The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-26
Solons jockey
With Peoples
St. Car Troubles

last night declared in the meeting
of the city council that Manager
Dimmock is getting ready to in
augurate transfer system be-
tween the T. r. & p. and the Pa
cific Traction lines. Councilman
Hawthorne was authority for the
statement that T. r. & p. tickets
would now be taken on the Trac-
ton cars.
The council consumed most of
the evening discussing the street
railway problem. Chairman Will
keson of the franchise committee
reported lot of kicks from citi-
gems demanding better service
and recommended that they all
be filed.
This stirred UP Turnbull. 81
believe we should grant some of
these" he said.
ut is pretty hard to compel the
company to grant them when it
won't do it," suggested Lynn,
who was in the chair.
I'VE Once Had n Mayor"
well. think we can do some
thing. We once had a mayor
who compelled the company to do
a number of things 1t said it
would not do. and possibly some
time we may get another mayor,
and then we will be able to ac-
complish something" said Turn
bull.
The kicks were filed, however.
Then the council voted to com
pei the companies to tear up the
connection made between the
lines at South Tacoma, despite
the protests of Hawley. City At
torney Stiles said the companies
had no franchise rights to con-
meet these tracks at this point.
The question of allowing con-
nections at Sprague, Eleventh
and Twelfth was discussed, and
on this Mr.. Russell volunteered
the information that the street
railway management was con-
femplating Joining the systems,
introducing transfers and run
ming part of the Traction cars
down Eleventh street to the city.
The city attorney ventured to re-
mark that neither company could
run cars over the line of the
other. The company, however,
has an application in for the con-
nection at Sprague, and the coun-
Gil finally last night referred the
case back to the franchise com
mittee with instructions to settle
1t this week.
Councilman .Wilkeson corrob-
Grated the story in the Times last
week to the effect that represen-
tatives of the companies here had
declared they could not do any
thing to lessen the receipts of the
company, or to give up any fran
chise rights that would decrease
the value of the property because
of the stipulation in the bonds
which are mortgage ON the
lines.
Wilkeson also took occasion to
rap Councilman Turnbull for at
lacking him recently and charg-
ing him with not attending to
business as chairman of the fran
chise committee.
Wilkeson to TurnbulI.
Il did not pay any atten-
ton to the attack at the time
for 1t came from a man who
is always playing politics
and who as a peanut politi-
clan is so unreliable you can
not depend on anything he
says. ! refer to the gentle
man from the Fifth" said
WiIkeson, nodding at Turn
bull.
Turnbull waited for an open
Ing, then he arose and retorted in
kind to the councilman from the
Second.
Wilkeson said the street rail-
way company had agreed to pay
a man IL the council would select
one and have him stand down at
the wharf, or any place the coun-
Gil desired, to count passengers so
the city will know whether the
service Is adequate or not in view
of the amount of business to be
handled.