The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-14
THEY MAKE AGO ARRESTS.
STATEN ISLAND PoLIoEMEN HAVE
BUS SUNDAY.
A Trolley Line Persists in Laying Tracks.
while q New Brighton Trustee In tho
Interest or n Rival Line E~ndenvors to
Prevent It-Prisoners in Blocks OF 20.

wiz. ~ uurso. r..,,.., Al.
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Prevent it-Frisoners In BLOCKS OF 10.
Moro than half Of the Staten Island police
force were employed all day Yesterday in ar.
| resting Italian laborers engaged in LAYING cleo
trio railroad tracks in Castleton avenue, New
BRIGHTON. Tho prisoners were taken before
Justice Acker, who opened court in the New
BRIGHTON village Hall. and were admitted to
bail, The fun began about Q o'clock yesterday
morning and was continued without interrup-
ton until midnight last night. Justice Acker's
court was in continuous session and the police
were kept on duty, many OF them without rest,
all day and night.
dozen or twenty men would be set All work
making excavations and laying ties and rails,
and in . short time they would be arrested and
taken to the village ha II, over q mile distant.
AS soon rs the picks and shovels we're dropped
by one gang others would TAX their places. Tho
work would 20 on for about twenty minutes
and then another raid would pe made by the
police. All the prisoners were charged with
violating the Sunday laws. As soon as they
were admitted to bail wagons were ready to
take them back to the work, and while less
than 200 men were actually engaged in tho rail-
road construction, the total arrests numbered
ohort AGO p.n for ,l tho mon va. o,ven NV
y '"' wi
John L. o'Brien, President OF the staten Island
Electric Company TOR which the work was
being done.
The story thattracks were being laid on Cas-
Teton avenue was widely circulated on tho
isiahu uuiink u"', Ii p','on'
visited tho place. Excitement ran high at
OF Sergeant COBB maintained COCO order. ~.
There has been q continuous ana bitter hRht
waCed In tho Nav RrIrhtnn Roard Of Trustees
N'r" $500. 80 80.
Staten Island Electric Company and the Mid
land Electric Railroad Company since Septem-
her 1905 Th. francbiso was granted 10 tho
Staten Island Electric Company during the
closing days Of last December. Before the COM
-Ss-.,.,l
pany hao niea inc necessary oonu ahu
required cash deposit of $4,000 to guarantee
NV pu ~ - IT.
tho President OF the village, died..
ovor Tho so,oo,,o, - h,s successor Tho poard
- .,.s 49,. -. "a ~ h,.,n.ss
was teo up ior three months anu no business
transacted. Finally n trustee was chosen who
io,,.d tho Midland force. n veek before the
1e ,nsn. ont ~, o,,S.r,. hn. ~. st,tsn
Island Electric Company succeeded in prevent
ing the giving Of tbe franchise to the Midland
Company by a series of injunctions. The last
day upon which the old Board could transact
Ousipessl it was il session from early morning
OF the Injunction so tnat action might DO taken
In favor OF the Midland Company.
When the new Board was organized 1t was
found to stand 8 to 8. Trustee Edward Brlce.
who had supported the Staten Island Electric
Company. going over to tho Midland Company.
Then the Hoard was tied up again for nearly
three months over the selection of q President.
The choice was finally made by lot. 1t fell to
James Kerr, a supporter of the Staten Island
Electric Company. but all efforts made by that
company to secure the delivery of the contract
and get authority to proceed with tho work was
defeated by a vote OF 3 to g..
Thus mattsrs rested ~uptillast Wednesday, when
II appeared that Trustee William II. McCabe,
the leader OF the Staten Island Electric Com
pany's forces In the Board. haG Joined the Mid
land supporters. A meeting was prevented by
the absence OF a majority, but 1t was antici-
pated that the franchise would be taken from
ths Staten Island Electric COMPANY. upon the