, 1875-11-13
RAILROAD NEWS.
Effect or Tho Potter l.ilW on IVls-
cnnssn KUAtls.
Report Of the Committee Of the Cheap
Transportation Association.
After The Fast Freight I.incs---Thc Bal.
tfWore & Ohio Depot.
The POTTER LAW.
ARocAISr EHSoRE TIN UNITED SLATER srPHEME

srhsas tp'ffspondfhef Or 3hs C"ftao' 3r'ennet
NsL~ArEEE, "ls,. NOV. l.-l.ast week tho
"'scohelh ss''foaa 'ogts'as'oa Of 'sfs, saown 40
tho rotor la"' "aa belo'o ING unssetl etasch
supreme Court. aud It's conatltutionalIty dlA+
cusacd. Eminent counsel appeared In tho caBo
AMI IL xas aru,,c at prsat lengti, and will, nm.
r.,,.I a,';,t... ~ ,a,, ,i,a, r.lr,,to, r,stt,,
r""a' "''''' w. po'.' ''es'' ~, .:.L,
LaNfencet OF llllnols' Il. W. atoneuton and
William II. Eyarts. OF New York; aud John W.
Carey, of Milwaukee, represented tho Ohtca-
20 4 Nor,i,ve,.eru Halfway Companv, and
~ ci,.t. r,..;,. w. s.', H. ~,
"oi''"A'.co :, r' h'1oi. all" WV 1'on' -
u sloan, OF wisconsin. appeared In BE-
half OF tho HtAlc. Tho caao was
originally brought IN lie Circuit Court Of tho
United Rtatr, fTr tbo wcs,.rr n;s,r,ct NJ via.
con., ,ofos. 1..a.., ',.'',',' .'s, n.....
,nni,c",io,, ~. ssn .,vh'"s snu 'Hso, ~ ~
II. Fan], J. II. OBbonsnc. John W. 1loyt. Rail-
way Commission Era and A, Bcott s,onu. Attor-
nov. Gcucra,. from cnforc,uo tto p,,io- law
I'm Co,,rt rot,,sna W ,s.,,a e. t.',.., ao. 'A" ,
"o oo'tS 4o'"'ou ~ 'se!e TUG injunction, anu
the case "as carried 10 tho Supreme Court Of
tho United 6lates. subsequently, similar case
was areucd before The supromo Court n, I'm
Etate or Wiaconsfn. ant, tIa oonat;tvt,a,. ~, -
w. i, IT, ,..s ,,,.in,.,,,sa H.. . Nso"a.'y 4'y VI
~ -" "ao '""1usa.nca ~ very aolo and very
extraordinary opinion by Chiof-Justice Ryan,
and concurFca III BY tho Associate Justices
Cole and Lyon. II ia an action Of
TIL. fJr1g0xr rNpnnrArrr
,ot or,r ~ ~ ,,oa,,Ss =, 1v;a.s'..'"
"os o''Y ~ .ne Peop'e u "'scopSln' "hose rep
n'atsoh 'of honesty amt Integrity is involved In
it.-As well Al their ability to finish their system
OK railroads that las been 80 we'll commonccd,-
but 1t IL also Of tho moas serious consoancpco
to largo number OF nonresident capitalists
who have innocaptlY Invested large sums or
money to aid In the construction OF Wisconsin
railroads.; II tho surreme Court OF the United
the courts beow,-a thing TINT ia not likely to
happen, from my vtcW or tho caHe,-tAcn tho
Northwestern ltailroad Company might as we'll
remove tho iron from its track, sell its right OF
way to the 6rangets to faiao turnlpa upon. and
take its rolling stock to sono other State whore
t can be lsed tn moro profit tf,au In Wisconsin.
Fox then the ability Of the WtsconBin I.pgibta-
ture to cnntiscAto tho property Of tlo atockhnfd-
ers e "a railway property viii DO compcta. The
Potter law III now entorcnd upon tho assumption
that tho Legislature Eaa tho power to fix tho
tariff for freight mid paFseDgers az it Boea fit;
1t haa 20 ti1et! IT, aud tho act is declared to be
constitutional bY tho Supreme Court OF tho
State. 4 moro arbitrary and lin inst law has uey-
er beon l?asacd sinco tho enactment of tho old
Alton and Hedltion laws.
