Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-07-01
4 STREET, A WELL,
THE SETTING FOR
A TALE THEY TELL
The Scribe That Missed, the
Feature Story List,
Now Hist

sHey! stop digging that wellv
1--WE won't have those vvorlkmen spell
ing the Landscape around our slrep.1
First they called it Litten place. and
then twas Essex court. and In be-
tween they called it names they really
hadn't ought, for while the street is
narrow and is known to very few. it
has caused a lot of trouble ever since
it was cut through.
This little place"-no joke-for of
streets 1t is the least. runs from Beaver
on the west to Mulberry on the east.
and the city back In nineteen nine
thought 1t was about due that Littell
place on city maps should be official,
too.
The necessary papers were drawn
with legal care. and then some one sug-
gested that the name be changed down
there. So Essex court was introduced,
instead of Littell place. and even those
who were opposed gave down with easy
grace And then the courts got in the
game TO thresh the matter out, but just
exactly how they feel is very much in
doubt.
Meanwhile the Board OF Works decid-
ed to make the Job complete. SO Littell
place, or Essex court, was called city
street. No doubt remained an many
minds that as public street the alley
way called Essex court with any could
compete, and be considered just the
same as any thoroughfare, and be sub
jected to the laws that govern streets
elsewbssffsts .,., -.
the courts still held a hand did not re-
gard the street as an official piece or
land, and SO 1t came about that no
two could quite agree, as to whether
twas q city street or was about to be.
Now, just by chance there happened
to be stationed near at hand literary
lighthouse with a keen and willing band
of men trained to the minute to detect
the slightest flaw in any public work
or other incident they saw, and SO
when early in the week a band of men
began to drive a well in Essex Court
the office, to a man, arose in indigna-
ton, and despite the awful heat, went
down to see why wells should be bored
in a public street.
Investigation only proved the truth of
their surmise. for sure enough the well
was just beginning to take size, so
quickly sending forth a man to have
the drilling stopped. the balance OF the
office smiled TO think the game was
''copped."
The courier, in breathless haste, went
70 the City Hall. and to the street in
spector he spoke Of the awful gall of
the band of men the off1ce force had
trst that morning caught. about to
drive a well in Littell place or Essex
court
Forthwith a man was sent to see
about the how and why. And opera
tions were called off while In a window
high. the Office force in happy mood
looked on the scene below, and sort of
figured out that on some things they
weren't so slow. while it was said be-
tween them that everyone they saw adj
mitted they were keen on violations of
the law.
Meanwhile downstairs the manager
suspected something wrong. and when
he heard the story his remarks were
rather strong. He called upon the
bunch upstairs and in convincing tone
assured them that he wished that they
had let the thing alone, Because" he
said, and It was plain that he would
like to cuss, that well"-he paused
and looked around-"THAT WE'LL
BELONGS TO us"