Daily Republican., 1884-04-24
HANGING A GRADE.

HAN(IlNU "A UnADE'
,r,nORE 4 OHIO RAIL
n,"".nCOmPANf's ORDi'
NANCE PASSED.
,;.l meeting of City Counci
FoIled to order last evening a. .,a. a:4
a alIeu leu president " Conrad, and near
* y tye members answered q
nne II. W hen the clerk called tn
,r.s,d4ut sta,ed,that the object o
nat;ng was to consider the propos
.9nanee ee,ans changing the grade o
an% Fourteenth streets, ana M Mr
anu 'a,l ,nat as E.G. Bradford, Esq,
,ha '@'s attorneys for the propert!
~ sir in the h, vicinity of the proposes sex
~ u H. had ' NOT been present at tn
s'a. held last evening, but wa
nsS lssan,, % he moved that he be IN
~ l' s,ate his views to Council. =
Was taken on the motion anu !
assed. nd ,io aruumen
|,;"p that he was present to oppos'
:n"e ru,e Of the ordinance allowing
aTt%1 a,,;nore Il Ohio Railroad to eros
a.s'' n rteenth streets at grade
llidarpu an" his a very importan
'',' .nn and Ne was not merely presen
'u,| at,nrney for those who are .op
,nthis ordinance in that vicinity
~ Ja ci,,zen who is interested II
ta,v 'fnip fellow citizens. o
,u', ',asu moi uresent to oppose the b."
;Ir"ad. @ bn, he would try and SHOW
h.y snuIld not be allowed to cros'
.trre,s a, grade. It. was for Conn
,' s,rr,n,nt !, tins road should S b
,,ad Wv f. cross two important thor
a'rs ,,, a, grade, and thereby imperl
% "as # ritlzens. This rallroac
'o No ,imlnt benefit the city of vii
ou Nv hni ue would say that it wa'
hn,I, m for the benefit of the stock
Ne did not mention this tt
anv trrulg against this road, bu'
aid VIA, every one knew to be
defeat Of this ordinance will moi
:, thr construction Of their road
sn if coLucil bad refused toall o"
tn nass through this city, the roac
have been built around IT.
nor thing to be considered is 'ht
bat If Council passes this ordi
and allows this road to cross a.
,Iry can never undo it ; what
done N the matter will be final
tIonpA Council may have tht
to change it afterwards, 1t will
exercise that power.
Bradford spoke of the danger
roads TOSSING a, grade, and reat
touai IRON the North Ameri
showing that the general senti
cf thppopIe is in opposition to 1t
Duch' Mr.. Bird was mistaken II
tarrlupr, he made last Monday
ahour the percentage of railroad.
toss A, grade in England. as hi
kjablp information to the con
The people are opposed to thes'
be-, because they do not feel lik'
lives sacrificed TO save q few
for a Railroad Company.
bought The Company should b'
b the ordnance Of 1882, drafted
ir own attorney, and which pro
that thls road should cross abov'
That provision suited the Com
ben, anG the only reason tina
not su.i them now, is because i
Drr them Il few more dollars Il
az rh'y then proposed to d.
1t vi. 70 have this ordinance
aAo r',ss az grade but when l
question of human life on tn
ND, and the saving of a few dol
the stockholders on the other
not tLlnk Council should heistat
lug action.
tngner and surveyor of thi
sAo is the agent of Council, ha
Ehat there - no lnsuperable en-
ping dim tieulles in the way o
Fuc'iLg this road according to tn
buce ct 1892. He said that h
Frn to,ore. Douglas, the enginee
Company, some two or thre
ag0, and among other objection
e urged against crossing abov
was tht fact that the eXpens
he much greater.
great reason why he thought thi
nee shout! be defeated, was bt
Ar tLoNEht the blood OF The cit1
was too great price to pay TO
rpoHe O. saving few hundreds
:" thousand dollars TO the stock
s. II iE!s road crosses at grade
pat sure some accident will haI
pat WI result III .oss Of life. II
Stood tLat Nj Bird and Capital
Ncr" very pnotuse in promise
" pjgli. Int his experience wit
,.'niahy had taught him to plac
minis Promises, inIess they wer
u oli. N1gl ed and sealed, and the
'''> howlle them could 60 int
anu '"'hlrt then! to keep to then
,"N'rl"'td Mat II this urdinanC
'h'Hr "host properties were rui
!, "o"!d AaVe O redress, as 1t
""''S''@ rrhciple OF law that II
al recover damages for an
OF grade II l,Ie streets of Il city
'"o !" rtc!sirL rendered In tn
',f Court c' this State in a cas
i'atrcN MCCARTHY brought sui
y tic ely 10 recover damages fo
'h' grad" of Maryland avenu.
opinion showed that if the cit
=" me grade OF any street to /
~ or altered, the citizens ownin
y managed ty the. change hay
f'e"N' lie had the honor Of yotin
'haI'er to this company whe
III the Legislature, but If /
% .no~n that they would resort
,e1hS 'a they have TO accomplis
snu m She would never have done 8,
a. a' wei, for a Railroad Compan
,ISs , ask for what they want {
'I "I' inns Company had not dor
-" ' ,neiF object now in asking IL
g. ~ VI lMS ordinance is the ult
,"I'a,lhg '' Of Scott street one of IL
pAi p 'horoughtares in that part
em Mr.; bradford concluded h
ienl' i Mr.. johnson said that as
y, 10 misfortune not to be present O
"a ~ evening to hear what Mr., Bir
i'm i'm Wv , lie matter, he would like
,n n!f'I opened his remarks b
lug n Council for the chance ,
n,} sano SAID the law firm of whic