Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-07

| of citizens to allow any corporation to
| Illegally occupy any street or public
| ground. In illustration of this he men
| toned the request of Mitchell & Lyude
to be allowed portion of the street for
| taeir building, but which could not le-
gally have baen granted and said that it
was trespass on personal rights to even
allow continuation or existing abuses.
Henry Carse.
Ex,Mayor Henry Carse was then called
for and made few remarks on the prop.
osition. He was interested he said in
the Terminal company. and stated that he
had heard it said that there was nothing
in this Terminal move. After coming
here tonight" said Mr.. Carse. land seeing
the interest that has been stirred up oyer
it have concluded that there is some
thing in it and something be-
hind all this opposition. The
speaker said that it was not long
since the j. S. E. had sought an entrance
to the city and had failed to get it, and
that it did seem to him that the city
council ought certainly to be able to
squeeze room enough for another track,
particularly when the ground Is held as
it is. He thought that down town is
good place to keep empty Cars and make
| up trains at least, and said he was heartily
in favor of making the change although
he did not own foot of ground on First
| avenue.
Aid. L. IL. Guyer.
| Aid. E. II. Guyer also made an ex>
tended talk on the matter, exercising his
views as to how it affected the best
interests OF the city saying that the ques-
ton of the removal of the o6jectiona bic
tracks would force itself upon the city
sooner or later. He conteaded that the
business OF the railroad companies is
growing with the city and that they are
necessarily grasping every foot of room
and encrOsching on private interests.
public good. and not for private gain
thststhe project was being pushed, and
hoped it would be successful
f. ID. Sweeney.
Z. D. Sweeney was the next speaker
and he entered into thorough discus
sion of the matter at hand. as it coz
cerned the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy. which he represented He
spoke of the limited facilities that the
company now had in the city and said
that a Curtailing of them would virtually
mean 6 Gripping of their business. He
said that the matter had been placed be
/ fore the general management of the c.,
B. & Q and that the company saw no
benefit to it in the proposed move. TIE
company. he said. was anxious. how
ever, to get down town and were willing
to pay good deal of money to get down
there but would not go into litigation
with the Rock Island s. Peoria to accom-
plish it.. He revie wed the affairs of the
company from its frat entrance into the
city to the present, and mentioned the
enormous business done with such lin.
tied facilities. BE did not csre to dis.
cuss the legality of the ordinances the
|, company held, but was confident they
were all right.
other Speakers.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Sweeney's
remarks there was general discussion
INDUCED in by other gentlemen, namely.
Phil Mitchell John Volk, Superintendent
W. B. Throop, of the c.. B & O., anG
NJ. J. Murphy, all Of whom could see nc
: advantage in q change. As the matter
had received pretty thorough discussion
on both sides. the meeting adjourned.