The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-09
RIPPING Up TEE TRACKS.
City Officials Take Back
the Stolen Streets in
Lafayette.

The war between the Central Railway
officials and the authorities of this city
is developing into an alarming state Of
affairs.
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS told its readers
yesterday of the dastardly outrage of the
Jersey Central people in blocking with
out authority several streets in a sur
REPETITION US attempt to stretch spur of
track from the Lafayette branch of
the Central's main track to the Grifing
Iron Works President Somers and
Commissioner Dugan, of the Street and
Water Board, and Street Superintendent
Tumulty, with seventy-five able-bodied
men, arrived upon the scene last night
and ripped up the ties and rails and re-
moved them from Van Horn street.
A STRANGE NIGHT PARADE.
The long night procession of carts con-
tanning city employees and platoon of
fourteen police excited the curiosity Of
residents of that section, and a great
crowd of men, women and children gath
cred to witness the tearing up of the
tracks. All warmly approved of the
action of the authorities.
The army Of city employees expe-
rienced considerable difficulty in the
tearing up process at Van Horn street, as
and chisels. A number of gravel trains
on the newly laid tracks added to the
difficulties.
BY perseverance, however, the obstruc-
tion was removed within an hour The
scene of operations was then shifted to
Woodward street, and tracks crossing
that thoroughfare were also removed
with some difficulty. At Van Horn
street, while number of laborers were
attempting to push the gravel cars back,
they started down steep grade, and sew
eral of the men narrowly escaped serious
injuries.
The Central Railroad people, If they
were aware of what was going on, appar-
emily took no notice of it. There was no
interference from them. One man, who
did not state who he was, approached the
Commissioners and told them it was not
right to tear up the tracks.
1t is impossible TO surInlse the final re-
suits OF the mysterious operations of both
the Central and Lehigh Valley railroad
companies in this city.
WHAT ARE TEEY DRIVING AT?
The spur laid by the Central last week
ran off from Halliday street, curved
around the edge of the canal near Bran :
hall avenue and extending along the
south side of the canal reached the
Griffing Iron Works. At the Griffing
Iron Works the management claim they
| are in entire ignorance of the Central's 8
purpose. By residents who have watched
the mysterious operations of both com
panies this latter move of the Cen
trails is looked upon us an effort to
run freight in and out from
the Griffing Iron Works, the
| Zinc Works, Boynton's Stove Works and
| other large factories in that neighbor-
hood. The establishment of a freight
| station at Communipaw avenue by the
1 Central it is said, would head off most of
| the traffic from these large works that is
| now carted all the way to the Lehigh's
newly elected station at Grand street and
| speculation.
''The streets crossed by the spur re-
Gently laid,n said President Somers, of
the Street and Water Board, yesterday
| evening, "are not yet dedicated. They
are only on the map. But we shall apply TO
| the courts for an injunction tomorrow"