, 1879-07-18

railway In Chicago provided thcro Is my pros.
pect TINT aucl thing would pay here; and
that, for the purpose Of getting light OF, shc
last-natucl rplnt, they l,ave deto2uscd tho two
Chicago gentlemen 10 study up, tho situation,
discover II nh elevated railway Is nccslcd here,
md whether It would pay Il built, nnd, In short,
to thoroughly CANVASS the whoso subject, tako
the necessary iuitlatory STEPS and report
prOcscAs. From nj! that txan DO learned, the
ilue look upon The allcRsd Chicago eorpuratIona
ns purely speculative, n.d as designed to e1sort
money from the eale Of stock, or By trading In
the franchises which tley yatnly hope to secure.
na|r u y sve9 ; ~. taat a4. 'S Int MY at Is
bona fdc, straight .np-,t'l-up ntlnir. md
that It will only hc pushed In c,se y turns out
that there 10 need hero for m elcYatcu ralI"hy
and that the protest wtli pay. The. Chicago
IN n tlag Or 90 to ]ar the matter heforo konae Of
Ch!cago's prominent merchants aud eapstaltsts.
ntd, in case they should endorse i. wrtts Eaas
TO their principals aeeord!nsy. IN ,hss event; t;
60 into It heart. saul. md p.,ckct.book. Other
wise, NJ It Is given out, they Will not touch It.
Among the preliminary stcpa taken was the
drawtng up YESTERDAY morning, before sie Aver
ago reoorscr was ont Of bed. ot tho necessary
papers for tho incorporation Of tlc Cumnany.
should such Incorporation nppesr to lie
feasible. TIL. gentlemen appeared before
Commissioner noyne pledged HIN to secrecy
III 10 the matter Of their names anil the nsnics
uf ihcir princlpals, aud the Commissioner 'pro-
ccrlrd to make ous the proper forms In h}nnk.
The Company Will he known. It IS Understood.
rs the UntUn Elevated Railroad Company q1
Chicago, aud HE nt.nnal capital IS 70 be Pit At
proposed. II tho schema proves practicable
one, 10 start the line from point near tic new
Cuust- uousc,-psobab tie laSalEc street tuii.
nrl,-aiu to proceed oil such strceis as a.e most
sr{o t,trt, f,rrR will hn
amoltut VI opposition from psoperty-holdtrs, 10
Evanston on the North. Hyde Park on The south.
nml the Dcsplaiues River on tic west. This ts
about all tlatia known of tue project at present.
Whether tile mcn llchin1 It arc prepared 10
silence The objections Of propeEty-lioldcrs along
tie proposed route, either by convincing argyll
ntsts to the utility assd value OF eetl road,
or W gosM round sums Of money III the shape
OF indcinnEtlcs, remains to be sccu.
MILWAUKEE AvKSuE KICKED LAST NIGHT
against the proposed elevated railway {alIcgcd
! ulid on paper) to run through. tte West Diyis-
| Ton md on the avenue mentioned. TllG
property-hotllets along that thorougiltore as
scn,bled at No. 80 Oh thnt street to tie NUM-
diguatlon oscf tic destruction about to he in
! Aictcd on the.r property provided the road WAS
ever built. The meeting was called to order
by John Il. Oh!crking, who nominated Aid.
unanimous. Mr.. uh'erkIny, of The Committee
nppulnted at tie last meeting 10 draw I'D n re-
| ulonstfance against the schcmt, proceeded to
| read attonE illumination agalnst the alleged
improvement In tie ahape Of series Of rcsolu-
tions aud protests, similar In their language and
| makeup to the renonetranco nua rcasons
against the building Of IN elevated railroad on
tho Nortl, Side, n0opted at tho North Wells
street meeting wednesday, night, anti reported
at eonc length In yesterdays TRIBUNE. Tho
Chairman, d. n representative Of tho wurtl }u
the cnunctl, statcd that he ntil his colleague,
with ail tho Soclal!stic Aldermen, would vote
dead against the scheme. The ren1onstrauce
was tlltn extensively sigucl by thuse present,
and arrangements made for Its circulation aiong
,l,e avenue for the securing of further sigma
.urcs. Acssrs. Louis Schultz, Anton Delfossc,
anu PhIp Ehellng were appointed n committee
to call upon alI tic members Of tic Council antl
urge them to vote against granting the Con,pa'
ny's petition for u franchise. 4 Apr0pcrt5 5-holdel
present offered u resolution, demanding That
tho West Diyl.ton Hallway Company reduce
their fare to three cent nnd thus destroy the III
lucc1ncnts offered br tic Elevated RnflWa5
Company. The resolution vas objected TO ..
tI-tlMcd. md was allowed to drop temporarily
although 1t was subsequently,. ndoptcd. A
lawyer by the tinn,c OF star'cy denounced
allt ccvatctl-r railway scheme ia q highway rob
berg, III that the incospuratoss sought to tnkt
the pcupo's property without thefr con6crt
and proceeded In strong speech to urge th
pntont objections to 1t rs they hnvo been Eener
| alty aired of late. The meeting then adjourned
NUT! wien the reporters left, tile prupcrty-hold
crs were still signing tho rcnlopstrauee.