Iron County register., 1898-12-15
FIFTY-YEARs EXTENSION.
Tho Fight Ia Chicago Over the Granting
of n New Charter to the Street
Car Companies.


tending the franchise of the Chicago
street car companies for so years came
up in the city council last night, ana
was referred to the council committee
on railroads On all votes touching
the ordinance the friends of the meas
ure were a strong minority, and unless
they can muster much greater strength
there is no proba bility that they Will
ever be able to pass it over the veto OF
Mayor Harrison.
Was Little Excitement Around the City
Hall.
Contrary to general expectations
there was little excitement around the
city hall, and although the councl
chamber was packed to suffocatlon,
and crowd filled the outside CORR
dors, the number of people present
was but little larger than usual. The
crowd, was, however, against the fran
chise proposition to a man, and made
no pretense of keeping its convictions
a secret. Adherents to the franchlse
were openly hissed when they at
tempted to gain point for their meas
ure, and loud yells greeted the an
| nouncement of vote by which the
| ordinance was referred.
Deted the Spirit of the Crowd.
Alderman McInerny made speech
TO certain extent defying the spirit
shown by the galleries, and from that
| time TO the adjournment he was the
object of numerous remarks from the
outsiders, many of them being warmly
personal. The crowd, however, was
good natured, and there were no DEM
onstrations.
The railroad committee, which now
has the ordinance in charge, is COM
| posed of 13 members, IL of whom last
night voted as friends of franchise ex-
| tension.
Brought Up the Franchise Question.
Alderman Walsh was first in bring
| ing up the franchise question. He in
| terrupted the regular order of business
| in the council with a motion that the
vote of the last session, committing
| the franchise extension ordinances to
| the joint committee on streets and al
| leys, west. north and south, be recon-
| sidered. He was ruled out of order on
| the ground that the rules had not been
| suspended and the regular order of
| business should obtain.
| Some routine matters were soon put
out of the way, and Alderman Maltby,
a strong opponent of the extension of
the franchises, jumped up with mo-
| ton that no ordinance whatever, ex-
| tending existing street railway fran
chises shall be passed and that no pro-
posals to that end shall be entertained
until the socalled Allen law shall have
been repealed.
| The Fight On in Earnest.
This brought on the fight in earnest
and in a second half dozen aldermen
were on their feet, shouting and ges-
ticulating frantic efforts for recogni-
ton by the mayor. He gave the floor
to Alderman Walsh, who had intro
| duced the first franchise motion of the
| evening. Alderman Walsh asked AL
derman Maltby to withdraw his mo-
ton temporarily as he wished to intro
duce resolution providing that the
vote by which the ordinance granting
| an extension of franchises tothe street
car companies of the city of Chicago
| be reconsidered.
| Alderman walsh's Motion Before the
| House.
/
| luton, and the motion of Alderman
| Walsh was before the house.
II move it be laid on the table,"
shouted Alderman O'Brien, who is
| champion of the car companies.
The motion was lost by vote of
| 26 to 81. The vote for a reconsidera-
| tion was then carried by 81 to 26. This
| was the first test of strength, and the
foes of the extension were in high
| glee.
/ Referred to the Municipal Committee ON
Railroads.
Immediately after the passage of
| Alderman Walsh's motion to reconsid-
er, Mayor Harrison referred the ordi-
nance to the municipal committee on
railroads.
Debate then followed upon the mo-
ton of Alderman Maltby shutting off
passage of any ordinance looking TO
| the extension of local street car fran
chises until after the repeal of the
Allen law"
Alderman Ma1tby moved suspen-
sion of the rules to permit the consid-
Grafton of his motion, but was de-
/ feated.
/ A HEAVY DEAL IN TOBACCO.