, 1881-02-01
THE RAILROADS.
.,o+har Dose of Litigation for the
Western Indiana.
. n,,, to Enforce the Common
Law Against Track Tres
pnsscr3.
NJ. Northwestern to Widen The Gauge Of
1 It's Galena and Wisconsin
Branch,

AxoT11ER CHOOSING WAR.
ivaatcrn Indiana ltntIroad Company
.,,v .tnu cnt into scriuns difficulty with the
uas .s M'o o,vn,ur tho st, Clasles Alr-Llne-tho
ioa''o to,'o,s central, Michigan Central. end
it,n..,'ycs,rr,,-wllcll i,s'.. is III many respects
.,o.,,,r IN tho fight Of Tint rond with tlia
Syt"s Tsnn share n few months ngo regarding tho
NsAs IsAss,no Of tie laltcr's track ut Sixteenth
s.os LIST ria Western Indiana s0hlc months
e.s s ,,,tcrrl into an agreement With the I'LL
W. W., r,ntrai and the other roads which coll
.Ni nv'1 ,hs 81. Charles Air-Lnc by which 1t Sc
-" ..."od tho right Of why for thirty fcet acrnss
MN ~ ~ charles Airline nt Sixteenth streus,
-, stnr, fllcn the crossing WIS 1llatlB nta
a.,u .aub1o irock nut IN. 'rllc, Wcsturn lndailA
,,ow caI,,,s tl,,t It needs mo1g tracks at TINT
Nv" .,in, md wants The right OF way for twenty
tsnt more. 1t came to tho cars Of tho
., charles Alr-llnu people Saturday
thst lie Western 1utlfnna Company
,ntnni,ctl TO take furcible possession OF the
aJJiiIo,at twenty feet of crossing Altt put ilt
.rarks during Sunday. As they did not pro-
,,oec ia i,e thus Outwsttcl, they nj once wGnt
hstor. judge Tu!cy of tic Circuit Court and
Glcd bill " injunction ngalnst the Western
fn,ltaua liailroad CoIMparyte prevent 1t from
laying certain tracks, The bill sells forth
that the Illinois Central, Michigan Central,
aud Northwestern Knilronl Companies arc
owners of tie st. Cilnrles Airline liAlIrontl,
and III March last gave permission to tic
Western Indiana Rond to cross tic road ut
sxtecnth street, near Clark, md 10 use II
track or right OF way thirty feet wide across
Il. Recently, however, the Western Indiana
has attempted to put In two moro tricks,
which will necessarily require moro tllan
tha thirty feet glve, Il. Conplafnlnts
assert Tint the Western Indiana has no right
10 lIo this, as 1t would bg direct violation or
its agreement, and asli for MI Injunction to
prevent tlle threatened injury. a tGMmpnfafy M
Taiey, untlcr bond for 81 600 IhG tnjune..
tlon was served upon President Brown Of
tho Western Indiana Mt 10 0'clock Satttrdny
night, aud OF course no attempt 70 t''lt III ~
Line was ,natlc Sunday. The Western III
diana, however, sccIls 10 be determined tu
secure the right ot way and put III the nd,
dtlona1 tracks, and yesterday commenced
eonenatblo pEG;seedEs " tas GGS1y ~
iii Tiho managers of tho Illinois Central nrc
greatly cxasperAtel OH account OF this latest
sS By rex. s Ssss Wsstsrn he a% ae 70 II pay ~
say that the Western lndla!m l,as now AL
the accommodations 1T wants 1T that poilt,
and more too. u now has double tricks
across tho AIRLINE ut TINT point, md llone
cross The lines OF other roptly viii, U,Dre thufl
,Ioubls lD III tricks. r Tio iilliols CentraI luI
aided tho Western lrdin,la rs mich rs pos
sible to secure tho right OF why across tho
Alt;Line, AMI even nsaislcN ~ ~ putllne
developed propensity for tuklng NIL It can
get, comes again 10 tho frnnt and nsks all
additional, crosslns when II has 1lre;dy nj! #
ef1ssn eesas VII kno%E tl ~ sc ta t1on
SoSiTI With be - srr,ons.v % ~ .umns} v Timy intnm
70 ilght tho Western l.ltllHna to t'a bitter
end III this matter, and not give up until
thGy arc beaten III the cOttrls OF lust resort
The managers Of tho railroads ccntcrlng in
this civ utu greatly excited over n blll lint
has w., ~, I,o ', ;',sn:,o, -, ill., t,,s1 '"' M
,.sa 11s. oesn 'n.ueeu :. I.o t.ano's l.c
islutnie W Mr pi!olps. OF t'lts clly; colleerl'-
poratlons for persons killed OIL tho tracks.
nv Tna, 49, horoot reot ot,os ."e1w ,..on .v =,
tba az II serS ~ y poTso 1e oF
With Whit tbe ,3 c3rporat. i.s " NV " toWn TiiInS
or city, or Ut tko crussa. Of a,,y bubble banwuys
iatbs Stnse, wh,lN saId pvrsoi, Or persons aro
crossing !le tracks of such r..ilroad company or
s"1's ..s,a.,; nrc el'nsips to, commonly cslIea
s'ea,iuK rs ridta, or tho cars. tenders,
or coraIaan stb 81 sna ;, rnitroaa Go1npy
,uwns, vngcs Or rites, o. Wb!ie cnssInR sa tbu
ii ,ho crssn9 Of INV mbii Ir6wny III ~ ths
S!ats rs aiuresad in ii s;lch cases Wlsrs sash
ts ronclusto evidence u iicsscnco % oil tho t rart
Q! sts s!tla r'lsnAl company or eorpnrAton aud tho
pers"nn ersn 9f eerss 3Gred ~ ha oxt iris vr
sx9;t se as s' 1 ' ~ neton for SaaSss
4n thc only t,acstlun TINT sbmii In inutrc,i into
by tho Court Or Court auJ jury Il, iii, case ahail
be tho mrns,,re Of tnInnges. i'ruvtied, The nvo-
slsions Of ths act stall i!tt apply 10 my person
ere,r5ans injured or killed, such person ur por-
'o'ts Ill., nslnx ass passenger ut the time.
lie Iallroaa managers HtiglnatIze this as
foolish. senselcss measure, which, II
ggassea, would int!ict great hardship and
HaiaaRe T. the roais. They say lr Is cltIrcly
na,h,onsslhlu n,l ~ To keep pcople otf. tho trucks
w %ltl!tn tho corpornte limits Of cities, towns,
Sn S;.Li Lyi!'ases oven II tlo trucks were lcose.t
VIII %!!1ln walls as pond erous us the Chimcsu