New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-22
TIE COURTS
OPPOSITION TO ELEVATED ROADS.

TESTIMONY FOR rug DRfENss IN HE Hoii'
AGAINST rnE GILBERT aSp NEw-YoRK RoAp>
7, IN. suit of tho Sixth Avennc Railroad
Company against the Gilbert Elevated h"'"~ N-
panv before Jud &c Se1gwiok. IN Superior COURT o'
Term the defen closed is Testimony yesfi"S' y"
Tuesday testimony had been proiireh T'm HiaS"
s.,Is where a steam railroad runs directly over 'He
br,dye for vehicles under very similar conui'inS "
,,sa vhch will ar,tc on the Sxth-'e " tine HlIDert
rl,v. Road IA in It, to show how readily horses ao
connodato themselves to snch eonii'i"us. Arr"'''"y
the defendant ol upon william O'ton, Within Z"
Dni.e Cyrus W. Field. John r. Terry A. " o~u' heiy
T. wis and others. To give their Observation "' '
-, IN. GrernwicI Strcst Elevated Haiifoa' Oh NUS"
All cncnrred that horses rapidly bocame nsei TO ,ne
noise Of the road. and explanation was gwen ny
ope ar two of this Witnesses that while horses dpon hSt
hcarug s1cn AN unusual sound "a the rushing ~ 'a'
were st.rti~d at Il judcionsly handled WIN cao'
avodance Of the whip. they became almost al o"oo az
custom ID L, IT, and regarded II as an ordinary ihc
d,t Cen lanes H. Wilson. ths chief engineer aud
William skunk his assistant Of the Ne~f"fK Loan
mud Improvement Company. which bis tho conIract 'or
hn,ng the Gilbert Elevated Railroad gave the drtas
,f the mr. ,,rG structure, showing how thosr deih
would tenl tJe sound 81 tho hiovlhg ,I'"
urnt, In the gbt dummy uas giving ihem . e,'
efficiency ~ s.aring AM stopping Trans "'-''u' a"'
This closed the testimony. and the snnm'ns up o,
course adjourned unth Monday next lac I Hu.. 70
Ctrfer for efe ldnt. Joseph H. ChJati Tor pt W. -
Ju gc tue defendant. and last eN-IduEo 'o"'
stock for the plain.tH =, o., c.,.,,.
In the sHt II the Nnth Avenue Rlilroad ColhphnJ
a.iusL I'M Navy rk Elevated RtirJdd Camp ny ttnc
,rs,uwich-,t rol D. watch has been Tey ihiFe VEGAS
,u ir,al before Judge Van Ho seU Comnl'n fleIs
ecal L riI most yesterday was cecil icd ~ oA.iD
,ling Freeiirk lier phpJoSa 'hsr en- iyeu d, 'n
dsfcnsc. The Nnin Ay,uGO abroad C"hPtny ~ iu'
ITO iI,cd of utpgrAphs OF the bic'nWlin7s.
r,l ia wal b tue T. eyatcd road en- Il t1 JVcEsnd 10"
tno wa lc street Ohe s'eciiiY ~ the unil sded III "
ont "a ave IIrty .Juf-st irssLDCd very "'CN S',
Of pillars 4ad beams. w,'h At FIRST Wow coFeiou tnc
gn6I iyenh. with their shIe. lac phOtJsiAp4s "t Ia
,ags parts of tine road taken FOR the E'oN"ieh
ia,iru1d Company, presented t.c ruad as an ar!
stTuciur. rullpssfi IN APPEARING, OF spuT HhvS'
Luisr cro4s- xImnAt.on. Mr.. Waller cNpltneu lsa
,,1t. pms ni.At ry deceptive as tiA'h NJ an
fercht ds,au,.s tr pcsspe ave AM tnc rAdSsoidc Gu
iurrsh .runH the p.OJuccd H'lrnt ohoc'
fm the sE.t oplrgi. or "a true artlsls cor eel u
OF lDe real PCS lcetiys IA. optical rsrcuye ouNt
CIsnat ono ~ toe Com nitice ~ the Ame'tah ih't"
Ia Of remit cts VINO pr pared opori On 20 Dtro-
yca a. pia s5'iiiel b. run al tIit report &c"
n IA ayOr ol lie road. J5ah f. VIu Rpsr, tines UsIet
X cifd H. fIurDart. AMI sylvester Il C'bb 10 c"''ed
go contradict plain rs evidence mat d"rscs HH
properly injured by ms III let rthst, an bi""tl
Glib the gone driver % tnr rodt u = "" hIs
De. euco rnuing OF te le dEu It's eh1ctS' Inc
"a M.h on tO7lay.