The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-31


are correctly enttTe1 on the lists.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
has at last swung an iron bridge across
Brown place and police and city officials
are outwitted.
From four o'clock yesterday morning
until six O'Clock in the evening gang OF
fifty men were at work putting The
| massive iron bridge in position. Every
thing had been arranged SO that the work
could be completed in less than fifteen
hours. That position of Brown place
where the railroad crosses the thorough.
fare is desolate place and is seldom
visited by the police.
A PoLICEMAN's DISCOVERY.
At quarter past six O'Clock last even
ing. Policeman Dunnegan, of the Dan
forth avenue station. noticed peculiarly
bright light near the railroad and started
to investigate. He found gang OF men
at WORK laying ties on the
into position and securely fastened. A
large calcium light furnished the neces-
sary illumination. Dnnnegan was sur
prised, to say the least, and ordered the
men to stop work.
The three foremen were then arrested,
They registered as John Sterling, OF No
364 johnson avenue, this city; w. e.
Harding, Phillipsburg, N. J ;; and A. c..
Pascoe, of EastOD, Pa. They were locked
up in Fifth precinct cell and Police
man Dunnegan went back to Brown
place. The men had all gone away, but
TO Duunegan's surprise the ties were all
laid and the tracks were in position.
The work had been completed
while the policeman was on
his way to the station house with the
fOremen. Dunnegan did not report this
to the police officers until he was re-
lieyed at twelve o'clock.
SUPERINTENDENT SMITHS ACTION.
AS soon as the foremen were arrested
Captain j. Smith telephoned to Police
Headquarters and Superintendent Smith
was notified.
The Superintendent secured carriage,
drove to Greenville ana took charge of
the matter. He ordered Captain Smith
to keep two policemen stationed at
Brown place TO watch the movements of
the railroad men and prevent any fur
ther trespaSs upon city property.
The railroad men. as usual. are doing
something, yet say they do not know
what they are doing. The foremen refuse
to talk about the matter. Corporation
Attorney Robert S. Hudspsth when In
terviewed this morning by a reporter of
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS said:-
WHAT JUDGE wERTs SAID.
Judge Werts u few weeks ago told the
railroad people that they could go on with
the WORK, but whatever they did would
be on their own responsibility. The rail-
road people, in all probability, thought
that they would not be disturbed. On
previous occasions told the police Off
Gals to stop the railway if it attempted to
cross Brown place.
They trespassed upon the city's pro-
perty aud our police officials acted as
they sh houl0, when they arrested the fore
men. The case, however, will come up
in the Supreme Court tomorrow and if
the city wins, why, then the Lehigh
Valley Railroad must remove the abut-
ments and bridge"
Greenville citizens. however, are not
quite so confident that the raj iroad will
remove the abutments and brluge if the
city wins the case. They believe that
now that the bridge is up, it will remain
there.
The foremen were arraigned before JUS
tlce kimmerly this morning on charges
of obstructiug The thoroughfare and were
held without bail for examination.
RIGHT AT ITS PERIL
One OF the leading officials of the city,
in speaking of the Brown place trouble.
said:-sUnder Judge Werts' order the
Lehigh Valley r. r, Co. had the right to
make improvements In the premises. but
at its peril Now that the bridge is over,
ii the city wins it will have To be torn
down. If the company wins that
settles the matter. II know, however,
that the action of the police in interfer-
ing was foolish and unfortunate 1t is an
assured fact that the police were not act
ing under instructions from the Mayor
or Corporation Counseln
A reporter from The JERSEY CITY
NEWS cndeavored to secure an Interview
with Corporation Counsel Edwards, but
that official declined TO discuss any case
that was in court.