Telegram-herald., 1888-03-08


FaE CDUSctlr uAsTX ACTION.
The Dea5craf says the efItielsm made
By sAs IxLKazAs- blzEALD or the action
a ths Common Coisncil on Monday night
m sscreiug a ansl vote on tie Gable fran
elise Genes with yefy poor grace. inas-
mua ~ tfis .oEsrral indorsed tho action
ct the majariiy u the Council when u
'ralfoea el' the old compaay's Chsrry-st
Inc through 10 sai staoliAliy the same
mEnrer" Is bsn the DersocrGt opens IS
mouth it is very spe 70 pat rs foot IN It.
Tels IS chestnut. and ought not per
hsps 70 ts repealed, bur tia fact remains
Tbs Cherry st, .,cfeinance 80 not "rsil-
roadso" through al was the liable ord
nArcs lasf Monday evening. Tie Cherry
=. line gas a subject Ct discussion foi
two or three months before he ordinanc'
~as passed. After the Gracd Rspias
comcaay bad started 10 baild the lIre
suppcssng that II had a right 10 do g.,
without a spscial scr o, the Council. an
had been stopped by the courts, su ordi-
nance was Frssenisd 20 the Council b.
tss ComIni.ies on ordinances on Augns
-. read the frat and second tin.s
smeodsd. passed 10 the third resdin.
sud adopted Ga the 9TH OF Septsmbei
tks Mayors vs.o oi ths ordinance va
read and tailed Of rsssags over the ve'O
Alter this sGe eorHp pany sent IN q com
manicaton ard the Cowmittee on Ord
naaces was iDs.Fusted TO report Al orh
nance ths usxs week. Accordingly !
draft Of sach ordinance was pres4nses
Cu September -, passed to the secono
reading and oFdered printed On Sep-
isuber 26 The ofdinsacs wss taken ~
aud passed. Another veto from H.,
Mayor was rsaa October 3. The vet,
vss lad cn tie table and on The 10Th
Ociobsr the ordinances was taken up are
passed over tie veto.
Thus is vii be assn that The Cherry -.
hns bad besn = sni isct cf discussion for
months bsfors t was passsd-and thRl
without any change IS 70 the route TO b.
trsvsrssd--. that be ordlnAocs vac
lard over snd prils,d before II vas
adopted. snd thar spo;hsr week elspseo
aesr ibe Mayer tsd vetoed Il before il
Vac passed over ma veto. The ordinance
passed last Moniay night wss p'a,sicslls
rsE one. taxing different route from
,be ere previously proposed and wss
rushed ih-Cngh utihin an hour.
10 this connection the act on OF tie
Mayer. vbo did az Ia bis power to bus
tie tie schsias through. - particnlsrly
dsspicabls sd dsstardiy. When be
vetoed lhe Chsry-st. line he opened bis
mes axs Eth tas language given below,
which r. cuoisd from the ofHcial report,
The rharscisr % the composition leaves
ro doua, ,sas ths Mayor wrote Il With
hss own band II the words the rul.s"
sre inserted alter ''suspeBdiRz." the
tD@sui1x usy o. eromprsbsaded. uotwith-
standing ,he other blnadsrs. The Mayor
sane
The acton q she Cornell in suspend
ing sad passing she ordinances bT your
honorsbls bosiy IN regular session. held
Monday. August -. 1887. grsntinx an
or,iinsrcs e. the Street Railway Company
of Grand Rapisis - construct aud oper-
sse = ssrs-t rsii~s- on Fuiscn-st. Jsffsr-
sos-sve State ard Cherry eta. wss doue
a uraae hasts T. voo.d have been
fptsr thas ~ g-antins sssy a valuable
rrsnebiss os az great Importance both 20
fse property owners snd puhlic N gan
efai.svnr 6rirs 0rer ihsse tho-uGghfsr
so hsvs las ordiaarcs printed. s0d seen
II tbers ~ers as fanits and errcrs which
cad - corrected" "
Osr Msyos il = is~sler bat consistency
- roe CO af bir. le~e's
snEsv ArsfseNFxI RECORD
tar men sftalD ms.rira oassl scconp-
fsaaaerts hke those % lbe lste sx-Firs
Coa, ra,ssicnar RasSSAx. az Brocklyn.
~ho died IN Nsw forx a week sTo today.
It - r@cor.iei ibef ttcuzh "a bessn hss
~ = rror bcv. IA suec~esled ey psius-
takIrx Ddsstry. cs-efai sconornT snd
s.iicf.us investments q iesve baAind
hin st lesss iaur snd possibly seven
-~si,v~- Rrt rre swallow t2no= net ma a