Chester County and its people .. . Rock and West Chester RailwayCompany was organized December 15, 1892, and chartered withan authorized capital stock of |1,000,000, of which |100,000 hasbeen subscribed. This company has already constructed an elec-tric railway from Philadelphia to Ridley Creek on the Phila-delphia and West Chester Road, and on March 31, 1898, it passeda resolution to the effect that in order to increase its business andaccommodate the travel of the public it was necessary to con-struct its railway from its western terminus, as above given, tothe line of the borough of West Ch
Chester County and its people .. . Rock and West Chester RailwayCompany was organized December 15, 1892, and chartered withan authorized capital stock of |1,000,000, of which |100,000 hasbeen subscribed. This company has already constructed an elec-tric railway from Philadelphia to Ridley Creek on the Phila-delphia and West Chester Road, and on March 31, 1898, it passeda resolution to the effect that in order to increase its business andaccommodate the travel of the public it was necessary to con-struct its railway from its western terminus, as above given, tothe line of the borough of West Chester, and into the said boroughalong Market Street to Adams Street, then north on Adams Streetto Gay Street, and then on Gay Street to Walnut. Permissionbeing asked of the borough council of West Chester to so constructits railway inside the borough, a resolution was passed by theCouncil on April 11, 1898, granting the privilege asked. Thepresident of this railway company is John N. M. Shriner andthe secretary, William S. CHAPTER Xlll. THE COURTS. CHAPTER XIII. COURTS—THE FIRST IN CHESTER COUNTY—THE TRIBUNE—SEVERAL INTEREST-ING EARLY CASES—FIRST COURT OF EQUITY—FIRST ORPHANS* COURT FIRST COURTHOUSE AND PRISON—STOCKS AND WHIPPING POST—COURTDISTRICTS THE PRESIDING JUDGES OYER AND FERMINER CHAR-ACTER OF OFFENSES—-PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LEAD-ING PRACTITIONERS—LISTS OF OFFICERS—PUNISHMENT FOR CRIME MURDERS COMMITTED ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR LAW ASSOCIATIONS—LIBRARIES. THE first court of Chester County, after William Peuns ar-rival, met at Chester February 14, 1G82: John Simcock, president;Thomas Brasy, William Clayton, Eobert Wade and John Bezer,justices; Thomas Usher, sheriff; and Thomas Revell, clerk; Will-iam Kawson, James Browne, Jeremiah Collett, William Hewes,Walter Martin, Nathaniel Evans, Joshua Hastings, WilliamWoodmanson, Thomas Colborne, Albert Hendrickson, JosephRichards, and Edward Carter, jurors. There was also a Tribune establishe
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