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CITY OF CHI. HEIGHTS v. PUB. SERVICE CO. N. ILL.

Nos. 31517, 31670, 31671.

408 Ill. 310 (1951)

97 N.E.2d 268

THE CITY OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Appellant, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS, Appellee. — Same Appellant v. Same Appellee. — Same Appellant, v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 19, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JOSEPH J. McGRANE, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago Heights, and RUSSELL & BRIDEWELL, of Chicago, (DAVID A. BRIDEWELL, JOHN A. COOK, HORACE RUSSELL, and MAURINO R. RICHTON, of counsel,) for appellant.

MITCHELL, CONWAY & BANE, of Chicago, (STEPHEN A. MITCHELL, CHARLES A. BANE, CHARLES E. BROWN, and THOMAS J. RUSSELL, of counsel,) for appellee Public Service Company of Northern Illinois; ECKERT, KLEIN, McSWAIN & CAMPBELL, of Chicago, and JOHN H. WATERS, of New York, N.Y., (JOHN NEAL CAMPBELL, of counsel,) for appellee The Western Union Telegraph Company.

Affirmed in part and transferred in part.

Per CURIAM:

On November 12, 1948, the city of Chicago Heights enacted an ordinance relating to gas mains and to compensation to be paid the city for the use of the streets in which said mains were laid, hereafter referred to as the gas ordinance. The city of Chicago Heights likewise, on February 14, 1949, enacted another ordinance relating to compensation to be paid by utilities for the use of streets, having poles...

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