The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-24
GAS MAINS IN DANGER.
Another Injunction Against
the Lehigh Val
ley.
THOMPsON's LANE LOOMS UP.
Likelihood That 1t May Become as
Famous a Battle Ground as
Lundy's Lane.


granted the United Gas Improvement
Company an order directing the Jersey
City, Newark and Western Railroad Com
pany to show cause why it should not be
enjoined from interfering with the mains.
and pipes which the Gas Company has
laid in Thompson's lane, Green
vile. The Jersey City, Newark and West
ern is the corporate name of the branch
which the Lehigh Valley Railroad is
constructing from Waverly across the
Newark Bay and Hudson county to the
shores of the New York Bay.
The application for the order was made
by Messrs. Bedle, Muirheid, MCGEE and
Bedle, Jr., as counsel for the Gas Com
pany, and was based ON petition which
was read to the Chancellor. This sets
forth the various acts under which the
Bayonne l and Greenville Gas Light
company was Incorporated and author
ized to lay pipes and mains turou gh GER
tain streets of Bayonne and the Green
Vile section. The incorporation OF the
United Gas and Improvement Company,
and its absorption OF the Bay
onne and Greenville is also set
forth. The bill then goes on to say that
the company some time ago obtained
IIOu nuuEO u. SulEiC, uuOA OWHCL VA OhO
lane known As Thompson's lane, the
right to lay mains and pipes through
for the sum of $3.50 It maintains
th at Thomps on's Lane is private wsy,
and has never been dedicaIed to pu blic
uses. Garfield avenue and other streets.
it maintains, ended some yards from the
lane, and that vehicles and pedestrians
wore passage way from these
streets to the lane, the owners OF
the lane never relinquished the right and
title to the same.
AS TO INCORPORATION.
The petition then sets forth the incor-
poration of the jersey City, Newark
and Western Railroad Company,
and the fact that it is building
road across the county from the
Newark to the New York Bay. Also that
tween Fifty-second and Fifty-third
streets. April 30, of this year, on petition
of the Railroad Company, the Board
of Street and Water Com
missioners passed resolution
yacating Thompson Lane between Fifty
second and Fifty-third streets. This
valuation was passed on condition
grade some of the streets in
that vicinity. among them being Thomp.
son Lane. The Board also established GER
ia in grades for these streets which 1t re
Qu1reQ Cno company 10 malulaln.
In order to maintain THESE grades the
railroad company will have to excavate
Thompson lane 10 depth that will un-
cover nd lay bare the pipes and mains of
the gas company. The company is also
about to erect a bridge over the lane
at mn'ie least .nef fourteen ae e' feet above the
street. which will further endanger
the pipes The petition then
cts forth the dangers to its pipes and
the damages which the gas company will
sustain by reason of having the mains
there exposed to the elements and the
fyfpg rocks and debris which will be
thrown up by the blasts Of the railroad
company.
RAISING AN EAfBANKMENT.
The petition further States that the
company is throwing up an embankment
over portion of the lane in
which the gas company's mains
lie directly over the mains. On
this embankment the railroad proposes
to contribute one or more tracks over
which will be run heavy trains to the
manifest injury of the company.
that the gas company did not
learn of the operations of the
railroad company until four
days ago. when the management OF the
| gas company had an interview with
| Reon Barnes, the representative OF the
| railroad. Mr.. Barnes 8 asked how much 1T
| would cost If the gas company laid new
mains and pipes in another street. and the
manager of the gas company said they
refused either to do the work himself or
pay the company for htvlng the work
done. The matter will come up before
| the Chancellor on Monday.