The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-13
An act to prevent the erection or maintaining of storage warehouses or freight depots or buildings in- tended. constructed or used Tor eith- CT of said purposes upon any pup- lie street of any city in Alabama.

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 lie street of any city in Alabama.
 This bill should properly be entitled: sAn, Act to require the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to remove It's freight depot from its present To- cation in the City of Montgomery"
 While 1t is drawn as a general bill. as matter Of fact the bill was drawn by Montgomery lawyer st the in stance of certain property owners on Lee Street In the City of Montgomefy, --themain object being to compel the Louisville & Nashville Railroad com pany to remove its freight depot from Montgomery and force the Railroad Company to enable some real estate owner at some point in the City Of Montgomery to sell to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company at an sxtortionats figure, land upon which the L. and N. at unlimited prices to acquire rights of way to such new To- cation.
 There may be other freight depots in other cities at which the pill IS drawn for and in behalf of certain property owners on Lee Street fp the City of Montgomery.
  Nashville Raiiroad Company to main cation in the City of Montgomery. has both of the City of Montgomery and ot the Supreme Court of Alabama~ Sec the case of Dennis V. M & M. Ry. Co
 The courts of the state as we'll as previous Legislatures having taken ac. tton contrary to what is sought to be B 5sa it ao1id seem that an ap is now being taken from the action Of the courts and of previous Legislat- tpres to the present Legislature of
 It s Drober. therefore to lay before tue Committee the history in connec- tlon with the Louisville 4 Nashville MontEomery. and the circumstances under which it was erected. To that end. attach hereto as Exhibit A." a the City of Montgomery. the Mobile & Montgonery Railway Company and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Com Dany. bearing date of June goth. 1896.
 The purpose of these property own CTS on Lee Street is manifest. They think 1t will enhance the value of their proach to the Union Station instead Of letting Commerce Street remain, as 1t now is the approach thereto. To erty owners would be benefited bv shcu change. to that same extent the Com merce Street property owners would be injured if Lee Lee street street were a made & the ton instead of Commerce Street
 nov The oe sst9 s % the he plat of ground and SashyiIls 'f2G RsiiTosd company usYS Slscioses that aside from the fact that said fbRildinKs were placed and kept upon thoritv. no citizen of MontRomery has sustained any injury rherefrom, and has not even an equitable right to com
 The end of Lee Street before the terminal facilities were constructed un- der authority of the ordinance above ei of the % former unon ee' Passenger sDs @ sts tion and was supported by brick wall over which is was impossible for per-
 The building of the freight depot has deprtved no one of any right or privi- lege. nor has 1t diminished the value other hand the building of this depot and other terminal facilities us sa Sa.hv,I,y Rg s9,rosd shs LOgIsgIIls and and the alterations of Lee Street have resulted in great benefit and conven- fence to the citizens of Montgomery. street, ss rss' ss oSinaiiy pstted ea. tersection with Court Street to to the ity. ended about 50 feet above we low water mark on a high bluff. and this street had not at any time been used as an approacil to the Alabama River or to reach Water Street or any depot in Montgomery
 Bv the trns of the ordinance under which the new freight and passenger depots. etc.,. were constructed. (copy of which ordinance Is attached as "Ex- hibit A''), provision was made where by the end of Lee Street beyond Talla- poosa Street could be used as an ap- proaeh to the Passenger Station. by ex- tending 1t from the present end of Lee Street at right angles to Gilmer Avenue in one direction and to Moui- ton Street in the other. and hence per- sons residing on Lee Street now have better facilities for reaching the river and the Union Passenger Station than ever did have prior to the construe- tion of the freight depot in its present location,
 Before the ordinance above referred to was passed. hy an Act of the Legis- iature approved February 26 1872 Sec ton i2 of the Charter of the City of