Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-05

IN a scorching letter addressed
yesterday to E. Z. Calvin.
4 vice president and general
manager of the Southern Pacific
Railway company committee OF
influential owners of property
in the vicinity of the Arcade sta-
ton called the company to ac-
count, second time, for its fail
ure to keep its pledge to erect a
new station, made three years
ago when the city council passed
an ordinance vacating the proper
ty in Fifth street, abutting on
the station.
Although the first letter, writ
ten by the same committee April
28, showed considerable semi
tropical fervor, it was all to the
frappe compared with the out
burst of yesterday, which evil
IDENTIFY was designed with view
to making Mr.. Calvin make a
quick grab for an asbestos union
Suit.
The first communication, which
was sent to President Hartman,
was referred by him to Vice
President Kruttschnitt of Chi
caeo, who quickly and deftly
slipped it to Mr.. Calvin. The lat
ter. finding no available dignitary
TO hand it to, came back at the
committee with three typewriter
pages of rhetoric about the San
francisco earthquake, the Colo
RADIO river and President Roose-
Welt. All of which left the abut'
ting property still abutting, the
Arcade shambles still making
Los Angeles look like an abattoir
and the property owners, VOLT
blv but ineffectively, express
ing their opinion of the railway
company.
Entire City Indignant
During the last few months indlgna-
tion at the conduct of the railway COM
many has spread far beyond the ranks
of the property owners concerned, ana
has brought a realization that the
Southern Pacific intends to make re-
turns for priceless grants only III
broken promises and adroit perslnage'
unless held to its word by the law.
William r. Burke, chairman or the
committee. signed the letter which was
sent yesterday. The other members OF
the committee are John f, Brink.
George N. Black, w. b. Merwin, X. &.
Guirado f. J. Steele II. Harrington,
n. C. Lehmer F. S. Hicks and Frank
Griffith. The letter in full is as follows:
"More than six months have gone by
since the receipt of your letter In reply
to a communication dated May Il, l9OS,
addressed to e. H. Hartman. president
of your company, referred by Mr.. Har-
riman to Vice President Kruttschnitt
of Chicago and in turn referred to
YOU. calling attention to the broken
promises of the Southern Pacific COM
nany in the matter of the new Arcade
depot And Notwithstanding that long
space of time, not a shovelful of soil
has been turned, not nail has been
driven, and your solemn promises still
remain broken.
In your reply you indulge in any
amount of special pleading, but all the
specious wording and jeweled phrases
cannot hide the fact that your COM
pany has obtained from the city Of Los
Angeles property valued in the neigh
borhood of 100000 on solemn promise
to construct a large and commodlous
depot building answerable for existing
and future needs. and though you have
had more than three years to perform
that promise, you have done nothing
whatever in the premises.
Outlook Looks Hopeless
Worse than that, it would appear
that, unless your company is absolutely
compelled to perform its agreement,
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