Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1904-08-26
GRANTED and
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Our citizens are immensely inter
ested in the improvements which are
ON foot. The action of Council and
the various activities relating IN h"
Borough which grow out OF 1t ao
closely watched. Our people III
day, however, were treated to n d'-
yeiopment which did not seem to be
OH the program.
Up town residents who meandered
down to Mill street about O'CLOCK
in the morning we're surprised to see
q force OF trolley employees, some
sixty in number, under W. F. Pascoe
busily at work on the Lower end OF
Mill street near the entrance to tho
bridge In a very short time an ex-
oavatiou for the track ms required by
the grade was completed noally half
a square and gang followed placing
the ties in position and spik,ng down
the rails. Thus the work progressed
and by noon the trolley road was COM
pleted as far as the Heddens House
1t was generally expected that the
Danville and Bloomsbury Electric
Railroad Company would begin yes
terfiay to lay its tracks on Mill street;
but almost every one had the portion
of the street in mind where paving
was in progress. The movements OF
the large crew so busily at work held
the interest of the ropulace and quite
a, many lookers-o lined each side
walk as were at work on the street.
Mill street. from the Montour House
nearly down to the bridge was black
with people.
At one o'clock the trolley builders
resumed their work and the big
crowd of spectators lined up in their
accustomed places OH tho sidewalk.
Along about 2 O'Clock an injunction
was served on the Danville aud
Bloomsburg Electric Railway Com
pany by the Danvils and Sunbnry
Electric Railway Company praying
that the former company bo restrained
from laying its tracks upon gronnd to
which the latter claimed it alone had
the legal corporate rights.
The injunction was in force just
fifteen minutes whom it was dissolved
by Associate Judge Thompson, who
had granted it. A moment later the
immense crew, by this time nearly a
hundred in number. leaped back into
the trench and the mingled sounds OF
picks, shovels and sledges driving
home the spikes, made merry music
until six O'Clock and even after that
hour until darkness settled over the
town. By that time the rails were
firmly spiked down to point slightly
north Of Market street.
President Judge r. r. Little being
absent in Boston the duty of granting
the injunction devolved upon Asso-
,ciate Judge DR.. S. Y. Thompson who
was the only Associate in town. Sher-
iff Maiers was also absent and Horace
Blue, Commissioners clerk, was ap-
pointed by Judge Thompson to serve
the injunction.
During an interview Friday af-
ternoon Judge Thompson explained to
q representative of the AMERICAN
his reasons for dissolving the injunc-
tion so quickly after granting it. When
he discovered that the injunction COW
cred the trolley work throughout the
Borough, he said, he did not consider
the bail-one thousand dollars-suffic-
ient. He also discovered that due and
legal notice had not been given to the
defendants
During an interview with W. +.
Pasooe it was learned that the Dan
Vile and Bloomsbury Electric Rail
way Company feels perfectly secure
lin the possession of legal corporate
rights. AS Mr.. Pasooe explained it
his company has charter for an cleo
trio railroad over the thoroughfares
'on which his track is laid. In addi-
,tion to this the Borough OF Danvil)e
has enacted an ordinance granting his
company a right of way over the same
streets aud he declared that he
would proceed to complete the road
until stopped by some procedure that
was strictly legal in it's character.