The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-02-03
BAYONNE MAD
Central Railroads Crown
Imposition Stirs Up the
City S Anger.
ALL OVER A FENCE
Put Up to Keep Folk From
Getting Killed the Com
pany Says.

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The people Of Bayonne who travel to
and from New York on the Central Rail-
road of New Jersey ara having troubles
of their own with the railroad company.
The trouble has been brewing for the past
six months. just At present it IS 1t b;ood
heat and there is mot commutsr who
thfkg belonging TO It out Of existence 5f
he had the power.
The present Indignation was caused by
an iron spiked fence which the railroad
company has built between It's tracks, in
front Of the West Eighth street station.
The station is on the outgoing side 6f
the track On the other side where traszs
for New York are boarded there is a
measely shed entirely open to the ice
bound winds of Newark Bay. Several
| people have been killed white crossing
the tracks and the company-a a short time
ago erected the fence TO avoid further
accidents. The commuters. therefore, are
compelled to climb a tedious stairway and
| pass over a bridge in order TO reach the
side for New York. Here under this
miserable shed with the blasts from Nsw-
ark Bay freezing the flesh on their
bones. they are obliged to wait while over
the way is the warm station In which
they dare not remain ON account Of the
fence.
Many of the younger men wait in the
station until the train IS in sight and
then jump over the fence, but the older
folk unable to vault the fence or clirnp
the stairway rapidly, have no alternatives
but to endure the shed.
Threats have been made time and again
to tear the fence down and when the re-
cent cold snap came the commuters ross
up in arms. They made up their minds
rot to stand the trea atmexlt any longer
They had stood an increase in tie tara
and a cutting off of the number of trains.
but when it came to taking chances gE
contracting chiIls and colds and pneu-
monia waiting in the cold for chan p
| 10 be carried tc New York, they boltes-
Some Of the commuters expressed wish
| that every official of the road VINO had
| anything TO do with the erection Of the
fence should be impaled upon the spikes.
Mayor Ebert Seymour, on, behalf OF the
| conlr uters. called at the New York office
| Of the railroad to make a complaint and
/ was. promptly told that he .'cut no Ice.
! Tie Mayor became hot under the Collar.
/ ana swore that he would tear the fence
! down When he returned to his city he
4 consulted with tie City Attorney, and
i complaint was drawn up which the Mayor
! read before the Board of Health last
Thursday night. The fence and the sfasi
were declared a menace 10 the pubic
| health and a resolution was drawn UP
/ calling upon the railroad company to re-
move the fence within three days artsr
service of notice.
The notice was served on the company
4 on Friday morning. so that, allowing Sun
F.; 'day as day of grace. the company mas
| FIN tomorrow morning to decide whether
| il will remove the fence or not In the
| to smooth over its troubles by stationing
a man to open a gate in the fence when
the road is clear and train to New
York is due. for the purpose OF allowing
! travellers to cross the tracks The OUT
/ come of this was that yesterday the
4 railroads. young man, being OF a klnd-
hearted disposition, allowed travellers to
stav in the waiting room till the train
was coming in. so that they hadn't time
/ to cross at all, and had to squeeze be-
:! tween the fence and the train to reach q
car entrance. The chance Of being caught
| between the spikes and the train did nor
seem to incline travellers to regard the
compromise with appreciation
The only satisfaction growing out OF the
( fence war seemed to belong to the rail-
roads deadly enemy, the trolley company.
which seemed to find fishing for fares in
the troubled waters pleasant and protita~