Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-03
MUST CLEAN HIS WALK.
Colonel Roebling Arrested For
 Refusing to Shovel Snow.
SOCIAL WAR RACES IN TRENTON.

Mrs. RoebIing, Who Was Offended Because
 Trolley Poles Were Set In Front of Her
 House, Says if She Doesn't Own the Side-
 walk She Will Not Keep It Clean.
 TRENTON. Jan. 3.-What is probably the result of social war in this city is booked for final settlement in the police court. Colonel Washington A. Roebling, the millionaire engineer of the Brooklyn bridge, was served with a warrant issued by Police Justice Coulter on complaint of policeman, Charles H. Schenck, charging him with the violation of 0 city ordinance in failing to have the snow and ice re- moved from the sidewalk before his S250,- 900 mansion in West State street.
 The ordinance prescribes a penalty of $2 for any person failing to remove the snow and ice from his sidewalk within six hours after daylight after each snow- fall This Colonel Roebling has failed to do, there being no evidence of a shovel having come in contact with his large sidewalk since the heavy snow of Wednes- day night of last week.
 4 similar complaint has been made and warrant issued against Clark Fischer, the millionaire owner of the American anvil works, who is one of Mrs. Roebling's sO- cial set, and also against the banker Will liam s. Hancock. father of State Comp troIler W. s. Hancock.
 Result of an Old Feud.
 The Roebling complaint is made by the police following an alleged declaration of Mrs. Roebling that she would not permit any of her servants to clear the sidewalk. and this trouble dates back to last April. Prior to April, 1894. Mrs. Perrine and Mrs Roebling, both leaders of society, were fast friends and moved in the samo set. Mrs. Perrine is the wife of Colonel Lewis Perrine. former manager and prac- tically owner of the Trenton Passenger Railway company. Colonel Perrine decid ed to substitute electricity for horsepower on his roads and secured the necessary au- thority to erect poles on the sidewalks of .property abutting the streets through which his roads ran. Mrs. RQebling's ;handspme house fronts along this road, and one night about midnight Colonel Perrine set force of 700 or 500 men at work to build that branch of the road and erect the poles on her block.
 Mrs. Roebling's consent to the erection of the poles had not been obtained. the Perrines taking 1t for granted that no op- position would be made But when the workmen attempted to tear up the Roeb- ling sidewalk Mrs. Roebling left her guests in her house, and in company with MT. Fischer jumped into tho hole dug for the poles. And there she remained for hours, and all efforts to enlarge the hole and place the pole while she stood in it proved unsuccessful. Finally the poles were placed elsewhere on the sidewalk, and Mrs. Roebling carried the matter to the higher courts, where tho case was de- cided against her.
 Social War Waged.
 From that day social war has been wnged. Mrs. Perrine and her particular friends have been cut from Mrs. ROebling' 8 ! social list, and Mrs. ROcbling and her l particular friends are no longer seen at l the famous Perrine receptions.
 If Colonel Perrine owns the sidewalk, ! or the courts say he does, s,'' Mrs. RoeblinG is credited with having declared to her friends. let him see to it in the future l thnt the sidewalk is kept properly clean I cd. |" This dcclar ation is alleged to have 1 been followed up by Mrs. Roebling com ] manding her servants not to sweep the l sidewalk in front of the mansion. And it
 has not been swept since. When the leaves 1 fell from the beautiful shade trees in front 1 of the Roebling house this fall. pedes-
 trians were compelled to wade through
 them or cross to the opposite side of the 1 street.
 Tho police had no interest in the social i war or the cleanliness of the sidewalk un-
 til the snowfall, and then they resurrccted
 the obsolete ordinance. Colonel Roebling
 was to have been arraigned in police court
 last night, and the city solicitor was OF
 hand to prosecute him. Ex-Judge William
 Lanning, who has been detained by tho
 colonel to fight the case, succeeded in hay
 ing the hearing postponed until 10 o'clock | this morring.