, 1874-12-24
HOW 1T WAS DONE.

represented the Wabash AYnnuo Strcet-nhfiHny |
Company in tho contest for tho franchise, |
md who ought to know moro than l1a seemed |
willing to tell, WAS intorrogatcd M follows:
Rcportcr-Do you know Of any propositions |
made by tllo Wabash Ayonue Company, Of Which
you wcro tho representative md agent, to tho
memDora OF the Common Cornell rotatiyo to tho
pnssago OF nm ordnance fayoring your Conf
pnny?
alr. El1cry-1 can give no information re>ntfvo
to propositions, but know that several of tho
Aldermen who voted OH Monday night for thu
other ordinance pledged thomsptgea previously
to our interests.
ncporter-11avo you any objection to stating
wllat The naturo Of your understanding was?
Mr. Il1ory-Dcforo went East, ton days pro-
yious to Inst Saturday, It waa understood that
several Of tho Aldermen, among them Cutler
ton, IIIldroth Campbell, Woodn,nn, md nlch-
nrtIao,,, would vote Tor liz. At first Richardson
1ofucd because ho Ind friou1 who was
Interested in tho Garden City Com
pauy, which mover lad oha,co. Wo
overcamc tho difficulty By inducing 1'clartlHona
friend to tako stock in our project, after which
tho Alderman aaid An was with us entirely. l
loft for New York, s,tppnsfng tint everything
wnB satisfactorily settled. When got lao's
found TINT ull our Aldermen had exper1onceh
EQINGftul Glln11EN u QGAlk l. nbhk w tAV lHloS"
| lng Of Tho Council Monday eyening and mot
Ildrotl,, who ead TINT ho did not bolicvo t,oro
was sufficient numhor OF votcs TO carry Us
through that night. but that tho Chicago City
| Hallway Company had no clancG OF sltcccsa. l
! regard tho ilrst vote on our ortllnnncs. which
| STOOD 10 to 10, as moro blind, to mako things
look all square. But When tue other ordinance
ea.no up oil our Aldermen wont over to tho
| enony it, heap, which lacked worry strange.
Roportor--Do you helievo thnt money Was
| used to secu,o tho result?
Slr. Ellery--Thcre is really no other way OF ac.
counting for tho flop over. Campbell, It is vol!
| known, was closotod with Cobb Of tho otbur
company about three hours last Monday. md,
| SUPPOSE, the passage Of tho ordinance was the
result OF their t.ntoa labuis and mutual under
standing. 50 sudden . conversion mnst have
| had ao.nc hidden torco behind it. -
| ar, Eiery declined to Hay anything rctative to
| tho particular negotiations of l,is Company with
tho Aldermen. lilo WIS eonsidorably aston!shed
at tho courae pursued by Richardson Mon
Which might bind tho successful company to pay
tho city Bomcthiag for the franchise. In this
last tho Alderman Of tho TilAt waa zoalously
seconded by tie mystortoua cu'lcrton.
! Mil. POTTER PALMER,
ono of tho incorporatorg Of tho Wabash Ayonne
Company, stntou to Tut TRIBUNE reporter TINT
te wns not aware tint my money had boen used
by or in bahnn Of that comiany to secure TIE
action OF tho Cornell, III giving tho City 1'all"ay
Company tho franchise without u bonus. or any
| conditions whatever, aB an outrage upon tho
community, aud snid tho lurrsing through Of
such measure coutd not ba explained in any
otlIor way than by bribery and corruption. Tho
people on Wabash ayonllo wanted Htreet-rAii-
road, but they did not want 1t upon such tcrms.
NIL. CHARLES FARGO,
another incorporation Of the Wabash Ayonuo
Dai}fpn,i Company, Expressed hiR aYto1.ishn,ent
Ut tho turn things had taken, especially III
grnnting nh ordnance which loft tue Chicago City
Railway Company on unconditional tEanehsS.
Avenue Company used no money and n,ndn no
offers to securo tho passaSe OF their ordinance.
THE Dn1nEnB FUND.
