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Title	Disquisition by Scripps, E.W., Argument for bridge improvement by the Sante Fe Railway, October, 1909
Collection	E. W. Scripps Papers, 1868-1926
Creator/Author	Scripps, E. W. (Edward Willis), 1854-1926
Date Original	1909-10
Subject-Name	San Diego (Calif.). City Council
Subject-Place	San Diego (Calif.)
Subject-LCSH	Railroads Bridges -- Design and construction
Is Part Of	E. W. Scripps Papers, Series 4, Box 01, Vol 02 E. W. Scripps' Writings 1909, Book 2
Collection finding aid	http://www.library.ohiou.edu/archives/mss/mss117.html
Call Number	mss117/ser4/box01/book02/347-353
Original Format-AAT	Essays
Publisher	Ohio University Libraries. Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections
Type	Text
Format [IMT]	Application/pdf
Physical dimensions	7 p.; 11 x 8.5
Identifier	ser4_box01_vol02_347-353_bridge_santafe_rail.pdf
Donor	Scripps, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1920-
Rights Information	In the public domain. Unpublished works are under copyright for the life of the author + 70 years
Citation	E.W. Scripps Papers, Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections, Ohio University Libraries
Transcript	Ohio University Libraries, E.W. Scripps Papers, MSS 117, Series 4, http://media.library.ohiou.edu/scripps brl~.and work on the road proba.bly COlt the K-I peopl.e troB to f8, 000; had it be_ undertaken bY the.,1 t1 In the utual man.. it would haYe ooet double. Our intenentioll... ed. the eity •• _ • f. -~ • ' ar.e...n..e t D'PAJILT·.oon~:n,,,,'oa"~J!C>Ur --41L_·l:t'C-.....a..·..It.l. not.... ln41,14ae.l that I oometo the city ball ·..". I_here taday, to d18C~ tb.eclt"1t • affaire, You tiY. men ,1.:10.... ".. ,;:." I oont~ol a busino,aa cODcern that 18 more than five times a. great as the institution of Which I am obief; I respeot your offioe as a business an lhould respfct the offioe and pOli tion of 8. man in greater respon-sibility than hi,S own. Y.t &8 an incii!idual e"en, I -have not and oanl'lO,t treat the Santa F. 11'1 u;. anything 11k. the deference that you men ~.. ,\oolle,ctl.. 1y. -.. ,' tAft 'fieftling '11 th the Santa Fe myself in the matter of riaht. -'J'61nd.·.J··r;J:).,'U¥dge MoDonald.... il1 tell youJ_I think", tha. t. I hay,. not mIght. , cUI:tU... r,b e.d. · m~el. , 'OJ! that account; tne Santa. Fe wants a lit tle ~ieoe 11Y la.n4-1noJNer to get thi, aame rit41t of way that they are talking ',you abOUt; bQt I. t 'old MoDonald' that the aum of' money involved. in OU."d, 80' tlnall thati twas not worth the time I would hav.e to to hill, to disou.... the 8ubjeetj r ha.ye ~nts and. attorneys of.' to: atfrend to luoh work &8 ~hls and ' to th&m I.... ould transfer the. r it actranater of any of my land is made tQ, the Santa 'e. But. I al80 told the Juci@ that I did oonillder a8 a matter ot.... 'J,.,...... ~p,~rianoeth. queation of the Santa Fe ,tpaint~ning tho danger.... '..B1Dg ,.t Amer10an Park and also the questlon '9f 1 t P!ltting ,.' r. Ob8,firuc'tt.1~n aorose Torr,y Pine boulevard. I told him tliat if ,W9lU,d tu t\P ,thea. matter. nth the. cit,yl would not ask a -cent for , land ,he •• ti. from me, and tlu~t · the moat he ,would' ha.ve to do would ,top&y'my atto~y tor ' H.ing. that thea •• "ere mad8 out ri@jlt,.. ' ". , t.he, othetday ,when, I was d.own here the Santa Fe agents "'.... ;110,..'...,...., •• , l , lZ,le. it, gall. an.d ,.8U~rl,Qr gall at· that........ ",yon,,,..... bilu~A. IA,.