The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-05

nssns.v |. tAs dMssltsss .sw. ssisi.s between said
company and ths city aad ecnsty u Kss
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company dd soastrus IL road I. sseordasee With TIE
provsoas Of it, ehartse: mat VITA view 70 promote
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sSsss q IN rosSs vt 4 is q four ist ten sshss ana
eight ssd haM inches mat though the said company
hsd 70 doubt Of it, power, under it, charter to oeas IL
avoiding ssnssovsy i .spnsd x and osssnsd fo%
4; RI, re-; q .Sss.Ca =: :i sad "a y u ssssrd.as.
Y eolnsetien Win the Rsssn rosd :stsndins from
iro. ~ as NJ. i - S..n u. n ro.d s1tsndns
= = 'ns. .nsetioa fog more than two ysars-that
80 sIrsranAs n the guAgs Of the roads thus forming
iins Of ecnmunsstss necessarily involved change Of
line and not only Injurious to the railroad eomps
MISS but by the additional delay and expense which 1t
ssdsg horosshfsls between the Wsstssa and Atlantic
statss that 50 great the mschisf resulting TO the
public from The Sfors I'D sa.on IN favor q A. int
With the liberal policy Of other States that ct the session
Of t for the sole purpose q enabling the company to
1851 was ispssd With the approval q your Ess.snoy
after you had fully informed Of object such
ss .s.ss to sSsass sel Already a down. DOWN any
guage the directors might deem expedient.
And your nsnoEslist representa- that the s.id com:
your oelsnoy and the Lseisatursn thus rspssng the
law convinced BY observation and expsrisacs that the
the important intsfsss Of the ssuatry i arss d
%sndsd Uniformity Of susSs IN the three rosds con.
purpose wssh Dictated the rspsai q the law al Il The
it, directors resolve to change AID track That a. soon
city Of Erie st denied the light Of the company to
make such change to mants In it, track
Harbor Creek in Ike manner qusatonsd the power Of the
company 10 cross with it, road the highways Of that
That The company, however, pursuant to it, resolution,
commenced the ievsntb day the present Ct
the end East Of II: road and changed the track %
nunop and .ssHs & Hs
ss ss e. Il s.a md
with the other streets Of the city, and persisted In doing
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inst the etssns Of Harbor Greek sstgatd and aided
hy the public authorizes Of Erie tore down and burnt ths
% Point severn n.s S% E shse:
1t crossed the highroad to Buffalo, and though the
could sss 70. e.
night again destroyed, and the track again up, with
IN atditioa q mary twenty rod and these acts Of o
part Of their psrpstratsrs Of dserination, under Ill
ana at al hazards TO prevent the brdgs
And your msmoriast further states that being ap-
pretended nom the violence and extent Of the sppo
ton e NE that 70 order Or DEER: q the local sSas
the Circuit Court OF the United States and upon full
hearing md argument injunction granted By said
county and al persons Whatsoever from Interfering With
me sa.Ss: q ~. s1ass copy q xhsa Injunction
served by the United States HAhal and the company s.
hsvsg that Il had secured the protection Of said
court and that IL authority would b respected again
Harbor Crsek-but the attempt met By the united
resistance Of people Hsrbor Greek and Of Es aud
often II rslad Tho company ati trusting 10 the
law them commenced suits in the Stats sinst
thus far had NO eject IN rsprssans the ourss:s t. which
;:s,:d md are st s1possd 10 sass S.sss Of injas
anst aDd ahut up in PRISON 81 the city AUTHORIZES q
o. that county dss.lsd Is npisoansns % b ilsss
and discharged them upoa habsas corpus
On the a71 inss com%sssSd WITH ars ~ nrmSsr u
workmen, determined not prsvsntsd 10 relay the track
on that day through the dV Of Rsis. That they had
the adjolavg townshlps armed wItA various vssposs
assembled N great force assaulted and drove Oh the
that thus psod Of moro thaa three wseks the a.
tempt. Of the company TO sxeress In psasssb manner
right eoafssd b. the Lssialaturs have forciby
.ss il .oas:ss. ss s;.:s s2s.l sss:l !. +:
STATE That TIE company have rspsstsdy calisd upoa
ssssssd IN rsayeg ne tssk ana rebuilding tie Ssdg
s0rs.aid but be has not o.ly nsgsetsd and refused
ja, By f0eibly and uaavfuly akisg poss1on oi that
part Of the cad whore shs track has bssa removed pre-
.:i y. =: from r:y,.g = I'D
lssss that has bssn pspstlatsdSaC the company
osssss an; os:r vs:a hsy. so1shs e: ..os
shoscr upoa The people q Erie and The State q Penn
Your Exesnensy WIN psrosivs from the imperfect mar
ratvs which has been vsn that the which the
eGmpsny nrm ne nnt, prescribed 70 itself and TO
r.: scas'sS rss 70 .Ss for the
hast that the security q al The rarosd property IN the
nat not nsssy the credit q he sas b. he success:
a other companies who's roads unhnishsd and
p Ss IL 70
nsus Of this conflict between law the hand, and
mob violence on the other. 60 far the la~ has bssn
practically denied 10 the company IL fssshisss have
hssn vioatsdis pr pssy has bssn dsstrsysd-is busi
nisonsdits dirscto asd agents insaitsd and threat
susd n their and estates and some Of them
silow etissns While it, ROAD It this moment 81 the
mercy Of An ungcvsrnsbh mob and the officers II the
Nv 70 whom II had right to lock for protsctiou moi
only refuse AL lntsrfsrsnos In it. behalf but are them
sel.es sstvs psrspsto in the wrongs Of which Il
plains.
A the last remedy which remains in the sw.ab ding
course which has adopted, the cmDany mshss IT.
peal to your Ezselspey Holding in msitsd contsmps
the Ing rucrs and kttsrs which imputed to you Syn.
PATTY with these Awlsss procesdng and condsnt that
your Excelency viii respond TO tas appeal with the
promptns and esiency which the srisis demands the
company addrsass ss to you, the chief msgstrats
tinasy powers with which you invested to protect It
IN the alignment Of s chartered rgh against the
saults OF pular viosnce, manifesto itself In every form
land.
The company does not demand the excessive iaterpos
ton upon doubtful grounds The facts stated In the
memorial have unfortunately become part Of the annals
Of Pennsylvania and 1t submitted to Jour Excslef CT
that they present case Of Deliberate, continued
esssul TO lawful authority that has parallel
In the history Of ths country.
JOHN 4. TRACY, Prss't &E.E RRCo
Harrisburg, Dec. 81, 1883.