Show RIO GRANDE WS OUT Council Committees Vote to Report Favorably DAMAGES TO BE ARBITRATED Three Men to Bo Chosen to Fix Amiunt of Injury IFeruBtrom and E H Davis Make a Bitter FIght Against the Report and Mnlco Tbrccvts In spite oC vigorous protests and threats to defeat the proposition even if It did pasts the committee on tho part of Fernstrom tie Committee on lunl cipal Laws and Streets of the City Council voted In favor of the Rio Grande franchise last night and will send a report to thai effect to the Council Coun-cil Monday night for adoption Fern Urom and H II Davis were vehement n their opposition CLAiaiS FOR DAMAGE The insertion of an arbitration clause with reference to a settlement of damage dam-age claims of limiting property owners was the chief and practically the only change from the franchise aH originally proposed The insertion of the clause caused a heated discussion It Incorporates Incor-porates the provision that a hoard of arbitration shall be selected and that their valuation of the damnzcs sustained sus-tained by properly owners shall be accepted ac-cepted by bolh the railroad company and the citizens PLAN FOR CHOOSING The company shall select one member of the board the property owners another an-other while those two shall agree upon the third The members of the com nlttee shall he competent and unprejudiced un-prejudiced and shall determine the amounts that shall he paid properly owners by the Rio Grande people for Lhe laying of double tracks on Fourth West streets Fernstrom objected to the insertion oC the clause on the grounds that it was a sham A num hol of west nlde cltlvcns spoke against granting the franchise among the number being Bishop Solomon who was violently opposed to It Fernstrom ended the discussion FERNSTROM IS INDIGNANT It Is unjust and Illegal he said We have no right to take away from the people that which they have spent years In accumulating We destroy their homes and compel them to go to the extra expense of seeking redress In the courts ROAD TO PAY THE FREIGHT It was explained by the Rio Grande attorney that any litigation that might follow would be at the expense of tho company A suit Is to be begun at once he said to test the legality of using the street for the purposes intended in-tended and the costs are lo be borne by the Rio Grande lie also presented a number of petitions from property owners in Unit vicinity asking the granting of the franchise On the final vote on the passage of Lhe franchise with the arbitration clause Inserted Fernslrom and E H Davis voted in the negative Thai Is a case where the minority wins exclaimed Fernslrom as he brought his fist down violently upon the table l Ve will show you yet and I will bet 3 thai we win No one ac cepled the wagel Another concession on the part of the railroad company was its willingness specified by another clause inserted In the franchise to construct a foot viaduct I via-duct over the tracks atThlrd South and Fourth West streets The viaduct will be Himillar to the one proposed by the Short Line company for the northern part of the city ONE HEAVY TAXPAYER Immediately after the adjournment of the committee I Charles Decker caused consternalion for a few moments He had spoken in vigorous terms against the granting of the franchise and was expressing his opinions of the members of the Council Its an outrage he said in a voice that could be heard without a great dCIII of effort Why I pay more taxes than the whole blasted blooming Council Coun-cil all put together Attorney Waldemar Van Colt repre eentlng the Rio Grande wanted to wager 500 to SI that he didnt but Decker failed to hear the after |