, 1869-08-14

Ene1enpo0 Inc company, tn ttaud Of Tho rtghta Of
The United States, Claimed right Of way 10 feet
- Eiatn ecIoss tho then snouergnd portion Of tue
r0nuc ground from Madison to Randolph street
KS clAinea that thta legislative act gave no such
1af, and thnt tho city had neither authority or
panJ. AnTerH, dio baiid il tracr, and, snhsc-
quenuJ, m ordinance Wal paaSed b. tho city, pre-
terasnG to give 10 the rnilroad cnrporanon the
right 10 eotkf upon and use, In pefpatuHy, ihs
tstd subnnefxct lind. II Is claimed shat to.A WIS
dope II deEogAtion Of The rlgh1A OF Inc United
ss.ses ss owLsr 9! ~ tee tas az oe:ns msre
ing 70 the pretended alienation II Ia Also tIMmcd
that the t1ilzosd company has not proceeded
s .oqpe taa ~. Te9qiFea 90 Of z .ns nfh.
with krosledge and In fraud, proceeded 70 tate
poasekkton Of tho premises spoken Of IN the city
1istt. ieense 1 o. pe1missioa n siaSsalaI pieoe ot
lard upon the west slne Of their Pretended r1fht
o. lns ne noa In IT, IT hsna19s as
sou street. about 20o feet wide upon the porth end
ahd TnunipE 70 point aboot ~ feet soush Of
Randolph street, nlllng tt'~ith esta aud building
upon II tfseks and ouiid!pgs TO the Rre+s Injury Of
tie Unitetl States as trustee foE the general pub
l,c- In this Illegal Possession and use the Chicago
Burlington i Quincy Railroad Company }on&
Itb charged, on tnIor1tatiun, that, for number
Of ,ca1A these companies have been endeavoflnG
10 obtain Possession Of Al Tho remainder OF the
i,ursusuce Of tta desgn procured TO bc passed. Al
the Inst SESSION OF the Legislature. al act (which
esn Paoe tonnd bss
po.aions, as erantee.. well knew inst there vas
title II, and WEE. solely ID the Unl.cd Slater as
trustee. Wherefore, TITS claiued tha. tbs State
nsd no right TO grant the pFopet,, nor to require
the city TO execute liz deed OF the sane. The
act Is clained to te Fold
II IL also charged that the cit4 well knows that
Il has no tile, but II merely custodian, int ycs,
1t hBs tet up claim OF ownership, and now
threatens aud intends to execute a DEED under
the aGt to receive the sutn OF $500 0oo prescribed
u be paid b. the act, and 10 field possession OF
tie uropert, 10 ihe corporations, esidenctnR
which, IS stated, that already 1000 hare been
Iy the cltF, all OF which Is In fraud OF tue
fee owntf-tuc United States. And because ths
v+r,ly teIe. that The city will cto1d the legal
Lite by the execution Of tts decd Atd by delivering
Ic1ued 70 bc nerpetuated ~ the dedication, to the
THUR, Of property owners anu the rublic, aud tu
the lr1epalsb!t tausg- Of al pa1,ies concerned
ms also eoapa'ueo maj .hs acs Of TIE Le{'ss.
rpad CuuItanI the tEd OF Lake Michigan tor dis
tAuce of One mlle east of the cIst!nR hreakwater
AID from, the south per Of Chicago River south to
atout three miles. With authority to erect
cludI,R ths ratlb,esd for vessels WINCH II, BY
gn'it3t statrs wherefore The Law u also claimed
to be Unconstitutional and void. II being further
cnarKt that The direction Of the current Is such
that he Projected action would interfere WITH
nasiR nLuu anu dAmnlfy the United 6txtea to the
extent 0i the costly 1mPro1 eDeDts It has made In
and about the hHrbor, and to the necessity Of
greater out!a3e lof the protection Of the r1Eel
MDEth. - .-. ...
The Injunction IL asIcd asa,nst ssc partte.
uAned aiose Us defendants, ma against all the
property owners fronting on rhe public ground
Known and unknown. 1t BcelA To prevent auy oc-
curation Or ssnEsier Of the property. or any use
ot IT. save according to the asdlcAtloa, and nctsn
that the Legislative Ike declared rold AnI tha
III is property be dGc!a1c6 "puo1c-"