, 1874-12-24

stronger.
EXPRESSIONS or INDIGNATION.
WHAT THE PEOPLE BAY?
A reporter Of The TRIBUNE had talls with N1r.
Cyrus II. AfcCormick on tho subject Of tile Of
dnance yostorday afternoon. Tho reporter
aaked:
"What do you think Of tho ordinance paascd
by tho Council In reference to tho Wabash
AYonuc stroot~Railway
Mr. 1IcCormick-I think that the railroad itself
will benefit tho street, but am not natistiod with
tho manner in which tho Council dealt with the
matter.
noporter-on what do you ground your dis
satisfaction?
1tc. McCormick-I 1eatty cannot understand
why tho Aldermen should pass ovor tho proposi'
tion Of tho Companion that offorod to keep tho
street in repair and pay percentage of tl'Gtr
earnings to tho City Treasury and tho Public
Library Fund. Those toms wero certainly
moro advantageous than the proposition Of tho
old company, OF which hlr. Cobb IL President.
think that the public should demand an ex-
p!anntion Of tho trauasaction. Tho ordnance
was rushed through with very indecont hasto
last Monday evening. I hardly think that any
respectable citizen, whether IN favor OF having
tho track laid or otherwise can indorao the &C.
lion Of the Common Council. This howoyor,
| ia not my only reaaon for condomuiug tho pas
Hago OF tho ordinance.
| Reportcr--please state your other objections.
| hEr. McCormick--I think they ought to have
| laid tho track from Lake to 7" enty-eecpnd
| street, instead OF commencing at MadsRon street.
If tne railway is Of my benefit to the thorough
| fare, which think it will be, it ought to DO laid
| tho whoo way, aud should be eventually run on
tho North Sde over state or RuAh street bridge.
Tho North Side people have ooly one great lino
| Of f-ar Htnr1t -nH1 min.
lou, continuation Of the Wabash avenue line to
| that Bectiou would provo public benefit At all
events. the affair looks mixed, mud would. l
think, be all tho better for searching investi-
gntioll. 1t tho Aidcrlncu are iupocent they
ought to court scrutiny. and, II guilty, they
should ho punished according to law.
| XII, W. O., KEnroor 5000.
waH also interr0gnted relative to tho Texed queG-
tiou Hp repIiod IN follows.
Wabash avenue has been rapdy aegonerating.
It il ucithcr = good buBiness street, nor yet
lirst-elasB residence ocnlty ehls sldc OF Twouty-
sccoud street. It il foolish to suppose that the
laping of 4 track On an hyon,ae tujuEns tho Va!ne
| Of property. oven IN ~ residenco aensc. 1t haA
not That effect in PHILADELPHIA, Cincinnati, or
Louisville. Tic poop'e Of tho latter pInco
fought tie nov rairoaa on s% broadway tor ,Eae 2
along without it. Take it here ia Chicago: !:
thu street rais1o oatls hnyn mado Madison, StAto,
aud Clark strcots what thoy are in business.
Washington street has no =, railroad system.
| NG4tltl lIha !4AhG 4lAe Va s4S8e Ae"o nSt@09
wlloro tho railway turns iuto it from ltan-
| doiph Btreet, tho reHldouco property has in
oreascd in value. The shetnau House people
fought tho rairoal OIL Clark Btroet Tor long
period. Nov they discover that. so far from tt,-
1u,ng business, it haa only made things lively.
i att. in favor Of H!reet-raljroada wherever they
cnn ha had. That vas why sigood the
, | petition.
: tho Common Council last Monday night?
. Mr.. KcrfoDt-itwns, to say tho least OF It, very
abrupt, especially when thu proposition OF ting
Company That would DO absolutely nethng nn'
, accepted. thiuk tho thing H}lould not havf
, should have boeu moro dcliboration.
NN. LAZARUS B1LvEniAH
Had that no signnd the petition for the railroad
but did not approve Of tho way In which the
Council gayo tho unlimited And unconditionu
prao.ico to tho Chicago City Railway Company. Il
WIS allro to create public dissatisfaction. no was
, | Twenty-seco1,1 sreoat, at lcast GroAt many d
n them, favored the laying Of tho track. but tht
= conditions upon which it waa to be laid matt
, | quito aitferonce.
\ Mn, CHARLES FoLLANsNEE
. unquafedly condemned tue layiliE Of tho track
. because he eoiBderod tho invueinn OF tho nvc
nno would not tot1'i,ate WITH the aaysneo L
d Twenty-socond Etleot. With the present coan
! tbs yontnroua. lle regarded the paaaaEe Of tht
= thought that tho m menlDera Of tho Council VIII
~ voted for tho moaBure ought to bu atricsly in
yostigatad aud, if found Gnlpab!e,, should b.
mndo 10 suffer tho penalty Of tller crime.
a col. PIERCE,
i OF the tirm Of Reos, Pierce & c., took the aan
" gatoral yiow Of tic alYair. llle action Of rh'
!. Common Council WA nndoniably iudecoroa
t and byeA gsnye suspicion ~ tho pablo nlnd, H'
!. had no doubt that tho affair would creato conslt'
i Tho Chicago civ Hallway had mntlo easy tor1nu
d On what grounds tic minority Of tho Alderme'
j. could best explain. IT waa worry strange TINT th
!, Companies which oftored a revenue to the cit
pogod to do nothing but lay its track md a!io'
tho city to look aftaE repaIrs nnd improvements