Hello all
I have a question about "riots" between competing railroads - often at
the construction of junctions. Does anybody here know if riot had a
different use in the late 19th century than it does today? For
example, could this have been an exchange of shouts and jeers - or was
their out-and-out violence?
It is hard to imagine any rivalrious construction crews being
motivated to violence at the present.
Best,
Tom Cornillie
>
> Another Chicago Tribune article about the same spot dated July 12,
1897 (almost 110 years ago!!!) reported when the Chicago, Hammond
> & Western did finally get to building though the area the Suburban
Electric (later West Towns Street Railway) was building into La Grange
> at the same time. The newspaper report is not really clear but the
CH&W and SE construction forces got into a riot involving about 300
> workers from contractors for both lines. The article reports the
scene of the conflict was in Hill Grove Avenue, east of the Burlington
depot.
> It later stated that the two companies had been battling over ROW
and that the "Bad feeling had been engendered by recent condemantion
> proceedings in the County Court in which the CH&W officials got the
better of their rivals (by getting a ROW from SE for $7000 instead of
> the $9000 the SE was willing to sell it for).
> It sounds like the actual issue was who was going to have to install
and maintain the crossing between the two companies as they cross
> at right angles.... the ROW would be the section that the two lines
parallel each other.
>
>
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