New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-13
Indiana RaiIrOad COn.rOyersy-Imauiry.

4 friend of the Southern Michigan Kali
road Company, in labored communication TO Tn
Trlblat, thinks that the parties interested n building
the New-Albany Road, from Michigan City 70 the
Indiana line should If conscious OF strength. court
tnq,rv by aW SUIT but that i i unfair to appeal 70
the Press.
He further sets forth that the Public have no inter-
est II the question and It Is quite clear that he
wishes TO change the venue from the City Of New
York 20 q Western County Court
II the Southern Michigan Railroad Company are
confident Of their strength they need not fear inquiry
here or elsewhere They vii have a1und ing op2or-
tunty 10 trs conclusions IN the Courts Oi justice
but they must also meet the issue before the Puolc,
VINO are very apt 10 form their own opinions
II might doubtless be convenient 10 them 10 leave
the whole question 10 the Court m Indiana, while
they parade before The eastern capitalists THIS Dug
bear Of an injunction.
The fnencs Of the New-Albany and Salem Rail
road Co., and men conyerSant with Railroad Law
and Practice. consider the injunction frivolous and
un,euaDe and they viii rely with perfect confidence
upon is beng disposed Of. 90 due time by the lower
or higher tribunals of lnclana.
Meantime let Us ask the friend OF tie southern
Michigan Railroad who is 50 strenuous for Legal
course. one or two Que>tloi
lst By what color OF law does me southern hichI-
gan Co., which is 10 fenns prohl0ltediro from approach
ing the Indiana L.ne build road. and run rs cars
MO Indiana Does he think that oy so frivolous an
evasion as the employment of Mr. john smith. n
some other accommodating friend. tins upright Com
psHy. this S,csleT Tor >rc construction. VII De- per-
united 10 dcfs The viii Of tie people OF hichigrn.
who have repeatedly refused 20 repeal the pron5l-
ton against Their gong ont OF the state
% Have the Southern Michigan. Buffalo ana
MISSISSIPPI, Northern Indiana. or oy whatever a.i1s
this Company chooses 20 act-haye they not OBJ
tanned money for their stock and bonds ny rcpresen
,aiionS here and elsewhere. that they had a n9,loy
through Indiana
81 Has not tins clalm 20 monopoly constituted
her chef capital here al tn East where The facts
are little known. and where The friends of fhe Com
rany think 10 l.nfqir that they should be- known
an THIS friend quotes The price ~ the stock ~
the New Albany Company along ne line ot the road
where one of the lJ0O stockholders may have trans,
feued a share AT ow price, but where The stie
of ten shares a month would PROBABLY exceed the
average
Con he say whether one ofihese great Companies,
under ore of It's aliases, has lately offered Ms >
cent Bonds IN The Eastern Money Market at - 3
cent
lie SAYS truly, " the affair lies p nutshell The
clam of The Southern Michigan company. either 10
@ monopoly I'D Indmna or to having carried on IT'S
own operations with Stuct regard 10 Law Is one OF
the most larc-faCCC mpoStOns with which 'orpo-
ration ever eudeavored to gull the public. and 10 rs
the duty Of the Press 10 expose II.
On TIC other hand. the nights OF the NeW-Abany
Co TO build 20 Michigan city. ana thence to the
state line. are, IN the opinion ~ able counsel as
clear as daylight. far clearer than the right oi the
Northern Indiana 20 build it all.
The Michigan Central and MS connecting Compa-
nieS, only seek such competition as Is for me inter-
est of he public. and there cannot be The slightest
question that the Judiciary. the Legislature and the
people OF Indiana VIII sustain them.
Pending this controversy in the WoSf, is there lny
injustice m offering 20 the Newly ork public the re
suits Of fan lN9l rkF