, 1879-07-17
ELEVATED RAILROADS.
Another Indignation Meeting Of Wells
6treot Property Owners.
The Scheme Denounced NJ m Attempt
to Extort Money.

LUG o'Ac''o Dsnoa"esu ns ''n A''e"p'
to Extort Money.
Another meeting OF property.holders on
North Wells street was held iast evonrg at
No. 5a5 on tint thorourhfore to protest nuti In.
,,,ono,a aoo,nat thc nrnno.cd f,htrauo 4 Evan..
ae"aeo asanst r,. 10y pop'eI~ Ts o. s'Sa"s.
ton Elevated Railway lhe atenaahce was
even larger than that at tic preceding meeting.
The assembled taxpayers were called to or.lcr
bv Sfr. Charles Williams, and MI. Fred Becker
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w"n cnuse" ~ p.ss 49,, -" N.'ssu .."s .s a's
Committee appointed at the i'fat meeting had
obtained signatures to the protest nga'nst ttlo
road representing nearly 15,ooo feet Of property
" n..a .no usnass ass n. ,v,,,,r, .ooa aro,, =,
ihe scefotafJt mfs "hnam8, reau ora.t VI
some reasons to DO Attached TO tho petlt'on
when It should DO submitted to the Council.
T,,ov vcrc IN .uhstanro M f.11nwa: That untaer
the uene!al Incorporation ae'' t1' eonnelt "*s
prohibited from Granting tue use OF or flentt 10
lav down any railroal tracks IN any street OF the
c,ty to any ateam or horse railroad COMPANY ex-
cent upon nctttton of the owners Of tho land
representing more thnu onc'haif the frontaga OF
the street, or SO much thereof ne Is sought to be
used for railroad purposes; tint, In this case.
90 such petition Ind been asked for or obtalned;
hnt T. as contrary to tsties IND c nte'ssts t.; st.
easements therein contrary 10 tho rights o!
I's public; that there wefs. at present
sufficient accommodations aud tncans Of
travail furnished by the Northwestern
Railroad and the atreetcar llnesi Tint,
II, thu opinion Of tile petitioners tho incorpora-
tors hnd no bona 1de sntcntion ~ constr ruct the
proposcd elevated railroad, as It would cost q
yie1tl The slightest profit; tllat they further be-
!Icvcsl It 10 be scheme TO make money, either
BY selling The worthless stock, or by obtalntng
money from ttIe raitroad a1d horst,,rawaY COM
pantca. for which reason Tho Council should not
aid tIs dishonest schcu1e.. The reasons futtl,cr
set forth the ifreparablo damage which the
building Of such nroad would tn1tct On 1l!e prop
etty of tc street, an' thu 9olecsionahlo icatufe.
already apparent IN New York, Of passengers
In the elevated railway cars gazing into tho sec
ond ana third stories Of tic houses along the
route, ai1a desroy1nE any suc.a tlisiaR as donos-
tic privacy. Tile granting OF this franchise,
even II ll'e road we're never bnll!, would be
destructive OF property values for tile bsncat q
a few spcculators. In New York, rapid transit
and more facilities for moving tie hutnan
tl'rong we're necessary, but even thero property
interests n!onR the limo
uAD uEen NnArIY RUINED.
,na oooa ,.nonta - naa h,.,n <,,scuadol hx n c1sa.
rha ;snm1i nnt nsr of n.T ccnt ~ tho farmcr
rnn.' mo %o"'T III" "o' etn2cs sd bocome srs nn,1
pallcd 10 icase nin seek ss o.Gs ni. 'ocna,,
..s -, ,-.ins cnmlI bo a.ranaa and
u,.o.. 5ovt,,i,t ,pna 49, uonclota1u ahnt n,,t
ns ~. III ,,at oouin ,,ot pn Gottem r,a ~
nI ~ Gna., % oios, ,"s ,,' innoasihsiisv ,s,is
% ,I'n s",es. ~ ,n .e noIac ,tt ,osr ri
~ ,easstn, ;,oins s,n.cnc.i 1ho strnnr ami
III hass isaus u.s. o ,seo,t tc ch'co@g ad
,nrt ~ ra"t,, nsile tho ,tmits FIR Jts nonnia.
.s .tthnt ~ s.nti,us shnrh hnn,ae ~ In
ct,,,,,,, tntnrest reanta lin hn ~ ~ IN nj
st,a o!.a n,I..,a sha ,trI,s wEo, ~ iii.
,a mo sssv % "'tp'A milf y" ,dv;s,hi, ~
| III, .,nnre for ,.,oro rnm,n aud
foctIlt,rs to reach It. hut ut no tmc ounht citi.
zcn:taxpayers OH ono street to. be asked or er-
pecteG Ia racr1!co their right and property for
lr benefit Of others, without at least (if invol-
Aid. Mccormick, wlo was present, was in-
| Y;tea to address the meeting. He considered
tho rcasops just ndduecu as very forrtble.
There was nc need here, IS In New York, whcre
The etreets wers very narrow, aud often blocked
BY passsng vehicles, for an elevated railroad,
and unless some reasons were adduced to show
| the NECESSITY Of such road, ho Should vote
| ogalnat granting the Company a Frauctisc.
| [Apulausc.1 Furthermore, 10 did not believe
sueh road would pay nufth,ng.
duccd tho ordinance out OF courtesy 10 the IN.
corpUrators, to lad no iden It would ever pass
| the Council. md he thought ho could assure the
properts-hudcrs ttut tt,ey Thulu meyer srb MI
plnusc.J
Valentino Rub said ln had circulated ono Of
the petitions, and fOnud all the property. holders
| ic lind appealed to unuulmous in their oppo
| sttion to the scheme. Al! tlat was necessary to
do now was TO 60 On and secure The stgnasurea
| Of all, aud then present their petition to the
Council.
Ex-Ald. Hchwetsthal was Invited to aptats,
and insisted particularly ou tho destruction ot
property value which the building Of au elevated
sity Of tho incorporasors titst gatning the con
sent Of the propesty.doldera liefore any scrlolia