Both Sides

Citizens and city officers are united in declaring that the action of the railroad directors in deciding upon Dearborn as the' site of the proposed car barn and repair shops is a decided mlsfortune to Ypsilanti. Now that it Is too late, every one regrets1 that there should have been firiction between the city and the new road. Ypsi has undoubtedly lost a good thing. When the six or seven new cars are in operation there will be a forcé of some 80 men employed on the road, and, in addition, 0 or 20 in and around the barn and repair shops. By the very nature of hings these employees wouli reside in Ypsilanti and, with their families, would swell the population by something like 50 or 400 people. Besides this, Ypsi would be the center of the systera and would undoubtedly be benefited further should the road pursue its present plans of establishing branch lines. The railraad people explain their acüon in the matter by saying that they wish to have as little dealing as possible with people who are not in harmony with them. They claim that from the fïrst Ypsilanti has manifested a spirit of selfiishness and antagonism. From the other side of the fence the aldermen hold that the road has continually violated its pledged word and that it is now angry and retaliatory simply because asked to live up to its own agreements. They claim that refusai to allow a siding on Washington st. is no just cause for hard feeling and harsh measures. It is but justice to the aldermen to make it known that their own wish was to allow the proposed turnout to be constructed, and that it was only after repeated personal appeai from property owners on the street that they voted as they did. The property owners on Washington st, between Congress and Cross, are responsible for the change, and in the opinión of many they have stood in their own light. With the exception of the livery stable there is not a place of business in the block which could with any possibility have been harmed. In several cases the presence of' the ciowd which is always around a siding located in a city woufcl be a positive benefit to bu&iness interests. The property owners have looked after what théy considered their best interests, but their action has resulted in a most unfortunate state of afflaips for the city in general .