The San Francisco call., 1899-03-26

+ When The directors o1 ths Central Pa
. c1dc obtained control o. t1e v eSIe-n Fs-
I ci7c road the terminus IN this city was a.
the junction q Market and N2s1c1a
streets. and connection with ne DuslI1sss
~15--f-z a Barke- from First 70 Tale1-
cia street. Win z bCa1cE On HaTes SLlS0-
70 Laguna- Ihls duD1y To@o Nas
roughly built poorly stocked 1a1 z S1CI--
lived Franchise. and was UDpCp pL-aE- De-
{ cause there were long I1te-Tals between
trains and many complaints were LnsoS
n rhe 77se q steam locomotives On Mar
ker street Stanford was disturbed by tie
c0ruuIafrts- be saw 10 prospect q profit
IL the lire after he San jose station had
moved 10 Third aid IoW-2ssIQ sL-ee-s,
Z and he considered Z street car E0e BE-
J For these reasons he instructed Haley ID
find ont the money value q ne Market
street line and then 70 hunt ID z pUr-
! chaser
In accordance with his instructions Hz-
/ ley studied the Talue o. -hs property Ee
found cut now Hl2ny peop-e Izo Llst
how many could get homes -1e-e, a-11
how much they would cost, and pay 17-
transportation 70 Ihe business center Ths
mora he s1aIol-ec ne D0-5 1s c-s-Aec
-ls project q selling out IA planned
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Hayes HalgE- aDd Na-sIc-z sLre5ls, a--d
after estimating outgo and income g
c1de6 i was worthy OF -sSEy5C--El co-sl1-
eraL11 5y U1---10-a-rss ne l1Glcs1 nan
10 delay the proposed sals. bUl 10T sew
sral years could lC- persuade T1s-c . -
build ~ last Es convinced Huntington.
q -hs Central Pac16c bard Tl-h Is
plans and estimate Aszsy vas -ns-9
3 tugro- Induced his associates . consent
. tufId -hs Lz-ks1-S-re6- system @ c.
ble roads 7 Hs-sE cou-c 81 -EzIc11-Ss 5-I7c.1-
Z 1o- fly years The roads Es-e oz--L soon
afterward and they have 0o-= I1an 11l-
5Iled Al NJ HaieTs predictions = proar-
After The EEg1L-s--ss- branch nsd
Haley planned a extension win steam
dummy = he power Ees s-2ce pen
bearh: ard again II hzd . ADVOCATE RS
scheme <or Z l0-g tine bs1o-e = coL1d
convert rs sIll-C e-s- --z--55 - = 80
the roz6. aoo he lad rs SaIls-ac.-c-- p
being publicly thanked t1- rs -sacs-s1p
il his enterprise ~ Cha-les C-ocks- q
+ z picnic given Dez- lEs oez-1 = - =
/ rect0rs On The opening day
He had z prominent part = gag
Kentucky street aid 5--lC-7E L-5 SaS-s
win the purchase q ths Nzss5---S--ss-
E line and rs change TON 11-se = -
Southern PzGoc f~z1c1 a1S9rIe- -
Central P7C1c3 oouE1- re Azs-ol l2s
3 and planned is extension I7e I-o2@llE--
{ straigr-sn he -oa6. and spp1a1 = EalsT
for assistance He Lolc than 1zl l17
railroad company &C oot are NZE--@gz
-Fa rad vas wz6s1ed q 1oI, md As cd
s~rs--s- hi WHEN - szT hat hey
he consented . b o1e q - co1a----s-
sioue-s + thEy |o1l5 allow III = Se-:c-
/ Z associate gins
OF the board @ -h-ss- Lo-sl1v----s -
f-5js1ensabIs % The success O l1s-E pan
+ they accepted his o1er. E1o ne 1oa2 rs
~fCe-sd- tt the great csSESl o E4
I projectors the assessos1LS -o- os-s1-s
~e-e al levied OF The adjacent 4s1cs-
+ whereas they wanted % throw Ggs
-s-+ - "a sx-,s-se On the raIlr0s6- They
@-a5 . UPSET The wo-E O. L19 co--lCI11s-
Z sio1e-s. but failed Il Ae Co4--S s-c -
n ~ Sc-s Southern Pac11c directors
-aS bar DISPOSED % CscSuCs 5a-sT 1o-
NEEDING II n affair II vh.ch they &C
lot see tha- [nsy 1ao e2E ----a-.S-. - -
whsa the litigation cane LnsE =cA-.1- --.9 :
e5re5 that he had rendered 300 sSTFlce
E-a-- 1S-s I'll 1893 M Haley was rs
manager for IRE Southern a1G 0s1LTa-
$50 80 -H-sr associated street con-
+ panies Of al thei- ca1p-Lcats1 e-S-lesS
( relations with The city o-4c1a-S- 1s 1S1
that he was called l1s tl--1 -1es-.t4 = =
F ~ rs board. and had t1e credit q beng
{ the most lnL9eIl-i3L 9lll2-s - s--s--- l- =
made himself familiar Win -os1r c-1a-E<-
re-s habits. u-sJu61CeS. WEAKNESSES e71
& ambitions. and found how ne coi-o F-sese
them without exposing his employers 9
Ss-ss1< 70 Formidable public cs1sU-s- Ths
newspapers sometimes hlD-e1 that ne pad
money. but ne said that vas unnecessary
sd BESIDES was extremely dangerous .
