New-York tribune., 1901-08-25
SOUTH ORANGES SPITE FENCES.
THE DELAWARE LACKAwANNA AND
WESTERN BUILT ONE AND A W.
MANDA. A NURsERYMAN. RE
TORTED" WITH THE OTHER.

The Delaware. Lackawanna and Western Rail
road and A w Manda. nurseryman ana norlst
of South Orange y. j. are furnishing consderaoie
diversion for Mr. Manda's townsmen Several
wears ago the railroad offered. II is SAID SlVo lot
little gore Of land the southeast corner OF
Mr. Msnda's nursery grounds. 1t is confidently
asserted by nearly everybody familiar with prop
erty values IN South Orange that the price was
somewhat in excess Of a reasonable rate. but MI
Manda declined the offer. Since then Mr.. Manda
has bought land on the opposite side Of the rail-
road between Second and Third SITS
The railroad has been equally thrifty. and has
acquired tract OF land adjoining on the south
Mr. Manda's original holding. On this land II
erected a roundhouse. and. later. a signal tower
within few feet of Mr.. Manda's fence. Trees
growing on the Manda place obstructed a view OF
the tracks the northward. and Manda was asked
20 op off the overhanging branches. He declined,
and the railroad company, so Mr.. Manda says, cut
them off. This the company neither afirms nor
denies but admits that the offending boughs have
disappeared
Mr. Manda also wanted favors. He had an ex-
temporzed crossing from his lands Of the
tracks those the other side. The wires from
the signal tower interfered with this passage and
he sought 10 have the railroad maintain crossing
for teams where Valley-st. would be II cut through
his property. The railroad remembering Mr..
Manda's attitude concerning the overhangfng
boughs. refused his request. and 10 emphasize It's
objection to a crossing between Second and Third
SITS. erected high picket fence along the dividing
line between it's right of way and Mr. Manda' 3
nursery. This fence painted brilliant red
Whether the color offended Mr.. Manda or he
simply decided that two could play at fencing is
not clear, but Monday he erected close to the
signal tower fence which cut off more view than
the Topped of boughs which went before II had
ever obscured. This fence about twelve feet
long and more than twenty feet high
On Monday night the fence fell Mr.. Manda
says the railroad company pulled it down with
locomotive. The railroad company in its corporate
capacity grins and remarks that the fence must
have been imperfectly constructed II fell while
a locomotive was passing. On Tuesday Mr.. Manda
rebuilt the fence. and Tuesday night II again
fell. Mr.. Manda AYERS that the railroad sawed
of the posts close TO the ground.
On Wednesday Mr. Manda again rebuilt his
fence. He erected stout poles. and braced them
strongly at such height that the fence will fall
on the signal tower II pulled down one way. and
tip up and kick II vciously II pulled the other He
has guarded the posts from predatory saws with
a network OF barbed wire. and has stationed a man
TO watch the creation OF his genius. As further
precauton Mr.. Manda keeps a sharp eve on his
watchmen The railroad company says the guard
is armed. but Mr.. Manda automatically asserts
that he has carefully instructed his man not TO
shoot anybody who keeps away from the fence