• igbteeJlfooiearth' _bankmint right; acroa. the ".' "... "·. hiPbW: ttom~h.JJorthw.at. lnto 'the CltyofSan Dl,ego ,. '& ".. ~tJirQuAA thi., 1~6 feet ,wide.. ,. for you and me and fo,r tne eitiJens of.; $an ·, ]hogO and ,for our ·friends or relatl.. '._. and' our tl'Qll other part 8 of' the ' country to ·,llnk thro'ugb. into our town... a.ntlenlen, I reppdM thit, propoaltiol.:1 as a most damnable i aninsult"J'a nO. Ter , which.. the.' City ~'. invited throu.g h the pUlil- Tly and,erTUtty oflt. ot:ficial.tor 'many yeare past., lam ae you ,ae;8; looot in anger w1ththe ,Santa'F. as I am with San 'eotf. ~o1~dom.·. I.. ' we ~.' ys play tho parto!.a 1. ittle cringin. ·g. '. ,. '. · pppnther than that 01. abbe,.Bellreapeotlltg ,.. tift.-navI.' '.. b. · ~tpri8ed 1f Matt.,t'fs"Made to ' kiok\l!l out otthe ,.. tf:,th. 'otber fellow tries to placate us byoalllrtg U8 -doggy, good. , doggy.,· , '. Now ~gentleom. • cue; I ' feel".. ,.... ,.. D1O:8t · v~~_ "'f:!I~J.tJr ' tn: not ova ~~ '. ot the M',....·.J CIoVllIiJ •., 350 ". ". I an no~ a. reale.tate.8p8G\llator; I knew the land was , y~-.. -;. ' lntld1d n.t · want to buy: fora rlr and I had no ·uee tor the land. ,4-l:I.nlt&.t' ,~atMr.... I... ~...... 1 1.',t.:.t heroad,... •• tbat the be·8tpart. 0'1 To~ i£~'. ~.qh.,~~. t,b~ in prJ. ya'tAl,Jand8 ,woUl d be (loomed. toa vision lot speculation seb.eunless I sayed it 80 I bou~t lao and paid $15,000 fg,r it. Lat.er I bought another 130 aores to to the holding of ~1, b101og1oal station, or 8l1yway to protect the ' f '.. ,ogical Sta.tion lands from being itael! in the middle ot.. real 88'" sorapping matoh. • For some ot this last land I paid $100 per How. I owned 80me other land along this La Jolla' boulevard. in the Scripps intereate now own 2-1/2 mdles or a-3/4mile. ot land which and over whioh are buii t the La Jolla boulsya.rcl and the Pines extension. This means that we should giTe in order that ,8 road should beoome a. ptblio highway 2-1/2 miles ()~1*rigb.t of way. George Oook, before he died, together with Mesarl. lIarlton, and myself hid formul ated 8~ grand 'P1 an, 8 for 01 ty 1IImro,.... in the way ot boulevard. and ' miking thorou,;dU.y accessIble to 10 the Torrex Pines ~. For no part , of the diltanoe was it mlil.zwJ.ated that thlB boulevard was to be les8 than 100 feet wide. the i road from La Jolla. North to be not 1el8 than 150 teet wide. pomapa 200 feet wide; we v{anted to make one of the grandeat tin"... in the world alo~ tnese cliftl, from the beautiM-"La Jolla. on South to the grandly bea.utiful Torrey Pinel park on, the North. I have already told you the effect this road. had upon real 1111&1,,, values and ri~t here I want to say that my la.st buy waB &.ooom-shed by a , sClueak" there we. re other shrewd m. en in the market ready annoua ,to ouy TJle land a.t even a larger p~loe than l.J)&.id for it. withdrew however, not out of regard for me but out or re~ard. tor work. I was trying to a.ocol:tp1 i a.ll t.o beautify thee! ty, and'1.et me hay. land. " llow you say that this land <lown North of Torrey Pines i8 1lQt ,alua. Gentlemen, you are not in a ~sition to know what the Value ,\hat land is •• I would not be eurprilSM a Ter.y f •• years henoe t~ ,. will 'Very. greatly. regret ha.vl~ allond the Siiata Fe Ut.p:~td,aY\.... "......... y railway emb~nt aerOBS this land. It ftaonly a l1ttle , agq when La Jolla pr.oJ)erty was ju. at as muoh in o ontpmpt, a8 all , II.land up f,here to the NOrth 1s now. Why, it was only a tew years. that ,for ,3200 I purchased ~ne.qua.rter. in.tereat in La.. JQ.ll,&; the ee per lot, because 1t was all plotteel, "U ft).25. Some ot ,idu81 lotI hal. been since 801e1 at e. price qual to what