The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-30
HH GOT INTO 4 HOLE
Travel On Montgomery
Street Blocked By AD
Obstinate Truckman.
TWENTY-TRREE CARS STALLED.
II Took 4 Policeman and a Crowd
Of Railroad Men TO Break
the Blockade.

There was horse car blockad THIS
morning which extended dow Mont
gomerY street from Washington street
iato the Exchange Place cars sheds and
around into York street. IL las ted half
hour. provoked any quantity 0 pr ofanitT
of all grades from fair to mid ding to
extra fine and was caused by a man
getting into hole. The Jersey
City and Bergen Railroad Company
are laying their rails mp Montgomery
street, and there is a deep excava tion for
some distance along the north ern rail.
This morning, a large two hors truck,
heavily laden with dry cement in bags.
and driven by small individual with all
the characteristics of Patience on a
Monument, approached the excavation
from Washington street.. About she
same time an electric car, with clangiug
bell aud q load of passe ngers ex-
ceedingly auxious'to reach the hill. came
from the direction of Greene street.
AwAgnn stood in trout CT u store aud the
driver Of ths truck swung hi horses 10
the south to avoid the Wagon when
bangi Que OF the wneels sank tuto the
| hole with jolt LnaL almost threw him
from mis- scar aud brought his horses up
with JERK. The ruotornan stopped his
carwitn asuddsnness sent that his passen-
gers sprawling in nil directions aud then
began 20 swear at the driver OF the truck.
NOT TO BE MOVED.
But old Patience didn't mlnd that. He
simply dropped his lines and resting bis
arms on his knees calmly looked at the
motormau. The passengers came around
from the -ear of the car TO sac W hat the
trouble was and a crowd collscts d. They
looked at the hole aud at the truck
driver aud then began to say hard things,
but old Patience needed them not. In
hA nf
up behind the motor and their driv-
ers, conductors and passengers crowded
around to offer Euggestions. Theu
the truck driver climbed down from his
| seat, stuck his hands IN his pocket aud
walked calmly afoaud his truck He
WIS a tall, red faced man. clad In super
animated cutaway suit and an old white
derby, which was in style several years
age. The atmosphere in his vicinity was
redolent with the aroma OF travellers
Rest" rum aud free lunch pickled
onions, while the frequent uncertainty Of
his step was suggestive OF the refrash>
ment he had lately partaken Of.
"Aow long you goin' ter stay in thai
hole?" asked the motorm1n.
"UntiI ger OUT" was the laconic re.
plv.
Theu everybody in the crowd had some
thing to suggest. The motor man loudly
explained that he had nfty horse power
ou his car aud il ths patient individual
would tie a rope TO his axle and attach it
to the car he'd soon draw IA out.
"Well. 60 get the rope" was the only
notice the truckman took of that suxges-
tiou.
Another man recommended that jack
be procured and the wheel jacked up.
We'll get a jack. was the way In
which the truck driver received that
suggestion.
HARD WORDS OF NO AVAIL.
- nr1
dnctors that had kept growing larger
and larger got mad and pitched Into the
truck driver. They called him names
and said that il he hRndn'6 been
blanked fool he would not have gotten
into the hole. Another suggested be was
''off his bass" while a third began to
talk about breaking some smart PERSONS
jaw. This slightly aroused the truck
msu's wrath and he expressed desire to
have the third man proceed with the Jaw
breaking process at once. Still he made
no effort to get cut of the hole.
Finally mild man nered passenger
who was in q hurry quietly asked tne
truckman il he did not intend TO make
an effort to ger out OF that hoIe. He
replied that if the railroad company
wanted him to get out it should send its
men TO take him out.
well" said the mild hammered pas
sanRer, II can get a man who will gee
you out in a nilnuts.' Re went away
and soCn returned with poll ceman. At
the sight or the biuecoat the
tSuckman jumpad upon bis seat and
taking up his reius shouted 70 bis horses
AT the same time Il gang of trackmen
appeared on the scene. Taey soon pried
the truck wheel out of the hole with
rail tor q lever and a pile of paving blocks
for q fulcrum. Tue passengers
scrambled back Into the car s; the long
PROCESSION began to move and the crowd
soon melted away. Twenty-thres cars
were blocked.