THE sTocxnoLbEns
that bring this nut md ASK for tho protection OF
tres. About F2s, s,oLJ, coo of their money has
6ouo Into tic different lines OF tho Chicago j.
Northwostetn Railroad Company in tic State Of
Wisconsin, where this aSsasssn law is ia opera
sioAs VIII etAAA - AAkpf5GtAHE kA0 Tf4At to DO
abandoned without an effort to save Il. Twenty
eight millions Of dplars could not 10 expanded
in the State Of Wisconsin, or III any other Statc,
IN any other way 50 sd!apsseooualy to Tho 2oo-
pie. to augment the Ealflo Of their prGp1rty, do
Faiop tae resources Of their State, and add to tho
comfort aud convenience Of her citizaMs, ~ In
tic construction aud operation Of railroads. The
employment Of capital in no othcr way no nearly
resembles public bonefactiop. Tho bauhar
docs business IN way that results n pirate
Gain tn uiuEEf. &uN II tt IN NnHuhDihrce f9
Ills netRllb0FB, 1t A merely Incidental, for which
they phr ~ per cent, md oftsn ioao hesviiy in
eapts ia ~ bis
wratth hut aida yarv ftttfs m tI,a m".itt ~ IL
neESboss escopt wha tScy nav aus tor but not na 10
with those who nuitd theRo greRt modern high
waIs called railroads. Their oulorpriss aud
Of land thss thew pass o. that ios IL tia vc,'.v ni
OF tue1r limo, without cost to tho owner, tl,ev
ioeresse tha price of eysry raaskstab's eonuoai a
tncy Destroy ROTATION afiu bring into closo
hel9hheihooa sect!oaa nt country otherwise far
ton and refinement to remote distrlots But
tue bapker il alowol to mako 10 uar cant m tLc
money hs loans, and tho mannfactaror ts not
ttatie.oe % Y -" ~ nuf PelGen.a9o xo On LIS "
- csoa annual.
Their gains,-apd It ia hard to giyo i plaus,b1e
r.iiroaa nronariv th3t ;s - t,sinat ~ skAns'
tst,seau t plopsl.5 .nst y ~ pT1yase % cotton.
A!4l pE 0omhpApof eAtspiishluent, Md IL yot OF
such peculiar nature as to confer great public
bhneftf.
lhays Just said that the Potter law WIS
ARB1rRAnr ANn tINJ,yur
,rd IN ordor To- nroxa onr .s.crt,n,,, !, Ia ,.,o,
s,ry ~ m haer ittfa ~ tha ",,,,a Ee 20 & nsGss
aaty ~ r. 9aox ~ Htt4e ~ tne slnie "aen tao 70"
Was enactea: Iho essn la 10 well stated by atr.
stouBhton ~ hls preliminary argument before
tile United States circuit Court or Wisconsin.
that copy portion OF It below.
Tim tot.l cost Of railway. con.ructod .n,,
~ Ess - eol1IasMctoa anu opelatea
~ .In III g. al ~ as1 naoaa rn la WISCONSIN
10. a.n ~ M u, S de con:esd
hna s owtue ~ g Iosshs ~ tccoaAt oi censtEucl-
u TTs,s tat. narnfnus for ia snd%a va ~ Il ;a7g
ss g. IN nas . ~ eag nec ~ as!s
sams tsod apd IL st dssnng. 1pf .r aae
. "ts w. o,,.s 3Ssr u%e m dnst tho ssoex
NV" ~ entisd 10 on,y sucb ra,arm f ,hs fa.a
m4y ato ~ .I ~ ~ suon 's.usa Iot the nsa
thesaos re nses q nATe nasa - saitn.
W . ss sos .un Moo ieooe Hhhdnt
s seax 70 uyas y ~ @ nRo1
tns % @ & ~ r. ~ s1a ~ "'an ttas
ss-o,a. suY .nuot ~ isss ;sn sif r., s ta.s! het
. ~ :" sc. snat ns't nas suu."lfse! IN.
% asea II hno aI ~ 4, tne fsss per cent instead
1nsrsst Il ID pr sens, upoo the debt now .c,u.,,y
OWING py the Cot.,paay foE moness borrowed 10 con-
srttcf roads In WjseonsIu sn.oufts 10 II 7HT17-nr