, 1874-12-05

to bo operated BY horsepower only, md to DO
run Mt convenient intervals botwoon o'clock
not more than ono honr from IL y. m. to H. .;
TINT fttneral cars alnll bo supplied, tho cha,uo
ror corpso for conveyance not to cxcood 81, md
for tug peraons otsouding the frncra not moro
City Ironsury per cont Of its not earnings.
CONJUNCTION MD DRIVEN.
AID Stone moved n,l amendment requiring
two.horac caru, with conductor and n drivor.
AID Cullorson, In order to mako thEn more
binding, moved substitute. which waa really
not 90 effective as tho amenlulont In tho matter
OF IT. recurring tho conductor and driver to bo Aep-
:, AID Campbell moved TO 1ay tl,o substitute on
tho table,. Lost.
Aid. Cnllerton lllen Withdrew the auletitutc,
whcrcuron aid. Stono's amendment wiz adopted
by, 4 vote Of 80 to 0.--Ald. TltzEorala. Sidwcl,
K;eloo, Moore aad Campbell voting i'll tho mega
THE LIMIT OF THE FRANCHISE.
Aid. Btos'o moved an amendment limiting tho
opcration Of tho ordinance to fifteen years, itt-
slcaa of fifty yoarB AB In tho Original ordinance
AID. Cullorton moved to make tho limitation
twonty.0yo years.
AID. Campbotl ironically moved to make tho
ordinance coror period Of 200 years. Lost
Tho vote on tho motion to make tho franchise
twenty-five years was aB follows:
Ifaa-To!ey, ooey Pickering, Qu!lerson, IEslireth.
olFle,' + = pa,sy "eotlman keoe Heath tush
Es1%Ta R5a Maar, so 1'nsaee Cameron
Navs-llichardson, warren, Titzacrald, sdwcl,,
ss ss sa sss se Gsvsss sssSya yassas1 G. 4 Ry 5ss 9i IT,
pre5t!ont-10.
Aid. llichnrdaon moved to walvo tho ongroHs-
mont Of tho ordinance.
piscuss.os IN oEsEnAL
Aid. Sldwoll opposed tho motion, though tc
admitted That tl,oro WAS great dcsiro for
| lOrHe-railroad OIL Wabash avenue. Tho avenue
north Of TWenty-sccond street was 100 fcnt wito,
but Houth Of tl'Ns street tho nvenno waB hut GG
Faaf ,ojtr izH
| class residences, whore owncrs to man wore
! opposed to having o rnlroa5-track south Of
| Iwonty-aecond street.
~ Ala Moore asked II tho people north Of
| q franchise to compn1,y which Ind no oxiHtcnco
in fact, and which was not d chartered corpora
| lion.
Aid sidwcll said that neither tho people nor
himself favored tho granting tho franchise to
| auch a company.
IN 1xnonsrMExr,
| Tho Clerk read 4 letter from ". A.. Ewing,
| Charles Fargo Potter Palmer, Matthew Laniii,
tho road would bc constructed In good galsl. If
| tho franchise were granted to tlo Wabash Ay-
| enue Street Railway Company.
Tho Clerk noxt read nHmber OF renlonptrauccs
against permitting track south Of Twenty
AID. Fitzgerald eall Tint tho proposition Of
| Wabrah Avenue Street Railway Company Ind
been brought before The Council in q ''prounis-
eusn mann9r; nobody could t9!l hoy Il was H.
llolso-ra1lway OF Wabash avenue. Ho beloved
that tho City Railway Company var tho only ono
which hnd right to lay track on Wabash aye-
n,1o anyhow; and lo understood tho eccrot Of
THO determination to give tlo franchise to tho
other company was tho fact TINT old man Cobb
| SoU1DEfv CONE DOWN WITH ANY MONEY
for tho boys. It wan asserted that tho Wabnuh
Avenue Street Railway Company was going to
for elo00oO and that t!25 900 had been spent III
tlla Council. I1o knew Of two men. McBsrs.
Alexander and Fisk, who Etood roady to Eiyo
100000 to tho city for tho franchise, mud he
Thought Oh this aceount that action MI tho
ordinanco ought to bo postponed two weeks.
AID Culorton admitted tho responsibility for
tho presentation or the ordinance. It wau giScn
to hin BY Que OF the atockhodcra to hand to the
South sile Alderman. but, as THO !ntttr wns not
presented 1t.
AID. Fitzgerald inquired tne name Of tlsat
ALDERMAN from the Houth Hllo.
Aid Cujlerton refused to giye tho namo. lIo
zAt!on known as tho Wabash Avcnuo Street
ha,iway Company, h1!d Potter Palmer. Charles
Fargo, and ". A. Ewing we're among tho incos-
poratorg. 1le hetcd this cry Of "Rtcal" no often
| raised without shadow Of cause. THO fact was
that there wcro OH tho floor Of tho Council at
this moment htockholdctB in m opposition COM
pany, who wero
PERSONALLY LOBBYING
into tho City Treasury, This an,ount woula bo
VAS found to bo OF no ercat couaeuucuce when It
remoubored TINT tho ordinance under couuidora-
,ion rooujrod tho payment Of / nor cont of the
earnings into tho civ Treasury,
| AID Etoua onposed tho ordinance on tho
| ground tint tto peop!o south Of Twonty-secoui
strcnt woro bitterly oupoeci to It, Thoy dttln't
uood it, md 1t wo,ild 10 q groas outrage to pass
the ordinauoo Tonight
Aid Cooy also spoke in opposition to tho ord-
nance, believing that tic railroad was not mood
cd on Wabash avenue. IIo wished 1t understood
that I,o was not iu iayor of tic CITY Railway
Coul,auy az ngainst any other Company. liz
would favor tlo accoptance OF tho best propos-
ton. though ho wanted to STRIFE out tho clause
for track south OF Twonty-socond street.
Aid Campbell charged that lie orfIinauco lad
bcon
rnEsEyrrp srEALrn1Ly,
no ono know oxuctly how. He inserted TINT tho
ao.cellad Wabush Ayenuo Street RAILWAY Comma
~ Ind mill within tl1a nost twt, or tlirea dnys
M incornoratjon ami lie iot1btcd wi,othor It Isafi
any yot. Tho ordiuanco hud been brouei,t in At
tho oIeyonth Lonr with tl,o dosfcn Of rnellinc Il
thromeh withmt cacnsgio,1 or oxnnlnatjon. liz
bo]loyel tlo object was to scll ont tho i1umclIae
tn anna nthor cnmpany and TINT Tho scheme ,yaa
u,a1,rI ,hrnnol, thn ConnciI for tl1o nurnnscs a.
tn LrSa1 H.. Touno;, .ronij 1T 1onI II