, 1876-12-16
ria War of the West Side Street
~ Railway Companies.
,.n.,mcnts in tho Case Yesterday
.Beiorc Judge Rogers.
rha Globe Insurance Company
Allowed to Amend
Its Pleas,
naylng that 1t Is bankrupt Concern,
as Charged by Creditors.
J,s Suits - Judgments Confessions -
Divorces, Bankruptcies, Etc.

Divorces, Baukrupteios Etc,
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.t,, ,f III, ,nn,,omroti,o co.c ,f .he
Ibe ''n' - ,,.'. W. D.,,,,a. cl,,',,s,.. ~ ,r,,.
Metropolitan C!ty la'.Muy 1oAla1'S W.: AHe
Vett Division Hallway Company WIS continued
,tore Judge Rogers yesterday. Judge Law
wv. ~, bchn,f NJ t,e n1n,ntin motlt thp o,,c,,.
,,u,crt. nuss 1Jc Nrst denied That INV frana
hg afee1"'cn.' ~ .. uI.a tuas 49,. n~..
hsd been e1efc1seu !" oDeaan'"s t"c lasaaee ~
IN ordinance. Judge Dlc9ey, tic Corporation
c,snscl 1T the time, Ind given III oplnloi,
soa. 's,,r, tho. tl,. or]uares rvuo tIo frauris,.
bo'ap lnss ~ .4s .se ,v"". nI,ssto, ra,,a, an,
stt'az!'ey ~ t"o ".S. .4,sa s'Pu"' a.u
sact Of tue Legislature rnt'iy'pg toctn wore
sodoublfnl that the Mayor would be In the
11oper c1erelsr Of Ills duty in sianIne thc ordi.
hmce u. 49, - H.. ~. ~
lua leave inc question 10 oo aetefhilneo ny Tic
Court. ... ......
More than that, however, It was utterly I'M.
~, rn,,uc;, Il, ,',rfr,nt,v u,,,, ti Ios, ~
tbe Ivy oou"." ~ .u,.o,n''t5 "''' .ns ~" "
thehcr pofiu ~as hieu OF not oy Tie Com
t.ny. IL Was utterly tnlmatenal whether my
snlinance Of any kind was passed giving priv
Ssres in The etroGt at present. The right 10 cx-
MAC The power of clninrut domain il,il moth
frr to do with n1y ordinances. ii cnlne wholly
irDn tho nature OF the Company to be orEuti-
led, it made no difference whether the TOM
asny askcd for an ordimancu beforespr after ehu
.1e9r,c Of the right OF eminent domain, Per
maeh 1l Il Il was coing to Gust Sef"ra troung The
d. II thu private property to DO dam
wel was too costIY, tile Metro-
f. s1 sR It. o9ngay %S .yen + fon t % npt were "ss eop.
Iemurl, tho plnintlH had the option then to
.,ke and pay for It or not, ae ii chose. II It
aN pot tuke It, the Wcst Division Conlpuny
would lose nothing, at.d could lnsIst OH no pay-
susnt On tlc othar l1al.d. il the Metropolitan
Company paid for the property l.,,naged, It
could not USE It until nj ordinance was obtained
fnsn tic city. The present proceeding, there
ivfe. could lie prosecuted whether tho ordinance
sas vs. valid or not It was simply u determination
Ssmnc1 withnnt ai,v 1,rrt.sshv n ,nvinr fnr
n 60 as to sec whether jfWouid be prot,a6lc to
!nke It.
III, Tulcy then said he proposcd to show Q
psc preparations to lay tracks, md hnsl madc
toutFacta III refercucp tt; tic prot,Usrd road.
4 long discussion ti,en followed as to the
tt,uucr III which the cnsu SHOULD be tried, hut
Ia definite conclusion WIS rcarhct The put-
tns 10 On answer going to the substance Of the
.etion, but utltnitting no demurrer, mixed ail
QUESTIONS together to such degree tl,at neither
Judge nor COUNSEL appeurrd to know wlere to
legt,. Finally, however, 1t WAS thought best TO
pstpune tile legnl arguments until aitersyard.
Mr Tulcy then offered tic charter Of tho
Metropolitan CITY Railway Company, given
April II, lB75, The tneOrpUratprS were William
Young, William +, IiIsdrcth, and William MD
honey, tie capital stock brln,r $5J0, 600,
Wr, b. l., liough, tic President 81 tiIc Metro
poI|tan CITY Railway Company, wus then nut ou
the staud 10 show That thp Cotupaur 1had done
toue business under It's charter. IIu testified
IA ecueral terms that II had,
ill., Pratt uffercI II, evidence IN ortliuanrc ot
The rity passed Aug. ID, 1868. giving Certain i,cr
ions mower to lava ratiwv TACK mi State strect.
cottage (;ruye avenue, Archer avenue, and
Wrst Sfailisdl street. Also tha net nj III, 1cp-
katufe Of Eel Il. ls59, r,,tItirl HAm acs 10
pfotnute shr cunstrurtiun oI horserniiways III
liz civ uf Clcat.o, il incorporating tic Chicuro
cir Railway Co1nna,,y; RIso tIle uriliuuuce 81
the sity Of SIay. 1S, is59. giving tho Chicago
Cty Railway C5npany pUwcr to Inv n sinmlc or
iovbic track u, Lake. Raodulut: West Iakr.
West Randolph, Dcspla,nes, Catut, HARRISON,
NTkct. Soltta Wells, Folk CIark, state, Van
Bvrcp. twelfth md D1tl. strrets aid SIilwauksu
arrnun: also M nrt1fnnnrs NJ fri. IL IsdIl ~.
tsnIinr tic time 10 cU,,str,,et tle trncks on cIr
lin strrrts: niso nj, nrdlmance sIInwinr
lie arcrntu,,cc of The ala,ya or5;nnncn?:
,Iso at, urtlinance Of Mnrrh d. iYG0 renal, jnr
orajn secsin",s of nm tr1iina,,,c ~ Mnv' 1s:;,I:
tso an nri .f thr Ieafsjat,,rs of Fci,' 81. I'M,
iurornuratiu., The Wcat Dirision jsaifwnv inn.
t,,y: nisn In nr,1inmwn nf Nav. II. }stti In
Ebcl thu Vast l1lvisIon ton,nnmv sIrrrnsItrrti
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