. The Alumni journal. Columbia University. College of Pharmacy; Pharmacology. nr. Charles Rice. SO as to occtip}'- fully half ihe street all around the market. This was illegal and the conditions were highly unsanitary. The Board of Encumbrances refused to obey his orders to remove the stalls. The police 'ikewise re- fused. The marketmen inquired whether a purse of $50,000 would "square the ; Threats of personal violence were also made. Dr. Chandler was haled into court to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be issued restraining him from tearing down the struct
. The Alumni journal. Columbia University. College of Pharmacy; Pharmacology. nr. Charles Rice. SO as to occtip}'- fully half ihe street all around the market. This was illegal and the conditions were highly unsanitary. The Board of Encumbrances refused to obey his orders to remove the stalls. The police 'ikewise re- fused. The marketmen inquired whether a purse of $50,000 would "square the ; Threats of personal violence were also made. Dr. Chandler was haled into court to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not be issued restraining him from tearing down the structure. The judge declined to issue a pre- liminary injunction, but said that at 10 o'clock next day he would l)e required to show cause why an injunction should not be is- s'led. On leaving the court room his counsel said "this means that what you do be- tween now and 10 o'clock to- morrow morning will be legal A\'hat you may do after that time depends on wdiat the court may ; He found an old German house-wrecker who for $2,500 would demolish and remove the structure. ]5ut he could not pay $1,000 without advertising for bids. He offered the wrecker $990 to demolish the buildings and ofifered his foreman on a separate contract $990 to remove them. He went before the Board of Police Commissioners demanding police protection for the wreckers. The commissioners laughed in his face. He told them that he would at once prepare and file an affi- davit that he had made formal demand for police protection, for his men, which had been refused. This affidavit would be j^laced where it would settle definitely the responsibility for any rioting that might occur. He went to his own offices in the same building, and in a few minutes received word that the police protection would be forthcoming. He sent sixty of his o\vn sanitary police to re- move the contents of the stalls to the inner portion of the market and 300 regidar police formed a cordon around the structure. The work bega
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