The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-03-17

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THE NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THE BUILDING PROPOSED TO BE ERECTED
| TWo-THIRDS OF THE STOCK ALREADY SIP
sCRIBED, AND NO DIFFICULTY APPREHr>yDED
/ IN OBTAINING THE REMAINDER
1t is among the disabilities that Indian
apolis will have chamber of commerce at
no distant day. Not simply commodious
room where the board of trade meets daily.
out palatial building worthy the name il
bears. strong effort is being put forth to
locate the proposed building at the southeast
corner of Maryl land and Tennessee streets.
using the square bounded by these streets.
the cathedral and the Sisters of Providence
seminary. 1t is proposed to erect
building covering the entire lOt de-
s s6n oentb . excepting few feet upon
will be three stories in height, the lower
floor TO contain twenty Offices ten upon each
side of a fourteen foot hall. Enough of these
TO accommodate the officers of the board to
be reserved for that use, and the remainder
1
proper will be upon the second floor under
a ceiling thirty feet high. In architectural
design and finish the Chicago chamber is
to be used as pattern, improved upon where
possible. The capacity of the room proposed
| Tor the use OF the indianapolis board will be
eight times that of the present headquarters
SO much space may seem unnecessary, and
OF course for the present would be more than
! is absolutely needed. But it should be borne
in mind that this is growing city what is
| AMIR lxyc ffioia for i
limited next year, and still more so adj in
hnitum. The room now used, at the date of
its first occupancy was very roomy indeed
and now it is altogether too small. The new
building, if the proposed plans are adopted,
will cost about $50, 900, and will be an orna-
ment to the city.
FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ALREADY SUB
sCRIBED.
Mr.. Wilson, late of Chicago, who OWES the
site selected, will take 900 for it. This,
with the 10000, cost of proposed building.
will make the capital invested SIS, 900, of
which about $4,000 has been already sub
scribed. Mr.. w. will take stock in the en-
terprise to the amount of the purchase price
of the site, and 900 more. Property own
ers in the vicinity of the locality indi-
Gated have added $4,000 TO this
list and the work is still going on. But
few members Of the board of trade have yet
been approached, it being deemed advisable
to ascertain what amount be raised
among those directly benefited. 1t is un-
derstoOd that several members Of the board
will take stock, and that there will be no
trouble in raising the required amount. It
is also understood that two of the committee
appointed TO investigate the plan are in favor
of the proposed new building. If the board
elects to sanction the proceedings joint stock
company, with capital Of $1,000 will be
at once organized. and the work of construc-
ton begun with the opening of the building
season. This company will Own the proper
ty, and let il to the board of trade under
perpetual lease. There are live men at the
bottom of the movement, and the enterprise
will be pushed through il possible.
THE STATE VERSUS THE RAILROAD.
THE TERRE HAUTE RAILROAD sCIT--THE
POINTS IN THE RECENT TRIAL CoNCIsELY
GIvEN-THE CASE AGAIN CONTINUED.
The encouragement concisely and sub
stantially sets forth the points in the recent
trial at Spencer of the case of the state on the
relation of the attorney-general against the
Terre Haute and indianapolis railroad, before
Judge Hester. An amended complaint was
filed at the last term of court; also demur-
rer to each separate cause of forfeiture. The
demurrer TO the first, second, third and
sixth causes was sustained. The state then
amended the first and second causes. The
demurrer was re-filed and overruled, the
court holding that the complaint as amended
was sufficient. The sixth cause of for
fixture assigned charged the company with
bribing members of the legislature and leg
islative committees. The court held that that
was not good cause of forfeiture, that the
company was not liable for the acts OF MEM
bers of the corporation in bribing members
of the legislature or legislative committees,
that the parties who paid money to bride
such members could be punished as crimi-
nails, and ought to be severely punished, but
that the corporation could not be
PUNISHED FOR SUCH ACTS,
The company then filed their answer
in tour paragraphs, In the first is
a general denial. In the second
they pleaded as defense that
they had since the commencement of
this suit, organized under the general law OF
the state passed in 1852, and that therefore
the suit ought to be abated. The third para
graph was stricken out because the court
held that it amounted TO general denial
which had been before pleaded IN the hrst
paragraph. The fourth paragraph denied
that the increase of stock &C., charged in the
complaint was taken for the purpose OF
of the statute. The state filed motion to
strike out the third paragraph, which
was sustained and demurred to the
second and fourth paragraphs. The
court sustained the demurrer as TO the
second and overrulled it as TO the fourth.
The state then filed reply to the fourth
paragraph which put the case at issue. The
Sate then applied for continuance, and
for leave to examine.the compsny's books,
and tctake copies of them. The motion to
continue was sustained and an order en-
tered, glvily the attorney general and Mr..
w. II. Harr1se-a permission to examine the
DOCKS OF the comfsny and have sworn copies
dax Of Nav before JS net Tor trlsl on the 10th