The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-25
BLOW At PULLMAN COMPANY
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT DECIDES
AN IMPORTANT CASE.
Must Restrict Its Operations to the
Limits Of Its Charter Powers
which Are Not Broad EnOuSh TO

CHICAGO. Oct. 24-Tas supreme court
OF Illinois decided today ,hat the action
instituted by ex-Atiorney General MAu-
rice T. Moloasy during MS term Of office 10
compe. Pulimans Palace Car Company
10 restrict It's operations to rs charter
limitations. should stand. and remaaaed
the case 10 the circuit cogr; OF Cock coan-
~. where !, vii now be tired ExAt,ag-
ney General Mo,oney has coatendet that
the Pullman company vas Incorporated
simply for the purpose Of making. selling
and leasing railroad and street cars.
His object Was 20 compel the company TO
retire from the real estate, gas. water,
heating, hrickniaking and other eflter-
prises conducted by II a, the town az Pull
man ard in Chicago. The case Sas fougA:
by counsel for the company and was
thrown out by the Circuit court. C3unse.
for the state denarred and appeal Vas
taken 20 the supreme court, watch Was de-
eiaed in .avor ot the former attorney gen
eral
John 5 Ruanels. general counsel FOR the
corporation. said the corporation always
believed Itself justified fully. legally and
BY the terms Of !is charter. il al lis
actions
TIE town Of Pullman was built .or the
convenience Of The Pullman operatives"
he declared. TIE step has noi been taken
without, consulting good lawyers, among
them ex-Justice Of the Supreme Court OF
membered that the courts ;ha. have passed
upon the case have not been unanimous
Judge Baker. OF the circuit court. upheld
the contentious OF the company ana the
supreme court s not united in its 9eGia-a
ton.
THE case has been before the supreme
court three years. The decision OF Judge
Baker was affirmed in part. reversed in
part, and the case was remanded for fur
Their proceedings in the circuit court. The
case went up upon demurrer 70 our plead
lngs winch was oVerruled. Judge Baker
decided all points in favor OF the company
except the right OF the company TO hold
stock in the Pullman Iron and Steel Conn
pany. The company's defense was two
fold-fiTst that the liberal special legisla-
tive charter OF the company gives IL TIE
right 10 hold such real estate as the board
OF directors might deem necessary. and,
secondly. that the tine for the state TO OBJ
Ject was when the town was built. not
fourteen years Afterwards. | presume that
the circuit court will give the company a
reasonable amount of time in which 10
comply with the law as construed by the
tempt to dtsobey the orders of the court
Ansong the properties the Pullman Palace
Car Company is charged with holding and
using in violation OF Its charter rights are
the following. The Pullman block on
Michigan avenue; the town OF Pullman. in
GLIDING buildings which are rented and
furnished as homes 10 L. eS people: all the
streets and al railways Of Pullman. the
sewerage system schooihouSes. two
churches. theater. a market hall. the
Arcade building. the hotel office. the gas
plant. the water system. a large number
of cars upon which liquors are sold. a large
body of vacant land the stock Of the Pull
man Iron and Steel Company. the stock OF
the Union foundry. the stock OF the Pull
man Car Wheel Company. the stock Of
the Southern Pullman Palace Car Com
pany.
II is further generally alleged that the
company exercises municipal power in the
town OF Pullman.