I tor the whole bunch of them;several hundred in , numler. ' ~ But wha.t I kiok about is the oity'e manitest desire to get my brothel' end sister: to f9..T. e 2-l72J ml1el 01, ritdlt " ofw&l~\ fro., "m, to 200 r.et w14e, all'\torth. purpose ot agranCl bouleY&lUr' whioh 1s run up_ and butt into a. hole in the ground or.. hole in an embank-. •. Wha.t · dq you want 01 ~~a hundred foot Wide road to run int~ a 16 hole? YQ!lsay tha.t 16 teetlswi4e enough for en I1;lto to ,pasB and tha.t ,An feet 18 ~enty wide eno~. '. f that ;11 theoas83:-'1 not 16 feet wide enoWdl for your road to pas. I thrQ~. ~ '¥..artd" - ,~. sa.ler to go over & 16 feet wide ' road in the 0t: than 1t A.kto go a 16 foot road. between '.11 •• or eve. n. I tone.bunt.,~ ~~.,_ t yo~ "''''11lA does shy or your machine tJWOne in the opon you only get jo.,t" t either, ha.ppenl whe~ 8. road of that width 1s walle.dln. you ".~, e ,...... &.,..... o;,y to get killed. or malmed.. ; \ , } ", - , ", I haTe already spent of rrq own and my aiater'. money... \ ~5iOOO or $16,000 ,on this La Jolla aft. To~y Pilles boUlevard in curd.r 1Q ~. it ot great uti11tyboth for pleasure driving and tor trattlo., " ~ \\ ' \ ' / And no. you propose to let\,. the Santa Fe, tor the P11r:P9se ot aaviI\g no~ near as muoh money as. I ha1e paid. oU~-l_ aild tor that sole purpose; utterly and irrepairably damage the 1J!101e road. , I notify you gentlemen that it 16 or 2D feet or anythi~ leiS than ~ feet is a~o~ted by. you for this bridge I will no~ be willl,tlS nor wlll my USoc1atee be wliling to gl 'fe you a broader' Tl9ht of.ay o,er any land that we own. ivan in oourt with oorui.anatIon proceed.- ings the oi ty mi~t find it diffioul t to prov.that the road over my prlYate property sho'4d be wider than i~ Is over the p;ropert. "l 10U pro· pose to glve or.ell vO the Santa Fe ra11way for its rlgnt of way.. , I w~t you t9 remember that we are building" great oo.,at road tonneotlng th18 01 tv W1 th o. the great North. oou.ntry.; tnie route 1f111 be the main traveled hl.P:J1way of all our Yleitoretrom the North. Every;.. one.t.hat drives down ·fram the Horth has ~t to pass thro~ thie pro... Santa. F~ bric!ge; th~s briw i.n fact is to be the Gre.t North to the C1 t:r of San DlegQ &nO: through 1 tour visi tors WIll enter Diego and in time, not remote I hope, thov will pa.s" throu~ one of most; beautiful parks in the world. L By obstructing this boul eyard you a.re going to injure and re.... the future value of' a tr.. ndouB amount ot 01 ty owned real estate ·... North and you are goi.ng to injure 11f':I.1&nd.8 that I have. bo~t Pines and the land 'Chat I hope this government or aome future MIhI.l"n~II' A"'T. will acquire as a. nee •• eary part to oomplete Torrey Pines Why should I spctnd my time and my money in an efforb to beau. and increase the leild. values and the general prosperity ot theoity • • the oity gove~ent, oontemplate do. i~ the oity a monstrous Why should ilarston Scripps and Spalaing and others be.. · to make a. park beautiM on one side of Sorrento L~on while the other. aide of that same lagoon you are penni tting the ere~tion of monstrous eye... sore and a.t the same time blocking the entranoe to that park? One of you the Oth. er day said... that 16 test to.r a. paseago..=.. . no~; another said tha.t he tho~t 20 feftt would be nel_ eno... , t~lS emb8Dkment you understanci 18 to be 18 teet high; if the binks. bull t 2... 