The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-08-18
McCaIPs Ferry People Seek To En-
ioin Condemnation Proceedings AT
Conowingo--S --Sheriff's Juries Sum-
moned- Attorney General Carson
To Halt Work On Big Dam

moned- Attorney OeneFdl carson
,,, %, No.
10 HdH Wofh VII Dry DdHi
Sher;Ts' Kirk and Reasin on Tues
do,, nrnceednd with their respective
~ conformation summoned at
,i,a instance 81 the Susouehanna Power
Cnmn,nv which seeks 10 acquire title
,n rrrt,i,, lands in Cecil and Hartford
counties living along the SuSquehanna,
near Conowingo, owned by the Como
winpo Land Company and others. The
work OF the iurieS may consume con-
siderable time. Meanwhile, the Nc
Calls Ferry Company which is build
ING the great power dam, some miles
above Conowingo. had instituted suit
in the United States District Court i'll
Baltimore to arrest the work OF con
dcmnatun and preliminary inJunc-
tiun was sought from Judge Morris on
Saturday which he declined to grant,
and postponed the hearing on the APP
plicatiOn iOr the same until October y.
The condemnation proceedings will
then have been concluded. and their
validity will have to be passed upon.
The NcCa1l's Ferry ComDanv's bill
WA, filed by their counsel Mcssrs. vii
lis France Homer and Smith. Of Bal
timnrr and Simn,un Thackcr < Bart
Irtt ni New York and named Justice
II II C,ilpin and Sheriff Cecil Kirk. Of
ri Cecil and Iusti,.r lame, \ vile and
Sheriff i n 'Eca,in, ni Hartford, as re-
.nnnIrnt, The \IcCnIl', Ferry pcoplc
nwn largc tract, in the two counties.
and ,hc bulk OF the Conowingo Land
Cnmnanv's holdings, They claim that
III, Sr.Grrh,nn, Cnmranv has neither
r;uh, mar ,uth,ri,, fn condemn the
I,nj. .,,,gh, +, h, 3r,uirrd and that
there arr no lcui,ratiy, rnactmcnts to
Sanction such proceedings They al
lrnn ",,. II,, ,hat % tI" Er.UnrbrnY1 Cnmnany
may rrsnrt tn. .c,ndrmua,;nn nn1y alter
nai,;ng ,,tTrrs and rnIravnrinr tn cf-
irrt i,.,N' mIIrrhasrs Which i Ina, NOT thu,
iar dnnr anl thar thr nrtirioncrs had
nn r,,,;r,,. ~ th. ,.nnt,,nnl,trL nrnrrrd-
;nu. .1,r ,br nnr n,L,;shrL The nr-
,;ti,n ,lIrnrs th,t The nrnrrrdinos ni
Ins,;r,s C;iInir and vile and Chcrirfs
Xii; and Rrasin ,rr ;ilroaI Further
mara thr mi dr,,,rrs Nc Snsn,,rhan-
n, Cnmnany wn,,ld NOT he able to nay
fnr thc lands il condemned and the
rundrmn,tinn is desionrd tn force the
NrCoITs Ferry nrnnIr tn INV the cu;-
Tnrhonn, Cnnnnn,S stock Gr = Iarpe
norton ni if NJ nm cxurbitant price
The cmndrmnot;nn:, rtIrc, i allowed,
viii he tn drStrnv thr franchises OF
the C"naw;n~n and Cnmnany and
nth.r \Iar,Iand rnnrrrns and wnrl, ;r-
remar,Lir ;n;mrr IN ,kn sJrCa11's Ferry
rnternr;se which needs the lands in
CncI and IJnrimrd inr ;ts snrrrssi,,I
,,rNsnc,,t;",r U m,;I '"' W. W. ~ ''S> ''''' "
c.,.".', u;n;o,,. ., o,,,,so,
stevenson y. w llI'amS, "l c"uhIel
i"r the oHIqueharHnia Hi company, Wh1
GTIInpI"EeG MtHHrs. Ne'i"nle, n1elJel
,a'W"Su u iep'tSe'' .l h,,'' "t t,,e ,a.a'
lliS Oh o@'"iua!' says ,''e ousquenaii'la q,
o"'iiP"''I pI"Jcol n ~ DC 1eNei"peu
on inc oIG paper NH '',G q! u, To'rWIll-
20, y lnl'tI rom inc McCaIl rerLy
o"'a' ana 'nJ properly S"ue't TO DC
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