The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-22
Property Owners in Session at
The City Building Express
Their Views as to Route for
Traction Freight Line.
REPORT OF THE ACTION
TO BE MADE TO COUNCIL.
Board and Special Council
Committee Will Meet With
REPRESENTATIVES of the
Traction Company.

At the public meeting held Thurs
day evening at the council chamber
there were over one hundred proper
ty owners along the line of the pro-
posed north end freight route to talk
over the traction situation with the
city officials and to decide on the best
route to be taken for the freight line.
On motion made by one of the prop
erty owners a vote was taken as to
the most desirable route and by an
almost unanimous vote the following
route was selected as the choice of
the property owners: North Fifth
street from Main street to d street.
east on ID street, FIT Wayne avenue
and e street to Twenty-third st>eet.
thence north on Twenty-third street
to Main street
East End Well Represented.
The east end was well represented
at the meeting and with but one ex-
ception all of these representatives
were opposed to running the freight
car line down either Twentieth, Twen-
ty-first or Twenty-second streets. FL
wood Mcclure, Robert Study, T.. E.
Brown w. II. Campbell, Charles A.
Mcclure and others all speaking in
favor of the Twenty-third street
route
At meeting held at the close of the
public meeting by the members of
the board of public works and the
council committee appointed to assist
in the adjustment of the traction diff
ficulties it was decided to make re-
port to council at its special NEE ting
next Monday night recommending
that the route voted for at the citi-
Zens' meeting be incorporated in the
ordinance franchise that is being pre-
pared for the traction company by
City Attorney r. j. Study
Meeting With Officials
This evening the board and the
council committee will meet with rep
resentatives of the traction company,
probably Messrs Peck. Reynolds and
Lapel. and these officials will be in
formed that the city will insist on run
ming the freight car line on North
Twenty-third street. 1t is not known
how the company will receive this
edict but it is known that President
Hugh MCGOWAN desires to run the
freight cars down North Twentieth
street
Thursday evening at the public
meeting Attorney Henry u. Johnson
spoke in behalf of the men who have
demonstrated against running
freight line down Ft Wayne avenue.
the thoroughfare. which is one of the
busiest in the city. would become cDn-
sested and that the retail dealers
would feel keenly the effects of such
traction line as it would mean the
loss of nearly all their country trade.
Argue for Ft. Wayne Avenue.
C. c. Cain of the Richmond Candy
company and Jonas Gaar of Poeue.
Miller & Co, and other jobbers on
the avenue, spoke in favor of running
the line on that thoroughfare. stating
that 1T would be a great benefit 10 all
shippers. Jacob Abel of North Twen-
ty-second street objected to running
the line on North Twenty-third street:
in fact Mr.. Abel objected to running
the line anywhere in the north end of
town as he said that it was undesir
able because it would reduce the yalue
of property. He suggested that the
line be run in the extreme south part
Of the city
A new point was also brought ND at
this meeting. 1t was stated that the
traction company. under the franchise
granted by council to P ]. Freeman
and John LontZ, had right to run a
freight line on any street in the citv
on which cars of the old Richmond
Street Car company were not being
operated at the time this franchise
was granted.