The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-06

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On ne Other hang y nrEea ~ counsel IoI
,elehsahts, that ~ thns w. reNuiIsu " az
lone ~ Ihe piIy tSnls,. 100 !" ,hst
,s.y .SouId sdopt And SppVoys SAD route
aItet " hsa psen III ~ hnu ge.e Ia ,bsS
npon soa npPt owe, y ss W. s0opApy I ana
. y. ,ssn'Inno IsS \. obsogsS Nv ssres
msnt WIN the guy sothoLiu i a., ..u,o.a
Ihete eah ~ 10 uOupt .nss w WY
SSomPaqy OF Wy Sv az ssn,,,1 ~ o. noSst
WsS Gs which S' /: no, SsStsd "a them By
Congress BY express terms OF bY necessary
IN pIio aNon, eltneL .ne ohe OF sne o. a.
me- ,,ou, Nv NJ siha,,ty thns Siysn
them, tha departure" an unIa"u' shete'"
OF Ro ~ $1,000 ...,,., n, IN. a, a, ,sa, n
~ he seeona seeuon Of tne 10y w, p, ~, ~
iis, Il they sSouid ,ss Ptopei, % nave q.
railroad fNendea turner aovth 9! west thAn
we lnteiseeuon o. n stLees ana Deia N,i,r.
should survey, locate and approve the sS.
tension Toute; 49,,
Msasu ihe sounas! toI we uet ,,it
snt. uhM IN ths an.,s he soeuon, M
main stem OF ,hd toAd ahall be uuryeyed anu
approved by We aAyof, boArd q Aldermen
a ,i boAtu oi Sommop Couneii o. ihe Guy OF
" Annln toli uost hot msan ihAt the tutSey
sutveyoI under thslr instruetionaI but that
the oonaltion 10 tully eomfhed with II those
authofltes nave approved fhe Survey q the
rol's made " thS englnsersoi we bAltlmote
anu Ohio nAliroAd company peoause' they
allege, II TIE survey va. attended ~ Son'
grea 70 nave been mada ~ the euI suihori-
nes, y VA lupernaons 70 rsaune thsI ~.
would, asa matier OF eonrss, approve OF thsir
oWn survey 40 not i2 tegafa u. Ihsy
might have surveyed hall deIsn OF forty
WHEN they could spprovs Of as . proper route
10 alfeipeen' NothlnI y more common thAh
for oOmpanies 10 survey aeyefal routes before
.asy n tnn,s ~ <. ldaons. vh''h tHeJ approve
But the route Tor the extension 10 DO built
upon was not only 70 be Surveyed, but ap.
proved BY the city, and y was only Nheh thsg
respects sppIors that IL could De adoptsd and
built upon iot the purpose. o. extsnsion.
bsaluesi Oohgfets mad iniended ihAl lhe
survey OF the extension route should oe made
ths company sha not me guy s0Ipolh
too, they could have usei PLAZA ahd unan.
olguous Notls, 20 - 70 nave ien the matteI
eleNr pIa9upto ~ 9phouti w sna 'ne ishg uaGe
S SssI ~ SpaSt,s ny 4, ISs wnu,s
awe eeeh sasy loI OShGles 70 hANs aeoiAted
IhH Nne ehtenoh ahouiu % Ioohed On
t1oss ~ ~ ~ ~, s,,s M o0"PAnS anu "P'
Pt3Is.l ~ NY wy suS S,t. ,.,.,..
As thefsIofe 10 AnthoritL -, 70 ny opinlon'
gI ! "a a. Urea tetnh % ~ nees.sMy lmPll'
s,,,S ~ AZ gopahy W ny. ~
,SS ~ antho,jii.. .stf.aaS th.1,
ios.finr ~ he tsiir1sa IN ths s.t.n a ~ son.s
~ 's ~ " ~ ~ tou.e
~ ~ y ~ 80. ~ 1
No '.sT 20 the nsst AZ ~ nn1nn.ny, ~ ~
approval Of such survey was equElly uuwAr-
tbst tbs n,tIIa.t ins.,tag ~ az ~ 80
,oIt, fsou t6s tatsssssiinn a. M .tss.t ~
nsis v.Ee ayonus - sntissiS iIis..I -@N
nut admitting that the original extension
hsTson I.w faIIs so1strnstsd \ 49,. ~ Sas,hf
hat the Oh anGe 10 the teTminns Of the olty cor.
porAtiou, Of the railroad company, With q
ehanEe OF va aspot aha lateral eranehss aad
sSstsI!s ~ tuHG nn .e'S sII on. o. me
sSSsn.ieS IN H. y i,ss,Ios ~ 49,,
that these two sorporstieSs' aStiuK tofsthsr
without express authority from Congress,
could change either terminus Of the tailroAd
~ one ume, - 80 aamiasion thM II nay Dc
nv s6eS sh'nS.I, ~. ,.!, ~ IN n,ssiis ~
their hiEhways, and the rIShtS OF psrsoaS 10
their property, may be trifed with At the win
and pleasure OF these eoTpotatlonl. think
mere San DC ptineiplea OF law oSuet seiued
MISREPRESENTATION nn.f ~ s's,si,sd n,sr,s.iS y,
substantIaiiy at least, 10 ths node Which the
act Of incorporation pIsssTlbes, and that when
once exercised u has become exhausted, and
sn1noa &c agsin OF IN adinereni mole
i.tuFs from which Inc sb ,ttst ~ derived
But It IL eontSaded here on the part Of the
defendants that InASmueh As these streets had
- = = h.-..sA -. - ~ ~ ptSpNi oaNsit " W
. .aS .ans,t; o. We Guy ReIors the location
upon them SIthouSS M StSs.ss az tss,t
Graduation had been estsbilIhed long antsTiof
TO said location and construction, the exist.
tsnes 81 ne rAlltoad thereon, although y nay
~ W. ~, ny proper stalnAuons Of the streets
jeet.matteT Of an iadlsimsnt a. a nnIs,nsS
In my opinIOn, however, Il Is no justineAtlon
for placing an obstruction on a road which
n mas oeen isSially lad out and estAelllhed,
pHrts OF The Dubiic bIsh Ia. shi, 49, ~. W
been properly prspsTed fo} tr.y.i' ana IN N
therefore, the obstruetiop, 10 the past, has not
o6ltrueted, or hindered the travel thereon.
=! no excuse LOT an obstruction on a high
nave moi sbNfssa M. t ne ety aslnG, ,s
lawfully eGtAbIishsd hlahSsy and pTepsriSS
It for public travel, and that inAsm ash a. the
ooossraeiiSn was placed upon the street OF
ths+sfois 4, sIoh Ptepafsuon ioL travel,
the hiShwsv IotsysT ,na fassnsI ossa, ~.
local authorities from discbsrsint tb.ir dnt :
Ia placing II In a state Of preparation Tor
travel; li the doctrine a. eontsBded for b.
n nS III. st,s 9s tros ssa sound snI peIon
substantial Character Or any OF ihs sttsSts
now lawfully established, bull not yet ETsdsd
PVthn,i,ls Ss .hsLeon, ana sst the city
Rst Out Of The wNy' bV t.IIinS tbsm ~ HpTn 20
much as the city had theTetolofe been Too noor
or too negligent Of the Interaats OF the iTay.