Evening journal., 1899-11-15

THE BRANDYwINE SPRINGS COM
PANY TRIUMPHANTLY FLOATS
THE STARS AND STRIPES AND
PREPARES TO LAY A DOUBLE
TRACK, BEGINNING AT BRANDY
WINE SPRINGS.
The railway fight between the Will
mington City Company and the VIII
mington and Brandywine Springs Com
pany has developed into a vigorous
war.
Both companies are on the firing line,
and advances are being made every
hour The Wilmington City Company
aimed yesterday, and a squad of men
at Sixth and DUPONT streets fired
in the afternoon. Now a volley OF hot
shot is being poured into the advance
guard of the suburban company. The
latter is enjoying the situation and is
ltauntingly Haunting the Stars and
Stripes in the faces of the enemy
No sooner had the announcement
been made yesterday that the privilege
of the use of Sixth street had been
granted to the Wilmington and Bran
dywine Springs Company by the Street
and Sewer Department, than the Will
mingtOn City Company ordered all Of
the employees that could be gotten to-
gether to report at once at Sixth and
DUPONT streets. Work of laying tracks
on DUPONT street, the use Of which the
city company has held the right for
several years, was begun. Fifty or six
ty men were employed. An arc light
was strung up, by the aid Of which
work was continued last night.
This move is intended, it is supposed,
to give the Brandywine Springs Com
pany additional trouble in building it's
line on Sixth street and TO make OppOr-
tunity for another injunction.
The matter of Injunction at this
point it is thought, will probably be
important, since it is asserted that a
decision on an injunction at one point
of crossing will determine the right to
others on Sixth street. Superintendent
Harvey B. Vandegrift, of the Whining
ton City Company. says that the Du-
Pont street line is to be built north
from Fourth street. probably as far as
Delaware avenue.
AS soon as the conditions governing
the franchise for the use OF Sixth
street were signed by President Robert
c. Justis. yesterday afternoon. the
Brandywine Springs COMPANY ran up
the American flag and decorated the
lcompany's Office at Elsmere with flags
and bunting. Three flags were strung
on the trolley pole of every car.
While all this fighting is going on in
this city, the Wilmington and Brandy
wine Springs Company is grad
ling and getting its line into shape for
a double track beginning az Brandy
wine Springs and moving eastward as
fast as the employees can do the work
While the injunction proceedings are
pending the work of laying this track
will probably be done.
TROUBLE WAS ANTICIPATED.
Anticipating that an attempt might
be made by the Wilmington and Bran
ldywine Springs Company to tear up the
/ tracks of the Wilmington City Com
lpany at Sixth and Union streets last
might. Sheriff Taylor swore in as depu-
ties several Of the officers and en-
lployes Of the Wilmington City Com
,lpany. The sheriff himself remained OF
1.-The ground in a cab nearly all night
lin order that he might direct the oppo
lsition to any force that might be used
The Wilmington and Brandywin'
lSprings Company did not intend to in
terfere with the work Of tearing up Du
lPont street across Sixth, nor to tea
lup the tracks at Union street. but j
lhad prepared to resist any attempt L
tear up Sixth street by the Whining
, ton City Company at any other poin
THAN DUPONT street.
DUPONT is the only cross street re
manning on which the Wilmington Cit
company has the right to build it
fllines. Tracks are laid on all othe
cross streets, namely, Union, Monro
: and Market.