The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-13
The other side.
To the Editor of The Post.


There ara two sides TO every question.
Relieving The Post to be fair and Just. |
kindly ask that you publish the following.
In your Issue OF yesterday there appeared
communication from this city IN refer
euce TO railroad facilities, and attempting
to assign reasons for the opposition by
tho present city council TO the granting OF
franchise to the Susie railroad" Some
of the statements referred to are u re-
flcction upon our excellent city council aud
are both misleading and untrue This
seems To be but another Of series OF
efforts to deceive tho outside world and
that part OF the public who are not familiar
Win the true fncls, Colonel Gresham and
the other stockholders In the Susie fran
| chise. having been refused additional fran
chises by the two previous city councils,
put forth mn aldormanic ticket during the
last city campaign. election June z. under
the head of THE Progressive Ticket" On
this ticket, amongst others, appeared the
name OF tho president OF the Susie rail-
read. The stockholders In the Susie fran
rbiso made The granting OF the additional
franchise the principal Issue OF the cam
paign Tho verdict of the people at the
June election was unmsiakcable, and tho
president OF the road, although personally
an excellent and popular gentleman, wna
defeated IN every ward In the city. Tho
public, by It's verdict at the polls, decided
that ours Is n government for the people
and by the people, not government for
the corporations, and by the corporations,
The talk about the Wharf company, tho
Santa Re railroad and Mallory line 0p.
position is not entitled to serious consid-
Grafton.
Myself and others appeared before tho
city council at It's last meeting In opposl-
ton to tho desired grant for the reason
that we know that the SUSIE people sim
ply desire tho franchise for the purpose
OF treating II as merchandise. TO be sold
nj the first opportunity, and proceeds TO
be put into their private pockets. Time and
time again efforts have been made to de-
ceiye the public into n belief that the
Southern Pacific railroad desires TO pur-
chase from the stockholders OF the Susie
It's old franchises, provided they could
obtain an additional franchise from tho
city council. Personally have the klndeat
feeling for Colonel Gresham aud his asso-
ciates. but do not believe and challenge
them to prove that the Southern Pacific
desires the Susie franchise at all. Further
more should said road desire the fran
chise, favor giving II to them direct and
not TO another corporation, to bo used by
1t as means OF obtaining money from
the Southern Pacific or any other road.
The Susie railroad has no rolling stock.
and, In reality, can not properly be called
a railroad AT all. The stockholders OF the
Susie franchise have not paid taxes GU
said properly 10 the city OF Galveston for
nine years. and a suit is now In the courts
to enforce the collection OF said taxes.
Galveston wants all the bona fide rail-
roads II can possibly secure and our clti-
zens Will go a long ways 10 got them,
and when such roads apply direct Tor fran
chises within tha limits OF this city, am
OF the opinion that they Will not ask In
vain. e. X. Cheesborouph.