The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-30
|PITNEY'S GAG LAW
The Vice Chancellor Tries
to Suppress News of a
Hearing in a Rail-
road Case.
BULLD0ZING A REPORTER
Representative of the Newark
"News" Deprived of His Notes
and Threatened With
contempt"
(From the Newark Evening News Of
Yesterday

!
| (7ron, +ba vevsrt ..E,venfn, Nrawsn Of
vos+ordo,,I
| A. cho,.o1.r- C,to.,I,u- .,,;, ,,,o-,-
;r w. c,aa..ool,.. DE-. ,7,and
1 nIiootioo - +l,o C,oosoIi5a+ad r,rootf1,
C,o,o,,o,,, - 1oco+o ,.ross3,7, o,,er tle
yxotat,,r,. ooi1,,oo5 troo1,. 1,1oo,,,4iaIa
o,,o,,,a- 5I,ba +roo+io,, ,,ao,,Ia ,yo,+ +,a
crossin, at erade ano the steam rail.
| rood r,eor1o +hro',rt (-or+1and+ porLar
onnosad tba nrojec+
| Tosanb C,onIt annaare7 for +be Traction
/ roronanv and while M. c,o,1t v,oc r,alr-
fng his are1,nen+ +bo v;ca-cybanoallo,.
/ s,,5den1,, ctaoI,aa +ha ,,roooadin,rs .n5
ca1lino, q e.\Te7,,s,, ,oro.to,. y, the tarct,
took nossession of the ,attar,s notes and
49, tta+ - -, ~, 49,
Court ebo,,Id le r,,1,;s,ad ,,n1ar ,,a,,.,I+1,
of nnnisbroon+ for .o,taro,,+ (,f oo,,,+
T-estfnonv bad haer rresentod ~ chow
that the street railroad would he of sar-
vice to a large n,,nobar of reonla and that
| cars would oross tho s+aa,, ,.ai,ro,5
| tracks on an avarapa of a1,erz, f,,a ,ni,,-
utes for about twenty, hours eacb dav
q, the other hand b,t, +bfrt,,-fo,,, +roirs
crossed Rloorfeld avenue dai1v ON +bs
| stearo roilrood II u,.c ,,oin+od - =.
- a-1s-t d" q Poiii.e0 ou' ~
the apphcants that the ground about the
crossing was level and for any but a
| orada crosSino ar+ifcia- S+r,,ot,rav ,,z,,,ld
hova ~, ha a.ac+od -, ,,o+t' s{5a. oe 49,
nave 10 De erected on poth slces or the
Attention was called to the var;ous
o,odo ,,.,.-;,,esu :, 49, -
Slaue CROSSINGS IN this city Wnere the
Consolidated Traction Company's tracks
cross the rails of steam railroads to
sboT,, tbe+ +ba 1at+o,. 49, ~ ss, os,1s
snow 81 s,,,a3 th@t :, the latter We're not damaged
ment Mr. ParEer =. % tba Eria 'Hzs pai1rea7 argu1
IiehU MI alheI' LIT lhe ERIE hahFoad
road. spoke of the possible c2-g gers at
+ort7i,,. 60
tehulng every grade crossing as said
ments two other railroad owners might
make regarding grade crossings, his
ton at the hands of the Court.
..Tba Co,,,,t - So t-,s,a
Inc 00urI Is a1so pound 10 protecs
J the public as we'll as railroads." inter-
polated vice-Chancellor Pitney. 'It must
find a safe ond ,,,.,a+io, -. 49, 81,
.- - - , - e'o a 10y 'n@e "iiA
serve the best interests"
After the taking of testimony Mr.. .Coulr
re- pesan mt the argument 1or me petitioner. In
ms tax ne referred to the Ia1aer in
which juries had rendered yerdicls f1~
| 1aro,a q ,,,,,,,,+s u, So. e .I -.
raFoa af aoamfs m FaV9r of peoPe hurt By
| 1a1 e---@
poaTf be lea T the 0os ogice-cdaianeeor is to say
ent century in fbe manner 1gbtcb ci1e ,,
have been renderina Verdicts sgains{{ rals
Mt CanIt nsnsad n ,,or,er+ of4ar this
INSTRUMENTATION fban contin1IT saer aia l5 t5S
the road which It was sought To- eross
| mes b,-t So Iit+Io - ~ So0S.i1 eo eiooS
Here Mr. CnnIf bes;fa+ed . n,or,en+
@one horse" sugsested ef tbe q rcnrt I.lo,reii'
of pts pna9 q Sded S3r 9ra4c
aHo1d oni Are theTe anW v'Ai; raC1ortes S0rte,
fppptng gre MI it GGg {5ab in hif remarks If
a "Neu,s,' re1,ortar = 1(as t1e onl1r re-,ra-
sentative Of the he press pr present. and dps he
cnssapo Step forward" 6 commanded the Vice.
With Visions of an imnortant dsc.sion
orts no nahaea doWn w & eefore n hl ehe re
Within tbe rail- rail - 'iie 'oUASei'oi "a 0i9
aroHna farnn herH b 0rdersd the GopTf
indicat!ne with wave i1 Of his lis hand the lt,
wlshesS line chair a566ngsdde& & OF his 6e9ch
! | the while what was coming newt
'sWhat have you got about this caseY'
. asked the Vice Chancellor after the res
| porter had reached the point last indi-
. | Gated by the Court.
/ 81 had only started to write it, ana
swered the News" man.
/, Give me what you got" demanded
Thinking the Vice Chancellor just
= wanted to see Wnat nau Deen WrflISn,
the reporter handed UP his one page of
copy, retaining a batch of blank sheets
of paper
"Now you may clear out" said the
: Vice Chancellor, with a wave of his
hand toward the door, "and remember
not word that has been said by this
Court must be published I won't have
it. You've got no right to, publish it."
The reporter turned to leave, but his
! progress was arrested by a
, Here, what is your manner" coming
from the Court.
The desired information was cheerfully
given to the Vice Chanceller.
t wheTe ere is pu the sesgeant-at-armse Oh, yesi
q Now remerrIber,'' was the Vice Cnan-
I cellor's parting admonition to the
| what tba CoIrt has said I'll punish you