The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-02
YOU wILL2 | WILL, TOO
SOUTHERN PACIFIC AND lNTERNA-
TloNAL eRuM5LlNG.
The Fur VIII FLY After the Government
Grants the Roads Permission to
Bridge Bays Bayou

Southern Pacific and international and
Great Northern officials are still grumhllng
about the Harrisburg controversy.
Southern Pacific official said yesterday;
The Posts report Of the injunction pro
ceedings was amusing and IN some re
spects fair but the scribe failed to note
an important point, to-wit; The Interna-
tional and Great Northern made proposi-
ton to permit us to cross the bayou and
come up to the Weld & Neville compress
IL we would accept the track position It
now occupies, allowing It TO move over
closer to the compress or the space we had
surveyed for ourselves. Yet they repre-
scented in pleedngs and affdayits that that
track was their main line. Did you ever
hear of a main line being used at a com
press for loading and unloading freight.
II that is their main line, how are they
going TO run 1t alongside the compress aud
unload cottoRf II should also be stated
that the Harrisburg people are friendly to
our extension aud have no objection 70
nxcd bridge. The government VIII certainly
give us permission TO 90 across Trays
bayou, providing We give assurance ths :
wnep the interests Of commerce demand "
we will remove tue hxed bridge aud Pul
Ia a draw bridge IL we desire % maintain
the uOSltlCu, Nuen lAhL AtHAN arm 80 Alt
county Of Harris and the railroads win haYe
draw bridges TO put IN. We own Inc prop
erty on one SIDE OF tho bayou ana we pro
nose "a land On the Other SIDE on Weld &
erty Tor the purpose OF making Brays bayou
a slip for handling Western cotton during
times Of yard congestion. ana the Inter
national aud Great Northern wants 70 cross
there 10 ruin the plan for which the ter
minals were purchased All TINS CON
troversy means great expense 10 US Win
out ultimate profit 10 ANYBODY.
'sSuppOse the government permits the In
ternational and Great Northern also TO
cross Brays bayouT WAS asked
THE government may iet them cross, but
I'll promise you they VIII run asainse e
snag when they attempt TO cross orr prop
erty IL one road owns q yard ana an.
other line can come along ana run ROAD
through IL. of what use Is it, railroad
car buy or condemn property under the
certain condition that Il win not eacroach
upon the rights Of others or destroy the
use for which the property was purchased.
he Ipternationai aud Great Northern was
| tTIgeeriug around trying TO make up its
mind about Il we bought i outright and II
Is a strategic position which. we intend 70
maintain The International and Great
Northern could 90 lower down and extend
the track on the bayou side Of the compress
and thut would not interfere With US at
All we were al work two weeks before
the international aud Great Northern made
auv demonstration, and we saved ourselves
IN the nick OF time by the good luck OF
having a large barge on the spot Tbs
we placed across the bayou AZ the point
where the international end Great North
ern Intended % cross EXTENDING their az.
I legged main line and then the court was
! asked 10 decide the merits Of the sltua-
! tion. Had the barge not been available
I the international and Great Northern
! would have begun operations and had as
/ a. disadvantage. The real hgit vi come
When they attempt 70 cross the bayou aud
| extend their line over southern Pacific
! property"
An International and Great Northern Of.
/ aeiai was asked what his road intended
| 10 do. and he calmly replied, IN substance;
4 s.Why, we are going across when we get
/ the necessary permit from Uncle sam and
! We are going on down 10 the head OF nayi-
! cation. We can't accept the Invitation to
| cross the bayou at q point lower dowu
because that is not our main line. II Is
/ our main line which we desire 20 extend,
and II Will be extended right across the
| Southern PaciAc's little acre. Fight7 Yes,
/ ,sc expect hght, Of course"
me international and Great Northern IA