New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-13
! THE NEWS OF BROOKLYN !
TRACKS LAID ON SuNDAA'
THREE BLOCKS IN ROCKWELL PLA'H
cRABgEp by TROLLEY PEollE'

pRopERrY-owNERs EXCITED OVER I'M
wrnrSo AND AN INVESTIGATION ldkh|i'
m. nrorertv-owners along Rockwell r'aee
-, r,,,,on-st 10 Willoughby we're "i"o"
.v.rc,sed Yesterday over the gobbhns Oh ."e'
800. hv the BROOKLYN Heights Railroad |o'''-
800 p.cause Of the absence from their ho'ie'
- c,,y and railroad officers. 1t was i'nposs'.e
% cot dofnitc information as to the 'esa' ''e
~ the railroad company to approp' .
..reet hut the fact that the work was
ths midnight hour that ushered IN '"e ="
ara uss pushed so hard that II was ieaus
cars the whole length OF three o'oNs
to-aav neean gives the whole proceeo'"s INV
earmarks of irreguarity.
The employe of the company WHO """
~ the work said that the extension was oe"e
hu,,t under q franchise granted TWO Yeas "e
and that a special permit to proceed WIZ" Wv
work at this time had been granted ny ivy
work. Commissioner Willis. This permit was
exhibited to the police when they ihaune" "'
IN what authority there was for the "orA'
vben this employe was asked whether the
time within which the work had TO peg'h u"oe'
the franchise had not expired ne sa'o he
thought 1t had not expired
No railroad franchises were granted unoer 'he
schiercn administration, so II the company
does hold franchise for this street II inus'
have been granted by the Gold Ihir'ee"
Board Of Aldermen. which granted )oo lou vi
franchises to nearly all the railroad companies
No one. however, could remember yesterday
that Rockwell Place was included IN 'his Joo
lot" The other franchises granted at that time
had a provision that the work must oegih
within a year. If this franchise has such pro-
vision II will account for the Sunday WORK
The last sabbath work on a railroad tnat
caused a sensation In Brooklyn was the "oIA
that the late Deacon Richard son did when Tic
nut tracks through Seventh-ave. he was oea-
con Of the Hanson Place Baptist Churcn al IN
time and he was tried by his cnurch anu io"NO
.,,,,tv NJ Improper walk" But the Deacon
had his tracks down safely and had a'o'ueu
court intunctions and other distractions
thing that makes this case parallel WIN
that Of deacon" Richardson's Sdhtath-break-
,nr 4. thot clinton w. Rossiter, president Of the
Rrooklyn Heights Company, has recently peei'
made deacon of the Lafayette Avenue rrssos y,
terrain Church. Now, there will he ln'eres. ~, ~,
this new deacOn's case. and to learn Wnet',e' "e
will be tried and have his walk criticised
The purpose Of this connection is 10 relieve
that part of Fulton-st which runs IN iron. VI
the big drygoods stores Dur' ne,,. III" ,hrouSh
Rockwell Place and Wiloughby-st Inc en-
press and trolley party cars OF the company IAN
may be run by this route. too IT was sa'o Una ne,
the Intimate intention is to build another single
trecL hack in Ravmond-st.. for which the com
pany has some permits and thus make =, loop
Tor Crosstown cars coming from the Eastern y
District Undoubtedly one reason lot nul - ~, ~
the work was 10 get II done before the boaru
~ Aldermen meets to-day. Alderman Hauoer'
chairman of the Railroad Committee; yest ,h.
day said that n did NOT Know wne.hal o., tme
and said ne would make inquiry this morning
40 that the Board of Aldermen might act IN M,
tell,gently on the matter in the afternoon. ne
cr,ticised the tendency Of the company 10 pro-
caad IN high-handed Mariner In grapp,hs
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