The herald., 1898-05-28
TRUSTEES OUTWITTED
SOUTHERN PACIFIC PLAYS A
SMART TRICK AT RIVERSIDE
It Extends It's Track Across Tenth
Street Under Cover Of
Night

RIVERSIDE, May 27.-The Southern
Pacific company stole march on the city
trustees last night, and at last succeeded
in its efforts to get an extension of its line
across Tenth street. The whole scheme
was cleverly laid, and at 1890 this MORN
ing train pulled into the city, having on
board load of truck material and thirty
nve men, Inc engine at once puiicu uuwii
to the corner Of Tenth and Market streets
and the work of laying the rails owe"
Tenth street was hurriedly accomplished.
The force worked quickly and with will.
and In about an hour Foreman Long of
the construction crew gave the signal.
and in spite of the protests of several
property owners, who had arrived at the
scene of the operations by this time, a
train steamed across Tenth street and be-
gan unloading ties and rails. An hour
later the track had been laid for dis
tance of one hundred yards down Market
street and the men departed.
At o'clock City Trustee Peters and
VIM. McBain, two gentlemen prominent
among those who protested against the
granting of a franchise to the company
across Tenth street, were notified of the
work, and they lost no time in hunting up
/,
but the company had accomplished its
purpose and was safely over the street
when they arrived on the scene with the
necessary papers.
At meeting of the city trustees last
Tuesday the company was denied fran
chise to cross Tenth street, and the COM
pany decided to test the validity of the
action of the trustees in the courts. How
ever, the company has succeeded in get
ting the line over the disputed street be-
fore the opponents knew where they were
at, and now the latter will have to begin
the fight in the courts, which will doubt
less be hard-fought' one. If it is begun.
The company In the meantime will go
right ahead and operate the new road and
continue on with the Improvements which
it had planned and which hinged largely
upon the success of the company to secure
the right to cross the aforesaid street.
A large number of Riverside citizens
started for San Francisco to-day to pay a
last visit to friends in Company M before
that organization goes to Manila. The
railroad company made reduced rate,
and there was great rush for tickets.
Never before did San Francisco have as
large representation of Riversiders
within its borders as will be there to-
morrow when the train arrives. Another
large number intends going up to-day.
An old man probably rs years of age was
found wandering about in the West River
side section a couple of days ago, and
when found he was about famished for
food. He is a stranger in these parts, and
Is so far from being right in his mind that
he cannot intelligently tell where he came
from or where he started to go. He will
be taken care of until provision for his
care in the hospital can be made.
There is a Jurupa and Bandini avenues
in this city, and as these names are strong
ly Spanish in makeup, there is talk of
asking the city authorities to change the
names to something that Is more Ameri-
can In sound.
The ten-year-old son of Rev. M. C. Dot
ten, pastor Of the Episcopal church in this
city, was quite seriously injured late yes
terday evening by falling tree. The boy
was playing in the vicinity of where some
workmen were engaged in cutting down a
shade tree, when he ventured too near
just as the tree was falling, and he was
thrown PROSTATE and badly bruised by the
heavy branches. The parents of the boy,
Rev. and Mrs. Dotten, are in Los Angeles
attending the meeting of the Episcopal
diocesan convention,