the nan who helped him he gave cigars,
wines lunches and sometimes railroad
tickets, but usually he releo 20 slcSsss
an official 70 DO any act thai he believed
/ contrary 70 the public interest
On one occasion q majority q the SU-
rz-zSSo-S had declared themselves favor
I able 70 an ordinance for raising The grade
Of Market street. between Mason aC6
{ Stockton. the increase Of elevation q
Powell street 70 he 8 foot and a hz-t-
This change Would have subjected tfs
owners OF many buildings 70 serious loss;
and these people appealed % Haley 1c-
! help On the ground that the raise would
j subject the Market Street Railway 70 Al
exne-Se of 81 least $1,000. He consulted
T his principals and they said they did no-
want 70 appear IN the matter. Il would
not look well Tor them u 81 Up private
against public interests and. besides. they
+ did Iot want . antaEonize The majority
Of the Supervisors The opposing prop
Z erty holders continued 70 besieEe Haley.
( so ne Siooled t2e QCsstlon- he found that
some OF the Supervisors favored I1s pro
( 5ect because Il would be a benefit % 1-a
+ public. and some because II was solicited
~ a man whom they wanted - har-5sr7S .
Then he Investigated the motives q this
man and learned that 7 the grade were
Of $500 which otherwise might never be
+ paid Haley went 70 this man. spoke q
ne hslsaJ'oa tnat would certainly follow
the aoeptlon o1 SAe ordinancs- o1 the de-
+ lay and uncertainty in the decision, and
F Of the Possibility that the property hold
ers would pay the 5000 T the measure
were abandoned This gentleman consent
ed 70 use his influence. and At his solicit
tation three Supervisors rhs-e-s7 rom
one side 10 the cher and the p-oze,,r cana
70 an end. The property holders courTlb-
ute5 the S2oao ard the SuperviSo-S urho
we're greatly puzzled - 49, >vr-N n11x -
thing was done, for they fFlr s,5-s Yhsr
no money was paid ~ any Of their col
s leagues.
Some years after the large building used
+ for railroad offices was built on the corner
OF to0rth ana TownSend streets s suit
+ was instituted against the Central Pa
/ citlc BY Nouns man who claimed 70 own
a half interest in the property The com
pany had paid q fair price for the land
and had received 8 conveyance under or
der Of a Probate Court pUrpoTfIag to con
Ney all his interest The money had been
/ expended for his benefit. but the lawyer
who examined the Papers for the COM
panS had overlooked serious Saw
Judge San6erson and Hail NcAlliSrsr
agTee6 that the yoCng mans title was
good in law. and McAlllSteT said ehat
counting the hack rents, * would he bet
ter that the company should pay S4o0oHa
than contest the case 10 fSnal issue in the
courts. The plaintiff lived IN N5rSinia and
his attorney IN New York City. 80 some
one had 20 take a VTip across the cOrt5-
nent 70 srTaOSe 3 compromises L seems
that as this was s. matter Of LEGAL techns
cality * should have been intTusted TO a
! lawyer, but Haley was selected