The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-12
RAILROAD news.
Santa Fe Clashes With Colorado
Springs Council.
Each Side Has Issued an UltI-
matum.
OFFICIALS ARE THERE
I'll. U. Nudge, w. B. Storey and
Others at the Springs.
Trouble is About Rights of the
Railroad.
SUNDAY.

Colorado Springs. Colo, Oct. 1.-THE
city of Colorado Springs and the Santa
Fe railroad have clashed. and the Indl-
cations are that it Will be war to the
knife between these corporations
The santa Fe officials, who We're here
Thursday. issued an ultinatum to the
city. and the council, at its meeting IN
the evening issued one to the railroad
The city is preparing to fight the santa
Fe in the cou. is. The trouble IS all
over the right OF the railroad on GER
tain streets.
The Santa Re officials weho were here
We're: J. w. I&endrick, vice president;
n u. Nudge general manager; James
E Hurley superintendent of the west
ern division; w. b. Storey, chief engl-
neer, and r. J. Parker, superintendent
of the Colorado division. After holding
their little conference with the city OF
fcials, and looking over the company's
yards here. the party went on TO
Pueblo
But the conference did not end salts
factorily to anybody. According to All
derman ST. John, Alderman Clark and
other councilInen. the Santa Fe people
got on their nigh horse" and said in
substance: you vacate HuerIano
street across our tracks and we will
talk about the Pixies Peak avenue
crossing. If you will not Vacate Huer-
fano street we can do nothing-for you.
This was the ultimaturn. as the al
ficials put forth. The aldermen got
spunky about that time and said they
could not think of vacat:ng Huerfanc
street, whereupOn, according to the
councilmen, the Santa Fe officials took
their hats, said Good morning" and
departed.
At council meeting the troubles with
the Santa Fe We're rehearsed and com =
mented on with much feeling The
aldermen said they We're going to find
out once and for all whether or not the
city has any rights that a railroad has
to respect.
The Costilla street Embarrassing viii
be the scene of the opening battle.
This embarrassing was put in in 1887
and the city attorney has to go back
that far to ind out all the circum-
stances which existed when it was put
In The Santa Fe tracks cross Cos
tilla street at an angle of about 20 de
grees east of north Instead of build
ing their treStle abutmentS across tine
street at right angles with the street.
the railroad built them at right angles
with its tracks. This throws it at any
angle across the street and the stone
abutments run out into the center of
the street This, of course, diverts the
street from its proper course Accord
ing to Aldermen Patton, the Santa Fe
intends to build this trestle out still
further in order to accommodate more
tracks. This will throw COstilla street
into private property. Mr.. Patton
wanted the city attorney instructed to
take legal action to prevent the Santa
Fe from building out any further
This started the discussion and before
It was through the Santa Fe'S .ulti-
matum" came out. The councilmen
waxed wroth and decided that they toe
would issue an ultimatum. Their ulti-
matum is that Costilla street shall be
widened out and made straight Just
how this is to be accomplished, it is ur
to City Attorney Sheafor to say The
councilmen wanted Mr.. Sheafor to tel
them last night but he declined to give
an opinion on a matter that he knew
nothing a bout
After the work of Strengthening out
Costilla street is under way, the coun-
Gil proposes to take up the matter OF
street crossings Alderman St Johr