Daily Republican., 1884-02-07
nroeeediuxs Of Court.

and proceeded Win the case OF
the State VS.. the Baltimore q Philadel-
phia Railroad Company, charged with
aiming a nuisance in obstructing
a public road in this county with the
abutmepts for bridge that they are
constructing.
The case was opened by Walter S.
Hayes, Esq, who briefly stated to the
Jury the cause OF action. II
Joseph Petittlemange was sworn, and
testified that he ~ a road commissioner
in Mill Creek Hundred, this County
the public road at the point where the
company are constructing their abut-
ments is 80 feet wide, but will be re.
duced to IL feet if they are built rs now
laid out. The public road leads from
Stanton to Newark; there is cut in
the roadway of about 10 feet, and the
road at this point ascends towards
Newark; this road has more travel on
it than any other in Mill Creek Hun.
dred If the abutments are built they |
will interfere with loaded wagons
passing
Edward Hammond testified that he
resides in Mill Creek Hundred, and that |
in his opinion if the walls are built
where the company propose it will
cause q serious inconvenience to travel
and render it unsafe.
John G. Morrison, William Powell,
Samuel Sharpless, Jackson Whiteman,
James Brown and other residents of
Mill Creek Hundred, corroborated the
testimony of Mr.. Petitdemange, and
stated that the road would be rendered
unsafe if the abutments were con-
stru1ted less than twenty-lour leet
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he ciallneu that a'tnoueh the wiz.
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the ilhpieesioi .p"' i1ui ~ NV ~
coulu uri'e Ieaihs aoioae'' ne "ou'u
sho" that IL was mass ot ol'cloe,
anu al no place hiofe tnah hi'eeh LOCI
VIDE
hlcharusoii 'es'lheu 'naC ho 10 'uo oii
glneer IN charge OF lhe De'a"are DiVi-
: sion OF the baltimore ~ Lni!aoeiphia
Railroad. he explained the way III
which the aoutments Will Do construct
ed anu SAD the roah woulu no ieiC SIX
ten ieet Wlde IN the clear pe'"een tne
walls he hai measured Ihe ROAD as IL
, now IL at ills point ana louhu that IL Is
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the dltches.
AT present the water from each side
OF the road nows down on IL ana the
witness proposed 10 construct covered
u water courses that would keep the road
dry. In the opinion or the witness
there Is more danger TO the traVellng
publlc TO nave prluse twenty-five lee'
long than 1t would De TO nave one
. sixteen feet long the greater
o danger in the case OF the long bridge
81 would arise from any accident that
y Wight happen by broken rails, or a
wheel breaking In the opinion OF the
witness the greater number OF bridges
on a road the greater the risk in travel
ing over it.
y James n. Clark sworn, and testified
T. that he is a civil engineer in the en-
e ploy Of the Baltimore and Philadelphia
g Railroad Company.
ri He had, at the request of Mr.. Bird,
J. measured several bridges in this county
II and found them ranging from II feet
r, inches to Is feet NJ inches between
a the guardways the guardways art
b 6 inches long and inches wide. One
i or two other engineers were examined
l. and Court adjourned until o'clock.
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