Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-07-17

loss is estimated at a million and a
half Of dollars.
From the Madison Journal July IA.
The State Railroad Injuneti on
Case.
In the Supreme Court this morning
Assistan Mt Attorney General, L. G. SLOAN
stated that he had served notice on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Companies, that he should apply to
the Supreme Court for an injunction re-
straining them them from violating the
law regulating railroads and he appear.
ed before the Court in pursuance of
that notice, but was informed that the
attorneys of the railroads desired some
delay.
Mr.. S. u. PINNEY appeared ON be-
half of the st. Paul Company and said
that there had as yet been no time to
prepare an argument against the At
torncy Generals application. He had
been informed by Hon. j. w.
Cary, the General Solicitor of the
st. Paul company, that considerable
time would be needed to prepare a
defense against the application and
proofs to sustain the ayerments which
would be made in argument. The
cause was very important one, and
It was important that it shonld be fully
presented, In view of the great ques
tions at issue, he thought it would re-
quire about four weeks for those he
represented to get ready for the
trial.
Mr.. Sloan thought that was an I'M
reasonable delay, in view of the facts
that the law which the companies had
been violating had been public stat
ute for two months and half; that the
Solicitor of tie Company, in whose be-
half Mr.. Pinney spoke, had presented
an elaborate printed argument in the
case of the injunction lately applied
for in the Federal court and in which
nearly all the questions involved were
discussed at length. This was no new
question just sprung, as to whether
these corporations should obey the law
of the state, and he thought a week or
ten days would be time enough to pre-
pare to meet the issue.
Mr.. Pinney said the company desir-
ed time to prepare proofs affecting the
question whether the company could
run their roads under the law in
question without ruinous loss, for argu-
ment on other questions than those
raised in the Federal Court, and the
matter proposed to be submitted could
not even be printed in 4 or 5 days.
He did not SEE that any one would be
particularly injured by the delay nor
ANY need CT pushing the railroads to
the wall. He hoped reasonable time
would be granted. Indeed, he had
hoped in view of the suggestions of the
q. S.. Court and an appeal to the U. s..
Supreme Court in case involving the
validity Of this law, no such step as
this would have been deemed necessa-
ry.
Hon. Geo. B.. Smith appeared in be-
half of Hon B. G. Cook, Solicitor OF
the Chicago and Northwestern railroad,
who was sick and unable to be here,
and had not been able to do anything
in regard to the case, which involved
such important issues the argument on
which cannot be stated so briefly and
tartly as the Acknowledgement sugges-
ted. It was question whether the
railroad could obey the law and live.
He did not think the people of the
State desired to force the railroads to
cease running at all. A weeks time
would be equivalent to no time ct all
for preparation and two or three would
be the least that would be of service.
The public interest does not require
such lightning speed, and he thought
\ four weeks not an unreasonable time,
in view of other engagements Of coun-
sci and other matters claiming atten-
ton:
In answer to the question of Chief
Justice Ryan, Mr.. Pinney said he un-
derstood the cases Of the two 70 ads
would be argued together, and protes-
ted that he did not seek delay for de-
lays sake.
The argument between the counsel
continued for some time in support of
the point stated above. Mr.. Sloan
thought the suggestion of undue zeal
in this action rather ungracious, in
view of the fact that, after patiently
waiting for compliance with law of
the state, it was now only sought to re-
quire them to comfy with what, after
elaborate argument, rhad. been decided
valid by, a tribunal of their own choos
ing. Judge Davis suggestion to sus-
pend prosecutions he supposed to
refer to the prosecution of railroad
agents for penalties. He also remark
ed that the interests of the people who
| desired to secure reasonable rates OF
transportation, suffered by delay and
were to be taken into consideration
as we'll as those Of the railroad comap.
MES, and claimed this injunction was
asked to prevent the peoples suffering
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