The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-05-31

son replied that heknew nothing about
what the Santa Fe did.
Capt. Ewing, Mr.. Henderson's at
torney, arose and made a statement OF
the details of the business. He talked
of the matter as business PROPOSE
ton and thought that the city would
be justified in giving Mr.. Henderson
Douglas street. He spoke of the many
dollars worth of taxable property tina
the road would bring to lola and the
county and of the fact that lola would
soon have to have paving and sewers
and how much the taxes on this road
would help in paying for these two
things. He said that it was very rare
that railroads paid any damages but
that the citizens of the town usually
did it. That this road would pay no
damages here as the business which
they would get by coming here would
not warrant them in doing it. In re-
gard to the damage to property Mr..
Ewing said he thought the property
between the two roads would in two
years double in value.
Roll Gard, representing the citizens
then arose and stated that he was not
appearing to fight the matter as bus
mess proposition but that he was
there to fight the giving away OF Doug
! las street because it was not right and
just to the property owners along it.
He had circumstances against the
granting of this franchise signed by
six hundred men and said that he
thought il the petitions had been cir
culated industriously they would have
had as many more signers. He said
it looked as if MIR. II nderson and as
sociates were asking the city to give
them something OFF which they expect
ed to become rich.
AS an example of the damage it
would do to property along Douglas
street Mr.. Gard cited the case of Mr..
Merchant who has his entire posses
sions located on this street.
"Nlr. Merchant has worked hard
nearly all his life to acquire what he
has and he is now an invalid and to
take at one sweep half of it away from
him is not right nor just" said Mr..
Gard "Alr. Merchants property is
valued at s., 800 and the road would
decrease it in value at least half. Mr..
Trimpala, who works at the smelter,
was then spoken of. Mr.. Trimpala
has property opposite Merchant 5
which he has worked hard for and to
have the road run past his place would
be a severe blow to him. He has a
number of children, Mr.. Gard said,
and to put this road along his place
would mean to pen those children up.
"Mr. Henderson is willing to pay ev-
erywhere except through lola and
there is no reason why he should not
pay here" This closed Mr.. Gard's
arguments and Capt Ewing replied to
} the last one by saying it was a public
benefit. Then let the public pay fol
it and not the property owners along
this one street" said Gard. "If it is
= a business proposition let it stand as
! business proposition. The railroad
is coming here to make money and no
A to benefit anyone especially"
b. T.. Clifford, who also represented
, the citizens spoke next. He took tn
i case of Mr.. Anderson, who has hi
e residence property and a tenant hous
= on this street. Then he spoke of tn
t Col. Pepper estate in Chicago whic
t he was interested in settling up. Col
+ Pepper had bought beautiful suburba
y lots which he paid $400 apiece for bu
at the time of settling up the estat
they had decreased in value nearl
r one half because of proposed raj
= road. The danger of having anothe
It road through the city was then take
Il up. Mr.. Clifford said that since b
e had been here there had been three aC
n cidents on the Missouri Pacific whic
}. runs through the heart of the city an
e none on the Santa Fe which runs jus
= tention to the need of harmony anon
}. the citizens saying that there woul
n soon come up more imrortant que
% tions than this one.
f. The council then went into eXecutiy
y session and after hearing the report {
SO the committee voted unanimously
5. against the granting of the franchise
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