The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14
ALIVE TO ISSUE.
People of Topeka Aroused Over
Freight Proposition.
Raise Voices Against Use Of
Streets for This Traffic.
COMES UP TONIGHT.
Chairman Nipps Says Committee
Hasn't Decided.
Would Like to Hear From Those
Who Are Interested.

People have not been so awakened
and aroused over an issue of late as
they have over this request from the
street railway company for hauling
freight said Councilman Green today,
just as he got through with listening
to the protests of a number of citizens
who had come up to register their OBJ
jections to the attempt of the railway
company to have the restrictions re-
moved entirely.
II am hoping that there will be
enough votes developed in the council
this evening to pass this ordinance
regulating the traffic and providing for
a fine against the violation of the hours
specified in the franchise, but I am
afraid that there won't be. The COM
mittee turned this ordinance down.
The committee is holding in allegiance
the request of the street car company
for hauling freight at any time in the
day they want to.
.'The committees action simply
means this, it says, You can go on
violating this franchise but we will
wink the other eye and won't pay any
attention to it. Just go on as you have
been doing in the past.
Il think we can do nothing but hold
right to the franchise. If we throw
open one part of the town and allow
them to haul freight to Oakland during
the day time, it means that we will
have to do the same to other parts of
the town. And then there you are, you
have to throw everything wide open.
You give them an inch and they take
foot. No. sir, the only thing to do is
to hold them right to the franchise and
make them live up to it.
Rev. Father Hayden of the Church
of the Assumption called on Council
man Green this morning. I just want
to tell you that the hauling of freight
on Jackson street is a great detriment
to US. 1t hurts our property and great
" embarrasses us
Ex-Councilman S. c. Miller of the
First ward said: councilman Simms
is mistaken when he says the people
of North Topeka want this freight
hauled over here. We are against this
proposed amendment and if Mr.
Simms thinks we are not we will hold
a mass meeting at the North Topeka
fire station to demonstrate the fact.
81 think we ought to go a little slow
on this freight business and investigate
the conditions thoroughly before we
do anything" said Councilman Nipps.
IT would like to invite anything which
has to do on this question whether it
is pro or con- am speaking for the
committee when say this. We would
like to have the citizens make their
representations. It is probable that
before the matter is finally settled it
viii be brought before the Commercial
cluD- 1t seems TO me as II II belongs
to the Commercial club to file its
views on the question.
The committee has as yet barely
touched upon the subject. No con-
clusion of any kind has been reached,
and no fasty or Ill advised action will
be taken. The sentiment of the com
mittee, as I am able to interpret it, is
to investigate the matter carefully and
make whatever recommendation to
the council as would seem pertinent
ever expected to get the right to run
freight trains on Kansas avenue, but
am quite sure that no member of the
council ever thought of giving them