The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-31
UP GOES The POLE
Lively Times in Greenvil1e
Yesterday Over Those
Telephone Wires.
SUpERlN FEHDENT FOLEY EXPLAINS.
Police Will Arrest Gitizans Who
Interfere With the Big Sticks
on the Avenue.
SUPERlN EEHDENT FOLEY EXPLAINS.

Superintendent Foley Of the Police
Electrical Department kept his promise
Yesterday afternoon. Another pole. was
set up on Ocean avenue. Greenville, in
the place of the one cut down by Agent
Smith. It IS bigger if anything than the
Old Sofle and is not likely to give any more
satisfaction to the tenants of the Lock
wood row of flats. 1t viii not be rnolested
according to the police OF the Fifth Pre-
cinct, or if it is the author of the mis-
chief will be placed under arrest. Even
now it is said that Contractor Dunn will
be incarcerated for his connection with
the affair. He is the man who with a
crew of five others accomplished the
razing of the pole
About four O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Superintendent Foley's corps of work.
men, bringing with them a wagon with
Here the work of roofing up the butt of
the cid pole was begun. When this was
aeesesmpisshed a, &C M the hole in the earth was
suf1c1entiy large to admit of entering
the new pole. This was then elevated By
means OF the ordinary tongs. Some diff
sity. of avoiding the feed wires of the
trolley system above the curb. This was
accomplished very handily by the ex-
When the laborers first appeared upon
the scene a small crowd began to collect
about at,1 T, the spot This was soon swelled
children until quite a number were on
hand. Captain lNugent, Detective Egan
| maintain order and insure the workmen
| protection. These had their hands full
during the half hour consumed in the
The first opposition came from Agent
William L. Smith who's made his appear
ance, from Bayonne. Something was evi-
wit fhn
had vacant stare and there was a half.
seas wobble in his stride.
e,raIea e mas an oeen nfFed fdFrIdgged oy the police
watching the affair from window in the
fats. Smith extended his nand and the
laborerS rested on their spades.
Il ord you shtop 'sdam outrage
wan to 'sert my rights azzazza prop'ty
owner An I want say don care f'rall
Smith went on in this strain for seve-
raj minutes and the, laborers in the mean
tim time returned red t. their work This evil
to prevent them. He was warned by De-
teetive Egan to behave himself.
Mrs. Armstrong. who manages a beard
ing house on the northeast corner, Tlade
her appearance at this juncture. She in
dulged in a variety of threats which pros
workmen. SHE said she would have her
lawyers there in a few moments Mitze-
MUS drugstore is on the northwest cor
ton. To this -}ittfe cabinet MRS Arm
strong retired to catch her lawyers ear
| for a moment. She was not successful
although she consumed nearly 4 half
hour in the attempt.
Old Adam. a Greenville character who
for the past twenty years by mis- pecu-
liar speeches and antics, was the next 20
make his appearanca on the scene. He
had been iInbibing. pretty freely and was
little the worse for the fiery fluid with
in him. Adam recognized the Importance
of the occasion and arose to it, Although
committed T7a aYfx
in the dispute he took sides With the
weaker one as true knight of chivalry
the hole the men Were digging and would
have precipitated himself head first into
it but for 1, the restraining grasp. of Pa
followed Miller about SO persistentiy
that that he, he,,,finally glazed him under arrest.
without further trouble
| Agent Smith said the pole '.mi' be
in. Wot'll be done II be done in dayIi'.''
All might long the patrolnaan on that
beat kept an eye on the, big stick. No
however. Passersby gave it a curious
glance to see what it looked Ike. This
rR5Rg mngdMs they lG9kd e a out from the
perintendentt Foley.
reporter Of "The Jersey City News',':-
I'm as sorry as anybody that we had to
have all this trouble. I am doing what
/ city. BY this ocean avenue rot route save
| the city something less than a hundred
dollars l@ina. IT That e5 statement people are
| to the pole in front of the Bank Building
| is not So He himself gave me pernis-
sion h to set the pole along along the eastern SIDE
i pole. erected Immediately in front of the
| building. This would have necessitated
cutting the concrete. pavement. This
| would have rlinp0 the walt< thpra Tn
| stead. I set it at the end Of the building
in the only bluestone ,aag of the walk.
regard to his property on the westerly side
of the ,thoroughfare. This we did not
Much criticism has been directed
against the size of the poles. This is
| through a misunderst tanding of the people
50 expressing themselves E. The poles are
wires may extend above the trees which
line the avenue. here. They are fine old
the wires were strung among their branch
es without outline the current might become
grounded through them in. wet weather,
and false alarms be received at the station
house
Il would avoid this southeast corner of
DaRfgrth sb r. oaa d if dqoa fpob m Dc nnTs not
building if / can help it though. I don't
believe the people Of the Greenville Re-
must touch that corner the southwest one.
or else this one in front Oft Lockwood
| fats.
"Folk think, too when they see that these
poles we are erecting are scored Tor fire
arms that they are. intended to carry
| other wires. This is not So. am
erecting these poles for the police patrol
| system and nothing else
Cantain Nugent said today that Mrs.
Hattie L. Lockwood had consulted her
LAWYERS. Messrs. Roberson and Dernarest,
| of Bayonne and decided not to continue
| her opposition further. These lawyers ad-
| vised her to cut down the poles originally.
Yesterday they told her it would cost s75
or more to institute eertlorarl proceedings
| ends the first and last battle in Green
| ville's anti-pole war.
Acrn MISSION. WORKER DEAD