, 1865-01-30

A largely attended meeting was held on Satu
dny cvering In Bryan Hail, pursuant to call pol
1ished In the TRIBUNE, to express the tndignatfo
felt by the citlxcrs Of Chicago at large. again
the recent outrage perpetrated at Sprtnsfeld-th
paesage through both house. Of the Century Raj
way bill. The Hall was fulf-p'atform. auditorium
and gallery alike crowded. The platform was OF
cnpied ty nearly hundred of onr prominen
An attempt Was nade In the outset to pack tb
meeting. So eoon rs the doors we're opened,
little army Of sailway employees .rushtd in an
took possession Of the front seats. 1t was, how
ever, soon found that they were In very smsl
minority. and ftood no chance Of succeesfd
issue in q contest Of vote or argument The
were. therefore. silent, except when vote va
takcn; in these instances flley emitted in sncl
casc few ~ Eocs," :" just enough to show that th
meeting was not unanimous.
But the meeting wns unanimous. At every ut
terancc dcncnclst0Ey Of the ewtnd1c. tho cuthuai
aem Of the auditors showed how heartily tht
sentiment Of the orator was echoed b. the people,
Except the few ahosc mentioned. t6ere @Is moi
one Ia that large gathering who did moi feel tha
the city had been imposed upon, Its ri.hts bar
tered away by few unscrupul> rs Or minimizing
On motion Of lion. L B. Otis, J. +. se,muon
Esq, was called to the chnir. Mir. Scammon said
The meeting was called In bchslf,of the citizen:
Of Chicago: Let each res, ,ect the rights OF ths
On motion OF E. +. Colby, J. u. 1tecs aud l. r
uilinrd were elected Secretaries.
]. VI. "aughop proposed the following list oil
Hon. John ii. Wilson, Hon John Wentworth.
Thomas uoyDc. George F. Foster, Hon. Grlni
Goodrich, Hon yan H. Higgins. 7. 3. Bryan, a,
9. 1hroop, Gol. + H. HonSh. Matthew Latin, G.
Gage, Thomas Church. T. II. Arer}, Vim. F.
Tucker.
N1Rr DExrEE.
Writ Dexter Was then r-led upou. he said :
This meeting is not called to advance any speciai
interests, )nt to protect the public whose rights.
by recent act Of the Legislature, have been sur
rs understand Tie question. its not whether We We
will have horsc Iailwa;s. VIC have already rot
them. The hill wc hare met to rcmongtrate
against gives ~ no new lines Of r,ilvay, nor any
plunders the public to enrich the present railway
In ths year 1sss Chicago was without city mil
TO be convenience, and to the end that We 1ni:h
hive them here nleo the Common Council OF On,
city, in Auguet Of that. ycar. granted L
I've g9sts TO The es..sss 5fa ,sa 10 t.sS9 tosSa
rallWays in certain streets of Chicago at the cnt
Of which rcrAld the city WIS 10 have tho right L
mke each faliNass and a fixtures q. an appraised
nois confirmed the action Of the Common Council
and thus by both city ordinance and the law Of tn.
S1ate; inta re chisago Gig Ra'l%ay Company wa
tracts The railway company agreed: First. Tha
the rate Of farc should nol exceed 1--WE cents Sec
ond. That nt the end OF the twenty-five years the
the city. These were saluiary and valuable pro.
lection Of tile public. On the faith Of those pro
aa Visions the people admitted the railways To- thu
ways heretofore .n held sacred 70 ihc
ss.osa.sd sss Sc snSSn: si
hanas OF the Common Council; from 6cinc ased
and absolute II becomes uncertain md at The op-
security at all. The right OF The public to re-
sumo these franchises al the end Of twenty -nye
ycars. or to 'resTant OF manage them on such
a. ns and public
scventy-fse year extension Of the recent act.
Ftve 5ears administration Of this franchise has
made fortune for every one Of The original cor
poIatote. The nineteen years 1t hzs yet to run
will probably sec most OF the preacnt stockhold-
crs in their graves; yet with grasp
rsash1nS TsS,a Hsyond the f1aye they swallow up Tue
And who did they nnd to aid them m this beueG,
cent undertaken: Our enemies. Certainly onr
enemies could have done no worse for us-no,
they lay hold q representative with one c1ccp
don}-they. whom we have elevated to public
station, and who were sent to zcalonely preserve
and guard our INTEREST,".
