The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-10-04
{ hicasc in Trouble.

chicago in Trouble.
he Chicago people arc in quite fcrment o,
account Of the supposed determination OF tn,
central Railroad Company to take the Chicas,
Branch Of tbe C. Railroad to the Indiana line be
fore reaching Chicago The Common Counci
have appropriated $4,000 TO be expended by the
mayor, II necessary, to protect the rights of the
city. either by iegl proceedings or any other
lawful means. In ad li,ion to this, tue p.esden,
Secretary % the Interior, and Commissioner Of
tue General land office arc TO be mcmorialzcd
not 10 confirm the grant Of land to the company
n1is! satisfactory assurances are given that the
Ioad IL 20 be located IN accordance with the d,
slsn Of congress; the Govctnor OF the state is a..
80 to be nnsmorialized to call an extra session Of
The legislature to protect the interests Of Chicago
and the state and number Of copies Of the let.
tcrm Judge Douglas denying the right of the
company to 6" to the Indiana line, are to BE- cir.
cnIa'ed among The capitalists of the eastern cities
and Europe so as to deter them from taking the
bonds at :ie company unless they comply literal.
Is With the terms of their charter.
This array Of means it is supposed will be suf.
teicu', judicIously made use Of. to drive the com.
p'ny into an honest compliance with the plain
terms OF the Law under which they exist. Blu,
ChcaGo will DC disappointed There are lust
two considerations which control all the move
m'n'S ottbe Central Railroad Company. These
are, firstly The Dollar, secondly, Boston Gov.
erned b. these, tie company can strain at gnat
shJ yet sw"lIow camel with astonishing facility
me manifest intention Of congress in requiring
hy the law granting the lands, that the road
should terminate at the western terminus Of the
canal was that the railroad and canal should he
Tributary & each other Yet it is understood III,
company intend to terminate A, poin. a mile or
two "a" oi the caral, ani at grade so much
above the canal as to render trans-lpmen, from
one to the other "a Difficult, as il canal and rail !
rad were twenty miles apart and when i, is
demanfri that the road shA H. in accordance will,
The terms Of the grant, terminate at the western
terminus Of the canal, the company plead The i'm.
possibility OF crossing the river at SO low grade
hi' ahsn i, is shown tina, by crossing few
mules eost Of the terminus they can reach it by |
'Nst!y cheaper and easier rout. than the one thew
rpPeaE to prefer. ,hey plead the letter Of Their
char'er--i' might be considered violation to an.
lroach the terminus Of the canal hv any bu, nr,.
iacily straight line, Gc,-,hcy strain at A gnat.
b. Vow Tie secret Of these Inconsistencies is here
!" got on leve! with the canal would also Mace
t'T Central road on level with the Rock Island
R4ilroad q. Peru. Now for sundry reasons Bo,.
'oe interests ore opposed TO THE. Passenger.
rom The South, from Iowa, and from Galena. mr..
n''ng at Peru would naturally enough take the
j"ck Island road to 20 eastward, which wopld a,
once get them on the high road to Dunsirk and
We" York This is proposed to be prevented
'y Adopting different level so that the cars of
mo H. !. cannot run on III. Central road: then n,
pant twenty miles north Of Peru to form
! seton with the Aurora Branch Extension, so a.
'7e'' tbs Galena travel to Chicago; and then il,
y hoped 'he Rack Island road from Peru west
can be coAIed to change il, route so as TO uni,s
with the Aurora Extension, and thu, ,ats ,bo
iowa travel and business, ,osatlor with that of
'"'cro, to Chicago, and thence through Mexican
NM Canada via oSdcnsburg, all down to Boston
we aa'e not time 10 stop aud show how all ,h;.
beautiful arrangement for Boston in,erests i.
demolished by the settling of the question tha,
inc 3D. Ro'd Is TO be bull, on the r,ut, ss n,
present located we are only showing how the
law grove elastic TO accommodate Boston.
But IN reference to tho Chicago cutoff the case
y nHsfen' There @i, is intended to unite with
"''N he Michigan roads Boston in,e,e,,s ca, No
Ssl'e' and The almighty b liar is allowed to prc.
Val The saitt adherence to the term, Of the
charter. which is found of so much inheritance
''hea the crossing in this region i, spoken of is
az once forgotten when interest demands tho i'm
notation Of Chicago
We make 10 war on tue Central Railroad Con,
paoy but We think that in their deliberations
the interests Of our state Of our canal and our
rles and villages. should be preferred to those Of
hos'On' New York, or to any other foreign inter.
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