Chicago West Division Railway Co. v. Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad

It is first insisted by plaintiffs in error that the premises in question are not subject to condemnation by the •defendant in error. The property was acquired by the ■Chicago West Division Railway Company in 1867, and when the petition was filed it was occupied by the West Chicago Street Railroad Company, in part as a barn for stabling horses and as a change barn, and a portion was used for the storage of salt, such salt being used on the tracks, and the property was used further for a blacksmith shop for the repair of cars and shoeing of horses of the company, and it was alleged that taking…