1/2 to 1 slop. and if the top of the embankJient1s 12 teet the whol e paes8P-;eway throug!l the embankment will be 84 feet~ Now, B see what will nappen if a: lady driving herself and her children many will be, between the two seaside resort. of Del l(ar fl..nd.La JQ!la under this bridge. or throucit this m,ttl meet & care-1888, reckl8s1 or IMlllten ohauffeur dr1v~ng an anto M.l tllv; of course in such a place in any horse wllI be uneasy and we 811 know that hOrNe that &ot. • ctly gen~le in passing an auto in the open will shy andg~tn."oue pasBl!}g through.. cut or oyer.. bri~~~ The lady' 8 hO. re."oul. d not to bi so ver1 unreliable in order tfiat he should ahv and baok; the llheela striki~ the sid,. of the oul 'fert. or, briage thex:-e would smash and an upset and pos81bly only a much lnJured and rri~t.nH of ohildren Wl. th tb.eir.1OOther and possibly & dead baby or t;wo. Gentlemen, you know perfectly well that a forty f'ot 8~ Such an embit.nlaDant as that would be all too narrow and oonfine · spa.ce in whioh a team at,ld &1'l auto could ~813 espeoially in the duek of.venil}g or the dark of n1Jdlt whe~ the auto'. i1r,llte wouia. be gl_i~~2..: the tool chaufteur 8creeoning hlS horn..', ~. \ ',. ~ You must remember that in nearly all these aocidents with autOB and horaee, that it i8 not.WolI_ •. the r.~kleea1y. wioked oha\ltfeur with h1~ party that auffe:r., It 18 ~he nmooe. nt 8l1d h.elpl •• s. ·· women and ohlliiren in the other anto or In the horse-drawn oarriage. ~on of = ;:::i't!\~1I0i~~~~!m:~t~:l~8=t 8np~:':°o:rv:rt~ \ OCA'P f'.£fOa There was a. grade orossing of the La Jolla Railway, l:ut. the ra.il way car and the auto were in full si.sdl.t ot each other or OCCUPaIl.tB were. and yet a. oareleas, or. thowd1nG8_~J or inc~eient or an auto~ and a perhapa no more thou~t;ful dnver of the rail-car manM6d between them to kill one poor old lady and to terribly a lot of helPbeas w~en. I In your aotion toward safe... guarding the publ10 you are bound know ri~t well that t/here are a aufficient number of fool. in ex •. against whom the puhlio must be proteoted and that theref·ore.ll.l UstJrepare eondi. tiona 80 that the peril and da~ger from. theae I ah 1 be minimiled or obliter&ted 8ltogether where possible. Suppose that on,ot you had lost a child. a w1f~ or mother 8 Old Town auto aCQldent what oomfort and. S.~l8fa.otlon would you from the knowleclge that your bereavement was only caused by the e8 ~;ne83 of tho man that dro.,. the auto car? That Old To~m crosBi~ ot. the railwa.y 18 a d~rou8 one for two years pa.st I have becm'urging on the offioials the con- __ Y"l'.... T. on of a roed somewhat aboTe-the present rOAd and the railway. ~,.".~A a road eould be build economically and to the great advantage of the property. Had I suoceeded laat. year in ~tting this wori as I tried to do that old lady that.. a8 killed the other day.. now be ali ,e and many ot her companions would have been spared the: cal pain and mente.l shook of the aecident. -. I tell you gentlemen, that you are responsible to the citi. o·f this 01 ty not only for a wise adminsitratlon of· their propertr on you reBts. the re8pon8ibili~y of saving our lives and the 11V88of women a.nd ehlldren, and the 01 ty government of San Diego 1s as nnch more responsible for the dea.th of that old lady 8.8 'tIU the oha.uff&v the motonnan of the ra.ilwa.y oar. That dangerous crossing ehould been elimina.ted and it will be eliminated by you or by some of your.m1~'·!AS80rS in office..i 353

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Transcript	Ohio University Libraries, E.W. Scripps Papers, MSS 117, Series 4, http://media.library.ohiou.edu/scripps

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