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Show - A CKCiIOL'S AMOYAM'L'. Si.t Ijke City, September "IS, 1S94. IMur Detcrit Xtxu The fact must lie admitted, teat ouand Iu the ieinlty of Fourth West Street, from North Tenure to Fifth North, are law and order abiding abid-ing citizens, when they will sit down quietly and allow such au outrage to be t.rpetMled as the Union Paclfle ltsllway Company b cow heaping u oa them. This said company have a switch four blocks iuleugih ntoiifsiJo of their main track on Fourth West, from North Temple to Fourth North, on which they very often have fn i -lit cars tho w hole length of the sw Itch, obstructing obstruct-ing the crossings for hours at a time, both for people ou foot and in carriages; car-riages; aud if the ioople remonstrate-with remonstrate-with tlie switchmen abaut such conduct, and kindly ask them to open the road, they get laughed at for their trouble. There is continual switching at all hours of the day nnd night, tusk lug night hideous with the scream ingof whistles and ringing of bell?,, and switchmen yelling from one if the blocks to tlie other, till sleep Is out of the qui-Uon. I. lally is tills so un Sundays, when we should enjoy a little peace nnd comfort In our homes, but hase to takoadouble doe. They liave raised tin-grade of this sw itch I u some plneis o cr two feet, till it is too unsightly to bo patiently pa-tiently looked ujon. Thu street Is lull of rucks nnd boulders and the tracks at the crossings are so rough tliat children and aed people can scarcely get over them, and, with tlie continuous running of trains they are In danger of their lives. All this is to tho detrimint of the comforts and pleasures of home of hundreds ot cltiuns, who will bear mo out I nail these assertions. Why should this be when there arc several blocks of unoccupied land a littlo north of the city, where all this work of switching could be done? We have petitioned to the City Council for mlresec but we are told that eventually Fourth West Street will be a street fur factories and the railroad (companies should have It, Is it to be wondered atthat communities sometimes take the law into their own hands when those v ha should listentothelrgrievances turn a deaf ear to thrm? We did have one of the most desirable de-sirable places for residences in the city. We were comjaratlvcly free from dutt in the summer, nud we have beautiful, clear, coldsprings of pure water, aud for flowing wells giving pure water oordUtrict cm' be beat. Now wc ask tills company to stop this outrage. By giving Uds maitvrjxiblicity Iu your valuable paper you win confer 11 favor nn many citizens. A Tajli-avek. |