New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-16
RUSHING UP BIG POLES.
HASTE OF TELEPHONE MANAGERS.
PERHAPS AN INJUNCTION STIMULATED THEM
TO UNEXPECTED ACTION.


TO UNEXPECTED ACTION
People passing Seventy and Amstcr-
dam-ave. yesterday morning, on their way to
church. surprised to see large gang of men
ana teams hard al work putting up immense tele-
graph poles. It was such an unusual sight for
Sunday morning that hundreds of people stopped
to watch the at work. Every one wanted
to know why the company which owned the poles
had suddenly become so anxious TO get them in
place. Meanwhile the men kept diligently at
work if their places if not their lives, depend
ed upon their getting the monstrous poles In place
before dark
The poles were fully seventy feet long, and
they were nOtched TO receive thirty-two cross
arms Before noon one pole just south OF the IN
tcrsectiOn of Amsterdam-ave., the boulevard anu
Seventy-sccond-st was in place, and by O'CLOCK
one north Of Seventy SecOnd-st. in Amsteroau-a'e'
was in position. Meantime the crowds watching
the workmen had become larger and larger. Ihosc
who were going TO church only stopped for lew
minutes, but in the afternoon people VINO were
out for walk on the Boulevard stopped to see
what was going
Every one still wondered why the work should
be done on Sunday Of all other days. because on
that day the streets and avenues in that part OF
IN the week. Those who had the curiosity to IN
quirc of the men who seemed TO have charge oil
the work why the company was making Snch
haste were told that the supcrntcndents OF the
work knew nothing about ii, except that they had
been ordered TO do it.
A food of light was thrown upon the proceed
ing. however. by an inofcnsive little paragraph
which appeared in all the morning newspapers
II was 10 the effect that David s. Brown. who
owns the handsome house at AmSterdamave. ana
Seventy Second-sf had secured an Injunction from
Justice Andrews. in the supreme Court hdIhUslS.
late on Saturday, restraining the MeuopOnt"h
Telephone and Telegraph Company from puuIiC
M "a mole in kmsterdam-aYc. by the side or MS
house This was the second lnluncdon OF Jhis
kind which had been secured against the com,
pauy and II was thought that TINS fact eNplaaIhcu
the company's h0Sty action on sunday. lhtS
wanted to get all the poles III position when 1heS
possibly could before other people had an oPpor.
tunty Of securing similar inIunctI0hs against
them
Mr Brown is wealthy merchant. Of the firm Of
David : Brown 4 Co.. N No. IhoinaS-st Ills
l9r,c house Is built OF gray stone, and IT is
handsome structure. Many people have admired
il lu Dassing tie spot. On the side Oi the noUsP
facing amsterdam thcr' Is conservatory.
through the windows Of when the MOWERS may .,
seen from the avenue. The Metropolitan telephone
and Telegraph Company proposed 10 put seventy
foot pole almost exactly in front Of TINS con-
scryatory, and the company also pr"p9sed !? ''a
that side Of his house. for the purpose OF placing
The pole in that place. "
Ties, poles we're to replace these which were
carried down 10y the recent storm. one ~ when
crashed into a church the opposite side OF the
street Mr. Brown did not relish having this I'm
mrusr pole in front Of his house. ana When ne
learned Of the plans Of the company he secured
an Injunction restraining them from carrying these
H,lans into effect. The company obeyed the IN
junction 10 the letter. and planted tic pole TWO
inches away from Mr. Browns pavement In
fact the side Of thc pole almost touches the edge
Of the pavement.
Another injunction Of similar nature has
been secured against the same company by Mary
Heating Sprague who owns property at West
End ave and Scventy-third-st. The latter IN.
junction was secured ten days or moro ago, ana
the courts have not yet finally disposed OF the
ease. The argument on Mr. browns lhJuhc'loh
was nut down for Tuesday. but as the company
has rcfrainrd from doing what he asked TO have
them cnjoncd from doing there does not appear
IL he much in his ease 10 argue about.
Mr. Brown declared Ia a Tribune reporter yes
terday that il was m outrage that me company
sbould be allowed 10 place their poles IN TINS
p,e,tion again His Injunction. however. had
been ohcved ho said. and 80 hc could not prevent
tho company from placing poles IN front OF thc
property belonging 10 other people
1 petition has been siIncd by large hu'nrr
of nropcrtv-owucrs in West Eud-avc, asking that
the coupany be prevented from replacing rhc
poles which were recently blown down. Inc
wires south Of Fiftvnnh-St.. they point our nav
lccn nut under ground. and there IS no reason
why tlcv should not hc under ground norm o'
that street also In view Of the fact that l2sGr
number of pors were blown down III the recent
storm and considerable property DESTROYED. thcy
thinl, that il +, only right that the wires shouid
fact that should tho poles be put in place, again
they will be a constant menace 10 he II was
merely by rood luck that no one was injured
when the poles fell the last time