The sun., 1903-11-06
FIVE IN A HOLD.UP IN NEWARK.
PROPERTY OW WNERS VETO A TROL-
LEY EXTENSION.
Their Object Not 10 Hurt the Railroad
Company, but TO Arouse Public opinion
Against an Offending Metal Refinery
Their Tactics Succeeded Once Before.

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Against an Offending Metal Refinery
Their Tactics Succeeded Once Before.
Five Newarkers whose homes are in n
| row and who control about 500 feet Of land
| along Clinton ave nue. close to the boundary
| line between Newark and Irvington. are
| holding up succ, sefully the exte nsion of an
important trolley line. They have no OBJ
| j,ction to the extension Of the trolley line,
but they do ot ct most strenuously TO the
fumes Of sulphuric acid gas which are blown
into the air night and day from the refin-
ing works Of William l.. Glorieux, and this
ia the cause Of the hold-up.
Mr. Goreux' metal refinery Is In Irving
ton near the city line. Hc was formerly
what he says goes.
Six years ago he had a system Of discharg-
ing the fumes into a brook. but the poison
Gus gases destroyed vegetation along the
brook and killed tho fish in Drake's pond
in 1rvington, end made it impossible to
gather the rich ice harvest which for three
quarters Of century had been a source of
revenue to the owner of the pond.
Protests from the pond owner and the
people Of Irvington led Mr.. Gorieux to send
the fumes into the air and cease polluting
the brook. But the west winds, which are
more prevalent than any other in the neigh
borhood. blow the fumes into the houses of
the five Newarkers who are now making
the fuss. These Newarkers are Halsey I.
Tchenor and his cousin Mrs, David 8.
Smith DIR. James h. English, Archibald
Hall and William Bcrgfels.
Five years ago Mr.. Tichenor and Mrs,
Smith owned all the 800 feet next the city
line along Clinton avenue, At that time
the. trolley road stopped just where the
Halsey and Smith property frontage began.
with a single track for thousand feet or
more over the city line 10 point in Irving
ton.
The company applied to Mr., Tichenor and
Mrs. Smith for permission to pass their
officers we're told that the track could not
be laid unless Mr.. Glorieu1 stopped sending
sulphuric acid gas, or any other noisome
iumes, in the property owners direction.
The officers pleaded that they had nothing
but the reiterated answer was that Mr.
Glorieux was the boss of lrvington and
1rvington wanted the trolley extension
if il cared enough for the trolley to put the
screws on its former village president,
Mr.. ,Glorieux, the village might have the
do without trolley accommodations; that
was all.
So the trolley officers had no way ont of
II but to get al Mr.. Glorieux. There was
long discussion. and many attempts to bring
the property owners to terms were made,
but they know they had the whip hand and
they never relnsed.
Ii was an odd situation. The property
owners controlled all the frontage along
the proposed extension that was inside
the Newark city limits. There was con
siderable stretch across the line. owned by
1rviugton people. who were ready aud
anxious 20 give The desired permission;
but the trolley company was powerless
so long as the Newark owners remained
firm and they did.
Mr.. Glorieuv finally went to Mr.. ITCH
enor and promised to stop. the fumes II he
and his cousin, Mrs. Smith. would give
the trolley company the right OF way. But
Mr.. Tichenor would not take Mr.. Glorieux's
bond, which was to be forfeited if the fumes
were not abated. The bond was given. and
the single track went through.
This was five years ago or So Last week
the fumes asserted themselves with their
oldtime pungency. Mr.. Tichenor was
and his neighbors. now five property owners.
were likewise dist urbed.
At this juncture along came the trolley
company. now the Public Service Cor
pCTaJlCIl, ana aSkeu lleTuHssUpN W CIaHSo
fts single track 10 a double track SYSTEM
and thus continue the Newark line right
into the heart Of Ii'vington and greatly
improve the facilities for communication
between the city and the village. Here
Mr.. Tichenor and his neighhors saw their
chance They announced that the double !
track should never be laid unless Mr. |
GlorieuN were made 20 abnte the gas nui- !
sance forever At the same time Mr.. |
Tichenor authorized his lawyers to begin |
suit agairst Mr. GlcrieuX on the bond which |
the latter gave about five years age.
This is the situation now. Irvington |
really needs the double track. for it is !
prosrero and the only other through |
fine, that along Springfield avenue, is badly |
congested and seems unable to accommo-
date the traffic.
The town is fairly clamorng for the |
double track along Clinton avenue, but 80
long as Mr.. Glorieux sends out foul fumes |
from his factory the village cannct have |
its Improvement.
"The effect OF breathing the gas, said
one OF the Ave property owners, "is the |
same az that which follows the burning
Of cayenne pepper on stove. The gas
stines the throat and ohokes him who in
hales IT, Irvington people want the trolley
extension. and the question is whether
they want it so badly that they will compel
Mr.. Glorieux to stop depriving the people
who live near the factory of comfort and