South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-18

parently the same result. Finally
members OF the board. losing pa
\ ience, called Howard Kelly. the
I president or the line here. backing
their request with a yelled threat
that continuance OF this attitude
would be unfavorable 10 the COM
pany
Lay New Tracks TO Soutn.
Mr.. Kelly was here little more
than a year ago and the result OF
I the conference was that the Grand
I Trunk would agee 70 pulling up the
ties on Division St. west OF Michi-
gan ST., the road reserving its pres
ent rights OF using It's tracks east
I OF Michigan ST.. up 20 and lnclud-
/ ing those adjacent 10 IT'S present
rights OF using its tracks east OF
I Michigan St, up TO and including
those adjacent to its present passen-
ger terminal. These tracks would
be used for switching purposes only.
however. Finding no exception TO
7 this outline. the roads official then
went on 10 request, the use OF
Greenlawn av. or some other paral-
lei street thereto for a right-of-way.
This routing would compel the com
/ pany TO construct a trestle over the
St. Joseph river further upstream
and would permit Of an approach
I 20 obtain the same grade as that
Of the Lake Shore line. In general
I the whole plan was found acceptable
10 the city officials.
Before the close Of last year and
prior q the retirement Of the Car
son board, another overture was
made 20 the Grand Trunk when the
information was received that the
credit of the railroad had been in
/ jured By a suit in Insolvency brought
against the Dominion line in Canada.
1t was said that the company could
/ not secure the necessary finance TO
permit its subsidiary 10 go ahead
with the South Bend undertaking.
Roads Credit Not Impaired.
At a council meeting few
weeks ago. Mayor Seebirt was call
ed upon TO state whether the pres
\ ent administration would seek a final
] determination Of the question. To
/ this question, the mayor replied
that he had been in communication
with the roads officials. In addi-
I ton, he said. the hints OF the in
| solvent condition OF the road had
no basis Of fact Also that the
railroad could. he felt sure. find
some means by which to finance the
venture.
Promises, however worthy they
are OF consideration because Of past
performances. have been received.
It Is said, which purport the willing
ness Of the Grand Trunk officials in
! going ahead with the local project
I Other cities were crying for the
same kind of improvements, but
arguing that the size OF the COM
munity together with the hardness
of section in the local situation fav-
ored this city TO others. the signing
/ OF a contract with the city is not far
away.
An interesting incident is record
ed on efforts Of the recent board TO
obtain some kind OF consent from
I the Grand Trunk officials relative TO
going ahead. Each member be-
came exasperated when the repre-
/ sentative. an under official. repre-
scented he had no authority 70 de-
I termine a point at issue. Member
/ Rostiser, so the story goes, arose
and declared that because Of this
repeated manner in passing the
I buck II was high time that a
cudgel be applied to assist in speed
ing up negotiations. He followed
] 4 . Il
of issuing a defy TO the official pres
ent 10 carry home with him the
message that the city proposed fore
ing the railroad to tunnel under the
city as an alternative to getting
orr Division st.
Spoke of Boycott.
A side-light to this incident came
about shortly afterward during an
I informal discussion among board
members. one Of their number was
! congratulatng Rostiser for the
stand he had taken which apparent
ly insured the matter making some
/ progress.
'The statute providing for separa-
ton of grade permits of such a
1 course Of action by the city" Ros-
tiser is said TO have repeated. To
this remark, another member had
answered:
Yes. but had a taxpayer been
present and had uttered the word
boycott I wonder what would have
been the further result"
To this stage had preliminary
discussions resolved themselves
when the president OF the road
/ came 60 the city. He asked that
the board meet him in his private
/ car and began the discussion, ac-
cordlng 20 report. BY making the
statement that road officials were
wont TO lower the windows OF their
ears when passing through South
Bend for fear OF rocks being thrown
IN their direction.
Bond Issue Near.
over in Toronto an ominoLs look
ing cloud is said to be lowering in
1.-The southwestern horizon. Il IS
rumored that the city which Stats
Idcian Babson referred TO as 100 per
cent was beginning 10 strain a. the
leash and former apathetic interest
In the matter OF track elevation had
'LteVlf ca ltrctt tAAAo Nct0A lii4 't4"ii
that brookod no restraint. IL is
known that recent overtures have
met with a corresponding quickness
In reply and mention OF not far
OF bond issue OF S400. 900 20 cover
the city's end OF a contract warrants
the belief that track elevation Will
not resolve itself into a dream NJ ex-
pectancy. Rather. it can be expect
ca that during the present admins
traton actual accomplishment Of the
undertaking win be seen. II 50,