, 1872-12-26

q Case at Law---The City Treasurership
--.Municipal Consolidation.
NIauUfac1l1rcs---A Fair---The St.
Paul Railroad.
Correspondence cf The Chicago Tribune.
re- 11,~9 1RE.


CASE At LAW.
At the last term OF the District Court 1old IN
this city, the injunction case OF The lily OF
Clinton ys. the Clinton d Lyons Hor6etfafl#ay
came up. A little moro than three oars ago,
this city granted to the Horse -Rallwa Company
charter to lay track on Second s1eet, to oe
operated, ETC., By the Railway Company. Tho
charter contained q provision TIT the track
should be extended to Tilirteentbavenue Now,
the main track, and q number ofs"1tches OF the
Northwestern Tlaiiroad, cross second street at
Ninth avenue. The Street Iall"ay track was
1aid to the railroad track and the Com
pany has stesdfastly reused to extend it
farther. This being so, no city applied for
an Injunction to restrain ne Railway Company
from operating the liuo The case coming up at
the last torn of Court. i was continued: but
Judge Drannan gave it q his opinion that the
Injunction could not be sustained; that, as the
city had given the Conuany certain rights, those
rights could not be repked until the time e1-
pired for which the cl1rter WAS given, even it
ali the provisions wee not carried out to the
letter.
TIE CIT, TREASUREnSH1P.
1t the city electia last spring, 6. E. Bentley
ran on tho 1esular.leHnblican ticket, and John
). FlournoY ran aainst him On d Democratic
ticket, for the cico of City Treasurer. Each
received an equs number Of votes, one Of them
being for J. Be:tley. When the votes were off,
cially canraase. it waa determined to givo Mr.
Bentley certificate Of election. The matter
was contested and Mr.. Flournoy declared elect
ed by the District Court, when be at once re-
signed the Office, requesting the Com
mon Counl to appoint his late oppo-
nent to ho vacancy. This would have
been doneit has been ascertained, but for 3 per-
sonal spit one Councilman held against man
whom u. Bentley had refused to sue for the
city at lie command Of this one Alderman. An-
other pan was appointed, and our citizons are
greatlyincensea thereat.
CONSOLIDATION.
Tha word has become e farniliar one bere. It
Is wei known that Clinton and Lyons are contig-
uous their business centres being less than
two niles apart. One can hardly tell where one
corporation ends or the other commences, the
houses Of each are 80 close together. For many
years, Lyons and this city were at war on almost
every subject. By lack ct enterprise in Lyons,
from village OF 600 inhabitants, eight years
ego, to one Of 5000 now, while our neighboring
city has scsrcely doubled its population in that
timc. This result has brought about more
reasonable feeling, and the consolidation Of the
towne is freely talked OF, though there are many
bitter opposers Of the plan.
Consolidated, these two cities would mako one
ct Il, 600 Inhabitants, the third or fourth in
battling for supremacy over all others. The
location Of tie place could not be better. It is
in the great eastern bend of the Mississippi.
directly west Of Chicago, with which city it is
connected both BY the Chicago, Burlington d
Quincy and the Chicago l. Northwestern Rail-
roads,-with three Completed lines, and two
others in COURSE Of construction, reaching their
iron bands northwest west, and southwest
If consolidation falls it will do so for want Of
popularity in Lyons: In this case, Clinton will
have to gain alone what is expected it a union
is effected
CLINTON IS MASUFAcTUn1Sd TOWN,
and stands without a rival in Iowa in that
respect. 4 wheelbarrow factory is just being
completed, and will commence operations at
once on large scale:
One-half Of Mr.. E. Seymour's chair factory
h=s boon sold fo- $40 ,0O0, including no realty.
The extensive building is now to be purchased
by the new firm. Ar. Seymour has filled one
order from Chicago, since be commenced the
manufacture hero, eight months ago, of S25, ,000
It has been demonstrated that this business
may be extended Indefinitely.
The manufacture Of cotton goods at this place
will commence in 1873. The machinery Tor the
= new enterprise for the mississippi Valley, and
many other places ere waiting to see what de-
will be made here.
MEAcHASIs' AND MECHANICS FAIR.
q tG0A sA5o, LILO AouuG 4AoA t1ssDE1a<luu OF
tlis place, held fair during the holidays, as an
experiment. The enterprise was 80 successful
that the second one is to be held this year. The
exhibition resembles the Fine Art Hall at the
iowa State Fair in many respects, though it is
u great interest Many articles OF antique origin,
aacient COINS old publications, geological spool
mems, and representatives Of all the arts, are
brought together and finely displayed. Mochan- |
cal productions form quite . feature in the ex-
aibition. The third story Of the largest block |
n the city is engaged, and is now being pre-
pared for the exposition. People will be present |
rom all the neiSlboring towns to See the fair
Ind attend the evening entertainments, which
Ire OF fu6t-class character.
TIE ST. PAUL RAILROAD
3 now completed, forming a complete river-line
# road. Trains are soon to run through from
Chicago to St. Paul, connection for the present
With the Northwestern, but ultimately to run
n connection with the Chicago, Burlington g.
quincy Road, il crossing Of tbs river is effect
d: The latter road is now operated from East
linton, and is not very profitable "invest-
nent, - and never will be until nnother bridge is
Sected- Qu1D NuSc.