El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-03-31
EDITORIAL VIEWS
IL # The Porto Rico Railway, Light
BIG JOKE and Power Co. has just played on
81 Eaa-----:aa the Municipality of this city one

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of these big jokes that the trolley
people alone crack well. 1t happens that during
very long time the Municipality has been negotiating
with the property owners on both sides OF Santlrces
main thorOughfare (cdretcrG) with view of obtaining
free of charge strip of land two meters wide along the
from yard of each house. that side walk might be laid
downon each sdeof the road OF course that improvement
is imperative necessity not only because it will great
y add to the value of the street. and make the hghroad
what 1T soud be- urban thorOughfare but because at
the present time the pedestrians there existing side
walks in SantJrces main street. have to walk the center
of the road and that is of the why many
street accidents occur at that part Of the city
After long and protracted exertions, the property
owners were finally over to the progressive Se and
each Of then ce(ed to the Municipality his corresponding
strip of land The City began Immediately to tear down
the fences which at places more than one
foot away from the passing trolley The work
progressing most satisfactorily when What do you think
hoppened reader? Why simply this: The Porto Rico
Railway, Light and Power Co. requests the Municipality
of San Juan to turn over to the Company the strip
of land in order that another track be laid down.
and the GaOfu condition eStg before be rereltcd to-
The words in italics are ours. The trolley people, who
don't seem to give ad-for the welfare of city,
and Imagine they can make all the money they want,
regardless of the rights of the inhabitants of this city,
claim one thing and another, imagining that they
fool one but the issue clear this time that by
the Company must be very it ever made such
an untimey move.
Some of the property owners who gave the land
toned have already sent their protests to the Municipal
ly. The cession they explain, made only condi
ton that the land be used for the sorely need sdewal
One by all the donors will send their protests the
Mayor and wish to offer all of them cordial
gratulations. Their alertness in the present nsance
shows that learning the old adage Constant rgi-
lance IS the price OF liberty Let the Company take
tce the land is not the Ctys property, except condi
on that il be used for the purpose for which il was ceded
by the QNers to whom possession will revert the min
ute apy attmp is mad to it for any other purpose.
~ said at the beginning, can't imagine that
1le Porto Rico Railway, Light and Power Co. is speak
ing seriously when it proposes such solution for the
transportation problem. Mr. Swell the Company's main
representative here knows that the accepanceof
such preposterous proposition by the Municipality the
Public Service Commission, the PRIVATI1OWNERS of
the land, or PUBLIC OPINION (Which we write with
capital letters), is entirely out Of the question.
Yes, Mr.. Sewell, You right in your contention that
the traffic problem must be solved but the only way to
do it, for the present. is to lay both tracks the center
OF the street (Which is CITY THOROUGHFARE and
not hglToad) and flush with the surface exactly as
it is in the old ctysong San Francisco Street for ms
tance and is done in your home town. if they have
trolley line there.
And the only way to solve this bothersome problem
once for ALL for the City to buy the company out double
track the line monopolize the traffic by supressing the
jtneys and make the business very profitable one for
the good of the public in general and for the good of the
employees who would be better paid and would not need
to 60 on a strike every once in a while