SOUTH SIDE CALLED SELFISH
Becker Says Freight Yards In Houghton Park Would Aid Industry
Opposition by South Buffalonians to a 32-track yard and repair shops, which the Pennsylvania railroad proposes to bulld in Indian Church road was characterized as selfish Saturday by Councilman Joseph W. Becker of the North district, who announced his intention of voting to sell to the railroad the five-acre tract in Houghton park said to be necessary to the project.
The yards are needed for the industrial expansion of Buffalo and would in no way be detrimental to the South side, Councilman Becker asserted.
Sale of the park will be considered at a meeting of the Council finance committee June 11. A delegation of South Buffalonians is being organized by the Butler Park Community association to attend and urge refusal of the railroad’s request.
Source: Buffalo [NY] Evening News, 2 June 1928, p. 10, Fulton History.