The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-05
Will Carry War Into
the Enemy's
Camp.
Plans Formed to Gust the
Southern Pacific
Usurper.

Citizens and property owners of the
Mission are no longer content to act on
the defensive against the Southern Pa
cific and the Market Street Railway. They
have gathered the first fruits of OrganiZa
ton in their recent victory over the "as
ISOLATED villainies,' and see the value of
an aggressive policy. Not content to sit
idly on the laurels won during the past
week, they now propose to carry the war
into the enemy's country and wrest from
the usurpers the rights stolen from the
people.
Filled with this spirit and elated with
the consciousness of work we'll done in
their recent decisive preliminary skirmsh
with the railroad and the Doodle seven, .
since disrupted, nearly 200 representatives
of the district met yesterday afternoon
at Mangels Hall, Twenty-fourth and
Folsom streets, to hear the reports of
their committees and decide upon plans
for the campaign that will not end until
every public right invaded has been sur
rendered to the people.
The session was a lively one. and be-
fore ii closed the methods to be pursued
in the onslaught against the grab-all
tendency of the Southern Pacific Com
pany had been fully determined. Having
defeated the attempt of the railroad TO
push through the double track fran
chise it was the sense of the members
present that the company usurpation OF
steam line from Sixteenth street to
Twenty-fifth, should be brought to the
attention of the courts, with view TO
ousting the company. As a preliminary
step, committee was appointed to pre-
sent the petition to the Supervisors call
ing upon them to instruct the District At
torney to take action necessary to Gust
the company from its unlawful holding.
The meeting was called to order by T.
B. Slevin. president Of the Mission and
Potrero Improvement Club under the
| auspices of which organization IT mad
been called. The minutes of the memoir
able meeting Of Sunday, May y. were
read and approved and the following pre-
amhle and resolutions. submitted by A,
b. Mcguire, were read and adopted:
Whereas 1t is quite evident from recent
events that the Southern Pacific Company
is determined hold fast its grip on the
present steam line route through the heart
OF the city; and
Whereas. The time has come for the peo-
| pie TO throw off the patient submission that
has been extendend toward the Southern
Pacific COMPANY, ana are resolved from
| now on to work strenuousy for the removal
Of the tracks from tner present t route AN, anu
line or take steps for the forfeiture of said
alleged franchise; and.
Whereas The Merchants Association was
organized to advance the good and welfare
Of the city; and,
Whereas The time has now come for the
| association to make the most decisive move.
| together with the united and the peo-
| pie, that has been presented to them since
the creation of the association; therefore
Resolved, That we respectfully request
their hearty cooperation in our legitimate
efforts TO rid the city Of this nuisance to
| our people and detrment 10 real estate in
our section of the city. Be ii further
Resolved. That a committee of ten citizens
! be appointed with full power to act TO wait
on TIE Board of Supervisors and board OF
! directors of the Merchants Association 70
secure their assistance in our efforts to rid
| the city of this terrible nuisance u life. limb
and property; also to visit the several polit-
| icaI conventions about to convene to secure
a plank in their respective platforms calling
for a removal at an early date of the steam
tracks from the residence portion OF the
| city
resolution introduced by Gustave
| Schnee was adopted, congratulating
! Mayor Phelan for the manner in which he
baked the majority IF the Supervisors in
| their efforts to ALLEVIATE the rights of the
| people; and also assuring the minority
of the board of the gratitude of the people
of the Mission \ similar resolution
| thanking the press Of the city was also
P. Harrington moved that a committee
of five be appointed to cooperate with a
| similar committee appointed Saturday
evening by the Federated Mission I'm
! provement Club to present resolution tc
the Board of Supervisors requesting that
| commence proceedings against the
Southern Pacific for the abatement of the
nuisance it maintained in the single
| track road.
"And - exclaimed Gustave Schnee
''believe in radical measures believe we
should begin proceedings 10 abate this
| nuisance That is the only way you will
get the Southern Pacific to go around ny
the bay shore line. Leniency! There is
nothing in It. They don't show you any
| III fact, | would suggest that the people
GO to work and tear up the tracks over
the crossings right now. Radica!
measures are the only things that will
| bring the railroad to terms. You can't
expect to get anything out of Hunting
ton. Ask him a favor and he'll squeeze
you to the end
| The chair then named the committees
provided for as follows:
Committee of Ten-A. B. Mcguire. Will
lam Watson. George Center. j. ]. Clarke
| Coffey. j. p. Tuohey. John Foppiana ano
j. f. Behan.
| Committee of Five-P. Harrington. Man
| Pepper. f. d. Sullivan, Stephen Byrne
| and George Center.
William Watson a member of the com
mittee appointed by the Federated Mis-
sion Clubs. was called upon to rehearse q
conversation he had had with Henry
Lynch of the Market Street Railway Com
| pany in reference to the Southern Pa
cfic's steam line through the Mission He
said Lynch told him that the company
intended to hold its right of way there as
II asked him" continued Mr.. Watson
why they didn't build the bay shore line
told him that in the thirty-three years
| had been waiting for relief the company
had built to New Orleans, the whole
| length of California. crossed oregon and
strange that it could not build four miles
| of road to the bay shore.
The meeting then adjourned subject tc
! the call of the chair