The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-11-09
FRIGHTENED SOLONS
DIDN'T DARE TO VOTE

Confronted with lobby packed
with determined citiaeus, the Seat
lie Electric bunch tn the council
kreW timid "Wednesday night and
rostponed The vote on the Second
~. franchise until Friday. Nevsm-
Der l..
This was done az the SUGGESTION
Of cfichton. who claimed To be atill
doubtful about the feeling Of the
majority Of the people of the
Eiehih ward, ana demanded Pc
tttion from a majority 90 the voters
There vests very little discussion.
Seeing disgrace and eviction n the
spFlas election looming NJ before
them. the corporation gang waH
perfectly willing TO postpone the
sate for a while. The only debate
was between Crichton and Gin The
rest OF Jacob tufth's followers re-
manned sullen and silent while the
mea IN the lobby glarUd at them.
REAIDNSTRANCES FILED.
GIL made an attempt to prevent
the filing OF the remonStFauces
against the steal but failed The
Petition was signed by nearly zee
names The names were those Of
Residents Of the Ninth ward, how
ever. and seeing in that pretext for
uemandinU "a petition frum the
rlehth ward also. Crichton halked
The Eighth ward man has been
Ehowing unmistakable signs Of be-
iuk largely under the control Of the
Seattle Electric company. Ike fought
the Moore Gilman franchise before
there was the slightest gfound Tor
opposition. f0riy in the game he
expressed his Willingness 70 vote for
the Second av. franchise. Al the
meeting 81 the council Monday
night Ne made the excuse that only
tWo Eighth ward people had eN-
pressed 70 him their opposition to
the franchise.
MAKE EXCUSES.
New that hundreds have dome 50.
he demands a petition. Ninety per
cent ef the voters ~ his Ward are
willing to sign the petition. and Il
upoH that showing Crichtou still in
Eists On voting Tor the steal his real
motive VIII be revealed beyond a
doubt
cslehtea took the position that l.
+ Moses and other property own
ers along Second av. were the only
persons entitled TO consideration.
The emily way In which GIN tried
to justify himself was that unless
the Seattle Electric company we're
given tbs franchise the city would
b obiIxea to pay for the paving It
the Is feet IN the middle Of the
street that otherwise would be paid
b. the street car company. -
matter nf fact. the city engineer has
arranged that the middie portion Of
the street viii be paved az the ex-
reuse Of the abuttinF property own
efs II the tracks are not laid.
OFFERS t2e0 600 FOR IT.
+. +. Evans Jared several 81 the
eouneilmeH a good deal when he an
nsunced that he was willing 80 pay
s2e0.ee8 FOR the franchise il behalf
81 capitalists.
Z figure" he said. "from what
street saT men tell me. that 1890
Passengers ride ON the Second av
ears every day. producing q revenue
OF s9s0 day. This h. enough 20
produce x7.SS0,009 nf gross receipts
IN - years. while the operating eS-
penses would be not more than
sz.kza.eoa. That franchise Is waFth
Al least f5oa.0O0-
CITIZENS TURNED AWAY.
There we're 50 many people pres
ent IT the meeting that mast 81
them had to stand and many were
obliged to leave because they could
not get in. The soions very wisely
refrained from asking ans body 20
express his opinion on the matter Il
might have stirred ap a riot
Among well known citizens pres
ent we're J. VI. MCElroy. corporation
attorney. who kept iu the back
ground. Captain II. Thomas Davies.
G. r. CotferiIi. @. w Roberts. Z.
sherrock. c. W. Closson. J. ". Fftts.
{. E. RemsberE r. G. Allen. t. ~
BrintnalL Professor Sfiiwe1 and
Joseph Shipper.
on All sides The star wa= eesn-
naended for the single handed fight
that Il has been making. Owing 10
the criminal silence OF the corpora
fion- gagged Times and r--I. the
proposed steal had been kept 80
quiet that Il was about to be
#neake1 through when The Star ex-
posed the deal
THE STAR COMMENDED.
The good work started BY The
star i nov bearing good fruit. The
Whole city f. aroused and The star
= finding citizens IN every part q
the city willing to DO Their part In
blocking the robbery. The Eighth
Ward TaxpayeFs' club passed d res
oiutiou al IT, last meeting advueaf-
Ing the common use clause. and np-
pointed a committee TO present IL
to the council
After the adjournment OF the
council Wednesday night. Mr. Cot
terill ard Mr.. Roberts called a mass
meeting of Eighth waFderm IN the
council chambers and made arrange
ments for the benefit pf Dr. crieh-
ton for the circulation Of petitions
81 protest against the franchise.
Several OF the citizens offered to
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