New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-18
Re THE STAIN IRRADICABLE 7
uR LAcoMBE SAYS THERE Is NOT BLOT

~ur WESTERN UNION MUST NOT STRING CABLES,
HOWEVER, WHEN POLICEMEN ARE LOOKING.
The Subway Commission has scored point IN
,ts preliminary contest with the Western Union
telegraph Company. Corporation Counsel La
combe yesterday gave an opinion TO inspector
Steers Acting superintendent of the Police Depart
ment, in which he said:
telephone and electric light wires and cables above !he
tie streets In s sy Is al 1' po%ef any Su,
Police Department instruct the members OF the force 20 ~
tS s' oses making the wires e the
nues of the city. ~,
Mr.. Lacombes opinion reached Police II he M1
quarters when the Board was IN session ana ms
accordingly. He called the police captains to M MS
office in the afternoon and read to them a MT,
Lacombe's letter He said the police must prompu{(
arrest any person who attempted to erect telegraph
ground in part Of ss the city sn0%s sp''
Committed, he said. the captains S must
obtain warrants before making arrests. Mr. ooecis
gave private instructions TO some of the captain,
whose precincts include Ihird-ave anu y 10 a n'
unlikely that they may apply Toi Tomnany M.
Steers said that arrests would be made the COIN
pany attempted to use the cables now IN pace On
the elevated bS Of
Harlem police on Thursday night, out were TO
leased Sergeant sullivan MI Stes snd tbe seS
.e,u mt as wrong MT Steers sent out order to
ths force In the afternoon embodying the substance
" smnerintendent Humstonc of the Western Union,
said that he was not surprised at Mr. Lacombe's
"n true Of the law but it would not prevent
the company from asking General Ncw'on ior
permit TO open the streets, adding;
ling citizens and .D WE sna S Arrest
A member of the Executive Committee OF the
Western Union Company said:
We afford to have long contest We are growing
s ae s a ac I or we saSo to GO out town
good and that shall get favorable decision
The letter which Counsel Gibbons. of the Subway
Commission seut to the Mayor on THURSDAY night
cause the cables strung along the elevated roads to
be removed and that the city ohcials
neglected their duty In not dong so
combe In his reply to the Mayor does not admit
that he or any other municipal officer has been neg
called upon to fight the Western Upion for the
Commission. In speaking of the irradicabie STAN
upon the present administration OF the mupiciPai
government mentioned Dy MI. UiDpens, tho N"i
poration Counselisays:
sufficiently Informed as to the mental %
ssG aI he necess y OF the passage
Of only Obligation LAID upon The %sacPal pal aa u
promptly after the first day Of No Uy 0
cables il % aH DSG syenn %e Of q the city
on that day nerentay to prevent subsequent
T. the & n e aGs@ ne and
telegraph telephone and electric light wires ana cables
As to the placing OF new wires above ground suDso
ouent 10 the passage OF the act Of 1854, know OF
no case such act has been allowed on very many
has been msde 10 the Law Department
by departments of the CITY Government or as 70
DO and the advice given mas Ocen
uniformly TO the effect permit should not be granted
for such Occasion for the municipal authorizes or
local government the poles and wires staining
November 1883 never arose because
months before that date the Legislature "
Chapter 400 OF the Laws Of 1882 expressly relieved tne
government" from that ana con
Board of Commissioners OF Electrical subway
i'll that act PROVIDED Tor. an hO
s mat any officer OF department Of the City Government
has guilty OF snch neglect in discharging me dutes
him Chapter 634 OF the Laws OF 1884 as
10 produce radcabe other upon the past OF pres
emf administration OF such department.
District.Attorney MARITIME aud Assistant District
Attorney Nicol have put their heads together over
the letter sent to the Overwhelmingly Office by
Mr.. Gibbens relative to the wires on the ihlrd
Avenue Elevated structure and they have deter
mined TO make thorough and exhaustive study
of the law In the case