The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06

ANOTHER WATER War.
Bayonne's New Pipe Line
Strikes Another Snag
in GreenVi1le.
oBsTRUGTIoNIsTs ARE ARRESTED
The Contractors Served with
Papers and a Lively Legal
Fight in Sight.
OBSTRUCTIONISTs ARE ARRESTED

The New York and New Jersey Water
Company is again in trouble, not with the
city this time but individuals. The pipe
line which is to supply Bayonne City with
water is nearly completed. About 200 feet
more of pipe is to be laid and then Bay
onne drinks~
Yesterday afternoon the force working
from Bayonne and the force working from
Kearny came within 200 feet of meeting
and completing the big undertaking. The
meeting was made west Of the property
owned by Alfred Sales and his sister,
Adalaide O'Connor 1t is known as the
Old Sales land, and is situated at the foot
of Runyon street, on the Morris Canal.
/ West of the canal on Newark Bay Sales
has several bathing houses and as con-
sequence claims the land. A short time
ago the Water Company not wishing to
have any trouble in the matter made
Sales a very liberal offer, provided that he
would permit them to lay the pipes on the
shore front of the land he claimed as his.
The pipe had followed the towpath OF
the canal all of the distance up to that
point and as there is decided turn In
the path there it meant considerable
trouble and expense to continue on that
course. The shore frontage of about zco
feet is in direct line with the rest of
the pipe, so wishing to hurry the job
through the Water Company people say
supposed land owners, first they would
build stone seaWall to protect the bath
| ing houses during high tide, second,
they would furnish them free water for
| twenty years. and lastly give them 81,
| 600 for the privilege. But no agreement
could be made SO the, only thing the
the towpath. The last trouble they had
with the city the COURTS decided that they
| could follow the towpath.
This morning Superintendent Of Con-
struction William Griffin had a large
| force of men on hand, who started to
work with a will, Wishing to complete
the job today or tomorrow, df possible.
across the trench which support the
large sections of steel pipe before they
are lowered by derrick.
Tney mad just completed arranging the
timber and pipes preparatory 10 lowering
! them when Alfred Sales and hissbrotier-
in-law, J. O'Connor, appeared upon the
od hem epon to her frop an @
perintendent Griffin replied that they
| We're on the towpath whsre they had a
short time ago. After considerabSe ar
gument Sales and o'Copnor decided shat
projecting on their land, and informed
| Griffin that they would nave TO be re-
moved Superintendent Griffin promised
would not wait. They went to the Green
| vile police station and complained that the
| Water Company was treSpaSsing on their
+ property and stated that they expected
| trouble and wished police protection.
Sergeant Tierney an6 a squad of police
| hastened to the place, but seeing no sign
| of trouble and receiving Superintendent
| Grifdn's word that he would remove the
| timber, went back to the station house.
! Upon the return of O'Connor and Sales
| the timber was not removed, so they
both procured axes and proceeded to
| to stop by Foreman D. Macauley they
| threatened his life with their axes and
o Connor assaulted the foreman. MacauI-
| ey appeared before Justice of the Peace
| Adolph A. LANCER and stating his case
| had the Justice issue warrant for Sales
and O'Connor's arrest. The arrest was
made by LANCER in person, the prisoners
| gave bail and the hearing set for next
| Eriday evening.
| Mad they succeeded in cutting away the
| prNsgs and caused the large sections of
| steel pipe to fall considerable damage
would have been done, as the pipes, which
1 weigh two and one-half TONS would sure
I ly have struck the Standard Oil Conn
| paQy's pipes which lay but few feet
away. If they were broken a food of oil
would have covered the canal, bay and
river which if fit should become ignited
would cause considerable trouble. The
| pipes in falling would have surely struck
and killed a large number of workingmen
| in THE trench.
About ONE o. clock Sales returned from a
consultation with his lawyers. Hudspeth
! & Puster, and served upon the Water
Company certificate warning them not
to trespass upon the property under PEN
| atty of the law. But at half-past two
/ o'clock the props were still in the same
4 place, and the work was going on.