The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-02
1T WAS HOPED THAT FREIGHT
SERVICE WOULD SOON BE RE-
sUMED AS DIFFERENCES SEEM
ED SETTLED SATlSFACTORlLY.
LINE MAY YET ACCEPT.
fhouqht Probable That the Traction
Company Will Abandon Its Conten-
ZION and Come to The City's Terms
Short Time.

After signing a compromise iran
chise agreement submitted to them by
the local board of public works, the Of
ficials Of the Terre Haute, lndianapO-
lis & Eastern Traction company last
evening, just as the board was about to
submit the agreement to the city coun-
Gil for it's approval, telephoned to Hen
ry w. Deuker, chairman Of the coun-
Gil committee on franchises and ordl-
nances, stating that unless the board
would consent to insert in the fran
chise a clause providing that the COM
pany should have the right to operate
it's passenger traction cars over Main
street and every other street in the
city not now occupied by tracks, the
companys approval of the franchise
would be withdrawn.
MIR. Deuker received this communi-
cation just after City Attorney L. D.
Study had remarked to the board and
the members of the Commercial club
with the board. that it was odd that
the company had agreed to a franchise
which did not contain this clause.
When Mr. Deuker reported the de-
mand of the traction company, it was
promptly decided not to bring the
franchise before council, which had ia
ken a recess to wait until the board
was ready to submit the franchise.
After council had been informed that
there was nothing doing" a motion
to adjourn was promptly adopted.
Shippers Disappointed.
The shippers of this city, many OF
whom attended the council meeting
We're greatly disappointed at the out
come of the matter on which the Com
mercial club and T. 2. A. committees
had been so earnestly working for
weeks, but they agreed that it was i'm
possible for the city to grant the trac
tion company franchise containing a
clause as demanded Dy the company
last evening.
The city has all along maintained
that under none of the franchises the
Terre Haute. Indianapolis X Eastern
traction company now holds. has the
company a right to operate traction
cars on Main street east of Eighth
street or any streets in this city not
now occupied by car tracks. Such 8
clause would also give the company
the right, If it so desired, to prevent
other traction companies from enter
ing the city.
Contents of Contract.
The contract submitted to the trac
tion company yesterday morning anC
signed by the traction officials yester
day afternoon, provided for everything
the city has been holding out for eX
cept the issuing of transfers from trac
tion cars TO city cars and vice versa
On the other hand the company agreed
to the sale of tickets on cars anC
the granting Of transfers from one cit.
line to another. In regards to the eas
end freight line the franchise provided
that the line should be operated alon!
North Twenty third street unless re
strained from doing so by an injunc
tion. in which event the company i
given the privilege of operating thi
line on North Twenty street.
May Accept Anyway.
1t Is the general opinion that tn
traction company will agree to accep
q franchise without the objectionabl
clause demanded by the company. Tn
company maintains that it has tn
right under the franchise it now has
to operate traction cars on Main stree
east Of Eighth and on the other street
of the city not now occupied by ca
tracks This was the argument pre-
sented by the company in the cas-
filed in the federal court at IndianaI
oils. and which is now being consider
ed by Judge Anderson. 1t is the ger
eral belief that the company has bee
given to understand that Judge Andel
son will rule against them and for thi
reason they desire TO have incorporat
ed in the proposed new franchise tn
right they have hitherto insisted the
possessed.