. The Street railway journal . of an existing fran-chise did not require any special con-sideration, the consideration for theoriginal grant being sufficient tocover the extension, also that thetermination of the right to operatecars over certain streets was tanta-mount to a confiscation of thetracks of the company in thosestreets when no provision had beenmade originally to cover this that a grant from the legislaturecould not be terminated by a city, Railway Lines in Detroit Sold. Thomas Nevins, of Orange, N. J., the contractorwho has been mentioned on several previous occasionsas
. The Street railway journal . of an existing fran-chise did not require any special con-sideration, the consideration for theoriginal grant being sufficient tocover the extension, also that thetermination of the right to operatecars over certain streets was tanta-mount to a confiscation of thetracks of the company in thosestreets when no provision had beenmade originally to cover this that a grant from the legislaturecould not be terminated by a city, Railway Lines in Detroit Sold. Thomas Nevins, of Orange, N. J., the contractorwho has been mentioned on several previous occasionsas the purchaser of the Detroit Street Railway lines, con-cluded the purchase July 3. It is said Mr. Nevins had anoption on this scheme, which expired on July 9. It wascoupled with a condition that the franchise be obtainedfrom the Common Council of Detroit. A company ofcapitalists, anxious to secure the roads, succeeded in de-laying the granting of the franchise beyond the timenamed in the option, with the hope of defeating VIEW OF GROUND FLOOR OF CAR HOUSE-NEW YORK CITY.
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