Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-14
THE MAXIM POLES.
puKSr l,,,u,i,"N IN rae m,rr,
Mcssrs, Steinnpn, Uir-h nnd sumner ii-ioro
tho Nticrmau tor uut,iug Dnwn tho
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hau been guilty Ot malicious mischief III
cutting down poles for the electric light,
aud tho further complaint which City
solicitor Johnson said he fathorcd, that
they had violated the city ordinance
against interfering with lamp posts.
a, j, Stetnman. esq appeared for him
self and Abram lliIsh, aud b. 4, Eshlu.
man, esd, for MIR. Sumner.
City Solicitor johnson appeared SOLELY
for himself and Eichholtz. The Maxim
light people had no lawyers present.
Messrs. Geo. Nauman and j. Hay Brown.
who have boon consulted by them. have
probably not yet received tho retaiuers
that arc needed u animate them. Mr.,
johnson called Mr. Dillcr, In tho case
against Stoinman aud iiirsh, for violation
oi the ordinance, who testified that he was
chairman of the lamp committee and had
made u contract with tho Maxim company
To light the city. iio was proceeding
To tell what was IN the contract when MIR.
Stoinman called for its production. When
it was brought over from tho mayors
office It was found that IL did not specify
IN what way tho light should be put up.
Mr.. DLlor testified that ho had authorized
the Maxim company to put up wooden
poles. MIR. Steiuman asked him what au.
thOrity ho had for this. Hs replied that he
was authorized 10y councils Mr.. Steinman
then called Tor the resolution of councils
giving him this authrisy. Ths adder
mau, however, refused TO require IL to DO
pTOduCcd. MIR. DIlleT was then understood
| To testify that there was no resolution 10y
councils to this effect. bat that everyone
| understood that the lamp committee was
| to go ahead aud have the work done as u
| pleased He testified that ho had author
iGed the Maxim people To put up poles
Wherever they saw fC aud that the pole in
front of llirsh aud Steinman's front doors
was there by his consent.
The foreman of tho Maxim company,
who put in the pole, testified that Mr.
| Hirsh had told him whIlo he was doing It
that ho would shoot him. Before saying
this, however, no had forbidden him 10
| Dig tue hOle ur put IN the pole Tho
| Intelligent foreman did not know what iu-
tcreBt Mr.. llirsh had In tho matter nor
| had he any idea that he was the owner of
the adjacent property He further
testified. upon boiug asked by
| Mr. Stoiuman, that nobody had sent
him to this spot, nor had hn ba-
fore selected o her places for his poles. lIo
WAS then dismissed ; but Mr. JUhus0n did
not call the Maxim superintendent ~ tes
| tify, although hs had before called him 10
his side. lie probably did not desire 10
| subject him 10 examination as To- the
| him IN his selection or the pJlA s,tcs.
| After proving the cutting down of the polo
| by the order of MCssrs. liTsh aud Stcln
| man, and that IL was uu tho dividing linr
| of the side walk aud before the doors of
the houses of Abram IiIrsh aud lnO. +.
| StOinmap, for the latter of whom A. j .
Steinman acted a. attorney, tho prUsccu
tiOu closed their case, and the defendants
| left, requesting tho alderman to lot them
know when no had decided what To do.
Testimony was only taken III tho ono
case, as the hearings wero not formal mat
terS when tho aldermau's Judgment Is
given against tho defendants they will
give bail to answer the malicious mischief
charge at court, and will take tho other
case up on writ OF ccrtiUgari.
| Digging Into s.shIemsn's iianE vault.
| This morning the Maxim men dug hOlcH
aud erected poles ia CUntrc square IN front
OF y. l.. Lochcr 4 Sons, A. llUsh's and
tho Nc,r Era office. They dug u hole IN
front Of Il. +. Eshlcmau's banking house,
now used as tho ullico Of tho Western
Union telegraph company, and IN ~
doing cut into the vault under tho
sidewalk in front Of the building. They
tore out one cUruCr Ui the roof Of
the vault and tore away about four feot of
the foundation upon which it is supported
by this time Mr.. Eshleman became &C
Quainted with what was going ON, aud
FASTENED To the scene. lie domluded that
the work be stopped instantly CITY Soil
citOr johnson was sent for aud after view
ing tho yawuiug chasIp advised Manager
Drake to suspend operations until ih" lamp
committee could bo heard from. Tie
solicitor suggested that the pole be set
outside the curb line, aud thus avoid Mr.
Eshlemau's vault ; though he gave an
unofficial curhStune opinion that the vault
! and all other vaults under sidewalks arc
: there merely by suticrancc and not by
; right. Mr.. Drake agreed 10 suspend oper
; ations until the lamp cotnmitteo shall give
, him further instructions, and Mr. Eshlc-
, man notified him that ho would Tie u bill
in equity asking the court to restrain tho
, Maxim company or tho lamp committee
} from trespassing ON bis property We
, learn that he lays tho damages thus iai
sustained at 500.
Later. 3 O'Clock this afternoon
tho men commenced placing the polo in
) the hole that had been dug into tho vault.
Mr.. Eshleman filed u bill in equity aud
: the court granted au injunction restrain
ing the company from placing the pole IL
4 the vault.
} A copy of this was served on Mr.. Drake
by Sheriff llippy just after the pole had
slid into the vault and stood at an angle
, of a degrees. Mr.. EshIemau was present
! and demanded that it be forthwith re
/ moved. Mr.. Drake promised to remove
it, but at tho time we go to press bis men
a had been unable to get it out of the vault
l into which it was firmly wedgod.
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