New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
VERBAL BROOKLYN RIOT
AGAINST NEW Il" ROAD
Loud Talk by BedfordIteS Dis
turbS Serenity of P. S. c.
Hearing.
WILCOX CALLS IN POLICE
Queens Taxpayer Inconsider
ately Interrupts Meeting just
Because His Pockets Had
Been Picked of Carfarc.

Almost riotous disorder characterized
,rr public hearing before the Public Ser
vice commission Yesterday on the Gle
,.sted extensions for the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company i'm Brooklyn ana Queens
Many Of the Brooklynitcs who opposed
thr building of tho new lines evidently
came prirncd tor trouble. The crowd be-
came so demonstrstiyc at one stage of tho
hearing that Chairman Wilcox Of the
Public Service Commission sent out call
for extra police. Several Of the persist
ent trouble makers were forclbly elected
from the hearing.
Ira H. Dean, a taxpayer Of Queens.
created a turbulent scene when he loudly
protested that his pockets had been
picked I'm the crowd and ne would have
10 walk home unless a kind friend paid
his fare hundreds of persons made q
vain effort 10 get inside of the compare
lively small hearing room in the Tribune
Building Women and men damned every
available foot Of space IN the room. The
discomfort Of the overcrowded room drew
forth loud cries of protest, such as Get
= bigger hail. Adjourn" I'VE protest
against this hall bedroom hearing!" etc.
Chairman Wilcox had difficulty in get
ting the hearing under way, but finally a
delegation in opposition TO the proposed
elevated line on Jamaica avenue got 10
the front under the craftsmanship Of
Henry c. Atwood. Of No 125l Jamaica
avenue Woodhayen. Mr.. Atwood said he
had list Of property owners, represent
ing 500 600 of property. who were opposed
10 the building Of the line. and that he
knew Of three other petitions, represent
ing almost 10000 in property. the own
crs OF which were opposed 10 the project
Mr. Atv God paid his compliments TO the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit in terms Of dis
approval which elected loud applause
from his hearers.
Nobody Threw Craig Out
when Robert =. Craig. who said he rep
resented the real estate interests Of Rich
nond Hill tried to speak in favor Of the
elevated structure on Jamaica avenue ne
vas greeted with jeers and Kisses.
Who arc you from" came from the
hack Of the hall. you are hired by the
r. r. Throw him out"
Come ~ here and throw mc OUT
shouted Craig.
~ this point Mr.. Dean announced that
Dis pockets had been picked. aud Chair
man Wilcox lost control Of the meeting
for the time. Mr.. Dean continued his
loud protests against the Jamaica avenue
proposition and stirred up the crowd still
further. -Four policemen Vere on duty at
tho hearing. but four more responded To-
the call from Mr.. Wilcox. and the meet
ing guietcd down after their arrival. The
chairman threatened 10 have any persons
arrested and put out Of the room who per
sisted in making trouble.
Edward VI. BasSett. 8 former Puhh"
Service Commissioner. spoke Tor the
crosstoVn franchise committee. which
had PREPARED an Ella borste brief in favor
OF tho line from Astoria 10 Coney Island.
which includes the extension on Franklin
avenue through the Bedford section. He
said there was 10 city money In sight
with which a subway could be built 10,
ton Years. The proposed line was not a
natural part Of tho city's subway SOL
Vice. he declared. and it is to he an elc-
waited line or nothing
Make II nothing" came in roar from
tho back OF the room.
Ironical laughter and ieers greeted
many of the statements of Mr. Bassett'
and Commissioner Eustis suggested clear
ing the hall. L. A. McDougal, Of the
Queens Board Of Trade, declared al
Queens wants the crosstoWn line at once
and does not ask for subway
Bedford Section Protest.
The opposition was opened by Eugene
NJ. Travis. former State Senator from
the Bedford section Of Brooklyn lie
pleaded for the preservation OF the home
section through which the cross-to"n
line would go. He declared that II was
a lineup Of home owners against ele-
waited roads, real estate promoters ana
him-hammers, the latter Of which were
willing to destroy the Bedford section
10 sell their land TO those Of the residents
who we're driven out. Senator Charles j.
CarsWeH. from the same district former
Justice A. 4. Van Wyck and Magistrate
John F. Hyland spoke against the cross
Apwn extension
? Professor Franklin w. Hooper. OF the
S}rooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
tbis extension as an effort to deprive
BROOKLYN people Of their rights as citi-
Zens. .
James p. Koehler spoke in favor of the
ciereynen present who opposed it that
he would nike 10 see the man who would
saw that Jesus of Nazareth would oppose
lie method suggested TO get the poor
people TO the ocean front -. c,..-.,.
The Rev. J. G. Bacchus, OF the Churcn
NJ tbe incarnation; Canon Chase and
other Brooklyn ministers spoke IN opp"-
sition Il. the cross town line.