Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-05-14

Rail Road Matters.

Of May, enjoining the officers agents, &c, Of
the Junction Rail Road Company, from plac-
ing any obstruction in Sandusky Bay, and
against the Port Clinton r. r. Company, re-
s,rainiug them from aiding, either directly or
indirectly, the Junction Company in its at
tempts to construct railroad across said bay,
complains that the thing "was done in a cor
ner." "wiihout giving chance 10 the defend
ants Of being heard" | is not worth while
10 make any answer to this charge upon the
court, as our readers will undoubtedly be sat
is6ed, that that tribunal was rs well aware Of
the principle which should govern in case
where notice is required, as the Register could
be, and to doubt the propricty Of their appli-
cation. is to doubt the integrity Of the court;
thing which we are far from supposing
candid person would wish to be understood to
do.
'rhe Register has been 10 trouble, ever
since the fact Of the pendency of the petition
for injunction in the District Court became
known: when it was first ascertained that the
inhabitants of Fremont would not stand idly
hy and see the acts of the Legislature distor-
ted, and their avenues Of commerce closed or
obstructed by a soulless corporation-the tool
Of rival town. Up to the time Of the deci-
sion Of this case by His Honor, Judge Mclean,
the Register showed by its conduct that the
water was warm, but since that time it has
absolutely became hot From the perusal Of
its telegraphic dispatches, every reader of the
Daily would have Immediately concluded, that
as to poor Fremont, the cake was dough; that
the junction Company had achieved signal
triumph. But while exultation was written
on every page of the Daily, lo there came
another clash announcing the startling fact,
that an Injunction bad been allowed against
the Junction Company but withheld as TO the
Port Clinton Company. The Register sees
here the defeat of the petiioner-sees the
right to cross navgabe waters with railroad
bridges, "fully and conclusively established"
and moreover, wishes every one else should
see the same thing, forgetting that colored
glass sometimes gives to objects false colors,
ss vids the experiment with the ass and the
bundle of shavings. So anxious is he to have
every one understand these things properly,
that he straightway commences to correct his
neighbors; for instance, in publishing the jour
nal entry in the case, he says:
ut will be seen, therefore, that the right of
crossing navigsble waters with railroad
bridge, is fully and conclusivey established.
We see by a paragraph in the Columbus
Statesman, that its editor is under misap-
prehension as to what the decree is; rs it
seems to suppose the bridge cannot be built
But it will be seen the right of the Port Clin-
ton Company to construct it is conceded, and
of this organization the parties desiring it will
avail themselves, without doubt"
Here then commences the course of cor
rections in which the Register has been ever
since SO busily engaged. For the next speci-
men:
ave observe number of our exchanges
persist in giving an incorrect statemen: of the
decree Of Judge Mclean, in the Junction Rail
road Injnnclion Case,-an error which origi-
mated with the Ohio Statesman. The Buffa-
10 Express, Cleveland Plaindeaer, and other
papers, appear to be still in the dark as to
the true character Of the decision. Having al
ready called attention to tbs error, and having
also published at length, the Decree of tie
Court. and The opinion Of Jt1dge Mclean, as
vrittea out by himself, we ask those papers
which have been misled, as above, in Justice
not only TO the Junction Railroad Company,
but to their own readers, to publish the facts
as they erist, and as they are stated in the an
nexed passage from the New York Tribune,
which We quote as disinterested testimony
1--WE notice q report in the Evening Post
OF last evening that an injunction was granted
against the Junction Railroad of Ohio, pre-
venting them crossing the Bay at Sandusky,
which. without explanation, is likely to m!slead
the public. Upon inquiry we learn the facts
are sc follows: The Junction Road was origi-
inally chartered to go West through Fremont,
but upon survey being made. the shortest
route by some ten miles was found to be
across the Bay, by the way Of Port Clinton
The Directors Of the Junction Road fearing
those interested in having the Road go to FIRE.
mont would ask for an Injunction, organized
under the General Law Of Ohio, under char
sci OdiiOu Oit SlttOu OOHpdUy, anu To-
catod their Road and contracted for the build
ing Of the same. The whole question came
up before Judge Mclean. and he decided that
the Junction Road could not bridge under
their charter. but that the Port Clinton Com
pany could bridge the Bdy, and under that
charter the Junction Road will build the bridge
II settles an important question to the Road,
leading West, as the Toledo d Norwalk Road
are about building bridge across the Mau
mee at Toledo to avoid the ferry. This viii
enable them TO go at once to the work and
avoid what has been great hnderance tc
passengers'
eve respectfully invite the attention OF the
Fremont Journal Fremont Democrat Perrys
burg Journal, Maumee Times, and such othe
papers as have been led into the error, to th,
above correction by the Tribune"