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Show APPROPRIATED THE STREETS Another Exciting Right-of-way War In Cripple Creek Appeal to tho Courts. Prevents Battle. Cripple Creek, Colo , Nnv :3 -Cripple Creek was the scene of greet excite-tnent excite-tnent tojjy over tho attempt of u loeul railroad tn rush u line thiough some nf tho principal strecla of the cltj on Hiindny. At 7 o'clock this morning n work train, lnadoet evllh rails, ilea and other niatcrlala. pulled In on the Crip-plo Crip-plo Creek District railroad, with about eighty perllon hands and graders. In chargo of Cleneial Mniingei Smith of that road The material was strung out up I'lflli street, rrom Mjers uvenue and nlom,' llennett o Fourth street and tho gams cifmineiKod work dlgBlmr up tho ftozen ground on Fifth strccct prepaiatorj to lujlnu tiuck The Midland orilclala, who ive i ln tho district, woio ut that time Kcltlng rea.lj to nccompanj the press representatives repre-sentatives on a Bpeclnl trip to Colorado Springs, oatenalblj to ln"pect the new track of tho Midland Terminal A hastj consultation Mas held and Oen-einl Oen-einl Superintendent Jcsbi- Waters and A 12 fnilton of tho Colorado Tradlnn ond Tiansfor company tcmnlned behind be-hind In a short tlmo all the wagons nf the trotufer company were busy Lends of coal, huy and stone were dilven up and down the street, temporarily tem-porarily blot king proceedings In the meantime Attorney It O Withers was preparlns n petition for nil Injunction Tho rontplalutn- parties nro the First Nullonnl bank, the Color i lo Trading and Iraiufer rompaiu', aa Ineoiponi tlons, nnd A 12 Carlton and ( F. New comb ns Individuals, 'ine petition seis forth that tho petitioners own property nbuttlnc nu the alleged right of way claimed by tho Cilpplo Creek District road, which would bo Injured by reason of the lajlnrf of truck, and further th it this work was n uauipatlon nt rights for which Ihoy iart ni franchise The petition was Immediately laid bcfoio Juditc Seeds, nnd on a bond of Jinooo furnlahed by the Fiist Nutlonal hand and Messrs Carlton nnd New-tomb, New-tomb, o tcnirwory "Ji""-'!"'1 as I. sued Deputy Sheriff Wilson then served the imperii pn Oensrnl I'nasenBe-Agent I'nasenBe-Agent J I'. Nile, and the woik wus Thete'was no trouble at any time although al-though It looked for n while as if tlio mulo skinner" and tho Blade- would rom tngetbei. The Cripple C reek DIs-trbt DIs-trbt tallvv.iy oftUliili Rett that the) had no Intention of stinllnrj n inarih on anyone but on Sunday they vvero better able to spate the pten. |