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Show Street Car Farei Recovered. The law aH an engine of justice is getting get-ting more effective. A West Side justice jus-tice has given a judgment of 5 cents and costs to the plaintiff in each of three suits against the West Chicago Railroad company for having collected fares and failed to carry the complainants down town. Of course the injured individuals were put to some expense and much trouble to get their 5 cent damages and will probably incur further difficulty, as the corporation will appeal, but even this little triumph for the people is gratifying. If a hungry child stole a 5 cent loaf of bread, the state would bear the cost of piosecnting it, and the penalty pen-alty might be more than restitution of the stolen goods. But it is very different when a rich corporation is the thief. Chicago Times. |