Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.
- THE CUT CABLES

f< THE CUT CABLES
EXPLANATION OF THE SAFE DEPOSIT Con-
PANY.
OFFICE OF THE CHEsAPE IKE AND
POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY, I
To the Public. '1A' W. i0o'''
On the 21st instant this company published . card
Sss at
Rectedly and wifully cut BY the officers Of the safe
with about four hundred subscribers
nornlng the the Officers Of that comrsny make
the bee a for the Of creating
enee and annoyance suffered its subscribers ana the
The supreme Court Of the District has already had
Occasion to consider and upon the propriety Of
the cut cables as will be from the following
There is other point on which am directed to
Knnns e 1ne 1pn1on Of the court Az said IN the e
case was to have some defining Of rights. In making
we we're not advised and did not anticipate
the Dposit GomIany am instructed ct to say for
.he Court that land here do not speak for myself
understood there would be immediate action cutting
ths ws.s would have met that case by method
entering the decree hstandng opinion. and
derstand whether the parties had come to some agree
ment me outfhe eatment of the wires II ddrtsed that
posn Conpcrg by this acton should not hare entered
me decree, and thus haze removed the Injunction We
dmicably" N' "'''N 0' N"" "'"'e
As matter Of fact the Safe Deposit Company and its
psny were cut il has been entirely impossible this
company to reunite it. cut wires for the simple
tne wires could not be restored to their former
pos or iald or strung in any other pace without
district 1t within the power Of the Safe De-
posit company to grant any consent to this comp ny
the sae bebas 5ne and % NO be-
e31d CO I'd Of the least validity without the approval
he CommissYners have refused to grant or permit
.ne rea.lng vi the conpanys in place in
In the spring of 1884 this company in obedience to
IT. , Of the Commissioners laid
tlne 1t has spent over 100 900 in completing its
has insisted rights to maintain It's wires When
hey Were SO llaced 1t insisted that if they
TN Syaoi they cond only be removed by the order of
=, ! he Safe Deposit Company knew when and where
to their location Afterwsrs Wbea eoestpp S1
& ing heM building it con,ludsd to transform into
much Of the pubic lay between the building
Inc and the curb The cables Of this company being
Consulis ions were had with tine aDd
mssspers m oy TINS company and by the Corn
Gables were to be ised to permit the construction OF
upon the Of the vaults ana be imbedded in the
granolithIc pavement
Company made the the cables should not be
. lowed to remain above the vaults becfu e they
the rigt entirely the cables fo IN the space
tween the building line ana the curb. and resolved
This company then filed bill in guilty and obtained
and nunSer of order Ies,nosy was taken
cables could be inserted in th grano,inc in way to
On the naI ny Of the case on the 2otS instant
The court decided that the ting the permit TO the
order previously issued to this eonpany to law its
sf fei 6low the Sidewalk and refused 70 euoin the
imln 1ateiy after the decision rendered the
wires could be protectpd an what n6~ Ss
Commissioners would give TO their location and was
tax n by The n the ao oSinon
of the court had been written the Commission
her att9rpeg Ihereugon counsel Of tins Company
Lhat tne president OF this company was Gbs,nt and
xsnd not rstnrn un Il o,e.cek and asked that no
nifty had been him to inform the president OF the
ieclsioa of the court
The solicitor of the Safe Deposit Company distinctly
taken BY tie SAFE Deposit Company until Instructed
oy the directors who were to have meeting that az
The solicitor Of this company distinctly stated that be
tins would pursue but iha il would Certainly
avail IT sell Of al its legal rights and remedies.
Ihe Board Of Directors of Safe Deposit COMPANY
met at o'e9ek and at O'clock the cables were cut
and nifty wires from their place and twisted
aia mutisted IN such way as to make them prscti-
Ether and thrown into the street and covered with
bricks and debris.
any notice Of the decision Of the directors or Of their
pu pose 90 take such summary action. No nccessi
No serious injury to the Safe Deposit Company from
the presence OF the wires where they were for few
In view of these facts The rebuke administered by
the court 10 the officers of the safe Deposit Company
must be admitted have been deserved and it is a.,
parent that the SO called explanation OF the
nothing more tna1 an attempt to spologize Tor and
palliate act OF violence that obviously aud con-
on an plicaton for rehearing, the Supreme Court
q the @ RSrs as Se ad refSs Ssd The said
opinion 10 decide that the Commissioners had nor
therein. .s 01 I"'e'
the former orier of the Commissioners 1t was m
ton they were Of opinion that neither they 1or Seir
had the right to permit reQu re electric
They also declined tc take su action as would en..
sh the to s s % Of
authority over the pubic streets
more than it has done for the immediate relief Of its
1t equally certain that the insinuations and ex-
cuses contained ill the publication made by Mr. snv.
der and Mr. Glover do hide the fact that the hssv
Of s and S
OF the rights and interests of Others and pro-
tended ~
of its and the 90 puSs hs cGS th
DECISION of tn question as to whether or not il has
III Any respect OF all the
1T its command to remedy the evils occasod by the
conduct OF the ofices Of the Safe Deposit COMPANY
and bes to its subscribers and the public that
Il Will coninue to the diligence 10 secure
the complete restoration of telephone communicate
SAMUEL NJ BRYAN
Presideno c. and p. Telephone Co
g. =. JUNE 30. 1888.
DEAR SIR; have read your letter of this date res-
I'VE 70 the cutting OF the company's cables.
. Your statements as to what occurred when the de-
&c. IN OF the court was rendered correct.
i s i'd to Mr. Perry that the comvany would avail
tsef OF All Its legal rights and renedes also said
mat you were out of town and asked that action
tskrn until your return declined to speak FOR the
conrany "a your absence Mr. Perry said that he could
not tell what his company would do until instructed
by the rectors, who were to meet that afternoon
Mr. hlddle the attorney for the District, said that
sfter reading the opinion when ii written he
would take II TO the Comm Sioners aud confer with
them as to what shou d be done by them.
had no Suspicion that 1t intended to cut the
wires They were cut before had any opportunity to
see you or to explain to the decision Of the court
Or TO give you copy of the decree entered.
Yours etc. tltl NV. WILSON.
EQUITABLE
~ COOPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIA-
TION
Ihe nrst Wednesday in this month falling on the 4th
Oh Jpiy the ONCE wil be for receiving payments
i IESpAn. rs the Sd from to O'Clock pm. and ad-
BY order Of the Board of Directors
49,. - HOMAS SOMEhVILLE. President
JNO JOY EDISON, Secretary. je3OsSt
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