The evening times., 1896-09-24
TEN DAYS TINE IS GIVEN
lexington Line Secures An
other Breathing Spell.
DISTRICT LAWYERS OBJECT
MIR. Ridout, for the Road, Claimed
That 1t Is Entitled to Fourteen
p.ys-The jurisdiction OF Justice
O'Neal Questioned-SharpS Sparring
Iur Legal Points.

Attorney John Ridout, counsel for the
Eckiug on and Soldiers Home and Belt
Lsnc hallway Companies appeare al l 1;3O
O'CLOCK Today before Justice of tie Peace
l.. L. O'Neai, aud asked for and obtained
a cou .nUance of ten days iii tie suit of the
Dis -rlct against tie Ioaos for collection Of
a apenally of $50 per day each for non-conI-
phaDce with the law in the matter of equip
Ping with rapid transit facilities.
Ine uo,ien was comDalted by Attorneys
Thomas aud Duvall, III Dehalf of the Dis
Irict, between whom and Mi. hiGCut there
was more than the ordinary amount Of
sparring. .
.uc ...IuTrey for the companies pleaa,u
LhaU he was eEtitleu to Il Continuance Of
even fourteen days, If desired, and i'll the
course OF hlS remarks he salu II the attor-
ney for the District compelled him, 10y
captiuus opposition, TO TCsoit to il, lie
would Simply demand that he lie given
his rights under the general statutes
He SAID ii was necessary To have addi-
tional time. Mr.. SchCeEf was appointed
receiver nf the ROADS on the 2lst instant,
and had not had time 10 gather up tie
details Of the affairs.
AS TO JURISDICTION.
1t VIII be necessary, he concluded, to
take dispositions III Pittsburg, in order TO
NidA tit idu
with tie act of Congress, ana after al.
he was not SO sure that Justice o'Neal
had not lost jurisdiction iu the case,
owing 10 tie appointment of a receiver.
and ne wanted time 10 examine authorities
SpeLkin. Tor the District, AIR. IEuI.lds
cited The act under which the roads were
Obliged To commence equipment with corr
pressed air motors by September 10. He
SAID that 50 far as the Commissioners or
AilDlK else knew iIpr had pf "a +
tempt 10 comply On the contrary, 80 far
as can he asccrtdincd, there is no dispoSi-
tion on the part of the mana cement to do
anything in the matter and the evidence is
5itIf Jnc officials do not intend to obey.
I he evidence which il WAS said is OF
Cdinab!e i'll Fittsburg would not meet the
case. but even II IL would, II ought Ia lie
Oh taiuIOe here, where the COMPANY Offices
are.
TOO MUCH KANE.
The name ot Mr.. 1. 4. htnc, an interested
citizen then present. wi!o has been proiIi-
nent among the asitators iur action To
compel the equipment, was mentioned in
jocuiar way by MIR. Thomas Whereup0u
The attorney for the conpa said there
mad been entirely too much OF MIR. Kane
il. the proceedings. aud he was surprised to
see that the Commissioners had permitted
themselves TO be niade puppets Of. To be
moved by Mr.. Kane or anyone else. A
disclaimer was then III order. aud Mr.. Kane
made 1t. He assured Mr.. Ridout and the
"IurL that lie had known nothing whatever
III advance OF the suits. nor had he been
III any degree Instrumental in having
them instigated.
Attorney REdouts rejcEder to this was
that han he been in Mr. hanes place he
would have had no hesitation in causing
the suits to be brought. anI he could find no
fault with anybUdys acJioJ in that direc-
uon, ii Interested to the same extent in
securing rapid -uausit.
This restored the equilibrium of the Sit
uaticn. unJil Mr.. Thomas again objected
to The cuntInuance, succeeding "A statement
by his opponent Of the evidence he proposed
- sdbris- Nit Rdout construed this AS
personal To himself, since lie had ne-er
Snnwa counsel to question a similar prolo-
sition.
The attorney for the District gave the
attorney for the railroad renewed assur-
anceS of his most distinguished oonsidera-
tion, which made matters straight at once.
and the justice of the peace thereupon
granted a rostponeuent until Monday,
October ), at clock.