The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-25


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| tesung asainst tne eIeeuon OF rp, Hia r ai
ine etrinsing OF wires ior uVhsf a.
In any OF the public streets OF his ais
trict is on record. -, a..
Mr. heintz and me netnpers ol We
., nm OF 9rewera M,n Th'Gn rr sn HEM
nIyneL Mas .onue' .aa,,s,;e, re
serves against tne inttouuctloh I I t,re
Iroiley system IN tne AhheNeu p'r'''e'
any ,oush ~, ~ Nisoro uSin,, 20 tho biu NJ
particular, that the Services of Mr.
Iii NJ, MI ensa ~ rSaas',,"r NJ INC
H. neri prtano Marris.pia and Ford-
la, pr,use: Mo, a ~. t.Uinn
Ra,,. ,.,~S uii'pa"s' 'a''' Wv 0'
railway Company
Told He Would He Well Paid.
Thar. uas M mcmillan Of specisl
~, h. u,a,,iJ ha n ,nY,iy cnmn.nsated fnr
lie ssry,ces in ~innipg over Mr. Heintz
Ne Rrsan was AZ this time Mr. Heintz's
sdviser IIs nd NOT he saws. appeur
openly In the arguments which were
sdvocates Of III. trolley system lie
Kent in The background and used his
powers OF persuasion to such good ad-
vantage that although Mr. lIeintz was
for n long time obdurate and in spite
of the fact that among the protesting
property-owners were his own rela-
lions and friends Including the John
Eichlpr Brewing Company ana the w lll-
lam Ebling Brewing Company, Mr..
Breen Succeeded in changing his views,
and about the first day OF October, 1891.
his consent was given TO the Com
pany,"
About this time the "Huckleberry
bilI' was introduced in the Legislature,
and it's provisions, Mr.. Breen IL forced
70 admit provoked a storm OF opposi-
tion
When the bill reached a hearing in the
Senate, a resolution was passed pro-
viding that the Mayor, Comptroller and
the Commissioners OF the twenty third
and Twenty-fourth Wards be asked to
EXPRESS their Individual opinions OF the
mea s,,re in writing.
when he says, parentheticaliy. that Mr..
Hsintz,s %eli known opposltion to the
trolley was relied upon to defeat the
bill. -
Of the COMPANY. drew up a statement
Savoripy the passage of the bill, and
finally succeeded in persuading Mr..
HAM, IN sign If "
fhe'h'H " ''s" ~
Opposition silenced.
r,,. .,a,.,.n, com,po from the Com.
, hnis s.at en'nn,steiw si1encea he oppo-
sltion anu seGu,en VIZ po 90 sru,tfu, ~
inraSule mnnn,, ~
gam 10 the company. ,,,,,aor
Mr. Breehs succebs ns i..i, !
was so markeu Una, me- SCI VT VIII VIII
continued, and as SET lortn III .ne D,,i
OF particulars, ne piuhseu INTO Wy hb -
which was then on over Inc sra IN Ws ol
franchises by the Town Board OF west
chester to the HucKleperry People;
1t was IN this nght that supervisor
a. II. MOTIFS son OF ,he owner OF , motri ~
cost MIN i,ooo votes at a suDseaueh'
election, when ne ran Tor the Assemp'y
Supervisor Morris was, according TO
companies, whose principal DIRECTORS
were relatives and friends OF the super,
visor. These tractlon companies hau
been recently ORGANIZED ana were repre-
MT. Coddington ana MIR. HENDERSON as
ATTORNEYS; .., 10,
The applications made Tor franchises by
the I'VE traction companies we're. after
hard iight; granted by me Westches'er
Town Board by vote OF to z
Manipulating the Courts.
Then Mr.. Breen goes on TO tell how
he conducted the long struggle. IN which
he brought into play both his legal at
tainments ana me wohueriui persu pn,
dence. Under an old charter granted to
the Harlem Bridge. Morrisania and
Fordham Railroad Company in 1861, Mr.
Its successor, had a right to lay tracks.
Tracks were laid. and then followed AR
rests. prosecutions before Justice Of
Gals for contempt Of Court in ordering
the arrest OF the Union Company's work.
men In the face OF the injunction grant ed
by Justice Beach, of the Supreme Court
A motion to make this injunction per-
manent was subsequently granted by
Justice Andrews. Appeals demurrers,
motions and WI ole string OF legal pro-
ceedings followed, but before the uues-
lions were finally argued in General
Term mote here the delightful facility
with which Mr.. Breen disposes OF 10
1.-THE matters In controversy were set
tied, and to-day the Union Railway
Company runs Its cars into the village
OF Westchester over the very roads
where It's tracks were torn up by an
enraged populace.
The manner In which the matters in
controversy" were so quietly adjusted
will. II IL said. be brought out by Mr.
Breen's testimony before Referee Sewell
Under the subdivision relating to the
services rendered In the case OF Wat
son against the Union Railway Com
pany. MIR. Breen tells how he again
brought into play his remarkable ability
to make people do what they don't
want to.
lie "Pcr,uadeJs Eyerybody
=,
Mr. watson got an Injunction restrain
ing the HuckleDerry Company from lay
ing tracks on the Westminster turnpike
anu the West Farms road. IT looked
IKE long ana complicated hight, but
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