The sun., 1900-01-04
Fight FOR SIXTH Street.
Injunction Case Before the
Chancellor Yesterday Morn.
iDs and Afternoon.
SEVERAL DAYS LRGALB ATTLE
Wilmington CITY Railway Working
Hard II Hrcp thc Rrandjwiue
srrfugs Rnnd From Coming
In,o the City on West
Sixth Street.

Sixth Street.
Local railway hostilities have COM
mence1 and tile attorneys representing
nutn the Wilmington CITY Railway Conn
pany and III tie Brandywine SPRING.
Company are endeatoring g persuade
! Chancellor Nicholson that they shOnd
have exclusive right Of way for a trolley
| inc On West Sixth street in the city 81
Wilmington.
Tie action is one brought by tie viii
mington CITY Railway IN the form nf ali
application fnr an iniunct on restraining
the Wilmington aud BrandyHine Springs
Company from lating tracks upon Sixth
street, west of Market to tile city lmit
TIE legal battle promises To be fierce
, and long and rom tile array of authDrl-
lies ID b- quoted il all he almost
week before tile argument i completed
The SESSION Yesterday morning was I
: consumed Ia hearing the bit ~ com. .
plaint AZ presented by tile plaintiff com.
pany and tie answer made By the
attorneys fiji tile defendant company.
Attorneys llilies and hirlds fepresent
. tile HtandsNlne spfings COMPANY aAa
i willard s, salisbury Tho NIiMifgtGA
CitY Railway Company
Mr., Salisbury, 81 apnning the cast Il.
Z formed the chancellor that il would be
) III collation. ~ tue CITY railway corr
i pai elaler to n-lnlltthe BrandgWinh
II SpiNEs Company ~ haE4 tae xta
y -ti,c. Ef; tAat Il W00. ta!se diEl.ge
AHA aelAys t1 lae l.l etWps#y, aHj th@t
!, .Ar aeir passed ly Tic legislature viii.
y tpi renee u tle Brandy Alne Springs
+ onpany Rere Yald nnd ~ 10 feet
ie s.#r 4tll fctelrett 2 s3tstae agreement
81 I5f4tEs EssEFE II
re 4a- el tHt hHaI8g q. the flad uA
!. >.1lA street, wouia violate. Tie com
II platnnnt asked that the Brandy
II springs people be restrained te0m 0lild-
If. III AID operating tie road.
IA After lew gotQs Of iatr1i ictiGn, Mn
ls Hilas, ln answer t8 the complaint, de-
Sc MED that tile Wilmington City Railway
pperates practically thirty miles q
NJ track.
ST. He denied absolutely that the com
re plainant has, under an act, the exclusive
er right and privilege of bGllditg and
operating street railways in the city and
y AYERS that tile right given il an cxclu.
II -irc right and privilege ID operate tho
'dl railway beginning at the III. W x b
n- station, extending thence 10 Market, L
a Tenth and thence by Tenth and Della
he ware avenue ID Clayton street, and tAa
H. undar the Constitution lhen existing tht
ID. legislature reserteI 10 itself the powel
~ teN6ke tfc sad act at ANY tine
NJ He denied ctnphatlcAlt1 Z that the CITY
ca11aul laa 4 any Way Leea author
I'll ln Use etretrcity aa it9ftte p1@t
FL tlat Il as Art tar pIaEa t!t sand !5
trA. .E9naEiaE s1ta tiir city ana di
ftIecartr8ry. arprs ta!t t4e itGn#ta As
~ -aH#5A passe 0Ntag TIA ai
#.iagaaat raasRy 4 tts IQ.Hnarpor
rs, ie tEe WIlnHIgfaR le!5tn. aaa. dzt
I03i Railway FtHtara Eaiaa stfetg
..-s Railway, Wilmington I. ErandyR iEl
est. Passenger Railway, Eighth Street il7
the -ergar Railway, ana " imingtou 4 WI
+hs Ca2j.c Railway, and that q large P1rtlui
.n 9f tlie TRACES 4 Tile city Ware lad ani
i'4t are n9N operated aalg uy virtue Il! .Aos
.lte 4cts
ger Nr Iti},cs went fartler, and fsl lla
tae he Wilmington City ii..Way f3tof4l
Tt4a al.t contain rastHa4s, Iat 81 aa5ntl.
