The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-12-30
on YES, A FIG8r WILL BE so NICE,


"this is a fight between the city and the
Consolidated road. -
Councilman Sturees spelling for fight
and gabbiing Tor gore, in plain, raw
English, is indeed oheerfully Quixotio
figure Truly our own knight of the
! woeful Countenance mounted on his hobby
win his lance set all ready for the Con
itself upon II Is well calculated TO stir
the blood in an abaDdoned lamp post.
But while Quixote Sturyes thus views
so amiably the prospect OF plain, raw
English Hght between the city and the
! Consolidated, how about the business
interests OF this town, and the interests
of the travelling pubIicY
Where do tney come in?
Fighting is pleasant enough diversion
tor those who like IL, but putting up
your fists never ranked high as an ar
gumenL Civilization, not TO specify bus
iness interests, usually try to find some
other way to settle matters in contro.
versy.
But Mr.. Sturges wants to fight. That
is. he wants the city to fight Nothing
else but night will suit his blood. thirsty
nature. He considers nothing else. He
must have gore.
And he has succeeded amazingly we'll
in putting things I'm such n delightfully."-
hodge podge shape that ii seems reason
ably certain that tho Eight ho yearns for
will be on anu unlimited as to rounds.
lie and his aiders and abottors and the
reckless newspaper which plunged half
! shot into tLe melee have placed tho city in
such position that IL vii, be hard to
get out without fight unless n good
deal Of calm, cool. business judgment is
injected into the controversy and there
seems to be only very indifferent stock
of that article on tap just now in on
municipal affairs
For decade the dealings that have
been necessary to the development of the
new railroad facilities have been pursued
| without serious friction. On the part OF
| the city and of the railroad spirit OF
mutual consideration has been main
| tained up To Oct. last. Both parties 10
a costly and important public project
have worked together with the common
end ever uppermost in view OF serving
the interests of the people OF Providence
as both the parties were evidently bound
To do. With no sacrifice OF vested rights
on either side IL has yet been found easily
| possible TO secure business-like agree
/ ment on all points In controversy from
time to time, ana the result has been
the rapid and satisfactory completion Of
the imposing enterprise.
But now, we must fight. We have
/ oiichuN pcBuH ih ino ClNY mas Htfuch
the first blow. 1t was sidew inder not
nn naturally startling to the railroad cor
poration that up TO this point mad dealt
with mon OF business instincts and intel
ligenoe and was accordingly. unprepared
TO meet on their cwn ground gentlemen
of purely pugilistic propensitles. This
is fight between the city and the Con.
solidated road. declares Councilman
| Sturges and half tho town seems TO
promptly loso its head and applaud the
prospect Inc city has, so TO speak, taken
oil its coat and called upon the Consoli-
dated to come on 1t would appear that
nothing was left to the latter bur TO re-
spond in kind. The fight promises to be
lively.
Who will get the best OF il or the worst
of itp On monday night that was tho
| question of interest," Today, however
the citizens Of this town are
beginning tn wake up to another
question and that is. whore do they como
in while the city government and the
Consolidated road are ngaged in their
pastime. The question that intelligent
citizens are already asking is not who
will win but when will the fight be
ended' When will the new station be oc-
cupiedS When will the injunction on the
business interests of Providence be re-
movedS For IL is already clenr that so
long as the city and the Consolidated are
| lighting. the business INTEREST,", OF this
| town arc to be backed up against the wall
and throttled so as TO allow plenty Of
room for the mill
Some day there will be an uprising ami
an outUry Of indignation such as this
1 A.