The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-06-29

special meeting Of the city coun
Ieil was held last night to hear some
statements from representatives OF
The Southern Illinois Internrban rail
read company and the Mckinley rail
way company, as TO the new compli'
cations that have arisen with respect
to their project There We're present
His Honor Mayor Parsons. and Alder
men SculIin, Koehler, Bourgeois. Mel
Ills, Kelly Maener Meehan, DAVIS.
Burke. Ferguson, German, Snyder and
Thomas.
Among the visitors present, were G..
o. Patier (presdent of the local inter
urban company, Capt N. B. Thistle
wood, G. v. Neff, Hon. Dan Hogan,
w. p. Halliday, (president of the
Cairo Traction company Judge
Dewey. Attorney Leek. Mr.. Sawyer,
(of the Mckinley company
The mayor stated that the meeting
had been called at the suggestion of
Judge Dewey in order to present the
situation 20 the council and to secure
from members some expression of
opinion as to future action. The
mayor called on Judge Dewey to state
the case from the company's point Of
view
Judge Dewey said that recent deci-
sions Of the supreme court of the
state defining the street railway laws
OF the state indicated that the charter
issued 10 the Southern Illinois inter
urban Company was not as broad as
vas desired Under these decisions
or interpretations OF the law the com
Tany could not 90 a commercial bust
less at all ana would have to confine
Itself to carrying passengers and
their baggage In order 10 be able 10
da a commercial business, that Is
carry express matter Of freight it
would be necessary to organize under
the general laws of the state The
u Kinley people would not take hold
Of tho project unless a commercial
business could he done and the pur-
rose of the local company was to re
organize as stated in yesterdays
and apply for new charter
under the general laws 50 as 70 give
the company the wider scope for bust
ness desired. II would be necessary
also for the city council then to RE-
enact the franchise ordinance passed
some months ago granting the fran
chlse 10 the newly organized com
pany. No change Of any sort was
desired In the ordinance, excepting
the name of the company to which
The franchise was granted. The f
terms of the ordinance were all EN- 4
tirely satisfactory to the Mckinley peo /
nle and they were prepared to carry
hem into effect al an early date l..
n Fischer general manager of the
Mckinley company was to have been
acre to meet with and speak to the
council, but had sent a message
stating that he could not be here till
Sunday. The Judge asked Hon. Dan
Hogan to state the case as he under
stood il.
Mr. Hogan said Judge Dewey had
stated Apt HilNdltoD dbhut d. u itdltF
was. He laid the fault lay in the
frontage petitions, which were gotten
~ under the street railway act and
Tia not ask for commercial railroad.
The supreme cour, decisions con
lined the business Of the railroad to ,
nc limits implied in these frontage (
petitions. or as fixed by the law under
which these petitions were gotten mp.
rhe petitions in Mound city We're diff
.erent ami were an right They had
,een procured from Mr.. Fischer and {
we're such as bis company had been
.sing generally in This state. But If {
he road were built under the petit IL
ions. franchise and charter of The i
southern Illinois lntcrurban Com
ANY. as recorded in Cairo. il would
ot be able 10 handle anything but
passengers and their baggage. and ,