New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-04
Guarded By DEPUTIES.
FLYNN SYNDICATE TROLLEY TRACKS,
DOWN IN EAST CHESTER.
RESIDENTS MOURNING THE DESTRUCTION
OF THEIR FINE HGGHWAY-LONG AND


OF THEIR FINE HGGHWAY-LONG AND
TEDIOUS LITIGATION IN PROSPECT.
The demolition Of the tracks of the Union or
"IIuckleberry" railway in the town OF East
Chester was completed yesterday morning oy
tho gang of Italians employed by its rival the
New-York. Westminster and Connecticut Trac-
ton Company. or the p H Flynn syndicate az
IT is better known
Fifty men worked until midnight Thursday
night by the light Of bonfres along the Nhite
Plains road. and fifty more went on duty 'hen
and finished the task. During the work which
lasted until IL was interfered with by heavy
downpour Of rain AT o'clock yesterday atter-
noon. there were constant rumors of an attack
by the forces Of the Union company ana
strong posse Of special deputy sherihs' armed
with clubs and revolvers. was kept on du'y' anu
IS now guarding the newly laid tracks.
The contractors deny that they burned the Ties
Of the opposing company to furnish ".u'''""
ton for their work They say that the ma
,or,al u.as removed with as little damage as
noss,hle and piled at the side o, the highway.
c,~oroe Court Justice Barnard. in Pough-
keensie. yesterday decided to make permanent
tho Injunction secured against the traction com
nan,. hv tho village Of Bronxville This means
thu, tho cornpanv must abandon its line "h'ch
is half built through Bronxve, unless h'ghe'
court decides that its franchise is Vahd q"
appeal will be- taken at once
Tho Trustees Of Bronxville are considering d"
application for a franchise made by the "n'''
company but in view Of the complications thA'
have arisen they admit that IT would be foly
for them to grant 1T until the claims 81 '"s
FLYNN syndicate have been thoroughly si'eu
through the courts. This may take two years
as II Is likely that the quarrel will reach the
Court Of Appeals before the contention is hnaily
settled.
Pending y final settlement Of the case the trac-
ton company its agents say, has secured an
Injunction 10 prevent the Union company from
placing IT'S tracks on the White Plains Road IN
the town Of East Chester II has applied Tor
another injunction 20 prevent the authorizes oi
Brcnxville from removing the tracks 1t has LAID
in the village limits
Legal authorities on both sides admit that
the situation Is extremely complicated and may
lead to long and bitter litigation. Both com
panes claim a franchise from Mount Vernon
10 White Plains on the White Plains Road. and
each has pecunary interests at stake that VIII
prevent II from retiring from the field. The in
terests Of the Union company are probably the
greater, as it Is said TO have paid $1Dro for
the Tarrytown White Plains and MamarOneck
Railroad I'm order to get the franchise from
White Plains 20 Mount Vernon held by that
CORPORATION The traction company. by investing
$1,000 for the old North Mount Vernon Rail
road n defunct con 'ern. secured franchise
which was granted 10 It in 1890 over the White
Plains Road.
This franchise The local authorities hold. has
been forfeited because the North Mount Yer
ron company did not build when II promised 70.
Whether the traction companys franchise is valid
or not must ultimately be settled In the Court
Of Appeals. and in the mean time II can cause
a amount Of trouble and delay TO the Union
Railroad by keeping its TarrytOwn road isolat-
ed from It's lines in Mount Vernon and New
York CITY. unless the Union company decides
to buy Il out.
II II does not get its White Plains line built
the only connection the Union company could
make between its lines in northern Westchester
County and those in Mount Vernon and New
York would b. 20 extend the road from its pres
ent terminus In New-Rochelle to Mamaroneck,
where II could be Joined 10 the TarrytOWn. White
Plains and Mamaroneck road, but in order TO do
this Il would be obliged 10 get through Larch-
mont which, owing to the opposition u the resi-
dents. led by Judge Warren Hgey. Supreme
Court Justice Scott and others. viii be almost
impossible
The residents OF East Chester and Bronxvllle
are bewailing the destruction Of the White
Plains Road which cost from $40 600 10 S5O,OOD
mile. and IS the best thoroughfare they have. II
is only thirty feet wide. and already the traction
company has taken ten feet or IT, II the courts
UNFOLD the linton company franchise IT can take
ten feet tho other side. and only ten feet VIII
be left. making II utterly useless Many or the
more prominent residents. seeing the havoc al
ready wrought would be glad II the tracks OF
both companies We're torn up and kindled into
one immense bonfire. They say they have
eighty eight passenger trains 10 and from New
York every day IN the week. except Sunday on
the Ne,y-Yorll and Harlem Railroad. and this Is
q better means Of transportation than both com
panies combined could ever offer 10 the commu-
nifty II is also being pointed out that II the
trolley is put in operation the New York and
Harlem road would probably tax" Oft large
number Of local trains between Mount Vernon
and White Plains and the conveniences Of travel
would be less then than they are now