The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-08-30

and advocate the plans of Superior,
IN her steady and strengthening en-
deavor, to secure a just recognition
OF her important site before the
commercial world, and to ally her
intimately with the prosperity and
spirit Of the rising Northwest.
PROCEEDINGS TO CONDEMN DE
POT GROUNDS BY THE SUPERB
OR G ST CROL1 r. r. 60.
The application Of the Superior &
St. Croix Railroad Company, under
their charter for the appointment of
three Commissioners to appraise the
land selected for depot grounds,
near Nemadji river, was heard on
25th inst at Chambers before Hon.
5. IL. C|ough, Judge of the lIth
judicial Circuit, who allowed the
motion and appointed James Syer,
John W. Bradshaw and John T..
Smith to that office.
Opposing the proceeding, appear
ell Jesse y. Bright, w. W. Corcor-
an, Elisha Riggs and some score of
other respondents, owners or claim
ants Of lots within the depot limits
a great many things were objected
to this application of the Company,
but were over-ruled by the Judge,
and exceptions taken by the con-
lestants for the purpose, it is under
stood, Of appeal to the Supreme
Court.
Most OF the objections presented
by the above named respondents,
arose from a complete misapprehen-
sion Of the plain provisions Of the
law under which this Corporation is
acting, and were Of >uch merely
technical character, and 50 clearly
immaterial and ufounded as not to
need a moments consideration. So
likewise the c0mical maneuyer to
transfer the simple duty OF naming
Commissioners, from the Sta e
Judge to the Circuit Court Of the
United States. A remarkable allie
CATION in the petition for transfer is
that which sets out the ll5 lots of
Jesse ID. Bright To be worth S30.-
OO0-nine-tenths of said lots being
swamp or water, which have never
emerged from the Neptunian period
and condition, and are to-day peo-
pied by Batrachians lineaIiy de-
scended from that remote age
The objection urged by counsel
that such Stands and lots are not
''needed for the uses and purposes
'set forth in said application, to-
wit for depot grounds, in one sense,
doubtless, sustains itself, when we
consider the r.,,ture OF The ground.
But this is question for the Com
pany to settle, and if it chooses to
expend thousands and thousands of
dollars to create land and erect on
it depots, fieight houses and shops,
it is strange that those should object
who hold myriads of surrounding
lots, to be immensely benefited by
the expenditure, as do the BrightS,
Corcorans and Riggs.
As for the point that the Superior
and St. Croix Railroad Company is
taking more space than it needs, the
answer is, that it is a corporation
which however soulleSs, according
to the formula, yet intends to be inn
mortal, and to do business at the
head Of Lake Superior long after
the present lot owner and his lots
have become one and indistinguish-
able, as dust alike At present
real estate is plenty and cheap, and
questions of cost, therefore, press
the acquiring now of such ground
as the Company will need hereafter.
The experience of the Directors,
among whom are Gen. Cass, Gen
Meade, Mr.. Billings, Mr.. Garfield and
other veterans in the service, has
shown the economy as well as ne
cessity of early reaching out and
securing room tor depots and the
like, especially when the require
ments of the future promise to be of
so great magnitude. The point also
raised that the Company is impecu-
nious and cannot pay the appraised
value of the land, would have been
more ftly taken, upon the coming
in of the final award, and the failure
of this Corporation then to respond
in proper damages.
A great deal of the depot ground