New-York tribune., 1910-12-18
BRIDGE STAND SHAVED
stoyer's Workmen Remove Part
Encroaching on Boundary.
phi ICE BACK up WRECKERS
rruit Man Gets Surprise in Long
Litigation with the Park
Commissioner.

r.-ly Commissioner Stovers axe koudo
-,.de short work of tearing down a large
CO.., ~ the stand owned by John D. An
.nonuIos under the Brooklyn Bridge eA-
<+ensson IN City Hall Park yesterday Inc
Greek proprietor and his employees "efe
-eken completely by surprise. and before
.hev realized what was taking place ths
--.n+v or more Park Department en-
Moves had torn off all that part or the
stsnd projecting beyond the line set by
Commissioner Slower
week ago Antonopulo. tried to have
made permanent a temporary inJuncuon
rs had secured in the Supreme court III
November restraining Commissioner Sto-
yer from taking such action He was un-
.,ccessfrll Mr. Slower made a personal
inspection of the bridge premises and de-
ct5ed that the Greek owner was building
out further all the time On Friday the
+. Commissioner again made an inspection,
later on having a consultation with Mayor
Gaynor.
Then ulans we're formulated for the raid.
About Il o'clock yesterday morning the
1orkmen marched up in front Of the stand,
with Superintendent Beatty, Of the Park
nensrtu1srt. in the lead At the same
1ir7e about forty patrolmen came UP from
.a-,sploves were decorating for Christmas
and did not pay any attention 10 the
demonstration. The next minute the axe
SQUAD had the tirnbers flying. Antonopulos
snneared puzzled until he saw his chocolate
ra-s. r,ean,lts. dried figs and other deli
cacies being rolled UP in heaps and his
show windows resolving themselves into
~rreckage Then he protested, but the po-
lice. under Inspector Daily and Captain
Brown invited him to step aside
Crowd suraes About Wreckers.
II vas all the police could dc TO keep
The crowd moving. At one time fully five
thousand persons were surging around the
bridge. Mr.. Beatty was kept busy keep
ing his squad from going back Of the line
rarallel with the sixteenth step, which is
-he boundary line
IF I don't watch these fellows pretty
close they will take down the bridge en-
trance said Mr.. Beatty. when the job
was almost completed. Not a sign. not a
rlacard, not All electric light was left out
side the line. All the lumber was piled on
Park Department trucks and hauled to
the e7th street yards. where the owner Of
the stand cen get If later if he applies
for Il.
4unctfon would be asked for TO restrain
the vreckers but Mr. Antonopulos said
rhe1a the ripping out had been completed
that he had put the matter in the hands
of his lawyers. Blandey, Mooney & Ship
man. When seen during the last stages of
the fob Mr. Blandey said it was 8 natter
that would likely be settled in court. Com
missioner Slower, who did not accompany
the expedition, said afterward that he had
ected within his rights.
1T was Hagrant violation said Mr..
Slower After viewing the ever tncrea.-
ing encroachments on Friday decided to
rsnove them without warning the owner
He was not entitled TO e warning Such
open deiance did not merit it
In z little over tTo hours the stand,
which pays e rental OF 500 a month, had
been shaved off TO tts original bounds and
al the wreckage cleared away. Then the
crowd dispersed and the City Hall officials
left the windows through which they had
watched the strictly temperance raid.
During the excitement Alexander 8
t-eordiss, who has charge Of the hover
rooth and his assistant, Rafaelo Dessante,
e-or into 2 row with the wreckers and were
arrested. Both were locked up in the
Eliza beth street station on q charge Of
s5isorderlv conduct
AUTOMOBILES issued q statement after the
-aid. in which he said Commissioner Stover