1t is aBsertel that Alr. Cobb Wan continually
men to confer the franchise upon his corporation.
| If this be true, and 1t undoubtlv iH. tho fact
shoWB anxiety. and IL. rs ~ claimed by some. ehe
Council could not uutor tho contract Of 1868,
aIr Cobb ii such franc Of tmind2, The name
of tho alleged go-betwoon iH in aluost every
boay's mouth bnt nothing definite has yet hue,
developed to implicate him. and therefore IT Il
reports, the $30,000 wns paid III two instailtnonta
1T rst il is raid, $4,000 were advanced, 55,00t
Of which tho negottator put into his pocket for
his trouble, tho baiauco being handed 70 one O.
insignificant in viow Of tho acknowledged valu'
of tic franchise, and s1b GOD WAS adled MAXIM
s25 000 tho sum distributed. It is not chargos
that a!l OF avon majority Of thoBo who votos
tQt Q0utntl IGGGltEA AIj u tA4p ANA4
J ey, but only those
VINO ENd1xErRED THE THING
through. tlle others beug leel INTO the aehcmo b
J promises OF support OF pet measures they atr
any time require 1t, to secure something 70
: constituents. Ono A1dormnn asscrted yestcrda,
+ | That the ortinBuce presented on behalf OF lotte
! Palmer Mathew Lafin, and other9, waB use
t altion from Cobb and Tint nearly all tho ol'
. Aldermen got "divyy." He, however, coNl
t say nothing detnito; mud 30 with everybody ca
4 questioned; while morally certain that mono
wan used, they Tero unable 70 put 1helr hs1,a 1,
purchase Of legislation in Chicago " reduced t
y scieslcc, atd tho 1nonoy il received and divide
n 10 such way that it ID next to impossible
n fnsten tho crimo upon the guilty Aldermen.
r WHAT AID. n1citA1tl>soS BATS.
n hld. Richardson stated, YESTERDAY, that Mayo
Colyn md alr. Cobb mot him on the ,!, street o.,
" day la.t summer and asked him : Why Bhoul
there not ba /, raiIrontl on Wabash avenuo, ftoi
,1adison to Twenty-sccoud street. and tho rrl1
If ,lege ha givon to tho old company I" And
their request lo presented the l'atltion. Otllefi
however, thought new, bona~ide compan
pitt in, bnt mono of tho projected corporation
l.. | Ind al,y bottom to it, III liH opilliGn, ne
~ company could afford to lay q track from Mati
- - non 10 Twentyseeond Htroet only, md that II
H. only roljabo one WaH the present corporation.
WHY n THIS TlUs9
y Raportes-Bat did you not advocate TUG Claim
-, of nav company up to the avoning Of tho pa
~ saSo of tho oroiuancc2
IT, alderman froud Of mine, who boayt
no at tho Sherman House, had secured my inll,cn
ly III inyor Of o company in which, ho waa intoreh
de ed but on Monday evening. whom went to t!
~. Council Cmn,bor, found Aid. II. Stone. Of !!
s' Fourth Ward, and tho Two Fifth Ward Aldo
'r- mon, working against tho new company, alla
i'll luz, as their roaaon for 30 doing that, If th
er voted for un ordinance granting permission
ut ttlo new company to lay their traola south
n pventy.second street. their constituents Won
ey tlsiyo thom out Of their wards.
Reporter-on tho strength Of that ssateme
you ..... ....... ..---..-.-.,
H. ciIANGEu III FAVOR or TIE OLD COMPANY!
ny Ataorlna,,--ltxautly.
to llopoltor-Don't you know that the. poop
r. aoutt OF Twenty -aeoolla street wanted tsa
id thoro?
IT, Aldo1nan-lno thrco Aldermen ] have mo
tiouod told mo TINT thero waa uot rosdp
solts. Of rweaty-Aecolld htreet, on Wabash aH
as nue. who had not pettionod against aIlow'
Of thoir stroet to bp used by tho railway company
Of Ioporter-You say tho nov company w@ou @