Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-04-02

Company was given franchise e
string wires along and over all streets
and alleys Of the city. No Remuneration
was exacted."
Now. this ordinance was passed
yeas. 10; nays. II. No member of the
Council suggested or made n motion
to exact remuneration for this fran.
chise. except as provided for In section
4 of said ordinance, which provided
The city shall be permitted TO place 81,
or transfer to said poles the telegraph
or telephone wires of the city whenever
the Mayor and Superintendent of City
telegraph may desire. but without cost
OF charge to the city for ucl, use of
said poles. provided such city wires are
also In cables used and constructed.
The Mayor vetoed this ordinance
ana his veto was sustained by the fol-
lowing vote: Yeas. 33; nays, 2. Aid.
Colvin voted to sustain the Mayors
veto. Council proceedings, 1882 and
1883, PIP. asa and 4o5.)
Then the Tribune says: 'On enter
Ing his second year of service as Alder
man Colvln was appointed chairman
of the Committee on Streets and Alleys
North. and two months later, on July
10. he showed his appreciation of his
duties by actively supporting the blank
ct ordinances extending the franchises
of all street railway companies of the
city for twenty years. AS sop to the
public the ordinance prescribed the an
nual license fee of $50 car per an.
num-"
Ii Ii true this ordinance was passed
by a vote Of ~ yeas to u nays. with the
usual compensation clause inserted. on
July 30. 1883. Nays were FOllansbce.
FOss. Wetherell, Purcell, Walsh and
Mar'ler. This ordinance can he found
In PIP. 40 and III. Council proceedings.
1883 ana 1884. Mayor Harrison return.
cd this ordinance to the Council on Aug.
u. 1889. rs can In found on pp. 113 to
III. and In returning It did not suggest
any additional compensation or remu.
neratiOn. and the ordinance, with a few
minor amendments rs to wording Of
certain sections, passed--yeas. "a; nays.
none. It II evident that the Mayor and
the entire Council were unanimous nv
70 the compensation. and am willing
to submit the above facts to the public,
and have no fear as to their verdict.
Again. the Tribune says: ''COlvin
wound up the year on Dec. 10 by voting
for an ordinance giving the Chicago and
Evanston Railway Company the right
to lay more trucks In Hawthorne ave.
nue.. Fourteen days later he aided In
passing the measure over Mayor Har.
risOn's veto"
1t II true that this ordinance was
passed on Dec. 10. 1883. by n vote Of
~ yeas to 4 nays, not an Alderman Of
the Council offering an amendment for
compensation. The yeas were:
Dixon, Sanders, Appleton, HhOrey, Fol.
lansbee, Foss, Burke, Sheridan. Cutler.
ton, DOerner, Hildreth, RiOrtlan. Law.
Ter. Purcell. Gnynor. White. Walsh.
Simons. Lyke. Ryan. Shack. Quinn. Els
feldt, Colvin. SEVERN. Geohegan-26.
Nays: wickershnm. Wetherell, Bond.
Hull, Dalton, Sweeney, sullivan, Man.
iprre--S.
This ordinance can he found on pages
26S and 260. Council proceedings. 1883
and 1884. Mayor Harrison vetoed this
ordinance and suggested several
amendments. The company had ac-
ce1hed ahe ordinance before the COun.
ell meeting Of Dec. -. 1883 page 3O5).
and there WINS question Of liability Of
the city and Of the company under such
ordnance. The Council cOncurred In
the acceptance Of the ordinance by the
Board Of Directors Of the Evanston
Railway Company. The whole proceed.
ings. the amendments offered by the
Mayor, and the acceptance Of the or.
dlnance by the company cnn liz found
In pages 3O3 to 3OS, Council Proceed.
ings. Dec. -, 1889.
The Tribune says: On April q, 1884.
COlvin helped give the Adams street
bridge and right Of way IN Adams, Des-
PLANES, Harrison and 18th streets,
Western avenue ana other West Side
streets to the Chicago Horse and DUN.
my Railroad Company, now part OF
the Yerkes system"
The Chicago Horse and Dummy Rail-
way Company ordinance was passed.
but not given away. The remuneration
was the same as IN all street railroad
ordinances ut that time-$5O cur per
annuni. Neither the people nor the
press at that time demanded any other
compensatory clause; although section
IL Of this ordinance provided that per.
mission IL granted upon the express
condition that the said company shall
pay to the said city Of Chicago the cost
and expense N widening the viaduct In
Adams street over the railroad tracks,
between Canal street and the Adams
street bridge, upon plans ana specitica.
lions Of the Commissioner Of Public
Works; or siall pay to said city In case
It shall not be found practicable by the
Commissioner Of Public Works to
widen said viaduct the cost and eX.
pense Of constructing and erecting In
lieu thereof new double roadway via
duct, with the necessary approaches
thereto, between said points, to take
the place Of said present viaduct. the
plans ana specifications therefor, In
case 1t shall be found imp,ucticable to
widen the present viaduct, to be pre-
pared by the Department Of Public
Works. The money required 10 he
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