Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-24

ell was held at ! o'clock yesterday afr
ternoon, ut which the rights OF the
city IN regard 10 the controversy over
| the Tijeras avenue railway crossing
was taken up.
As a result of the meeting conn
mittee OF tnree aldermen, Reidy, con-
roy ana Clarke. was appointed to con-
fer with the Traction company to de-
! eide as 10 the best mthOds OF set
J Ting the present row between that
company and the Santa Zee railway
: over the crossing Of the two lines at
I Fiicras avenue The city council as
sumed non partisan attitude IN the
( affair, IL being apparent that 1t would
| side neither with nor against either
Of the disputnnts.
The railway company was repre-
sented by Frank T., Myers. supcrin
tendent Of this division and by the
ccmpanY's attorney v. W Dohson.
Alderman Reidv moved that the COM
pauy he az once instructed to remove
| the spring frog from its present loca-
ton IN the center of Tiieras aVcude
for the protection of persons using the
crossing Mr.. Myers and Mr. Dob
son promised that the company
would do So Immediately
The council then appointed IA com
mittee 10 confer as to the best means
uf protecting the people nf the clts
from accident at the crossing m the
event of the construction OF the car
line. Irrespective Of either disputant,
Both Attorney Dobson ana super
intendent Myers addressed the coun-
ell
Judge Mecheni, short time later,
verbally ordered the Santa l'e tn cease
all work on the crossing until 10
o'clock this morning az Which time he
notified the company Officials he
would decide the controversy
Yesterday morning the Traction
COMPANY applied to the court for a
mandatory writ of injunction com
pelling the Sanu Zee to replace It's
tracks and switches In their former
position and permit the Traction
COMPANY to use the crossing. This
action is pending before Judge Me-
chem until he renders "a decision AZ
10 O'Clock this morning, and the at
torncys for the Traction company al-
IeEc that the City councils orders can
not take precedence over those OF the !
court.
The Traction companys petition as
serts that the Santa te company ask |
ed he court for twenty-t0ur hours IN !
which to amend a petition TO show
why the temporary Injunction granted |
by Judge Abbott should not be dis |
solved. That Injunction restrained |
the traction company pending a I
hearing in court. from crossing tho |
Santa Fe tracks at Tiioras avenue.
ft asserts that during the twcnty-four |
hours granted for amending the PEE
tition the Santa I'e company moved |
its tracks and the spring frog onto !
Tiieras avenue making u impossible |
for the Traction company To cross
with the material It had on hand
The petition now pending before
Judge Mechem was filed By the lsn-
tion company and asks that the santa
re be restrained from further inter
fering with the building of tine street
car line over rijeras crossing
Attorney p W Dohson. who spoke
for the Santa Fe Yesterday before The
city council, said the Santa ne com
punV might move the spring rrue
north of Tiieras avenue instead OF 3
70 It's former location south of the /
avenue ana the Traction company |
would be In Just as bad fiX as ever
He asked the Traction company to ar
range for some system of projecting I
the public
Attorneys Isaac Barth ana Mann x
Venable asserted last night that they
had no reason for meeting with the
city council or any OF its committees
at this time. Judge Mann stated that
the city council had given the Trac-
tipn company q franchise To build it-
line and that the matter ~ crossing
riieras avenue was now in court ana
before Judge Mechem fur decision.
After the court has told us wheth-
ar we can or can not cross Tileras
avenue, said Judge Mann. then We
viii lac In position 90 discuss matters
with the council. the Santa re rail-
~aN or anyone else Hhuut propusi
ion 70 protect the public Most GER
ainly we desire To- protect the public 1
,ut we are not coinr to be- blocked ,
rom crossnp one of the ouil Two
Iassa hlc streets over the Sal,a re, {
Iniess the court slNs we have no
'iuhts iu the matter.
I'VE notice ID. the evening paper
hat the mayor. the council aud the ,
representatives oi the Santa fc rail-
way held meeting and that the coun- {
il succeeded in having au order is
ucd to the Santa fe tu remove the
roa from riieras avenue, gather
rom the article that the Santa re
s almost niline Co do What the court {
PROPOSES and thnt 10 is almost vii p
inp to have uS assert uur rights 50 =
1ng us they fHd that they can not J
,rsNenf us from doing sn. I am not \
he regular attorney in this case. hut IL
ave been called into 70 az This time 7
nro the matter is in court I do NOT /
are to discuss its merits but 10 tfat "
1eetiuu occurred as reported in the q
Nening paper. 10 IS q clear case of
he mavor ami city council hnttns
atu something that is none OF their
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