, 1865-09-01
HYDE PARK.
action Of y Special Town Meeting on
! Tue Proposed Turnpike Scheme
RESOLUTIONS Pazseti-Attor.'
ncys Chosen to Defend
Tie Free I1oal, :
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Ou teeaefs arc already familiar with the mai
roat ~ issue between the people Of the town q
uSoe 1afk and the Illinois and Indiana TulnpIk
company. Iha following oficLal notes Of tecen
unanimous act1ou Of the town explains iselk At.
special meeting OF the town Of Hyde Park, Coo.
sounts, and state OF Illinois. held pursuant to no
nee, on saturday Augusta A. D. 1sG5, 1T the Hyd.
fHk Hala1oad station, in said town, the following
'esoinuons were unanimously passed:
| LAKE. AVENUE A rREE HIGHWAY.
n1totrsd, That The public street leading ftou,
efieaso TO md through the Village O! Hyde Fark.
] Gailed Lake avenue and Washington street. havtnr
es1lrsa 10 constructed and improved great
snseol living upon ths sumo street ha. become The
ma1n and principal travelled road and thorouehlare
rnsT te Geieag9 city and Hyde Pask md Is the
20 9e hept open as . FREE common and public hlsh.
Msy, snd that al cur citizens and their families, md
e ge1ef public have and ought to have and
along the said street, Wih Or without thee ho,ses
eAlle, carriages and property, without beinr taxed
bto!sa interrupted OF inte1e1sd with IN any mannes
upon Or ac1nss efd strest, OF auy attempt to law
14c. oos npon our citizens Or others, ther
ehiesRe % Ss sssh he ~
auy other Lawful purpose, woasd BE- creaI aaa2 ns a1e
4mnes e grevoMs nulsanee and injury to tbs town 81
minaston Of the Town Of Hyde Park forthwith 10
take and proaecuse and insist upon ali sneh nrt, a.
ceedi1gs at Law or IN equity rs may Be necessary 10
restrain, prevent, defeat Or abate tho came.
TAKE spAE OTHER sTuEET.
3 Reso'ue, That the1care ample facilities for con-
sspcti1g carriage road 1om any part Of The eouth
ilhe Of tie city OF Chicago to the lakewood Gene
tcfy, o. 70 fhe cst line of tho State Of 1ndiana or
q the said streat, and also, that II some one of
Ae public streets Of Hyde Park must be sacrificed
70 Tue private interests Of The Toll Gate Company,
nne and Van Buren, street, which asc more direct
toGtes tor satd calrfaee Nay, have cost The town
md the citizens less for their construction and In
iar less nnance and annoyance Than the appropsia-
Ton OF Lake aTenue aud Washington street.
WILL DEFEND AND MAINTAIN
=, !, Hetottea, 1hst our resources arr ample ai,d
gan4zation Law and our act Of Iueotporation srn
adequate 1ef the construction, repair and improye-
@ me5s 81 ~ thc Necessary highways md carziasc
bett Interests that thcee things ehold be 3one hv
orraefTes without the Intervention Of private corn
fatiGns, and the town + ready and willing, and
s10ct all sCch roads without delay, and TO ua1 IA
them In good order. But IL such company has the
M"'nI v n power md desi1esto hsEu9e upon hc aaiT
would take, the Just and fair equivalent OF bona.
Gde outlay ind Investment uIoa The puhur imnroce.
ment, TO lhc AMOUNT contemplated by its charter,
OF tax or to upon the citizens Of tis iown Of the
public generally without furuiehtng such an equiy.
alent, will be resisted as gross hand and impos-
EyrIor A11onxkrs.
y, 4 Rtso!rtti, Tint Mcst.a. Lyman and Georee |
Irun'bull, Charles A. Norton md Edward Martin |
s sed ar thsy sre heshy rene ,; and at the
take az srGh proceedings at Law or IN equity o.
they may think best to eIectnate the object md 1ur
pose Of these resolutions.
ASp COMMISSIONERS.
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