The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-29

to the tracks remaining in their midst.
The railroad company assured them
that 1t had no intention of remaining,
and made application, for right of
way along the bay shore. Ehe. rail-
road was granted a right of way in
1870 along said bay shore, and was also
presented with about a hundred and
twenty acres of land at the end of
Ihlrd street for depot purposes. The
railroad never moved its tracks. and
replied time and time again to the pc
Gtlons for removal that they would
90 SO as soon as their bay shore line
would be completed. The bay shore
line mas never been commenced. Now
tney tell US and you that they will
never abandon said road They have
no franchise to operate from Sixteenth
Tor Mr.. Foulds to say that the citv has
lost its right to it's streets because Of
the length of time intervening since
ahe nrst railroad operated it's. trains
Its rights to its streets.
now tne present railroad Is q nuf-
sance. 1t operates through a thickJv
settled portion of San Francisco-sef
we say unfortunately, for it seems to
be pretty well defined that wealth has
more claims upon public officials than
mas poverty, even though there NAV
De no dlIferences on election day.
thousands of property owners are
sands of children daily cross its tracks
TO the great danger of their lives:
thousands Of sick and nervous persons
are injured by the noise of passing
trains. The result of all this IS that
property has deprecated in value in
our midst, and though the Mission is
favored by nature, still the Southern
iPac1nc company, through means only
known to God and the Boards of SUI
pervisors, insists on maintaining this
nuisance, In European cities such a
nuisance would not be tolerated. Rail-
roads should be operated in sections
OF cities away from the residence nor
tion thereof. The contemplated action
of you gentlemen in granting permis-
sion to lay a double track simply
means that our homes will be lost for
eyer TO us. No one desires to live
along the route of the railroad. No
property owner can now dispose of his
property. Within the last thirty
years property, on account of the rail-
road, has deprecated In value so per
cent, and this double track means
simply that property valuations will
further depreciate.
We therefore appeal to you as citi-
zens and taxpayers to stand by us
You are our servants. Over 250OO of
US are to be affected by your action to-
day. We elected you to office. and we
want you to serve our purposes Let
nothing swerve you from your duty
Let your motto be the greatest good
" Tic q CdtCot OtdHQ upon
your rights and the rights of your fell
low citizens. Do not betray US. Re-
member the lot of the traitor is unen-
viable. No traitor ever yet was re-
spected; no one desires his company
no, not even the persons who have
purchased him. Be no Judas Is
CARROT and sell your master for thirty
pieces of silver, but be true to what
is expected of you, and your fellow
citizens will reward you with that
most cheering of all human rewards,
''Well done, thou good and faithful
servant"
Gentlemen, do not permit a double
track to be laid in our midst
A resolution, word for word with tn,
Continued nm Sayenth Para