The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-29

CAts 4AlSAAAceE AE1ly to SAlAHNSA -a+-' @1---- i ler's contentious. He explained the grades and showed that they would be | much less than at present and that ] many of the bridges would be lower ] In fact, the plans are much more fa- ! vorable in these respects than the orig ! inal plans commended by the railroad l commissioners.
 Alderman Langley asked Mir. Kelly if
 Madison street would be affected, as
 MT. Miller had stated, and MT. Kelly
 replied that Madison street would not be changed in any way.
 Attorney George D. Watrous stated
 that he would like to say a few words
 concerning Mir. Donovan's contention. He said that the engineers would need I a little scope in their work, but that if 1 the board objected to this clause he ] and his associate, Attorney Buckland,
 on behalf of the company, would waive | this clause.
 ] In reference to MT. Rich's objection i MT. Watrous stated that the railroad l company intended to carry out the
 plans as presented in good faith with
 the city.
 <AAuSl Alie1Al OlllLn dShSu ALLOEifey Watrous if. under the plans, it would not bind the city to extend Crown 1 street, and MT. Watrous replied that this matter rested entirely with the city. He was then asked several other questions, which he answered. | Alderman Loos, as there were no
 more present who expressed their de-
 sire to be heard, moved that the con- mlttee of the whole go into. executive ! session, and this motion was carried
 with an amendment that the corpora
 tion counsel and the city engineer be i requested to remain. With these two
 exceptions and the city sheriff and the page, the room was cleared of all ex-
 cept the members of the board. Just what happened in the executive i session is not known other than that
 the aldermen asked numerous question: i of the corporation counsel and the city
 engineer. That there were a number of minor objections made to various
 parts of the report was self-evident as the session lasted over an hour. When the doors of the aldermanic chamber were thrown open President Townshend called the board of alder
 men together. Chairman Johnson then
 presented the report of the committee of the whole, which recommended that the report of the city's cut commission be adopted and that the petition as pre- i sented by the railroad company be granted. Alderman Nathanson moved imnle- | diately that the report of the committee
 of the whole be adopted and the mo- 1 tion was seconded by several of the aldermen. Alderman Courtney iinme-
 diately jumped to his feet and amend ed the motion to the effect that the last
 thirteen words of the sixth section be 1 struck out These are the words to
 which Mr. Miller had referred in: the public hearing and were as follows: ''The alterations proposed are more fully described in detail hereafter, subject to such further alterations as i the exigencies of the work may re- ' quire." MT. Courtney said that he l thought that this section might involve
 the city in considerable trouble later. The amendment was seconded by Alder | man Smith. who said that he objected
 to such clause from a legal stand point, as he did not consider it suffi- ciently bindingRor' definite.
 Alderman Lo6s said that it looked 1 very much as though the amendment questioned the good faith of the rail-
 road company, and he thought this hardly fair. He said, however, that as
 the attorneys for the railroad company
 had signiffed their willingness to have the clause removed should 1t prove a stumbling bloelSii why he did not per sonally object to it if it were taken out.
 Alderman Allen asked the board if 1t had not faith in the corporation coun- sel, who had said that the clause would not hold in any court sufficiently to al- low the railroad company to deviate to
 any extent from the general plans. He
 had also stated, in the executive sas- sion at the time, that it might benefit the city by having it left in the agree | ment.
 Alderman Nathanson objected to the clause on the ground that it gave the
 railroad company too much power. Alderman Johnson said, Its of no great importance anyway. Take it out If you wish
 Alderman Marlow said, Chuck it
 out" : Alderman Homan said that 1t belit- | tied the board to squabble over this
 matter which placed the board in the ! light that 1t was suspicious of every
 body and everything. He then said, Let's hear what Engineer Harte of the
 railroad company has to say about it. ;" Alderman Johnson moved that MT
 Harte be given the privilege of the
 floor. but President Townshend ruled the motion out of order, because there
 was already a motion before the house.
 Alderman McKerniss favored letting the words remain.
 Alderman Woodford facetiously re-
 marked, 'Mr. President, I object to the removal of the words on general prln-
 ciples, owing to the fact that there are | thirteen of them" (Laughter). Alderman McKerness requested Pres ident Townshend to invite Engineer
 Harte to speak on this question, as a
 motion to that effect would be out of l order, and as there was no objection 1 this request was granted.
 1 MT. Harte stated that in some cases,
 as the work progressed, it might be
 possible to shade some of the grades