The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-01
An Early Settlement of the
Question Which Has Both
cred Richmond for a Year
Is Not Likely.
SHIPPERS IN MAELSTROM
OF PUBLIC OPINION.
Their Interests Are Shattered
While Citizens Divided,
Stand both for and Against
Any Compromise.

The local traction question instead
of assuming some definite shape. is
rapidly becoming to appear more like
a Chinese puzzle. Here is list of
some of the tangles which have re-
suited from the efforts OF the city and
the traction companies to get together
on the proposition of operating freight
cars through Richmond:
(a) The traction companies desire
TO place the eastern extension OF their
north end freight line somewhere.
tb) The local shippers express the
same desire.
(c) The North Twenty-second street
placed so long as it is not on their
street
i'd The residents of North Twen-
tieth street have signed a petition to
have the line placed anywhere except
on their street.
te) About 5000 citizens are expect
ed to sign a petition to have the line
placed anywhere except on North
Twenty-third street This petition will
be presented to council Monday even
ing.
QD The board OF public works. May
or Schillinger and Boss" Study OBJ
ject to placing the line anywhere ex-
cept on North Twenty-third street.
They also reluctantly consented to
agree to the clause in the franchise
recently granted the T. II. I. & z.
which permits that company to place
its line on North Twentysecond street
In the event the company was en-
joined from placing its line through
the Glen.
(g) Judge Fox in the quo warranto
proceedings to eject the traction COM
panies from the park ruled against
the petitioners. Now the petitioners
state that in the event the petition to
council Monday night is ignored. in
junction proceedings will be institut-
ed.
(h) Traction officials and shippers
neither of whom are anxious to run
the line through the park. state that
II injunction proceedings had been i'll
ed in the first place. the line would
now, in all probability. be on North
Twenty-second street and the contro-
versy ended.
G) Prominent local attorneys as
sert injunction proceedings can not
be sustained because II will be impos-
sible to prove any one person suffers
material damage. other than that re-
sulting to all other local property own
ers. The law requires. to sustain an
injunction, specific injury must be
proved.
1t is alleged, the entire blame for
the failure to effect settlement OF
the traction question appears to cen.
ter on two or three citizens who own
property on Main street near the cor
ner OF Twentieth street
They objected to freight cars being
run on Twentieth street because the
cars would have TO run by their prop
erty. One of these men drew up a
remonstrance against cars operating
on Twentieth street and. without hav.
| ing any serious objections to the plan
majority of the North Twentieth
street residents signed this petition
| All OF this took place over a year ago
When the remonstrance was filed a
mass meeting of east end people was
| held and all of them favored the plac
| ing OF the proposed freight line in
Glen Miller park.
Feeling that this sentiment still ex
listed the board OF public works. whe
| the T. III. l. & E. franchise matter re
| Gently came up for consideration. in
sisted that the freight line be placed
/ in the park They argued that the
placing of the line on any Of the side
streets would effect few property
owners while If the line was placed
In the park IL would equally effect ev
cry taxpayer in the city. However
since the mass meeting was held
there has been. evidently. a radica
/ change of opinion among east end peo
pie as to where the line should b
| placed.
Those behind the petition TO removs
the line from the park frankly STATE
that they think the best place for thu
line is North Twentieth street, whers
the company already has tracks I
is quite probable that a number o
residents of North Twentieth stree
would now sign this petition but 70
the fact that a year ago. out OF ;
neighborly sentiment, they signed ;
lremonstrance against freight cars be
ing operated on that street They ar,
accustomed to having cars run pas
their homes and they state. privately
the operation Of one or two freigh
cars daily on the street would max.
little or no difference to them. How
ever. the Main street property own