JOufneu
session last night. The object for the
meeti was to ioOk into the petition of
the Ell Paso Southern railway which
was ask ng for right of way through
the sire is of Ell Puso. Mayor Camp
b II not b5ing present Alderman
O'Keefe was called to WELD the
gavel.
The first business was to allow a
bill of G. w. Davis for $191.5O.
The hall was full of citizeos who had
been call. d there by a notice ia last
evenings HERALD. The council soon
got down 10 business and the first thing
and grades committee which was as
follows:
The streets and grades committee
to W HON the petit on of the Ell Paso
Southern Railway company was re-
ferred, beg leave to report as follows
Your committee have to say that 1t
desires a thorough di cuSslon OF the mat
ter by your honorable body with a
view TO acquai ting all concerned w 18th
tue facts as presented bv those interest
ed; and We desire that the council give
The streets and grades committee until
next Sa urday evening in which to
further Investigate and present final
report.
Tine matter is of great interest to
The G. tizens anu property owners in the
southern part of the city and your COM
mittee desires to proceed carefully and
justly"
The report of the comm ittee was
adopted.
Expressions of citizens present we're
then asked for on the petition before
the council. Mr.. Stanton was first to
respond and opposed granting the fran
chlse through the streets asked.
Mr.. Ramsey, for the railroad, ex-
pla ned the reasons for the company
wanting TO build on those streets was
to pass Ound the end of the other
railroads SO that it would not be n@ces-
sary to cross said roads by his line in
get ing out of The city.
Alderman ColdwelI thought the COM
papy was asking TOO much in petition
ing for franchise through the center
of the city ana he was Oppose d to graut-
ing the petition as asked, but was will
lin g,to grant any reasonable demand.
Mr.. Willard Patterson, as attorney for
tie rail- DAD. said his company did not
want the alley asked for IN the petition.
He sad that the map did not show that
there was as many houses on the alley
as there really were. He said the rail-
road company now asked for permits
5 GA to build their line up Utah street
along First street to the Texas & Pa
cific reservat on and into East Over
land street, thence east along Overland
street. or north line of Texas u Pacific
to a street in the Cotton
thence north on A street with
tne White Oaks road to the northern
limits of the city.
Alderman Culdwell insisted that the
railway company furnish the city map
bn. nj, nt r h bod for
Wa erS Davis opposed the railroad
runulng o near his premises and said
Il EFT 4nge red the lives of his children.
He also said It looked ike the road was
Sc ;retly to get the FRANCHISE.
MIR. Ramsey denied this imputation
md said that everything had been pup |
Iohed in the papers and that the HER
AID had ,ublisnet the petition Of the |
'ailway company ask ng for the fran
,hIse. and that all the newspaper re-
lorters in the ty could have gotten |
ull information il they had gone after
Mr.. Clardy then opposed the railroad |
IN First street as it would iojure prop |
,rty he was Interested IN on that street |
Mr.. Patterson answered this by say
NJ that 1t was impossible for any rail- |
Cad TO get a franchise through the city |
Without lnjurIpg somebody's property !
, hearing somebody kick. He said |
both the HERALD and the Times had |
rlveI full Lublict y to the fact tina, the |
al road was asking for the franchise |
md there vas no secrecy. No alder |
nan had been to outside of the council !
nd there was 10 sure titious work 60 |
ng on. |
Alderman Coldwell again insisted on
ne company furn shihg the council a |
nap of the route they wanted through |
he city, and he further made motion
lat the report Of tue streets and grades |
;Om mlttee be reconsidered. fter this |
LO ion was seconded it was put and |
arried.
Mr.. 5. Fl. Newman then made a |
irong argument against granting more |
franchises in his part of town. If they |
wanted to run through that part of |
OWn let them run on Sixth street on |
which the L. q. Z. track was already |
aid. Mr.. Newman pointed out the fall |
acy of the city granting franc hises and |
'etJlng nothing in return. he said Ell
'a5o had granted gas, water, electric |
ignt, telephone, street railway and
abroad franchises all through the city |
ther cities had reaped benefits from
ia lting these franch ses. He was not
opposed 20 railways but was opposed to
hem enteriDg the heart OF the city,
nd did not see why the railroad that
as now asking for a franchise was not
'illiDg to run their line east on Sixth
tr. ct. Mr.. Newman also pointed out
be fact that when the Texas 81 Pacific
abroad was granted a franchise over
lXth street, the company had agreed
} grade the street from Cotton Avenue
} the Santa te depot, but not spade
III of graGiog hal ever teen done.
1t was evident tn 1t the petition OF the
abroad would not be granted as asked,
nd the matter was settled by the orig
lai petition being refused aud the COM
any being requested to hand in new
ne.
Mr.. S. G. Kugore then asked to be
loved to rent Washington Park, he
} pay $3.50 per year rental and to plant
ID trees yearly and keep the place in
pair. ~ f er considerable wrangling
yer this, tne council adjourned, while
worry war was on betwe IN Alderman ,
Oldwell and the chair.
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