People ex rel. City of Chicago v. West Chicago Street Railroad

The city of Chicago filed in the circuit court of Cook county its petition for a writ of mandamus directed to the West Chicago Street Railroad Company, commanding said company, at its own cost and expense, to lower its tunnel under the south branch of the Chicago river at or near VanBuren street, so as to provide for a clear depth of at least twenty-one feet of water above said tunnel at all times between the existing dock walls, or to remove said tunnel, so that the same should cease to be an obstruction to the free navigation of said river. The defendant answered the petition, and…