New-York tribune., 1903-03-25
TO LEAVE FINE HOMES.
Joralemon-st. Residents, Brooklyn,
Angry at SubzCay Work.
PROTESTS AGAINST DIGGING VAIN.

PROTESTS AGAINST DIOG1NO VAIN
Having protested in vain against the sinking
OF two shafts in Joralemon-st., between Henry
st. and Garden Place by Andrew Onderdonk'
the contractor for the first section Of the Brook
lyn rapid transit tunnel. Of the residents OF
that block have about decided to close up their
houses and move away for year, or until the
work is done. Indignation meetings. protests to
the Rapid Transit Commissioners and the CO.
oneration of the police have all failed to prevent
the work.
When the Italians began tearing up the nag
ging and cutting deep gashes in the asphalt at
8 a. m. yesterday the residents were astontsned
The police were appealed to. and a roundsman
and two patromen appeared and demanded 10
know If Foreman Sullivan had a permit He
showed a copy Of Permit No 78, giving the con-
tractor permission to sink the shafts IN JoraIe-
mon-st 1t did not have the personal signature
of President Orr of the Rapid Transit Commits
sion, however, and the work was stopped. Sui
livan disappeared, and turned up two hours
later with the original permit.
That's no good either" said the roundsman
It's not countersgned by the Commissioner OF
Highways" Then Sullivan went TO the ADAMS
ST station and appealed to Captain Bedell. and
was referred to the Highway Department
From there the question was submitted 10 Cor
poration Counsel Rves by telephone The latter
declared thdt Cne permit lSSue0 bS tiAN AN"-f'N
Transit Commission was adequate authority. 30
Sullivan hastened back. and by II O'Clock the
pick was merrily turning the quiet JoraIemoh-
ST block into dreary waste.
The shaft already begun is to be seVehty-n'e
feet west OF Henry-st on the south sue ol
Joralemon-st. The other is to be on the nortn
side of the street hundred and forty rect
from Henry-st. Both are to be twenty feet SIX
inches by twenty-four feet six inches, and seF-
entv feet deep. That section of the tunneI
which is to be dug both ways from the shafts
will he done in nine months. according to con-
tract but 1t will be probably at least year
before the street is restored to its old condition
Among those who live on the block in ques-
tion are former Surrogate George b. ABBOTT
Wilhelmus Mynderse, Theodore F. Miller, presl-
dent of the Brooklyn Trust Company; {. h
Otis and F. ]. Phillips.
Judge Abbott said yesterday:
THE Rapid Transit Commissioners seem to be
more potential than anybody else. They have
got everything above the earth, below the earth
and In the middle of the earth. And the prop
ertv owners have no more to say about 1t than
q last years birds nest. To secure an injunc-
ton even IL one could be secured, would be
only a temporary stoppage of the work, for the
Rapid Transit Commissioners have absolute
power to proceed; Of that have no doubt
1.-THE property owners say that the tunnel
work with the muss and the loud noise ana
bad Ianguage-for the italian workmen are NOT
Cbesterfeldian in manners-will make residence
there impossible. For my part, shall pack up
and go to my summer home in the country ana
live elsewhere in Brooklyn in the fall. am
told that others me will do the same.
When the property owners made protest
some weeks ago the contractors promised to
compensate them for any damage TO their prop
er+y The contractors also promised that the
worknen would whisper instead Of yell tnar
the elevators and wagons would be OF the nolSt-
less variety; but the property owners Sald III
substance: 'Tell that to the marines
Workmen are also engaged just now In dlg-
cling trench in Joralemon-st. from the Day 10
the shaft.