, 1881-02-27
County Commissioners Protesting
Against Its Sale.
B. F. Ayers Protest Against Anonymous
Attacks on the Senate Bill.
The Position Taken by the Illinois Central
Railroad. :

accrcuons and submerged land shnll not bt
given away. In this connection it WI
stated thut there WIS syndicate nov
| forming, which proposed to lease tho docking
privileges ut that point, and create there Il hur
| bor. and pay for it annually ncar}y enough Il
| run ths City Government. 4 careful tnvcstsssl
| ton revealed nothing tangible In this regard
| but it was apparent that some New York cani
| tallsts hare their eyes on the Lake-Front prop
| erty. and would like to get hold Of the docl
The following preamble and resolution will bt
presented at the Board session Tomorrow after
! noon:
WHEREAS. A bill ts now pending before Con:
gress, known us the Lake-Front bill SENATE bill
| No. lUl3' which purports. uu its facc. to grant
| tho lands therein mentioned to the City of Chi
ca9u, but which, III Fact. is Il scheme to trlusfet
| to powerful corporation the entire riparian
rights Of Chicago. south Ut the south pier; anu
WHEREAS. Such grant would place the e',-
tire outer hnrbOr, south of said pier In the
hands of powerful monopoly, and the city and
| county would bc deprived Ut tho right to tax
snSe ea Hy the GSunt4 be Commissioners
Cook County, that We protest against the pass
ago Of said bill, or Of other bills which deprive
taxation; and, further. that we concur in the
Rsa.es' fsl OF the Illinois Legislature Oh fe0foa''
Mr.. AYERS PROTEST.
There appeared In yesterdays TRIBUNE the
closing paragraphs Of the protest OF Mr. 3.
Aver, Attorney for tho Illinois Central Aail-
road. against the anony nous attAcks with which
ag.ust the passage of the Senate bill. now pcnd-
Ing in the House. Following Is the protest III
=: For several days the House hus been flooded
!: with anonymous nttacks upon this bill. People
who have no earthiy interest tn the property
Tas to tKp grea IN ne YES @
nois Central Railroad Company is abUut to steal
forty acres Of United States land; that the bill
s solely IL the interest of that corporation; that
iii ii the % way % from s5,oo5.ooo to $4,000 o,Ooo:
thnt the real object Is to cut off communication
that the rights OF individuals are tllsresartlcd,
that the object Of the Railroad Company is tn
levy toll on every pound Of freight that enters
enormous und So gigantic, that It has aroused
the Indignation OF tho great Northwest: that tho
ten1n tent is value, simply 10 enrich raiirod cor
poration that is exempt from taxation:
ha aa sf naf bss Sssn pedas oaS
in i'% tue asss presence s'' Of this mighty r,iie
way power. 1t is further asserted that the bill
passed the Senate without any opportunity OF
explanation; TINT it is going 70 be rushed through
the House without going to Il committee. aud
that nobody Is to be given time Or opportunity
to examine its provisions
TILE ANSWER TO THESE CHARGES IS SIMPLY
THIS:
l. The object of the bill Is to authorize the City
roadway OF the Illinois Contra! Rulrond Com
pany and east Of Michigan avenue, to I'LL rai!-
roud companies that may. on equal terms, join
:. x Between % this lnud and the lake is the land
nlready occnpe BY ai 9f the trucks % Of a the
proposed to be- sold has no water
trout, no riparian rights; no heroor privileges
company and the City Of Chicago for the pur-
chase of the land. After the bill becomes law,
the City OF ChicaRo may or may not sell, may or
pany. and there Is nothing In the bill that con-
fers the slightest right upon any railway eorpo-
ration in the world
1t will not gain any riparian rights nor nny har-
bor privileges. for the reason that the land has
aen and the snd luke Is mo no
by PSidae's The Simple sale def of this land pAfD
l. The bill was not hurried through the Sen
ate. It was introduced By Senator Logan, OF
Illinois, and referred to the Judiciary Commit
tee: In that M Committee II was thoroughly ;5 sx-
munds, every member OF that Committee
reported In favor Of its passage. When II was
brought up In the Senate it was thoroughly dis
cussed. Senator Edmunds made his objections
and they were answered. After such discussion
it was Utmost unanimously passed. Both OF tho
Senators from Illinois were in favor Of it, and
both gave their reasons ut length A6hy the bill
should BECOME law.
). Ample opportunity has been given in the
House for the discussion and examination xa1 Of
on Public Lands. \ hearing was had before that
Committee, and a favorable report
WAS ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY ORDERED.
Afterwards representatives of the Valentine
and PortertieId scrip asked for IL rchearfng, und
4 rehearng was granted Gentlemen opposed
to the bill were heard at length. and after such
hearing tho Committee unanimously directed
bill had also been introduced into the House in
like the Senutc bill. differing only,
beieys in auth9riznE the City u ch5eag9 ~; 70
Davis, of the House, who. ut that time,
was opposed to the Senate bill. because
did p9 hS iii as vel as o
the Committee on Public Lands i hearing was
had before that Committee. After tho herring
for the bili thar had been referred to TINT Com
mittee,, and the motion was unanimously
adopted, and am informed that all tho mem
bers or that Committee. with possibly one ex-
ccption, are still in favor of the passage OF this
bill. No effort has been made to prevent ex-
On the contrary, every opportunity
has been given that in tho nature OF things was
possible. ---
cannot affect the present conmunicaton m ttt1l us-
one way or tho other. 1t will neither decrease
nor increase the number OF trucks that hive to
l. The United States does not propose to con-
vcy to the City of Chicaso any right or title to
this land that Is not now vested in the United |
Of the Valentine or Porterfeld scrip, this act
can in WAY affect their title. The ouy interest
they can possibly haze in opposing this bill is
interested III its passage may he induced to cou-
tract with them to withdraw their opposition. /
ALL PRIVATE RIGHTS ARE RESPECTED By |
THIS BILL
8. The passage Of this bill cannot in any. way |
affect the rights Of the Illinois Central Railroad
in the Chicago Harbor. 1t can neither add to nor
take from tho power Of the Illinois Centrlll Rail-
road Company over the commerce Of ChicaEo.
All such charges arc made either BY persons to-
t:alfy ignorant OF the situation, or by pCrSlns