, 1880-02-26
What the Illinois Central Has Been
Doing There.
What It Claims, and the Laws under
Which It Claims It.
The Protected Lumber Market, and How
It Is to Be Reached.


The recent application of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad Company to the Council for
permission 10 build yiaduct over its tricks
from the foot Of Randolph street. and the ill
PRODUCTION of an ordinance by Aid Ballard
removing the cargo lumber market from the
foot of Franklin street to the outer harbor,
that portion Of the Illinois Central dock:gc
surrounding Slip "C,"-have revived the
public interest in the Lake Front, and plant
cd in the minds N many Of the city officials
an impression that these two movements are
to be used simply as al. entering wedge to
the eventual occupancy of the Lake-Front
by the railway corporation. In this connec-
ton
A RESUME OF ALL THE LEGISLATION
affecting and defining the rights of the 1lli-
nois Central Railroad to location on the
Lake-Front cannot fail to be Of interest
AT the session Of the Legislature in the
winter of 1851 :: charter was granted to.
Robert Schuyler, George Griswo1d, Gouy-
crnerr Morris, Franklin Haven, David A.
Neal, Robert Rantoul, Jr., jonathan Stureis,
George ". Laidlow, John F. a. Sanford,
Henry Grinnell, William II. -Aspinwall,
Leroy Wiley, and joseph Alsop, under the
title of the IS Illinois Central Railroad Conl-
pany," to build Il railroad from the southern
terminus OF the Illinois & Michigan Canal
the City of La Salle-to point at the City of
Cairo. with branch Of the same to the City
Of Chicago, On Lake Michigan; and also
branch via the City OF Galena to Il point OH
the Mississippi opposit Dubuque, Ia. The
said corporation shall have the right Of way
upon, and may appropriate to its sole use and
control for the purposes contemplated herein,
land not exceeding .00 1eet III Width through
its entire length; may enter upon and take
"ssess,o'. ~ nnd I7n,+ar;a1s of ..,,ar,. ,;nJ
1ai1os s1lea1on, anu n'*'et A.1'o W W. 0."'
for the location of depots and stopping
stages, for the purpose of constructing
bridges. dams. entertainments, excavations,
n.a.;e,, ,,o,,,,ds emil h,nEe t,,rn-o,ts, on.
s,inf.hoises. sl,otls. and other buildings
1leccSsary for the construction, completing,
altering maintaining, preserving, and COM
pletebperatlon OF sald road. All sucn lanas,
waters, materials. and privileges belonging
~ the State are hereby granted to said corpo-
nv uriyate persons, and cannot be obtained
~ ,o1nut,r,- grant mr. reIe3st the same NAV
b. condemned in accordance with the pro
VISIONS .! ~: az ~ .,,, 80; XII =. In, ,+. nue
.'nothing Ill TINS act cohtalieo shall antnoIe
their track within any city without the con-
sent of the Common Council of said city,
See 10 If the charter further provides that
thu co,1,nrnfio1, t.n,ay constr1cr their said
,.nod ~, ,anni,aS n~a, or across am: straar
luu am tar oo,,rsn y. asS I;,I,.,,. ;i
o1 wafer, :,';ni ,b a9a rn,,+a - H,s n,,
ROAD. or clllai WHICH ult loutc " tne ioal
shall lnterSect; but the corporanon snail re-
store the stream OF water-course, road or
nlws ;,nt aNuS snner ~ MT t. hora s''i1, ;n,,
paired its s; nscflness Ia,sz - tba s,ne session Tho
amended ehaT1eI. KNOWN as JuuSe Mall
nltrcS coIs0llttatlon OF me l;sWS reIattns 10
this city, was adopted. This gave to the city
the }Jt,Wer IF exercising a police supervision
over tile llrhor for the distance Of one mile
f,3un the sE,,1r line
c,.,1or r,,G a,,G 1T nnt.a ,eon, ta nonstrnctnn
ets ~: slio ~ Vlec ost'l1 t4C
ol tlle Alle, ~ tle summer VI 1oo@ LIE Coln~
' a rlcur OF WAY INTO THE CITY,
,,,t, 1,,a1t -, ord;n,rco VOC ,,asea1s,vh;oh
anu !nllf II all oio1na1lee was p"eoeo WHICH
The said rrnd shnll enter said city at or Eear
the intersection q its south boundary Thirty
first street, with Lake Michigan. and following
the shore, on nr near the murgiG0f said lake,
nnrthcrly to the southern bounds ct the open
& ~ s',, ~ ,,,., IN ~ ~ so;I " H.
may nr',rc i,ot s.n he nort1, ,;ne ~ 1{nn.ninS
street and the Chicago River, in the Fort Dear
born Addition 10 said city. upon. which said
grounds shall be located the depot of said yail-
1nad within the city, and such other buildings,
sl1ps, OF aprara,hus ~ 4h hS ay oe ;t, mGScsIy ana
I.t!e ' 1o' tnc uu3lnessu q. sa.u t"1psu13e
. ~. ~ - .sapiess's ILL., Et ~ 'l.. nc 10y ..
n.c.s:s" uos ~. ~ @ ~ ppaln aul salu
MN sinllans s'lls .1.n. ~ WY of naner raEna, pIv
NV; t!s, - W % ~. ~" ~ .ne p'Mcr - Sata
or rcspns;hiiity f"r the acts Of said inmnanv ''
VI @ . fe,,,;, ~" ~ @ . ". s,.au 1'1.' 4
,,rrot,;t ~; euiS. IT,; uloa seu @ usG ~
I+tar ,rs,,e ~ ,,aes. 10 su LIZ ott - tssu' ~ a.o
from The 1ake width Of N1 feet
from the southern boundary of said public
ground near Twelfth street tn the north
ern lire Of Randolph street: the inner or west
linz Of the srsn,1,d to O. be used by said Company
70 70 DC ~! jcss than 4Vo 1cei east IRON the west
The " said Tnnpnny InaycStrnd their w,,rks md
fill out into the like ~ !. point in the southern
pier not less than 400 feet west from the present
east end of the sane. thence pnrnlel with Mich
1g:.n o. INC norm inc oi andoipn street
t,, ~, ~ y e,as T .: ne,, tie 'ne
.,r,Ia, ,cvnnH t. I;p,ise oo, .s ~ nn,
bt.vond the line that NAV he actnaliy occupied
by the works Of said Company 1t is further
expressly. understood that Should any damage
obstruction occur tn the hurbur Of Chicngv.
Clearly tracc:t,ic to the construction Of the said
lr7,iir,ad1 works. then the said Company shall
be held responsible for the same.
Gar Il ,,ro,.;ins stth,t in caea of tha oon.
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=; ~ ~: ~! y. az oatsidc - W, sEaeets l!l9
NC lat! out ~ "pp!oAci, u!e saine ~ itlallnei
provided Dy law, IN when case the common
Council iEay regulate the speed OF lOcOino-
1fyas n1,1 trains .,cr7,SS t11anf ~