The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-19
NEARING A CRISIS.
Pennsylvania Railroad and
National Docks Case AS
SumeS Another'PhaSe.
HOSE READY FOR INVADERS.
Preparing to Tunnel Under the
Observation-Disclosures
Expected.

The fight between the Pennsylvania
Railroad and the National Docks and
New Jersey Junction Connecting Rail-
ray Company over the crossing of the
former company's tracks at the Point
of Rocks is reaching a crisis where
physical force may take the place Of
legal sparring. Indeed, it is expected that
at any moment the gangs of men be-
longing to the two companies may come
to blows and necessitate the calling out
of the police.
Since daybreak this morning a large
force of men have been engaged by the
National Docks Company erecting what
is known as sheath piling to prevent the
embankment of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road from slipping as the work pro-
crosses under the tracks. Immediately
the National Docks gang touches the
property of the rival company. in the
words of a foreman, "then there will
be how-do-ye- do.'
While the workers for the Junction
Company are busy arranging the sheath
piling the embankment is being care
fully watched by detectives IN the SER
vice of the P. r. r. Company, who live,
as it were. in a coy set of cars on the
top of the embankment. The P. r. r.
Company has stationed several cars at
the point of crossing and these must be
removed before any excavation could be
safely made and from the present status
of the famous six years fight, they are
not to be. removed for some time.
PRECAUTIONARY METHODS.
The wary directors and employees OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad have adopted
remarkable methods to prevent their
being taken by surprise. In the event
of the National Docks men digging the
embankment the P. r. R. men have
ready for instant use several lengths or
hose attached to hydrant and provided
with a four-inch nozzle capable OF
emitting a stream powerful enough to
wash away a. gang OF meI4 90 probably
the embanknient itself. This T-ill be
used. it is asserted, sheuldt tany al,ec1nt
be made to encroach on tne P. r. K.
Company's property, the latter company
maintaining that the National Docks
award for land to be taken Is mucn
NO END IN VIEW.
The great legal fight over the crossinS
fully reviewed a few weeks ago IN tnese
columns from its inceptionato the last
trial before a jury. is nowsin that .po-
sition when all the proceedings hetora
taken in the Courts of Law and E9ntV'
may De- dlIu Ll1S ClAcpAOoS a. 49, -
Briefly, the case is that at the. Point
of Rocks. the PennsyNania trtc--9 are
laid on high embankment.
The National Docks Company desires
to build tunnel under the tracks, SO
as to have a continuous road from the
West Shore station in Weehawken to
the Central Railroad, the National Stor-
age Company'S warehouses, and the
Standard Oil Company's works at Con-
stable Hook The Junction Company Of
fered to buy the right of way. but the
Pennsylvania Company refused to sell
it. Then condemnation proceedings were
begun, and subsequent proceedings taken
through the State Courts and the SUI
preme Court of the United States. AT
the last trial. which lasted four weeks,
in the Circuit Court in New Jersey be-
fore Justice Lippincott and struck jury,
the jury awarded the Pennsylvania Conn
pany $130,000 damages
The conpany's lawyer, Mr.. James Is.
Vredenburgh, refused to accept the
award which was rendered to him IN
cash by Lawyer Asa w. Dickinson. one
of the Junction Company's representa-
tives Mr.. Vredenburgh claimed that the
award was insufficient. An appeal was.
made to Justice Lipptncott, and he dl-l
rected that the money be turned over TO.
the Court pending further litigation. and
DESIGNATED County Clerk John E. Fisher
TO be the custodian of it. Mr.. Vreden-
burgh made an application for an order
to show cause why new trial should
not be granted. Justice Llpp-ncott re-
fused the order.