Almost A War

The ei'tiizens of Ann Arbor wer greatly stirred up last Monday by a lrttle pieoe of work tlxat had beca done the day befare. The T., A. A & N. M. E. R. Oo. eent a gang oï men here Sumday and they constructei a spour track, commejicing on the ■narth sSde of W. Ijtberty st., and run ning thenee aereas W. Liberty st., ant aeross W. Williiam st., and continu ing Bouth om the eat swle of First treet some 300 or more feet to the eind af the land owned by the raüroad oompamy. There would have been no particu lar harm in that lact had the compa my built the track ipon tts owt land But tihey built it in. the' etreet. and oax a direct line wliere they had been ordered to comstruct a sidewalk. Mayor Doty dixl niot hear of thö affarr until about 10 oi'clock a. m. Monday, and the nhe pi-oceede dto act. He ordered out the fire department, aawl had hose attached to the hydmunt im that vicinity, then lie tolI UUe T. & A. A. laboirers that if they dld not quiit woo-k on the track he wotild proceed to drown. them out. and there were enooigh citizens prei-:ent to protect the firemen in that act The laborera concluded to ac cede to the mayor's request. A meeting oí the council was tlieu lrairrieílly ealled, and resolutions passed giving the railroad company three dlays time íni whiich to remove their track and cars from the street. la tflie mean time Mr. Sawyer, attoraey fox the T. & A. A. Co., had been sean, and lie attended the meeting oi the ecmincil. He told that body that t'he railroad desired no contest with the city, mor liad tliey any desire to do amytiMiiig' tliat was against the city's ■wfeh'es. M,r. Ashley liad talked with teeveral of the councilmeu about buildiing a niile track on thi land exactly wlnere this oim was laid. aaid supposed the matter was underïflood. Ho proimiised t'hat the road vould iminiedtately remove the olv ectioaiable track and comply with the rcquest of the couiicU. The track crosshig WHliam and CAberty etreete was then taken up, and iit is understood that Mr. Ashley agreed to do th'is: that he would tmiM a platform atang the Bite of the sWewiLlk, om First street, sa that armers oould drive alonig side of it t-o unlaad theiir produce in cars, and tlidis woiiM be constructed so thafr ut won ld also be suttable íor sidewallá purposes. A'nd th'us the was oi the roses endedi aind uo blood shd or hydrant wa:er waisted. The indigna tion olí re&idents oí the 2d ward and citizeus generally, however, was very great, uund Imil not the city officials taken prompt actioin, tluere wou ld have been mob vióleme, probably, and no doubt some of the oompajiys' property mjured. That track never could have remained im tlnat place, no matter liow many loaded and sealed cara iniglut have been placed uipon fct. It vould have takein an arrny oí eoldiiers t ohave watclied the citizens oí that vicinity, who would have had the moral support oí all the citizens of the city in theiir efforts ta rid the street ol the objectioniable obstructions.