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THE PETTSBUKG DISPATCH, TUESDAY, MAT 17, 18921
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FIGHT FOR A STREET.
Downtown Merchants Make a Strong
Stand Against the
PROPOSED EXCHANGE RAILROAD.
The Courts
WHlBeAskod to
Construction.
Prevent Its
ITS EFFECT UPOX DETAIL BUSINESS
The property owners and storekeepers
along Market street are very much opposed
to the proposed exchange railroad. They
were taken by surprise and didn't hare
time to file a protest, but the end is not yet.
The indications are that the courts will be
asked to enjoin the building of the road on
that narrow thoroughfare.
Paul Hacko arrived from the East Sunday
evening, and he was very indignant when
he heard of the project. Yesterday after
noon he visited the business men on Market
street between Filth avenue and Liberty
street, and, as he expected, found that none
of the proprietors had heard of the scheme.
Verner, the shoe man, Fleishman, Rosen
baum and Schildecker & Co. were very much
surprised to hear of the scheme, and they
are all opposed to it
The complaint is made generally by Fifth
avenue merchants that the cable road has
hurt their business. The carriage trade is
a big thing in any city, and since vehicles
are not allowed to stand along the avenue,
shoppers have gone to storekeepers on
quieter streets. In the fine dress and silk
departments' of the stores on Fifth avenue
there has been a large falling off in the
trade due to this cause.
Xo Room for Teams to Pass.
But it is not because a road on Market
street will injure business that the kick is
made, but because the street is too narrow.
Mr. Ilacke measured the street in front of
his store. It is 22 feet between the curb
stones. A. street car is eight feet wide, and
this would leave only seven feet on each
side of the track. The space is too narrow
for a carriage or a wagon, and the business
men wonder how the traffic is to pass.
Mr. Hacke says he talked with people not
directly interested, and they pronounced
the proposed railroad an outrage.
"Why, 20 years ago," he said, "Com
modore ICoontz wanted to run the Man
chester line over this street I went into
Councils myself, and told the members how
wide the street was. I had a diagram made
by an engineer, and it convinced the Coun
cilmen that the thoroughfare was too nar
row. This street is the great highway be
tween the two cities, and anybody who has
passed here in an afternoon knows how
badly the street is crowded. It is impos
sible to walk on the pavement, and people
are forced into the street, There is barely
room enough now for carriages, and what
will it be when cars run through here?
Sat Little Room for Marketers.
"Go over to the Market House on the
three market mornings. The space around
the building is so jammed with vehicles
that it is difficult for pedestrians to get
through the crowd. Magee and Flinn want
this road, I believe, to run to the Baltimore
and Ohio depot They are very solicitous
on this point That is, thousands of people
are to be crowded and inconvenienced for a
few passengers. But when the ring wants
anything, they must have it, no matter
whether it suits the public or not j
I know that we can get any number of citi
zens not interested in the street to sign a
protest asainst a railroad on this highway."
Mr. Bosenbaura hadn't heard of the
project, but he' was willing to join hands
with his fellow merchants against it
"Haven't the people any rights?" he asked.
"Where are they going to walk on this
street? Last year the street railways killed
7S people and wounded 1,000. With the
Allegheny roads, the Pennsylvania on
Liberty street, and another line on Market
ttreet, all centering near here, I wonder
Trhat will become of pedestrians. They
might as well get off the earth and take to
the roofs ot the houses. There is not half
enough room lor people now, and during
the afternoon the street is always uncom
fortably jammed. "
Slay Have to Close Ills Store.
Fleishman's have no back entranceto
their store, and all their goods must be un
loaded from the fiont A big dray was
standing on Market street yesterday after
noon, and the articles were put in the cel
lar as fast as taken from the wagon. With
a track in the middle of the street, the
space between the pavement and the street
car would not be wide enough for the vehi
cle. One or the other rould have to give
way. Mr. Fleishman was very much wor
ried, and he was puzzled to know what to
do. He said he must have some room
for his business or he would have
to shut up shop. He is willing to abide by
the judgment of Mr. Hacke, who is taking
the lead in working up the formal protest.
Mr. Hacke thinks it would be a good plan
to hire a man to keep a record of the wagons
and carriages that pass over Martet street
in a week.
Schildecker & Co. and Major Patterson,
the florist, were also very much opposed to
the railroad. For that matter, the merchants
and owners of property on Market street are
all of one mind. Ther do not propose to ac
quiesce without a struggle.
A LETTER FROM AFRICA.
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The Season Getting Too Warm for Ameri
can Drillers John It "Watson Speaks
of tho Habits or the Natives and How
They Live.
John B. Watson, who is drilling wells for
the Italian Government at Massana, in the
north of Africa, writes a very interesting
letter to James Parker, of the St James
Hotel. Mr. Watson has been in Africa for
nearly strmonths, and he is very tired of tho
country and people. Ho has drilled wells
on most of the continents, and ho usually
goes on these missions to see what the land
is liko. In his letter he says tho heat and
dust are so gioat that ho thinks ho will have
to give up. Ho works about one-fonrth of
the time, and then he accomplishes very
little. He roasts the Italian Government for
bringing mon to the countrv so lato in the
season. They commenced drilling forwator
in March whon they should have been at it
in November.
The well Mr. Watson is working on is lo
cated six miles from Massana, and it is down
600 feet There Is plenty of salt water and
ho has come to tho conclusion thoy will get
nothing olse unless they go clean through
the glooe.
The party complains about tho tardiness
of the Government in paying wages. By
hard drumming they managed to get two
months' salary, and two more remain an
piid. He says unless the Italians whack np
at onco they will quit. He adds that it is
not for the love of Italy or Africa that thev
toll, but for the money that is in the Job, and
when that fails to come tho grist won't be
ground.
In tho letter ho savs further: "Massana
is located on an island, but the Gov
ernment lias built a mole to tho
mainland, eonneotlng it with Abyssinia.
The country is a total failure. It is
nothing but a sunburnt desert, and as non
productive as a holo in the ground. I am
speaking now of tho coast range, which ex
tends 00 miles along the ocean and 50 miles
in the interior. Then come other mountain
ranpres that contain somo fertile valloys
where corn is raised. This is tho principal
food of the natives. Thev irrind it in the old
style stone mortars, with hammers, as it
was done in the time of Moses. The natives
consist of Abyssinlans, Arabs, Nubians, and
hero and there you will And a few Greek
and Roman families. They are very filthy,
arid thoir dress is not very extensive.
As a rule a suit of clothes is not
larger than tho amount of cotton used for
wnddinpr in a double-barreled shot-gun.
Tnis makes a suit for a man, and the chil
dren don't wear anything. Tho women are
tho beasts of burden. They carry all tho
heavy loads and do all the hard work. There
are 5.000 people in Massana. mostly Italian
soldiers. About all they are good for is to
blow the bugle and to do the grand maroh.
We havo some Italians helping us, and thoy
are worse than wooden men."
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KATK CLAXTON and
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The McKeosport Mill Loads.
Tho best daily output of muck iron bar
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recently put in operation at McKeesport. The
plant has 34 single furnaces and is turning
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'Rheumatism
'Gouts Lumbago
CoroMBus, O., Jan. 7, 1892.
McKInnlo & Chessman Mfg. Co., Pittsburg,
Pa.:
GI3TLEKKH I have for years been Bubject
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Respectfully,
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Dem. Stato Central Committee.
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