call attention. In November, 1861, the present
City Railway Company becoming alarmed At the
somewhat formidable proportions Of the Wabash
tst:.. OF "Griaifon Bill" 60 called new company,
fathcrl5 care Of the public interests, made con-
tract and solemn covenant with the c1y not TO lay
track In Nabash avenue and certain portions Of
Lake street, In consideration Of which the city
gave them t1ctusire rlgh:s. on the South
and West side. by ordaining that for
twenty years no railway track ehould be laid down
On M.sn,gaa o. ~, maossa .s avenue 81 Lhfro avenue:
Jackson, Witch saSe t5e company eic,usiss
sfesaS hang been PronSted On S
railway companies received highly desirable
consideration, to-wit: erclusire right. Yet this
contract The get in question cmpowsrz the Com
pany intend to keep faith with the city why do
they wish the Common Council to have power to
annul this agreement! Will it insure the iuteg-
I1ty q shis company to give the Council power
enahltng them to Go a dishonest thing! This act
enables the railway company to reach Michigan
and Wabash avenues IN another way; by lts third
streets in lie Evanston Railroad Company charter
is re-cnacsed until altercd,. released, or
amended by the Common Counci! aud Cook conn.
for the residents OF Michigan and Wabash aven-
neg. only thc sound; i repcals q lay which made
it Impossible for the Council TO allow tracks on
the Common Council: where Tue city railway have
aas ass q ,e Gn M ~ fss 1T 7 s S9o AL
asy se and
sometimes neglected to do. When they wished to
secure further privileges In the WY Of using new
ftreete. the Council required rs conditions that
they should keep eight ieel in repair where there
wss eingle and sixteen where there was double
uack. and when improvements arc voted thcy
fhall TO the came extent make them; that Is, II
on a street occupied BY the city railway, then
they mus: construct eight or esxteen feet OF the
same, A. the Gaze may be. THIS Is peculiarly d
eopss o ne 1sns e e III ses
tent given away hy the new act cett1tnly Tor the
future: THIS provision only applies to the streets
recnS ted end The to
Of Twenty-Five years ts lost by this act for it con
tinues the right to the e:trects under the old coaA
7.Gns for sesenty-dvc years more aEsr the e1ptra-
tion OF ninetecn get to rnn on their present char
Tins by this bill Of denominations the public lose
the rcvcr=iou Of the franchieee with their immense
tlve cent reetr1cdon. tho exclusion Of raIw4ye
from Michigan and Wabash avenues hnd other
streets, ed The right in relcttng the franchise to
:ssess certain portion Of the street expenses on
IhcIrologics for this rrofisate invasion Of the
public TightF, are NJ absurd IS the scheme Is IN
Just and wicked. 1t ID said that We made no pro,
the common sense and integrity Of our repFcaen
1et1ycs would he a present md continuing pzotes
IL haste 10 declare to the world, after cl+ctine
thCrn. ttpt thry wcrc mere children, ard tina
when proportion wns brought Into the lcst>1a
1urc to squandcr the public revenue and rights. I
Mas ntGessaty iGi 70 ~ 49, 80 - * P''s :, -
ths park bfEeing thTm not 70 y? y. n,,,,,
Fellow c'uzcns Inns Gaze 1s tnIone n VILE ,.n;t
10 ask o. Gov osesny an exercise PHI 2! NC ICY. Nc's
po1er. goes for nothing that ne mla Was Il
most Unanimously passed aocai ,,n ssa1Ts
nna " e1nns 3ha,r ts1 M ~. xecn,ion Which r.
shall nof io5Ect3 Nc nave oeen hetsaysa OF ~. ~
g!ectea Inc xe1n sS ,os hast ssr5 IA
p q p.oieGir ~ p' Ttc rnIre of Ihe nannie +
s'aele.: ,.Iss,e ths, fhet ~ ifs gen1.sentafir.a
T,$nu ~ n hn f1nFpfnnf fH0uHHf
~. " ~ 49, ~ .t1.s & ~ -. 4,nrinre that No -,
on o. a our 's na s,d e. font and snda oser
ny " onuna .o na au@ ~ rosn;n1 arar,cinn. ~
nc Enuet ie1e4es VI e'oSF-'s' wv
petauons; vu n n.o,, F., r,,,,1t
IN !9oaon u n,,,ta H. a. ~ r -n9;,i ,;ona ~.
zee ot wv VIE aplo'He1r ~ ~ u.4a . T, -
lowing genthmen coas1Ias , sac4 cqWu ~ Wuttsss LIE,
Mm: Il. h5o"h, Nes'ey MunEgt, w. eatca
SANFORD Johnson ana aattne" Aania'
HON. G. GOODRICH.