The sun., 1898-01-02
TROLLEY ON THE BRIDGE.
aHE FIRST REGCLlR CAR CROSSED
OYER FEsTERDAT.

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Faugenents Necessary ror MninintninG =
RsRuiar srrvicr-Not Psrn,ittcd, However,
10 Mako the Connections nt This End.
rang OF workmen was busy all day yester.
day on the Brooklyn Bridge laying tracks and
getting trolley wire poles and bracket stands In
place on the Incomplete south roadway, while
another gang was at work tearing up the side
walk at the plaza entrance TO the south road
way in Brooklya, TO make way for tho curve to
connect the tracks on that roadway with those
on the plaza. All OF this work can be done
without violating the existing Injunction,
which still stands In law against doing any
work upon the loops at the New York terminal.
although the Appellate Division has reversed
the order OF Justice Andrews granting the in
junction.
An application will probably DO made to the
Appellate Division for an order dssolvlnR tho
Injunction, and rs soon as this order 10 entered
work will be begun TO complete the whole
trolley track. unless other legal actions are
taken to prevent 1t. Those who are opposing
the completion of tho loop system threaten to
carry the case to the Court OF Appeals and pre-
vent the carrying on Of the work pending .
flnal decision, IL they can find any way Of
doing so.
The stringing Of the trolley wires on the north
roadway by gang OF Tom L. Johnsons men Of
the Nassau electric line, which was completed
before midnight on Friday, makes that track
complete for trolley traf9o from Brooklyn al
most to the New York terminal. To mako sure
that 1t was all right, and perhaps for legal rea-
non. regular trolley car Of the Nassau limo was
sent over the bridge and back on this track yes.
terday afternoon. The work of laying the miss.
ing link OF track on the south roadway will not
take long. Before the Stillman Injunction was
granted temporarily, restraining the laying of
tracks the bridge for the trolley cars, the
OF t sa
oor BLANKS 'fS sSnnins erS fcnstEwiss @ Xii that
planks which occupy the place for the rails and
put down tho rails. Two gangs OF men were
doing this and making grSS pGSs prog.
IN sockets which were already In place at the
New York end of the bridge while others were
carting and distributing along the bridge other
socketp and bracket supporters to complete the
supports for the trolley wires,
rick at the BrootISn entranco 70 the south road
way In preparation for % the taking taking down down Of S
OF this coping 10 to bo removed and the roadway
widened TO mako room for an easy course for
sands street. superintendent q. q. Martin OF
the bridge said that none Of the coping you'd 30
Seen
consulted. The work OF completing the tracks
and trolley wires on the bridge will probably be
completed to-day.
When work was begun. after the dissolution
of one Injunction and the decision Of the Appel.
late Division reversing Justice Andrews's ind.
ing upon the loop question on Friday night the
lawyer for the opposing parties warned the
be done on the bridge, and threatened that
II any was done he would have the
sergeant in charge and all hands sent to jail for
contempt Of court. No attention was paid to
this threat, but under Instructions from the
bridge authorities It was decided not to allow
anything to be done on the loop at this end.
This decision. had just been arrived at when
gang of several hundred mon appeared, en-
ployed by the trolley companies to go on with
the work here. These men were turned back.