The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-30
HAVE DESIGNS ON
CITIZENS CHARTER
Battle Between Trolley Companies Will
Be Fought at Harrisburg.
STATE OFFICERS APPEALED TO
AttOrney.General Will he Asked to
Have the Charter Of the Citizens
Company Declared Null and Void.
August IL and ~ Arc the Days
Selected for the Argument.

Proceedings have been taken by the
Scranton Traction company to have the
charter of the Citizens Street Railway
ctmpany declared null ana void. The
latter was granted charter at Har-
risburg on June last 1t was chart
cred at a capital stock of $500, 900, and
:he directors of it are Hon. w. l.. Con-
rcll, Fl. H. Archer, p $. Page. County
Treasurer c. II. Schadt and =. ]. Hor-
an.
a few days after the charter was
granted the directors met and elected
eX-Mayor Connell president, Mr.. Horan
secretary. and Mr.. Schadt treasurer.
The ink on the document was scarcely
cry when an ordinance was introduced
in select council providing for a fran
chise which would give them right of
way over a large number of the city
Str,tts.
The Citizens company agreed to pay
into the city treasurer ON Jan. IL Of
each year 81 for every ear in operation.
They proposed to occupy a great many
streets now occupied by the Scranton
Traction company under franchises of
the Valley Passenger Railway COM
puny.
ACTION At HARRISBURG.
The Citizens Railway o: dinance was
Killed in council and that put u quietus
on the matter until Tuesday. when a
dispatch frnm Harrisburg announced
that attorneys We're arranging for a
time for a bearing before Attorney Cen
eral Mccormick ON Il quo warranto pro-
ceediEg brought by the Scranton Trac-
tipH cOibJ.ny against III" Citizens
c1mpanS
A Tribune reporter learned yesterday
that a short time ago Attorney Horace
l.. Hand ard Major Everett Warren,
representing .he Scranton Traction
company. went to Harrisburg and pre-
scented petition to the attorney gen.
eral, asking u at a writ of quo warranto
issue.
The time set FOR a hearii.r is Aug. II
and II. Mr.. Hand, Major Warren, l.
II. Burns and Hen. NJ. T.. Oiirstead. of
Harrisburg, VIII be- the attorneys for
the plaintiff IL the hearing and the de-
fendant viii be represented by Hon.
John +. N.' y, Joseph or rien and j.
Alton Davis.
The petition filed with the attorney
general alleges that the Citizens Street
Railway company have ne authority to
use the tracks of the ! 'nIle's Street
Railway Germany. Their charter states
t"at they p"I~usr to us 100 feet Of
these tracks on I.ackawarna avenue
from jefferson to Frankl.r and they
need that 600 feet of road to make u
continuous !, ute as is requi "a by law.
That is one reason alleged why the
charter shotild be set aside. the Peoples
company alleging that they have had
no authority to use that amount of
track.
ANOTHER REASON GIVEN.
Another reason alleged is that i'm the
defendants articles of association it is
expressly stated that no tracks are laid
or authorized to he laid ON any street
named i'm the articles. The Traction
company alleges that there are tracks
laid by them for over ll,00O feet on
streets that the defendants proposed
route covers. and also that the Traction
company has authority to lay about
AZ. 1000 feet or over eight miles more of
track on streets over which the Citizens
line proposes to pass. Another conten-
tiOE is that they have the right to use
not more than 900 feet of the tracks Of
any one company under any circum-
stances, but that they propose to use
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