New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-16
SULLIVAN LOSES NO TIME
RUSHING THE CONEY ISLAND ROAD
THROUGH NEPTUNEAvE.
A LEGAL. BATTLE FOR RIGHT OF WAY TO AP-
PRoACH SEA BREEZE-AvE RESULTS IN DE-
FEAT Fob THE NASSAU RoAD-AN


FEAT Fob THE NASSAU ROAD-hN
OCEAN DRIVE IN DANGER.
When the residents If that part OF Cohey
Island adjoining Neptdne-avc brushed the sleep
out Of their eyes Thursday morning they
were not a little astonished to see about nun
dred men hard at work tearing up the SURFACE
OF that thoroughfare. They were employed by
the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Com
pany to lay tracks on the avenue.
Since the Nassau road was begun in this
c,tv Il has had a hard man to fight in Presi-
dent Denis w. Sullivan. Of the Smith-st' roau'
as the Coney Island and Brooklyn Raiiroad Is
usually called When the Nassau road wanted
to lease the Smith-st road Mr.. Sullivan pohtey
but firmly declined to listen to the arguments
Of p H. Flynn and his associates ana theh
the war began.
Away back in 1861 a franchise was grah'eu
for a railroad on Neptune-ave. When "eheia'
S,ocum boueht the old horsecar line John y.
McKane and his associates forced the o'i,'",
9, neop,e off Neptune-ave They thought that
they might well own railroad az any w.
and the Smth.st people had to abandon this
.,,,or ~ .be line. and go around by the
brighton Beach Hotel and along Sea Breeze
ave to Vanderveers.
The railroad company. however, refused u
aka IN ,ts tracks. as 1t had purchased the rights
Of tho owners Of the old plank road Mchahe
and his friends never dared to remove the"'
and 80 the matter remained for years
A WAR OF INJUNCTIoNS.
virauv Mechanics charter passed into the
bands OF the Nassau road, and wheh 'he |o"e'
Is,and and Brooklyn Company proposeu "
hrud unon Neptune-ave. injunctions were take"
ont by three property owners. Johh l'lo'u' ""O
lives in Neptune-ave.. west or the po"''N
William Lakeland who also nNes III ->ep'
ave and Mr. Richter. OF West oth-s'' JUS
Cavnor granted the injunction on De'e"'"ei -
A few days before this three or tour hunu'e' 'N'
appeared and tore UP the street az la' a. W
could go, leaving II In wrF'c"eu
,,,ara was great commotion about 1t. but moth
ing was done. The case then came oeio'o o"De,
element who sustained the rights of the Coney
raapd and Brooklyn Railroad Compahy' NE ne
Us las, March and an appeal was taken 10 VI.
Appellate Court. where mis- decision "'' "P"
by the five judges. n-taoo, Sullivan
lost no time In getting - work IN Iirl' ~ '"p W
is tho nrogress that last evening one llhe 81 Ia ran,
had been laid along Neptune-aVe. rom the % AZ
ward TO near West Fifth-st Inc rai.S are -
trihuted along the curb. from the junction "a
these two streets all the way TO Seaoreeze-aNe"
where the new and old lines VIII JON
MIR. sULLIvANs RIGHT OF WAY
rba cause Of contention s the fact that TINS
,a,sIor shuts ont the Nassau road from gam
,rg an entrance from Sheepshead Bay 70 'one'
leland nv way OF Neptune-ave Not only mat
h,, q yIves the Coney Island road direct con-
roc,ion with us proposed line along the route %
rho old bicycle road 70 Bensonhurst ana ba'n
Beach. The Coney Island Company purchaser
this route some years ago. and work VIII De oesu'
unon the road as soon as the present eN'ehsio''
Is completed .,.orda,,
o,,ar,oor whom asked when the new extension
would be ready for use He said
"The road will probably be ready on Weuhes
day but It is sure 10 be on sunnay %, mn i,st vet
We do not propose to lower our GA dare onie last
Ivhv should we? We carried 10000 people las,
Sunday. the most we ever ca'i'"' ''"N
was purchased ~ 49,, =, MA uould he
made ~ the old road by the raceuacN anu
brighton Beach Hotel and along seaoresZe-ave,
hut II Is safe to say that 1t VIII hel'he' pe eN'"
away nor left idle all summer.
THE ENcRoACHING WAVES.
In this connection 1t may be mentioned that
II Park Commissioner Woodruff does not ''Ne
stems 70 protect Seabreeze-ave.. the first severe
northeast storm that visits Coney isiand VIII
sveen away that portion Of Seabreeze-ave.. with
its railroad. nearest to the Brighton Beach Hotel
Last winter the seas washed UP to the paving
and would have carried away much OF the strest
hut for a cheap and simple protective Work
placed by the Coney Islard and Brooklyn Ran, ,,
road Company. cribwork was pult OF W
TO- aIora ,be beach and filled with rip-rap. III
was cheap but 1t saved the road and the street
also II some such protection Is not turhlsheu
before winter along that portion OF the paln
lands adjoining Brighton Beach the city VIII own
Ices propelty next year than ii does now A
GOOD strong crbwork with plenty OF r'p-rap IN
II would do much TO preserve that portion OF the
beach.