The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-15
NEW YORK In THE DARK.
THE ELECTRIC COMPANIES CUT
OFF THE LIGHTS.

The City Authorities Notified so Late
that the Gas Lamps Could Not be
Utilized-A Way Around the Injunc-
tions of the Companies Discovered
by the City.
New York, Oct. 14-The sudden de-
termination of the Brush and United States
Electric Light Companies to-day to shut of
their city circuits plunged a large section
OF the city into darkness tonight, the time
being too short to arrange for lighting the
thousands of gas lamps which have fallen
into disuse since the introduction of cleo
tricity. In the Madison square and Union
square parks, around which the life of the
city clusters at night, almost impenetrable
gloom reigned, and pedestrians in crossing
the open squares were obliged to take their
bearings from the hotel and theater lights
DISMAL IN THE EXTREME.
A large number of streets were darkened,
and on that portion of Broadway occupied
by commercial houses closed at nightrall
the scene was dismal The sky was starleSs
and clouds served to intensity the effec Is
produced by the absence Of artificial light
Late in the afterno N the two companies
notified Supt. Murray of their deter nina
ton, and he ordered the captains Of the
police precincts to instruct their commands
to exercise extra vigilance, darkness wing
additional protection to the criminal
classes.
SOME OF THE STREETS LEFT DARK.
The Brush company furnished the fol-
lowing list of eets which it had left in
darkness: Broadway; Seventh avenue, from
Fourteenth to FIfty-ninth streets; Four
teenth, Twenty-third, Thirty-fourth and
Forty-second streets. from river to river;
Fifth avenue, from Twenty-sixth to Fifty
ninth streets; Fifty-nInth street, from Third
to Ninth avenues; Grand street, from Broad
way to Sullivan streets; Irving Place, from
Fourteenth to Tive ltieth streets; Fourth
avenue, from Fourteenth to Forty-second
streets, and Madison square and Union
square parks.
THE OTHER CoMPANY'S TERRITORY.
The United States company, lighting an
equally important district, also tur led out
all the city lights. In places here and there
lights on wnat are known as commercial
circuits, glimmer through the gloom.
Pedestrians Stunned the dark places, and
took to street cars when compelled to go
through them. Rain aided to the general
discomfort, and strong wind pierced the
marrow of the wayfarer.
A CONFERENCE.
District Attorney Fellows had consul
tation to-day with Mayor Grant relative to
electric wires in general and the de tn of
| Linema Feeks in particula Col Fellow
| assured the mayor that If the line which
| killed Feeks were discovered, indictments
would low. The grand jury, however,
, has virtually to await the coroner's investi-
gatiol, and the search for the wire which
| crossed the lines on which Feeks was al
ia th0 faof
IN CITY HALL PARK.
City Hall park wore an unwonted ap-
pearance. The outlines of the great build
ings located there were hardly distinguish
able in the gloom, and the clock on the city
hall seemed like a great disk of light, with
no apparent support.
ON THE BowERY,
where almost every storekeeper has an
electric hgat burning all night, the scene
was doubly dismal by contrast, the half
dozen lights furnished by the East River
company, whose wires all have improved
insulation, doing but little to relieve the
sOmber effect.
CONCERT HALLS DINGY.
The concert halls, where brilliant illumi-
nation has bee a leading attraction, suf-
fered considerably, their gas plants having
deteriorated through disuse. One big store
card bearing this legend: There's no cleo
trio light, but we still live" On Third
avenue, up to Eighty-ninth street, where
the Mount Morris Company's lamps begin,
the effect was even more pronounced, the
elevated structure contributing to
the funereal aspect. In many
stores oil lamps, candles, and
even Chinese lanterns were called into play
On some streets where electricity has been
introduced, chiefly because of its efficiency
as moral agent, the pedestrian was at the
mercy of the Fourth ward tough, but the
vigilance of the police made up in great
measure for the lack of illumination. The
Brooklyn bridge has it's own electric plant,
and the lighting of the structure was not in
terfered with.
RENEWAL OF INJUNCTIoNS REFUSED.
The applications of the Weste n Union
Telegraph Company and the Metropolitan
Telepho Company to have the injunc-
ton renewed restraining the board of
electrical control from interfering with
their wires were denied by Judge Ingraham
to-day. Jud % Andrews had determined
to sit until midnight if necessary,
to hear the argument upon
the other electric light comp anies'
injunction. Col. James Il. Choate, repre-
senting the United States and Brush COM
panic, stated That his clients had turned
off their currents, and proposed 10 keep
them shut off until the matter before the
court was disposed Of The case was ad-
journed till tomorrow.
THE WIRES MUST GO.
1t has now been decided that all the
electric light wires above ground must go.
All the companies doing business in this
city have got out injunctions restraining
Mayor Grant from interfering with their
wires, but a way around these il
functions has been discovered. Under
the laws of the state no injunctions
can be served on the board of health unless
eight days notice has been given, and had
the courts this afternoon made the injunc-
ito IS against Mayor Grant permanent, the
board of health would have taken the mat
ter in hand and before eight DAYS have
passed not wire would have been left