, 1880-04-28
TIE RAILROAD ORDINANCE.

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TIE RAILROAD ORDINANCE
The City Council on Nonttny evening passed
with great unnnilnIty thenew ordtunnoe grant,
linz to tl,U Wcstern intltnna HALLWAY Company
{asul which really includes the GRIND Trunk
nn1 Wabash Kontls) tho right Of why Into
tlte city rs far north rs Harrison street, the
route north Of Twelfth street including nll
the spnce between Third and Fourth avenues,
aiNt covering tic land once condemned for
tic opening of Dearborn strcgt. The new
ordinance n supposed to hnye bccn formed
70 NJ 10 avoid the legal objections found IN
tic first ono by the Appellate Court. Tic
first ordinance granted tho right Of why to
Van Dnren street, and tho new one limits It
to Harrison street. Upon tic final yutc til tho
Council tho only AEdcrraen voting against 1t
were tho four representatives Of the First
and Second Wards.
In m article on this subject, published In
TnE TRIBUNE on Sunday Inst, the attention
of tho city authorities was called to the re-
cent verdict in tho case of Shepard ugainst
the city, growing out Of tho condemnation Of
lnnl taken for opening. Dear born street.
Under the decision In that ca sc. should 1t be
affirmed BY tho Supreme Court, the city will
be held as having takcn tie land condemned
for the street opening and responsible to tho
owners for tile adjudged value thereof. TILE
| Tn11tuyE warned tho Council TINT the vnr-
| dict in the Shepard case was n notfco of
| possible liability on tie part Of the city,
und lint III Eranting this right OF
why over That samo land the city
should protect itsr1t against future
responsibility. Assuming that the Mayor
and legal officers Of tho city, MS vol ms tho
Council, must have found sufficient protcc-
tton In the ordinance rs fra1ned to keep tho
| city harmless in the future, VIC further US
| sumo that nil possible ciAim against the city
for tic S1,O00,DoD damagcs awarded 10 tho
property llas been accepted by tho Railway
Company.
There has been strenuous effort made to
prevent this railway coming north Of Twelfth
street, and strong nppcals have been mnde
by owners of property Tn Clark and State
streets to lave II stopped ut Twelfth
street, However strongly personal Inter-
ests may bo urged against tho cf,croacll-
ments of public improvements and the dc-
1,n1las of, trade and commerce, still private
interests must In such cnscs Sleltl.
Tho admission Of another trunk limo to tho
| ,ttr f,,nnI,,p III, n nan. md nytnnt1nt1 SvEtcm
NJ ro,n,,unIcn,,on with tho Eastern States
ond f.onni1a Is n ,nnttpr offcc,1nr tI,ebus1ncss
ansl prosperity Of the whole city, IND aiding
10 the value Of all properly In nll parts OF
f,b,coon Tin oldtt}on of nnotber rrcut
trmn,, road to The rnit communications Of tho
r,ty hoa n vn1ue which ran hardly he COM
nnteit IT vii, rive emnloy,nent llroctly and
ind;rcct1v tn thn,,snnds of men. furnishing
snnnort to thousands of fa,n5,ics, and giving
oJ,litionol inno.us to countless OCCUPATIONS,
II viii hrtutr To the city many additional
millions of rroncrty Il, hs sold. antl will tako
away IN rct,,rn ne ma,r millions of other
nro,,crty In nxchonee, Tile effects of sucl,
m nddIt,m to our ra3l facilities will be felt
MI ovcr tha cttv Nv nersona In eyery walk of
,1ra md .occ,,upt,o,,,
,rhe locality covered bv tl1Is right of why
Ind practically eensoti to bs adopsed TO pri,
ynte rcsIlnuccs. Tho ncculIar OCCUPATIONS
nna tuhits of the ponu1ut,ou that Ind infested
n lnrro portion .of some of the streets Ind
DESTROYED tnose localities for respectable
residences. The nelrt,borhood was in tl,at
trnns,tion state when to ,bo useful md profit.
oh]e. and Mt tbe sn,ne time respoctable it wne
! 10 La noc,,n}ctl bv foctorIcs stables, or rail
rnnd warehouses. Sooner or lator the re-
i. snoctah,e ncop1e would la driven out BY The
clanGo ot buaintss, and tho other class by q
sense of public tlccency,
rho frnnc,,tso s,rnnted hv the cttv enn on1,