Daily Republican., 1885-06-25
Putting tho h. q o. Through.

The ordinances authorizing the con-
struction of the Baltimore aud Phila-
delphia Railroad and the Schuylkill
River East Side Railroad within the
city limits we're passed through Select
Council yesterday with but one dissent.
ing vote that OF Mr.. McMullen.
Several amendments designed to per-
feet the ordinances were agreed to with
out discussion, and three others were
passed after considerable debate.
Paragraph 8. Section 2, Of the ordi-
nance relative to the Schuylkill River
East Side Railroad was 30 amended as
to relieve the company Of the condition
imposed by the Railroad Committee,
which was intended to protect the city
against discrimination in favor Of New
York. Tho rejected clause provided
that the company should transport
passengers and freight from points
south and west of Philadelphia to this
city at rates less than the charges to
and from New York to the full extent
|of the local rates upon like passengers
and freight between the two cities. This
proviso was stricken out at the sugges-
ton Of the Baltimore and Ohio officials,
who commended that by allowing com.
peting corporations to make their own
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would only serve to cripple the new
line.
A communication from Thomas M
King, Second Vice President OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
stated that, by reason of the great dis
proportion between freight charges
from points South and West 10 New
York and from this city TO New York,
the company was absolutely prevented
from accepting the prov ision as 1t stood.
1t would, to said, practically destroy
our power as competitor for the
freight and passenger traffic Of this
CITY," The requirement that all
passenger trains should stop in the
city to take on or let of passengers
was retained.
After earnest opposition the proviso
that the railroad company should pay
all damages resulting from the WIDEN
ing of Twenty fifth street was stricken
out and clause inserted authorizing
the Mayor TO enter security for the pay
ment of auy damages which may DO
assessed. 1t was conteuded that the
widening Of the street had already been
ordered by the city, and that it would
be uni ust to make the railroad company
pay tor the work because it had been
compelled to adopt this street as a part
of its route. The opposition held that
the officers of the company had agreed
to the proviso, and ON the adoption OF
the amendment the negative vote was
Messrs. Evans, Graham, Hammett, Nc.
Murray, Patton, Shoch, Thornton,
Wilson and Gates.
An amendment was made to Section
e, at the request OF the Survey Depart
ment, providing that the company
shall raise or depress its tracks to con
form to the alteration of grades in
Established streets. With the exception
of these amendments the ordinances al
adopted are substantially az they wer,
reported from the Railroad Committee
Messrs. Patton, Hammett, Graham
IMcMurray, Wilson and Gates present
ed the following, whnh was ordered t.
be spread upon the journal We
desire to state that in voting aye on
the ordinance relative 10 the construc
ton Of the Baltimore aud Philadelphia
and the East Side SchuylSilt Rive
Railroad We still earnestly protes
against that portion OF the ordinanc,
u (which charges upon the city the cost O
! widening Twenty-tifth street, and ala
.. damages for changing the grades O
various portions of the city upon street
mot actually opened, and the cost q
: bridges over the railroad on streets {
the same class.