Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-10-30

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the Council. and now they want ne
whole street.
No piptensc of Offering a reason why
the city should give valuable property
to corporation Is suggested in the or
dinancp. the text of which Is us fol-
lows:
An ordinance amending an ordinance.
passed Jan. Is. 1897, requiring the
Pittsburg. Cincinnati. Chicago and ST.
Louis Railroad Company. the Chicago
and Northwestern Railway Company.
the Chicago and Northern Pacific Rail
road Company. and any successor to
the railroad of said ast-named com
pany. to respectively elevate the plane
of certain of their tracks In the city of
Chicago. BE Is ordained 10y the city
Council of the city of Chicago:
Section I. An ordinance. requiring
the Pittsb,lrg. Cincinnati and ~. Louis
Railway Company. the Chicago nnd
Northwestern Railroad Company. the
Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad
Company. and any successor to the
railroad of said last-naincd company.
to respectively elevate the plane of GER
tain of their railway tracks within the
city of Chicago. passed by the city
Council on Jan. Is. 1897. he and the
same IL hereby amended by adding
thereto other sections. tn be known AZ
sections ~. ~ and ~. as follows:
See. ~. That the east thirty-thrcc
I.
line of Monroe street to the north line
of Harvard street. he and the same IL
hereby vacated.
Soc. u. That such parts Of said or
dinnncc of Jan. IL. 1897. as provide for
the grading of said Rockwell street into
Monroe street AMI the north line of
Harvard street. be- and the same are
hereby repealed: and the said Ordi-
nance of Jan. IL. 1897. shall m con-
s,rued as though snid Rockwell street
had been vacated and this ordinance
had taken effect at the time of the
passage of said aforementioned Orii-
nance Of Jan. ~, 1897.
Sec. ~. This amended ordinance
shall take effect from and after It's
passage. approval. and publication:
provided. however. that this amend.
cd ordinance shall bc null and void I'M
less the Pittsb,irg. Cincinnati. Chicago
and ~. Louis Railway Company shall.
through It's authorized officers. file with
the Mayor Of the city Of Chicago. with.
In thirty days from the passage of this
amended ordinance. an agreement.
whereby said railway company shall
bind itself to hold the city Of Chicago
free. clear ana harmless of and from
all damages. actions, suits. Judgments.
and costs. at law or In equity. for or by
reason OF the passage Of this amended
ordinance. or anything done In pursu.
ancc thereof by the said Pittsburg. Gin.
cinnati, Chicago and ~. Louis Railway
Company.
Not the least remarkable fact regard.
ing this ordinance Il that Its author
and champion IL Attorney +. J. LOescl'.
the legal representative here Of the
Pennsylvania Company. Mr.. Loesch
loves to he classed with the prOfesscd
refOrmers. who made the welkln ring
last winter ana spring with their de-
nunciatiOns Of corporations which
sought public franchises. Mr.. Lo"sch
was 80 Interested In the cause Of re-.
form that he visited Springfield to lit
his potent voice against the passage Of
the Allen bill. 1t was u fearful crime.
according to Mr.. LOescll. for the street
car companies to ask for an extension
Of their franchises In the Use Of II pOr-
ton Of the city streets. u use which did
not In the least impair the streets for
public traffic. ana ~ the same time
gave the people the benefit Of the heat
system of in,ramural transportation In
the world
Mr.. Loesch's views must have chang
I'll since that time. Then, the PROPOSE.
tlon to give corporation the right to
use for nifty years u street without
detrlment to It's qualities Ms n thor
oughfarc. oven with liberal cOmpensa.
tiOn therefor. was IN outrage that could
not he too vigorously denounced. ana
the men who advocated such u prOlO-
sltiOn were nll sorts Of bad things. Now.
Mr.. l.Oesch thinks II just and right that
a corporation should be given absolute.
ly and forever Il public street with the
privilege Of closing II forever to the
public use. Temporary. partial Occu-
Fancy of street by street railroad
tracks would In n crime then. In Mr..
LOesch's eyes. but now the approprla-
ton of all the street, to the exclusion of
the public, II u necessity.
But there IL u difference. The cOrpO-
ration that wants 10 gobble Rockwell
street Is Mr.. LOesch's employer. Its
money jlngles In his pockets, AMI Its
golden music attuncs to ethical har.
mony In Ids mind the dlscOrlant In
Iqul.y Of the Kahler ordinance. Mr..
Loasch ut Springfield. with Harlan.
Kent. Gunther, ana other refOrmcrs of
their peculiar brand, fighting the Allen
hill Il different person from Mr..
l.oesch In Chicago trying 10 secure the
passage of the Rockwell street stealing
ordinance.
Mayor Harrison Is opposed to the
conhscatiOn of Rockwell street by the
railroad company. Some of his best
friends In the Council are antagonistic
to the measure. They will prevent the
appropriation of u public street by u
foreign corporation. The mayor has
not said much, hut 1t Is known that he
has not forgotten the chilly refusal of
the Pennsylvania Company 10 accom-
MEDIATE with transportation several city