ia1 ~ naaic demand therefor bat a-uat
63ftgc purpose VI preventing ttEGr raI
s4f tron psfrg the streets
elI 8t far IN Yesterday aaeraoan NJ
~. ,a4tpEfg, in rpsy tQ The Ga,enaat
J % ,nmpany' answer 10 tie Complain
atry ,rated that certain allegations in the III
ows .aer were untrue and requested untIl 4
ntry FAY 10 formulate a reply, assuring y
III
) Il hat the ppinia alluded to were uDtru
ILL., Chancellor Nichnlron dpcidrd that u
''eu locnmeht submitted by Mr.. Hi@
~ .hnnla he cansiderrd as an answer a.
'ass- rtinsed Mr. Sauisbnr, Z request.
Tile remainder Of the AFTERNOON se
Ii Of 4ion was consumed by Mr.. sauisbn
tllla- rpading certain affidavits alleging tn
fia. the defendant company had faled 70 Ii
M racks aud run care according to q
W. .oeciti,aticns ofthtir chatter.
,.y.' The irst affidavit read was that
80 Civil Euglneer George II. Bowman. NJ
letsi Bowman said i part tha' ne Brand
anee ainr Springs Company had failed Q 2
,ws; or Dy electrciy "a NE line from I
nsid- springs 10 the city Hnita tut hfd tax
that DIR oyer the Iints Will the asistan
arp Ii tnr4es, nue- and men.
aad. II IAN + Clfs~ I'll ID an III Z
s.aa .tated THAT lie hac seed the attem
80 NJ rur car over the IKE and had
,alea clrGd photographs II tie proceed}l
tfue rHGer pfGtpsl I'll Afr. ET9cEa aad ot.
taar iiig,aJa. llr GA. etl ilrther ttai
!, 0T rDat llr 6as net sHcces Nl5Y fan AZ
tEo 5he iiac uniII Iaauarg Ii, lSo5, VII
.blct hc clartpr required HAT il he run
,,,oso TIL first day IL the month.
Il 81 Following tile aboSe ntdayits ~
T. n hose III r. Garland JaHnry James ST
IN, EdNarl MG htt, ALEXANDER d9i
ac. .au. George Reed, John X Rawcli
past EIwafd Brookhrld, George w. And
son. Harvey B. Nandegriit, Clarence
you! fluchens, John Armstrong, Thon
omic !. Belah, Henry q. Moore, Harvey
ana Niley and John A. Rigg-
NM The above atfidavits were about alc
,a3 1.-The same line and established the I
T. that the Rrandywine Springs Compa
Ealer lid on December 81, 1897 With the as
IS 70 ance of horses, mules, men and Ium
yncrs run d car along the proposed line.
tie He afIidayita of President Rigg a
trary ,ther officials of the city railway
/ IN. orbh that twenty five year agreem
.rfnr had been made Etb tho defendant q
i .ar psny and had been faithfully adhered
~ That Of Harvey ] Wiley, secretary
tAah The Wilmington Street and Sewer
iucts partment related the action OF the
rons partment in granting and revoking
and lranchise faf the use af sixth stree
bu HE city company.
wall Mr EliEet ais3 presented an alhda
~ ~ rom Mr Wiley aalcH stated II NJ
III ~ certain angnae taut tilere had teen
,oy,f lpll issi9n given by tile sfeet and Sci
t+ TY.4.r+t,3tsY+ fs{sfitfft tI41 tUf. AtIlEUl