Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-11-10
DEPOT NATTER AGAIN
BEFORE THE COUNCIL

other continue to maneuver for ad-
vantage regarding that depot matter
and the opening of the streets across
the companys right Of way. A COM
promise may soon result and the con-
demnation suit inaugurated by the
city withdrawn.
Both sides had expressed a desire
for an amicable settlement, and as a
result the legal department In Port
land Of the Southern Pacific drew up
an agreement in the form of an Or
dlnance, which was sent to Grants
Pass for adoption. The agreement
was, in substance, that the company
would allow the opening Of Fourth
street, the city to bind itself to from
henceforth and forever respect the
old ordinance SO, dated seventeen
years ago In which the city agreed
with the company that for the right
to open Sixth street across the tracks
the city would never ask or seek the
opening OF another street
That was not all the new proposed
agreement just sent here demanded.
II also read that In opening Fourth
street the city must bear every item
of expense OF putting In abutting
sidewalks and pavement and forever
keep up repairs out OF the city treas
ury, pay for sewers and watermains,
that the freight depot be allowed
across Fifth street, that no more
streets ever be opened, and that the
suits against the company be with
drawn.
This proposed agreement the city
council refused to accede to, and In
structed City Attorney Clements to
draw up a counter proposal.
Fenton Writes.
William ID. Fenton, head of the
companys legal department for Ore
gon, heard that the city opposed this
measure and wrote from the Port
land headquarters to Mr.. Clements
as follows:
Dear Sir,--I have accepted ser
vice on the original motions which
received with your letter of October
Slst, and am enclosing same to you.
| shall re-draft the ordinance con-
cerning Fourth and Fifth streets and
send same to you within q few days
Mr. Durham was here few days
ago and said that you were dissat-
istied with the ordinance which had
sent, and told him to inform you
that | would re-draft same, conhning
Il entirely to Fourth and Fifth
streets, and would send same to you.
There Is no reason why this ordi-
nance cannot be drawn satisfactorily
to all parties and should have been
pleased to have had your suggestions
when you first received the ordinance
and before YOU presented same TO the
city council.
Yours very truly
VIM. d, FENToN
The new proposal Is awaited with
interest
Resolution 10y Council.
Last week the council heard a re-
port of It's judiciary committee on the
question Of streets and the Southern
Pacific, The committee is composed
OF Stricken and Wolfserberger The
resolution was adopted and reads.
To the honorable mayor and com
mon council of Grants Pass,
Your judiciary commltte to whom
was referred the matter OF prepar-
Ing an agreement with tho Oregon
and California Railroad Co, In the
place of the one submitted by the
company beg to make the following
report
We recommend that the city At
torncy prepare an agreement along
the following lines.
First that the Oregon and Calf
fornia Railroad open Fourth street
without expense to the city except
the necessary grading and hNng
Otherwise II is 70 be treated as other
private city property.
Second that the city oi Grants
Pass agrees not TO take any action
10 open two consecutive streets
across the company's property until
the city has reached q population of
10000 people TO be determined Ivy
an official census or special census
taken for that purpose Then only
V petltloned for by = majority OF the
voters.
That the railroad remove any AMI