The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-08-30
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Under the above head the Chicago Democrat
OF 4 recent date has, flaming article about the
,rfpasioa Of the Aurora road 10 somewh'Tr "a.
bou, 90 miles north Of La Sale -lmgortan,
arrangements" are announced "bs'wlen 'hc
Illinois Central, Chicago & Galcna, and Tie
Aurora Extension, some one We are told
Mr., Gale, we believe, being cast making ar
rangemcnis "io put the 40 miles belonging 10
the aurora E-iersion Corprry under 'nmsa'-
ate contract"
There has been great deal Of gaSS'ng Of
late, about this Aurora Extension. Whether
il will produce the effect desired which is not
the extension Of tha, road by any means, as
that is entirely out of the question, at pres
,n,, at least, remains 10 be seen. We presume,
however, that as long as the pay is kept mp, the
gas viii hold ont; and the pay will probably
hold out until the Rock Island Road IS fairly
under way.
That the talk about this Extension is al for
effect upon scmc other questions those who
are odrisad IN these rail .oad matters need no
proof; bu, to those whoarc not, it may be well
enough just now to say that there ia 10 eu'd,-
riiy anywhere to mako the proposed extension,
We have taken scne pains to inquire into the
matter, and speak Gloiss3ly, sc think.
The provision contained in the 9Th section
q the Aurora charter, under which the power
is claimed by those who talk about this extern
zion, couicrs No such right 4 precisely simi.
lar provision is IN the original charter for the
Rock Island road, and in some others. No one
ever seriously commended that under these pro.
visions roads might be constructed by the sew.
erll companies at pleasure 20 ere,y part Of the
state where a road could at any Tins be found
with which 10 "unite."
When the Rock Island Company, under the
original charter, invited capitalists from the
cas-, to aid in the construction Of that raud to
Peru they declined without tho power to
connect with ,h, roads coming from the east.
The clause in tho charter, Ike tn, one in the
Aurora charter, was pointed on, as perhaps con.
frminC such Authority, and was examined, and
the advice OF az eminent citizen Of the state,
and one to whose judgment in such matters
Chicago ia very likely to defer, was asked, and
they were advised 10 get tie charter amu'.d q,
which was done The extension OF the Rock
Island road would not have been SO great IL
stretch Of power as the proposed extension Of
the Aurora road
The Aurora Company is erprfss,g ruthori-.
a. Dy :,s charter to construct come fourteen
miles Of road, bat under tae power contained
in the clause authorizing connections to BE-
made with other road, this company claims
the night to build aaHl5e95 or n;jrs; Tor At
they can extend 40 miles, they may with the
anne righ, extend one hundred, or one thou
sand
Does any one in his senses suppose that tho
Legislature ever intended to confer any such
power Docs any one believe that the vari
Gus rival rail road interests in the stat, at the
time Of the passage of,his charter tl5i9I which
had active and yigiant representatives. in the
Legislature, would have suffered these numcr.
Gus grants 10 have been made Uhcrc were
others at the same session --Without stgug.
gle, If these interests had supposed ior a no
ment that they conferred such eaormogs pow.
ers as is now claimed Tho power expressly
granted in the Aurora ch rter sinks into iusig.
nicance when compared wilh th4t cllimcd
idclden,aily.
What use can there DO for amy moro charters
ifthcse provisions are SO ample The Rock
island Company, if this power should be sus.
tanned by the Judicial tribunals, will have the
power TO mako all the extensions and conncc
tions it desires, aud some important ones, too
and some which those who are so soicitous for
Rhberal construction of the clause have scarce.
ly stopped to consider.
Why DO Alton and St, Louis quarrel when
the power either insists the her shall moi
have exists IN 50 many charters already. Why
not this all potent Aurora COMPANY and It's en-
eTgetic agent, Mr. Gale contruct iiams3i4i.l
for an erfepsian to and connection with the Hi
noistown road, running to the coal beds oppo
site St. Louis and thus help that rival inter
est out
The Aurora charter was gotten M bv tn,
people Of that place FOR the benefit Of the town
but those Chicago gents, who have 90, hold o.
the road, AMI probably got bitten 10y dabhlr.
IN stocks, and wanta little PgFrg to help lacm
out, would torture the powesmei2eutalg grant
ed in the charter to their injury, for VIC hay,
yet 70 learn that there is any considerable in
,cres' IN Aurora green enough 10 favor sucl
an extension, il there were no doub, about tn,
power TO do 30.
Special Term Of the Cire1i, Court,
The owners OF the two horses noticed in our l,s