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Show COLLECTING Causes Trouble For Chicago Street Rail-way Rail-way Companies Chicago, Dec, 28. Clashes between rcuJJcnts of Oak Park and employes i ' tlio Chicago Railways company be-jrn be-jrn last night, following a federal court decreo which made It possible p:r tho company to charge two fares for a ride from the western suburbs .,! i ho city to Chicago. Only the intervention of police prevent' pre-vent' d a clash at Madison street and Austin avenue- from developing Into a srrious riot. Pollco roflorws havo b( . n ;;ent to various points on tho bor-Ccr bor-Ccr to prevent trouble during tho rush ho.irs today. Tiie troublo arises bocause of the fci that the court decree separates the lines of tho old Consolidated Traction Trac-tion company at the city limits. That pari lying Inside the city goes to iho Chicago Railways company, and the lines outfldo the city aro given to the County Traction company. The two companies, belncr separate, arc allowed to charge two fares for a ri -'e io the city. This affects residents n' Ook Park, River Forest. Forest P';k ami May wood, who for years !". r.vo boon coming down town for one ' frm. Anticipating troublo in the collection collec-tion of a second faro from passengers r irraly seated In cars, tho officials of tiie Chicago Railways company ordered order-ed gangs of workman to go to the c'.y limits and tear up twenty-live feet "f track on each lino so that tho curs cou'd not run through and the, pass-enters pass-enters would have to transfer. The workmen wero driven away by citizens citi-zens of the suburbs leforo they could destroy any part of tho track. |