The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-05-14
RAILROAD PEOPLE OFFER
LIBERAL CONCESSIONS
President Peyton, R. V. Taylor and
Chief Engineers Here.

TTeSlQeuI d. II. HeytUu, VI lie IN.
j C. & st. L. Ry. Co., and R. V. Tay.
lor; Vice President and General Man.
ager of the M. & o. r. R. Co., to.
gether with the chief engineers, Mr.
Hunter Mcdonald and B. A. Woods
1 and counsel, Mr.. Wall and S. R
1 Prince, of their roads respectively
were in the city last Saturday for
the specific purpose of making in
vestigations and surveys of their
properties here with reference to the
proposition of opening Church street
across their right Of ways and tracks
on said street, which has been for
some time matter of considerable
magnitude for adjudication between
the people of Union City and the
railroads.
A conference of these gentlemen
with a number of our citizens was
held at the Palace Hotel Saturday
forenoon, at which time the relative
merits of the case were discussed.
The question was opened here
some time ago by an application of
the people Of Union City to the State
Railroad Commission for a new
union station to take the place of
the present congested and unsani-
tary quarters. The Railroad Com
mission agreed with the citizens
that a new depot should be built
and ordered plans for much larger
and better building.
The matter progressed with very
little trouble until the point of To-
cation was reached. Then the rail
roads objected to moving the pres
ent site, and the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen of Union City met and, to-
gether with a number of citizens,
decided to appeal to the Legislature
for an act authorizing the extension
of the streets, alleys and sidewalks
thru and across the tracks, switch
yards, sidetracks, depot buildings
and grounds of any railway or other
corporation in the corporate limits.
(Act referred to appears in this is
sue of the paper.)
The Railroad Commission made it
known that the matter of location
was not in it's Jurisdiction, and some
effort was made to effect compro-
mise. Mr.. Burdick went to Nash
vile with proposition that the
streets be opened for pedestrians on
ly and that the depot be built some
where out Of the lines of the street
and convenient to the citizens and
the travelling public. Mr.. Burdick's
report was that Mr.. Peyton and his
were not adverse to this
plan but that the M. G o. officials
objected. That blocked the compro-
mise.
This was the condition of things
when the officials of the roads
named above appeared in Union City |
last Friday evening. On Saturday
Mr.. Peyton and Mr.. Taylor and their
party made some personal observa-
tions and preliminary surveys of the
grounds in question.
After this the meeting took place
at the Palace Hotel. Present at the
meeting were the railroad officials
named, the Mayor, T. R. Reynolds,
T. c. Burdick, John T. Walker, Wal
,er Howell, Geo. Dahnke, F. ].
Smith, Chas. w. Miles, Jr., w. M.
Miles, j. M. Brice, DR.. w. M. Tur-
Ter, John Adams, John Semones.
Judge Swiggart, one of the local
ailroad attorneys, was also present,
md perhaps one or two others.
Mr.. Peyton explained the purpose
# the meeting. He was anxious to {
meet the people of Union City on s
he fairest and best terms, and with {
his end in view had come prepared '
o make them an offer which he
opSd would be satisfactory and ac- f
eptable. c
Mr.. Taylor, of the M. & o. R. R. a
o., stated the proposition fully. He
tated that the officials of the two
Dads had agreed on this PROPOSE
on, and in doing so felt that it was q
cry liberal and conducive ~ the 4
lterest of both the citizens of Union =
ity and the railroad companies.
he proposition was to construct an
nderpass, an overpass or bridge be- :
lg impractical, passing under the
and the crossing on Church street, d
eginning east of Depot street, p
lirty feet wide and running under a
le Y and the main tracks of the c
:. & o. and N, c. & St. L. railroads b
nd terminating somewhere near the {,
rain or big ditch. This underpass T
} be made of concrete, twenty feet fl
the width for roadway and five
'et on each side for walks. Above
nd on the surface leading to the 5
epot, a road and walkway are to D.