New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-27
STREET RAILROAD CONTROVERSY.

A NEW TRACK on FOURTEENTH-sT. PARTLY LAID
THE WORK sToPPED IND THE PAVEMENT RE
PLACED.
The lower side of Union-square during FIN
DAY and SATURDAY the sccne of active ana somewhat
1nvstero,s operations About rs workmen 81 an early
hour on Friday began the work Of tearing up the pave
,neut in Frteentist and il became evident that
they were engaged in preparing bedfor street rail-
road track Such their diligence that before noon
The payenent had been removed from University
70 Fourthave., with the exception OF passage at
broadway The tiubers and connecting ties were
then laid and it only remained 20 place the
rails in position Tie officers OF the Cross-toWn
line making inquiry at the Office OF the COM
missioner Of Public Works, found that permission
had not beon granted the pavement 1t was
aseertained during the morning that Jacob Sharp Pres
iaent o. the Thoroughbred Street Railroad had ordered
the work TO DO done. On application Superinttndent
Walng ordered police force 70 stop the work on sat
rrday morning Inspector Dilks took command oil the
police squad aud arrested four men WHO persis'c1
in continuing their work At an early hour Jacob Sharp
showed 20 CporiteRdent Walng charter for an eX-
tension OF the Bosser Street Railroad through -Four
toenth-st Mr.. Wallng considering this satisfactory
psoof Of right ordered bis men to Interfere no further
with the work At about the same hour however, Com
missioner OF Public Works Campbell explained ms view
al fe case 10 President Smith the Police Board, who
gave instructions that the order foisddng connua-
ton Of the work should be observed Mr Camp
bell said that the law gave TO tie Board Of Public
Works the supervision Of street alterations, and That he
knew Of no charter authorizing the laying Of any new
track in Fourieeuthst At about O'CLOCK 100 hDorers,
Gent 10y the Board Public Works, began tenrng up the
tuscf already Laid im the presence Of The WHO did
the work and u trOng OF curious spectators wren
II became dark calcium lights were mguEIt, ana The
W0rlnen continued the restoration Ol III street 10 s
former condition, dnisniDg tie Work about OcOcG yes
IN was asserted by Messrs Flanagan and Bright, at
tO!ntys bu the Twenty third stree Bird TIE Christie
pher and Tlih Street Railroads, AID s9ckhOldcrs IN
both thar the wOrfwas CONSTITUTED 5 TIE later com.
pany. They affirm that Commissioner Campbell
had no right 10 stop the labOrors, and that
an injunction win be Obtained against HIM
IL he persists in refusing 2 permit. In the
granting that company the right TO construct read on
fOugtcpngs and 70 lease that right The Twety-telfd
Street Railroad Company did oase this rgDt ~ was
stated Yesterday Simon Ste1e attorney Tor the Gross
rown line that the maffestly iniry 70
line whose tracks lbs cars must III
part run No application had been made TO the Cross
Town Company Tor the OF its track, and OF cOrse an
argued agAinst tie cain of right construct now
Uaek on FOurtoenth-st. that the bankruptcy OF tue
Rceckcf Street Railroad Voided that iranChfse wleh
could therefore be rauserIad and that moreover,
the statutory limit Of two years within which II was
made availGble his already passed. On the other
hand il il asserted that jacob shars singular Paste IN
the work GOuc Friday was due 20 Tire idct slt inc
irahehise about to expire by limitation BIT SteIh9
stated further that he represented the Attorney
in connection with the prOperty0wncrs ON Fourteenth
Ii Is understood that junCtlOs VIII De asked Tor To-
day aast laying 81 te UnOnsquaTe track By these
lrOperty-Owners be followed by applications Tor an
Injunction by the Crosstoyn line.