Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-03
NORTH S|DERS FEAR
LOSS Of CAR LINES
If PAVING IS LAID
DIRECTORS TO IMPROVEMENT
HOLD SPECIAL NEE TING TO
HEAR REPORTS FROM CiRCU.
LRTORS WHO HAD PETITIONS.

| CjrculatGrS If petitions against Eay.
1 ing the north side last might made
llist repor,s on the rcaiis accon
pil ned toward DlIchnR any improve.
OF the Impi oyemeut and Protective
society protest organization grow
lAs ouI Of the famous North side lm-
prCvcmcu, A&sUO,a ion, NIiCh tOuS
auCh IL prominent part in last spring
municipal election With great degree
u success.
The commit ees assigned to make Z
house Co house canvass in search OF
obJectors to the paving announced
more thau hundred signatures ha1
been obtained for the petitions since
the meeting OF Monday night, while
the work was still being carried on
with prospects OF the list being eli
larsed Gefore nnai plans are made To-.
Presenting ii 20 the council.
The meeting was presided over by
Chairman Arthur Barrett ana the at.
tendance about forty people, the ms.
Iorlty OF WnOm were against paving,
whle dotted here and there tnruoui
the audience We're sps!nkled men and
women who We're not in sympathy
with the movement launched by the
objectoIs but whr recorded themselves
IS faNurlng the Improvement being I'M
dertaken without any delay.
Street Cars Bob Up.
Street ear service and future pros
poets OF its maintenance in their te..
ritory should the pavement be tackled
III 1870 was injected into last nights |
se.sSi il with the announcement lhut
should the city tax the company i0r
its share o. the cost there would be u
general tearing ZIP of the tracks ANA
speedy plans TO-. abandoning the lines
north Of thc Rock Island tracks on he
9rCundS that patronage OF thc local /
uollies would not warrant the COM
Eany assuming the burden thrus; /
upon it.
VI. ". Bach was first to predict /
that they would lose the cars if the
improvement was put thru. He an.
nOunCed himself as iayOriug transpor /
tati0n service over paving, and, ii she
city Went ahead with its plans Tor int /
proving their territory, rather thaa /
lose the trollieS, he favored ;hat the
assessments imposed against the n |. :
l.. u r. Co. be paid by the property /
owners. His suggestion. however, diu /.
net meet with very hearty accorl
from the audience.
Thomas Dixon led opposition to any /
such plan as that with the announce ,
ment that he indorsrs abandonment |
Of the cumpany's lines in preference
TO Che assessment being thrust upon
the property owners. "Lvt the cars
go rather than thrust Il heavier load
upon the people was interpolated b. /
,ue man in lhe audience /
Attacks Administration
a letter from John kiday attack /
ing the present administration was
read into the records OF The meeting. /.
Mr. kilday stated that had the pave
ment and Improvement OF the north I
side been made an issue at the spring .
election there would have been an en-
tirely different result from that shown
in the final figures. He recommended .
Improvement Of Goose Creek by hI-I
ing and divering the ornery little /
water way away from its present bed. |
He thought the fill should wait Two
years be ore any attempt was made /
to put pavement on top Of it.
Frank Morrison. who led opponent , |
of the opposition at the last mectins.
made Il few remarks reai!irming his
belief that the pavement should be in
stalled at once He denied the mo-
tive charged to him by friends Of the /
o5jeCtors. in which it was claimed he
was dispatched to the protest meet
iEsa to break them up and scatter dis
cord among the men and women a! .
ligned against the Improvement.
A prOpOSi ion to get money into the
sOCiety's treasury was ordered delay 1.
ed until after the petitions were pre-.
scented the council and that body to0N |.
final action on them. This recon-
mend iln was made 10y Mr.. Bach, ana /.
the hat passing was ordered delayed
until after he mayor and commissions /
ers act UpOn the petition.