The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-03-05
Copy of Petition Presented to the City
Council, March 2, 1850.

10 the HOnordOte We C1ty COuncH V We CtW V
Cincinnati:
than three months ago, the 'CincinnSti Street Rail
road Company" petitioned your honorable body to
Faroad % through Certain Streets in the city q cncn
natl, upon the most approved plan, and operated
permission was asked, and for long time previous
thereto they were regularly Incorporated company,
6HSSiR5DOrA''a 6SioD under the general Ia" OF 'n' o''
Your petitioners would further represent that the
corporators and stockholders, is exclusively q home
company and that they the pioneers in this city
They further represent that the fSlowin named
are the viz John Ii sSt'SF
Smith, R. b. Handy and q. s. Kaufmani and that
the said corpora9rs regularly advertsed IN seyeTS %
cinnati, that the books of said company would bo
ES%s the oSS 81 %
the capital stock of said company. ,-,
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as such are interested and identified with said COM
way Brashears, Jas. 1. Rufhn, A. D. Bullock, John
Bates, +; Bodmsn, Rufus King, Henry kessler n
John &. Culbertson, Joseph McDougell, Charles +.
Wilstach, John II. GrOesbeck, E. s. Haines, w. U.
Lytle, Larz Anderson and others.
The said company further represent that 1t was
solved BY said corpoTstors not to receive oyer one
tai stock Of the company until after the action Of
the City Council upon their petition for right of
That they were induced to take this course because
largo number of our most prominent and wealthy
citizens, had sgnied their desire to subscribe but
unwilling to do so until after the action OF said
City Council.
The said company further represent that It is their
intention, Immediately after said right is granted, TO
open the books again for further subscriptions to the
stock, at which time Ii is expected that the whole
amount Of the capital stock limited in the charter to
S5000, will be subscribed and every citizen OF Gin
cinnat desiring to subscribe will then have an op-
The said company further represent that they have
organized this company In good faith for the purpose
of speedily constructing such roads as the City Coun-
ell may authorize, and that they have never enter
tanned the idea Of selling out this grant TO any other
person persons, has been falsely reported, or oi
obtaining from the City Council the right to con;
struct any line which they did not intend, in good
faith speedily TO build but that II Is their full inten
ton to construct equip and operate said roads them
We have deemed it proper to mako this statement
| on account of the many misrepresentations which
have been made by the enemies OF this enterprise
and In order to manifest to Council our good faith II
asking this privilege, Your petitioners respectful!
ask Council TO grant to them the right TO construct
line, commencing at the corner OF Vine and Fourth
streets, running up Vine to Mohawk bridge, OF Ham
ton road with branches west from Vine, on Seventh
And after the ssid lines shall have been constructe,
caiiy test the workings Of the same, then In sas
be notified by Council not TO build any other lines
but in case Council shall rot notify said company
then said company may 70 authorised 70 proceed