The evening world., 1916-08-03
Police HOLD Up
EXPLOSIVES At
Jersey CITY LINE
Can Carrying NunIlion, Cut
From Train, ini ShunleI
to Nltngs.
EMBARGO NOT pOS
Railroad. Win One lKcep.
ton, Agree Ia Cooperate
With City lu The Present.

Thrss ~ De railroads ~bi,h hsye
been bringing munitions 81, termi.
nails in i,fs-, CO fYt fore sn mn.
msnt to-day announced that Tor
the present the5 v.lli not resist The
embargo on muuit ous adopted Tues.
day by tto jcisry Ctt, Commission.
~declarinF explosive munitions a pub
lice nuisance
Representative of Ih. iehigh VALLEY,
pennsyl,ania aud Ero Railroads ap.
I,earcd a. the tlty Han IN Jersey city
In the forenoon aud said tho roads
would cooperate uuuti an orderly de-
termination of their rights could he
had In the ,ouItsi With ~" police
under Commissioner ~ Public safety
Hague In keeping ca the ears som
tanning ammunition.
John l. S,ager, however, assistant
counsel ~ the ~l.ackawanna Railroad.
which. 50 far as the authorities knew.
was not "a heavy ammunition carrier,
announced that 1t would ask for u
Federal injunction To restrain tho
city Commission from overriding In
tsrstate Commerce regulations.
MIR. Scngcr said hat hts company
was delivering largo quantities ~
r. y. 7 aud black powder to the
Canadian car and Foundry Com
pany NJ kingsland, west OF Jersey
city. where shells were filled but not
provided with detonators, and then
moved to the terminals. MIR. Hague
said tho loaded shells must not cross
Jersey city. with or without percus-
I've primers.
The Central Railroad OF New Jersey
cent no representative. Instead II
sent to Mayor Mark NJ. Pagan the
following communication. signed by
T. u. Rooms. Vice President.
"You and each OF you are hereby
notified hat the Central Railroad
Company OF New Jersey. its officers.
agents and employees, will no. said
city and each OF you, jointly and
severally, liable for all damages.
losses, fines. costs and expenses that
1t may suffer by reason OF the pas-
sage and enforcement or attempted
enforcement of the resolution of said
Board of Commissioners passed
Aug. I. 1916"
The three railroads in the agreement
with the city designated a point on
the Hackensack meadow trestle where
its rains would stop and submit to an
inspection of manifests and said that
orders had been given to trainmen to
cut out and shunt back cars which
seemed to the police to contain Ian
gerous material.
The work OF inspection began at
noon Seventy-hve policemen. d.
vided in squads OF fifteen and
provided with red fiags for signalling
trains, went out to the points where
the railroads cross the city line. An
the officers were picked men. Most
Of them were brakemen before they
were policemen and all had some ex-
perience In railroad work. They were
regarded as perfectly capable of ham
ding trains and cars II the railroad
employees were balky about obeying
their orders.
An exception was made in the m
barge order permitting the Lehigh
Valley o to ship United States
small arm ammunition In limited
quantities. MIR. Hague ruling that
such shipments were not sufficiently
dangerous tc be defined as "nui-
ssnces."
Major-Gen. Leonard Wood tele-
phoned Commissioners Hague at Don
saying there was some uneasiness
on Governors Island. because OF the
continued reports OF explosion from
the wreck OF Black Tom Island and
because of rumors that "A large quan-
tity of AMMUNITION was exposed to
the fire still burning there.
Mr.. Hague explained that about