New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03
|HEARSAY NOT EVIDENCE.
THE OLD LEGAL MAXIM PUT INTO PRAc'
TIcE BY HOBoKENss STREET
COMMISSIONER
HE PREVENTS A TROLLEY COMPANY FROM oh4D'
BING STREET UNTIL THE DECREE o.
THE SUPREME COURT rs SHOWN
HrM-A CouNcILMANs OBJ
JEcTIoNs USHEEDED.

JEcTIoNs USHEEDED.
Early last evening a gang Of Italians oarry1ne
crowba.s ran down Sccond-s;.. Hobokcn on dog
trct. and stopped the book between River ara
Hudson SITS. where they .ost no time IN tearing W
the cob5le In the middle OF the thoToushiarA
Before the people .vng In the vicinity realized whaa
the doing the street was rendered i'm
passabe 70 teams.
The men were in the employ OF the Jersey City.
Ho5oken and Rutherford Electric Railway Company
ard had been staying In Hoboken for several hours
awaiting news from Trenton that the Supreme Cour
had dismissed the OF certiorari secured at the In.
stance OF Max Shilling Flrs,-s,. property -ownsr.
for the review Of the action OF the Hoboken Common
Council In granting a franchise 20 the company.
II is said that the strength OF a telegram to the
effect that the decision favorable TO the COM
pany the men were put TO work
Street Commissioner Bernard Bayer was among
the first behold the unusual sight OF men tearing
up the street without any apparent permission. ana
he boiled over with rage. He asked on what au-
thority the working. and was given no
satisfaction Bayer Immediately appealed TO Act.
ing Ch.ef OF Police Hayes and word Vas sent 70
headquarters that officers were needed In Second.
ST. In the mean while the block thronged w1th
excited people who magici that the railroad pcopA
were stealing a march on the city
Within few minutes. several policemen pushed
their way through the crowd. The Street Comm.s.
sioner was with Them aad he demanded that az
hands stop work
III you don't" Sail ne. every body Will be locked
Up
The men turned 70 their bosses aad dropping
their crowbars ceased work.
At this juncture Chairman Edward Onerman. Of
the Hoboken Common Council, who voted IN iayr
Of granting the FRANCHISE. arrived. and gave Com
missioner Bayer lecture for what Re called his In.
reference The Street Commissioner refused TO 70.
ceie from his position. and ~ i that he would not
allow the railroad 10 continue the work OF tearing up
the streets until It was shown 10 him n back and
white chat the courts had given authority 20 10
80 He said tina; he wasn't go.ng on hearsay Or
kilograms. but wanted to see tie decree OF the
Court"
Acting Chief Hayes said that Bayer would have
the assistance OF the entire police force II neces-
sary. prevent me work. Until such time az
Corporation Attorney u nturn returned from Tren-
sayer had his way about Il. and the men
on the day that the Council granted the fran.
chise Ex-JudSe Abel c. Smith, counsel for the
rails would first be begun in second-s,., and that
Firat-st would not be touched until the question
as TO whether or not the street could be widcned
Ex-Judge Smith. the companys attorney. met
and said that he had no business 10 Interfere with
the work He declared that Bayer had laid him
@ 1 sss 70 up Of c9 snd as Sf n
right to continue operations under IT. franchise
The Commissioner would not revoke rs order he
torney. Minturn.
ton. ard the companys lawyer exhibited tele.
gram from Attorney General Stockton. stating that
ew dy and that tbe stay had been vacated
Minturn said that II Mr. Smith would be respon:
sible for the accuracy Of the telegram ne wJoa
Smith said that he would, and Minturn ,hen, ad.
and shortly after o'clock the men were at work
again. -,
experience trouble at the hands of the North Hud.
son County Railroad Company when they try to
dsn Of t the Rutherford Company said that nothing
OF that kind would happen