The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
Thomas B. Jeffery Makes an Un.
usual Proposition to Chicago
and Milwaukee R'y Co.
WANTS co. 70 co ROUND
Attorney for Manufactures Would Re-
lease All Damages and Pay Big
Bonus for Change in the
Route of the Road

The attorneys for the Thomas B.
Jeffery company threw bombshel1 in
to the camp of the Chicago and Mil
waukee Railway company on Tuesday
afternoon when in open court they
offered to pay to the officials of the
company $4,000 if they would so
change the right of way of the road
that it would not pass through the
property Of the company.
This oder was made at a hearing
before Judge Be1den on the appeal of
the railway company from the decis-
ion of tie commission which was
appointed BY the court to assess the
amount TO be paid by the company
for going through the Jeffrey prop
erty. No action was taken by them
to accept or reject the proposition
made by the attorneys for the Jeffery
plant, but it is possible that some
acton will be taken today.
When the commission appointed by
the court completed its work of asses
ing damages the Jeffrey company was
AWARDED a little over fifty thousand
dollars and the award was not salts
factory to them or to the officials O.
the railway. The Jeffrey company
had placed its damages as high as
p 80, lille the railway officials
had consented to pay as low as $50, :
eco, ard as there was no chance for
compromise both parties to the action
took an appeal. Recently the railway
CO npany had extended it's tracks
aero S Prairie avenue and the work
men are about to invade the Jeffrey
property, and for, this reason the
-ttorneys for Mr.. Jeffrey made a
motion in the Circuit court Tuesday
asking that the company be required
to put up a bond of $50, 200 to insure
the payment Of the damages. Pend
ing the app al of the case this bond
was held by the attorneys for the
Jedery people to be necessity. The
attorneys for the railway demurred to
the proposed bond plan, and this
brought Attorney Cavanagh to his
feet.
Nov am ready to make the attor-
neys for the railway company an
oher,' he said. ''Mr. Jefery will
hand you his check for $4,000 tomor-
row if the company will change its
route 20 as to go around the. Jeffery
property
No action was taken on the matter
at the tine but the attorneys we're
decidedly attentive to the offer. AS
the company is planning to build all
air line from Kenosha to Milwaukee
it would be difficult thing for them
to make the change in route even for
the consideration offered. IThis would
Of course mean $780, . and over to
the company, as with the change in
route they would not be forced to pay
the amount awarded to the Jefery
plant by the commissioners.
Judge Be'den took the bond motion
under advisement and will render
some decision in the matter this after
noon. The proposition made by the
attorney 70 Mr.. Jefery is an unusual
one, and Attorney Cavanagh declares
that it is made in good faith.
The railway company has asked
the court to give them the right to
enter the Jefiery property, and this
will be decided together with the
motion fixing the amount of the bond
to be put up.
It is understood that the Jeffery
company is planning the erection of
another large building, and it IS
claimed that the railway passing
through the propcrtT will interfere
with the plans for this building. For
this reason they would prefer to pay
large sum of money for the change
in the route.