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TWENTY-FIvE REASONS WIFE
THE HOKSE RAILROAD BaLL
OUGHT NOT TO BECOME 4 LAW

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TWENTY-FIVE REASONS wMx
THE HOKSE RAILROAD bill
OUGHT NOT TO NECOME \ LAM
l. There IL no reason why It should become
Law. The community arc III no way ocne~
f1tcd by it. The citizens have not asked for
1t. It gives no new rights, privileges or IA
ci|,tses to messengers, the public OF the city. |
Il is for The benefit Of nobody but the railroad |
etoch-nolders.
Q. Iteiyes us no new lines Of rai1road, and |
does not extend the old ones, OF require them
10 put on cars enough to sent the people,
which several Of them have never get done,
but simply plumbers the public 10 enrich the
railroad company.
8. The present stockholders Of these COM
panies did not introduce The railroads, but
bought out the pioneers In the enterprise,
after others had rislcd their capital and CIV |
en- It SUCCESS. If we would not give but
TWENTY-FIVE years to those to whom ne are
indebted for The railroads, shall We glye nine
ty-uipe to those to whom We owe nothines
This bill would therefore wrong those who
built the roads, who would not have sold out
Their stock at the price they did, had they
supposed that the charter would run ninety
nine years without any new equivalent.
4, The ordinances ind acts relating to city
laA"ns etNoA@ N..,, ~. 49, A.s,ss y,
lne 1ann1, eo -. - ..a;ss~.;1. ,, ~ s,o
t'fe toau anu ~ f..na,',s. Thasa = ". ~
twenty ,u.s 80 49, z,;a,.taa ,a1 ~ ~! ~ ~
1enee 1naS .4'e ~, AA1e 4 ~ ~. "
tue couI1aes' VI AuAs .A1 pA.1s' ".e "A'a
bic to perform thens. LIZ N5ls1atnfe nas no
right by >nls osil 10 oeptl'e .ne e'ty o. ner
end of the cont1acI WING tne COMPANIES &c"
tain theirs. L.
s. The right Of Inc catg Al tue end OF
twenty-five years 10 resume possession Of the
franchise, paying INC comPaa1es LOT ne1 Toll"
ing stock, tracks, ana olneF properly, Is
vested r1ght-lt Is 50 mucn pfopcrty OF 1ne
city which already py ia1 estl"aaoh Is "or1u
scores Of thousands ot dollars, ana mneteen
years from now Will DC ~ofto aa1anons. inns
bill has 10 right 10 1ahe away th1s vested
right and property Of The city, ana IS therc"
fore unconstitutional as 1t takes public prop
crty for private use without any compcnsa'
tion. ....-.., -.
Q. The plea that unless Inc % year e2ten.
sion is granted the companies VIII mol extend
their tracks or keep up their rolling STOCK Is
false for sescrai reasons: fisst, u years u 8
long enough period to have the full benefit Of
all the tracks aud stock they eau invest in
for the next thirteen years ut least, and Sec
ondly, they will be I'LL the more rcady to In
s-@t in new tracks and rolling stock as the
END Of Ma term draws nigh, Us they know
That such coArsc would be more likely 10
insure them the continued possession Of the
franchises, and If 1t should hot, whatever the1
have OF rolling stock and other property OF
hand WILL be well sold to tie city, which al
why's pays, for what it buys By Appfaiscmcnt
tar more than It Is worth.
2. A part Of The original ordinance con
firmed BY the Legislature, accepted by the
companies and thereby made fundamental
part OF the contract between the people and
the companies, was that the rates Of fire
should not exceed five cents. This right this
bill should not provide lor taking away With
out compensation or equivalent
8. If these railways want to occupy our
streets they must fulfill tue conditions upon
which they obtained possession Of them, and
If they want new advantages they must pay
what those advantages are worth. This bill
proposes to bind the people hand and foot
for q century with disadvantages In order to
make these corporations rich.
0. This bill leeg;tslates for TWO generations
yet unborn. THIS, on the principle Of self
government, We have no right to do. II the
present people OF Chicago hare no right thus
to legis1alate for our childien's children, still
less hayc our fen representatives In the Leg
ialature the right to do 50 unasked by and
almost unknown to the people.
10. II Ia notorious that the other members
Of the Legislature ordinarily vote On local
bills rs they are requested to do by the uem-
bcrs from the locality interested, and did SO
In this instance. Neither tie representatives
from Chicago, nor still less those from other
parts Of the State have the right to give
away the vested rights and property Of our
city without compensation.
II. Five years Of the enjoyment of these
franchises have made the present stockholders
rich. If public charity Is to be disburscd bY
our legislature, let it be to the poor,
T.. In November, 1868, the City Railway
Company made contract with the city not
tolay truck In Wabash Avenue and certain
portions Of Lake street, In consideration of
which tile city gave them endusir rights on
the South and West sides. by oria1uing TINT
for twenty years no ,ailwny track should be
LAG oo*o on Alcalsan or "a"ash avenue
lnno avenue, washington, Lake, Monroe,
Nest ADAMS OF JACKSON, WHICH gafe the CON-
lans exclusive esaeats-ifacks ALREADY having
peen pfoalobea On Llark- 11ns was asolemu
agreement, ana iof when lne railway compa-
mes Ieee'Fea n'gui, oesafsp.e conslaefauon'
~ "4t' e1e'ae'es ''9''ts' IL. tuts contt@ct 'ac
act :" ques.'on einpo"e'e ~ co1anon eoun-
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