The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-19
CUT OFF WITH A SAW.
MARSHAL WADE MAKES A NEAT
JOB OF Mr.. cOHEN's COPING.


Because Mr. Cohen Would Not Come
to It's Terms on the Sidewalk En-
croachment CONFERENCE.-The Mat
ter to be Taken to the Courts.
The sensation Of yesterday was the raid
by the city marshal and his forces upon the
eurbing which surrounded the grass plats in
front Of the Cohen block, on Jones street,
between Lincoln and Habersham streets.
By resolution of the city council Mr.. Co
hen, having previously agreed to sign a
paper relinquishing title TO the ground
encroached upon, and thereafter having
refused to sign, was given until noon yester-
day to sign the waiver. and, failing to do so,
City Marshal Wade was instructsd to re-
move the encroachment.
At SIX minutes past noon Marshal Wade
had force of fourteen men on the ground.
Mir. Cohen was present, and notified the
marshal not to disturb the coping at his
peril, as he would not only hold the city
responsible for damages, but would also
hold the marshal responsible on his pond.
Marshal Wade acknowledged the verbal
notice, and said that he would assume the
responsibility, and he set the men to work.
A TICKLIsH JOB.
likely to grow out of the matter, Marshal
Wade determined TO take unusual precau-
lions in removing the coping, so that the
portion of it which did not en-
croach would not be damaged.
He employed expert brick masons
to remove the brick walls which inclosed
the grass plots, and expert stone masons to
saw the coping off on the exact and estab-
lished line of Jones street The masons
said that they could do the work much
more rapidly and just as well If they were
allowed to use their chises, but Marshal
Wade insisted that saws should be used, so
that there could be no claim that he had
not faithfully kept to the line, and that in
the removal of the distractions he had
sought to preserve the unencroached coping
without damage.
There were thirteen of the copings and
the brick walls OF six grass plaus front
ing as many stoops to be removed. This
gave thirteen copngs to be sawed off, and
the work was necessarily slow and tedious,
but the work wa completed by nigntfalL
The bricks were carefully removed without
fracture and piled UP on Mr.. Cohens
ground fronting the block Of buildings.
The stone coping was sawed off on the city
surveyors line, and the earth of that part
of the encroaching grass plats was thrown
back ON Mr.. Cohen's property.
WORKED WITHOUT DINNER
The city marshal and his men had no
dinner, but they worked on without inter
ruption until night, when all tho obstruc-
tions were removed. Lanterns were placed
at each stoop last night, and this morning
the leveling of the earth on the city's por-
tion of the sidewalk will begin The pave
ment will be swept clean, and Mr.. Cohen
will have had, as he claims, 81, 500 worth of
improvements removed.
Marshal Wade said last night that the
only interest he has taken in the matter has
been simply to sustain the ordinances of the
city, and that, be said, he expects to do so
long as he is marshal. He said that when
Jones street lane was INSTRUCTED by the
rubbish in it, he gave Mr.. Cohen eight days
notice to remove it, being three days more
than he was required to give. There was
complaint that the rubbish in the
lane was causing contiguous prop
erty to be flooded and especially
the st. Josephs Infirmary property,
but Mr.. Cohen did not remove or cause to
be removed the obstruction, whereupon the
marshal put on carts and removed the
rubbish, after which he sent his deputy
with bill for the removal of 1902 cart-loads
of the stuff at 25 cents per cart-load, and
his deputy brought him back this message
from MIR. Cohen:
Mr.. CoHEN'S MESSAGE TO THE MARSHAL.
"Tell the city marshal that won't pay
The bill; that | have beat him before the
city council on the Jones street obstruc-
lions, and | will beat him on the lane steps,
and will beat him on the Waldburg OBJ
structions"
Marshal Wade said that the bill was a
reasonable one, and he cited the fact that
Mr.. Cohen advertised for Ids in the MORN
ING NEWS to remove 100 loads of rubbish
from the lane, showing that he had clear
idea of how much was to be removed, and
that the ill presented to him was only for
two carloads more than the estimate Mr..
Cohen had himself made.
The coplngs which were removed pro-
jected four and one tenth feet upon ground
claimed by the city, as shown by the city
surveys. The tenants of the houses were
very indignant at what they considered the
high-handed act of the city authorities, and
Que lady was much perturbed i'll mind until
she was informed that the invaders did not
intend to take down any portion of the
house, or intrude beyond the established
line of the street. Hundreds Of people
stopped to witness the demolition OF the
offending obstruction.
COURTESY TO THE LADY TENANTS.
To the ladies Marshal Wade was very
courteous, and his explanation was re-
assuring, and some claimed that the prop
erty would Look as we'll as ever after the
distractions had been removed
Mr.. Cohen submitted communication to
the mayor and board of aldermen yester-
day, protesting against the removal of the
obstruction. He set up the fact that he had
not been given time to consider the matter.
or to dvise with his attorney; that he is
debarred from getting out an Injunction, as
Judge Falligant, before whom an iniuuc.
ton should be filed, is absent from the city.
and that by reason of the Judges absence,
no adjudication of the case can be expected
MR.. CoHEN's SIDE OF 1T.
Mr.. Cohen, when seen by a MORNING
NEWS reporter, said that he had intended tC
sign the waiver, but the corporation attor-
ney had put in it the Objectionable clause
in which Mr.. Cohen was to agree to remove
the encroachment within twenty four hours
at the pleasure of the council This was
the stumbling block, and another stumbling
block was that Mr. Cohen was asked x
surrender something which had previously
been granted him, and that he declined to- do
Mr.. OConnell, Mr.. Cohen's spokesman il
council and the contractor who put up the
block, said that Mr.. Cohen could not sigr
the instrument, as it would put him at the
mercy of enemies in the council Mr..
OConnell said that an alderman had told
him that the enmity existed, aud If he wa
at liberty toreveal the secrets of the caucus
he could show him the extent of the enmity
i Mr. Cohen, when this was b. ought to hi
attention, said that it had not actuated in