New-York tribune., 1885-01-02
UP A FINE STREET
pRopERrY-owNERs STOP THE WORK.

pRopERTY.owNERs STOP THE WORK.
~opK FOR THE THRTY-FOURTH-sT. RAlLHoAD-
TALKS WITH MR.. RUSSELL AND Mr.. CRIMMiNs'
great trouble came to the inhaDltantso OF na am
fourth-st. on Wednesday afternoon. Dano od ID
sirtv Italiaus armed with shoveis and picks Iau
snvsdeS the sacred precincts of the street and Pc
fboronahfare. Su About two months ago the Thirty
fourth Street Railroad Construction Company, Was
rsned by the npt from
river to river. Park Commissioner Crlmmins, ,or on
tuesday made a contract with the company ioI
building the read and applied to the yr SsS st Mr.
Crimmins's office at o'clock the next Gay. III, mrs
foreman Mr. Quinn, had been expecting IL LOT ses
eral hOurs and as soon as it was received slaI'oo
Sis gang Of men to work preparing the road-bed,
Az tbe work proceeded ex-Judge Hilton and ms AZ
on-in sxJudge Horace Rabbtt H%sssl' Anson Phelps
EtoIes Max Stadler, DR.. Dunnell and many others
of the residents gathered about the workers VINO
TSfth md Sixth aves. and threatened all sorts OF
legal proceedings # the woTk Vas was not ere not
atey stopped But the laliaps Mr 1sn% %ssS assp
ances that ali would be right, and up came I,e ane
granite blocks from the roadway ana down mete w
the wooden stnGes i0T s vi when they
thought of the position they were IN LOT !ne Gny
way to stop the work was TO &c, Cut s M Woud take
time. Then, where was the judge TO grant ~
New Years Day coming too. which wGuid
10 destroy the pavements. An adjournment 10 q
warmer place than the street was taken ana eo9n-
Gil of war held. It was decided that exeJutee
Russell should draw the papers necessary 1Qr tns
that night and by o'clock the tearing-up of the
paving stones between fl1tn ana oxvI or AVIS was
expected that they would go TO wotS agaH nts Ses
tcrday but they did not appear and the lnha3IanLs
began to breathe more freely pud id dh9 not add to
their happiness. -, IA -,,,
possibIe to drive from one side to the other anu
callers were compelled to take one side at tlme;;
About dinner time wagon loads OF rais atf'ou arr ro
and as the people sat down TO their ladies t
Sounding echoes OF the iron as 1t was unl0aueu
SooI away many appetites. Ex-Judge Russell was
not idle He thought that perhaps the work Would
begin again al an 50 INJUNCTION from justice
lawrence, restraining the company or Mr.. Grim
minis from doing any more WORK sSe,rs on ro conrse
was apparent when, about 4 O'Clock,
Seventeen of the little band reappeared and begun
ct the crossing at tanve n hTUu1 to1D mn When the
Injunction was served upon them. NOT penny
Aldermen the order of the Court was observed ana
Ex-Jndse Russell was called upon By TRIBuTSa ,Sa
reporter last night He was In his library on tue Ine
floor Of his house No. uthnres likely to
GOVERN the case and preparing himself for the legal
Battle that is sure to follow. He said:
What do think OF 1T WY ~ sstafe s1e 1Vr evsr
heard of They have franchise, it is true. but it
was obtained by fraud and is contrary to the Con
sss The the IA Fart a tsh. shs TGasd and
ssgnnng n9 the roadway It makes it dsaecaPe
and announcement for the people, but we will make
Them put it down again If possible. Suppose sSe
fhey thought that if they gained possession OF he
roaSwav the property owners would submit but
fhev will not submit and We will night IL 10 inc
bitter end The time may yoOna1 eome "hsh in every ~ y
street in the city and over the tops of our houses
but il is long way yet. Inc idea on tuiiiins my
this railroad through IL ds is nj al
Tate present OF prospective The company couId
only operate it between Sixth and Lexington aves.,
for in the other portions OF the sIeSt nToyides
that parallel lines shall not be constructed III
street where there is already one OF ooo ieet II,
extent and know that the roads on tne olher
portion of the street have not given their consent
to use their tracks to this company. 49,, A.,
In obtaining their franchise they only haI tile
consent of people on the blocks where railroads
are already operated, and that consent was
given on account of the false representatlGnn anl
had given Che privilege of using their tracks ii,
When | obtained the Injunction l dlo not .HI'is In
that they would begin york nntI baIg "f fSe
crossing at Fifth-ave the pavement only ialo 1ast
summer 1t is an outrage from beginning 10 END. End
,,,ins me for not going en- with the work from
the time he began il without lnterihsslon anu IoI
notsuppiying the full force OF lnea asIeou %
They say that he agreed TO supply 600 men, lhcy
cain that il he had done all the blocks between
sixth and Lexington aves. would have beeu ready
for ears. They also say that they have PERMISSION
IN use the tracks of the other roads already on the
street, and that the track from jen'htiave; t
10 the North River could nave
been laid without trouble and the railroad
ready for operation in short tine Mr nT CTiHls 4bs
saws that he was absent from his ONCE WAch ,he
neIYnit 10 90 to work arrived He had expected It
earlier in the day. and he had been there coDydr wors
would not have been begun as II was IN cohNcI
sation with tue reporter he said: W.
II was not case Of sharp practice at all We We
were dssirous of taking advantage OF Yt tnf
fair weather and making the most
Of of it. stopped work at midnight
because did not wish to make it any more uncoaa
Portable for the people living there than was neces
sary and would not doanything inconsistent with
INV position as public officer and business man.
THe franchise is regular and the permit is regular
The permit showed that it had been drawn up with
great care and an inspector Of public was seni
10 watch the job. / expected al injunction wouid
be gotten out they always are IN such cases. AT
least that is my experience"