Arizona republican., 1914-03-26
Protestants in Large Num- bers Gather Before Joint Committee of Board of Trade and M. < M. As sOciation
VIGOROUS ATTACK
 ON FRANCHISE
Adoption of Resolutions Committee Taking No Part, Asking Council to Grant Right of Way on Jackson Street

A joint committee of the board of trade and the Merchants and Manu- lecturers Association heard protests yesterday afternoon at the board of trade rooms against the granting to the Tucson, Phoenix & Tidewater Railroad company right of way along Madison Street. It was ex- pected that there would be a thor ough discussion of the pending or dinance presented a week ago, at the time of the filing of the articles of the company with the corporation commission. But no one representing the company was present at the meeting. There was misapprehen- sion also as to the functions assum- ed by the joint committee, Some thought that it would reach d deci- sion either for or against the Madi- son Street franchise when, in fact. the committee understood itself to be only a vehicle of expression for both sides and an intermediary between them.
 Dr. Ancil Martin presided over the meeting. Attorney o. T. Richey. rep resenting himself and several other residents along West Madison Street was the first speaker. Armed with a map showing Madison and Jack son Streets through the city, as well as Harrison, in the western part of the town, Mir. Riehey showed that it would be as convenient, if not more convenient, for the railroad company to use a right of way along Jackson street which had already been de- voted to railroad purposes.
 If the Madison street right of way were granted, he said, s50,O00 worth of improvement in West Capitol ad- dtion would be wiped out That district would be converted into a residence section which would not be d credit to the city, the handsome cottages and bungalows which had been erected would soon turn to shacks.
 The company. MT. Richey said, had offered no reason why it should be allowed to occupy Madison rather than Jackson street except that it wanted it. As to the statement that it had acquired. or that there had been acquired for the Fl Paso and Southwestern, property along Madi- son west of Third Avenue, MT. Rich ey said that it could make us of that property, if its tracks were on Jackson street.
 Sid Henry said that as a real estate man, he would do nothing to throw an obstacle in the way of the coming of the railroad but he would like to be informed wherein the pur- pose of the company would be bet ter served by right of way on Madison instead of Jackson. After speaking of the damage to property along Jackson, he said that one thing should be considered, the fu- ture need of a subway on Central Avenue. It would be much easier to construct a subway under Jackson and Buchanan than one underlying three streets
 Among the protestants was Rev. Seaborn Crutchfield who rather hu- morously described the ruin that would overwhelm him if the com pany should run it's line on Madison where he had erected a 5000 home where he had expected to pass the remainder of his life in peace, and not among the turmoil of locomotive whistles and the rumble of passing trains His property by that prox- unity to the railroad might some time be enhanced in value as ware house property but at his time of life he could not expect to live until available.
 Mrs Ham. the owner of home on West Madison, made a strong ap-
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