Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1896 — Rights of Cities. [ARTICLE]

Rights of Cities.

The Buffalo Board of Aidermen proposes to spend ?10,000 to test the validity of the 999 years’ extension of the Buffalo Street Railway Company. As the Enquirer says: “No pains and money should be spared to test whether a grant of the city of Buffalo to a corporation for thirty years can be extended by the Legislature for nearly a thousand years without any knowledge of our people or our officials.” The principle involved is of Interest to ever/ city in the country.