The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-12
THE HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD
COMPANY'S IMPROVEMENTS

The New York Central and Hudson River Rail-
road Company own five or six blocks between Six
tieth and Sixty-lfrn streets, west OF Eleventh
avenue, good deal OF It having been filed IN BY
che railroad company since acquiring possession.
For the purpose or constructing elevators in order
10 furnish facilities for the reception aud delivery
20 consignees OF 100000 bushels OF grain az q
time and Of receiving cattle trains and delivering
she cattle without breaking up the trains, the
railroad company claim that they require mure
land. without such additional land they slleee that
IL is impossible to bring in the trains and construct
switches as to conduct the trains into the ele-
vators being erected, and along bulkheads and
piers which are 20 be constructed to enable ves-
sells Of large burden TO receive their cargoes with
out the necessity OF transshlpment Like
Oliver Twist their cry il for more. To
20 ooan
and si1ss.sistE streets, SsioDsins to the Metro:
varying from 90 to 100 feet in width, and lying
Immediately west OF their present tracks Unless
that they cannot construct the turnOuts ana
swtches necessary TO enable them to Eject their
p se poPon Of S
lands In question: declaring that they need 1T Tor
the construction Of future buildings required in
the natural enlargement oil tner business.
Having JAILED 10 making any arrangements with
the gas company toe railroad company nave In.
way hope to obtain possession OF the coveted plot
OF ground. Proceedings were Instituted under
the General Rail- Dad act for this purpose. The
case has been some time before the courts, and
came up again yesterday on motion Tor the
Rppoin tmens OF cODmlssioners 10 appraise the
value OF the land IN question. There was partial
argument oil the motion, Messrs. r. Looms aud
Henry Il. Andersou appearing for the railroad
pearing Tor the gas company. The argument win
be finished to-day IL Is claimed on the part OF
the gas company that their corporation, be pR OF
q Quasi pubic uec, tnat none OF thpIY
can be taken without special act OF the Leglsls-
ture, and that the taking OF this plot OF ground
would In fact be the destruction OF their iran.
Chise. IL IL further urged that this land is not
necessary for me general purposes required ~
the charter OF the railroad company. Meantime
the latter company claim the right 10 the land
under the act authorizing any railroad company,
after its road Is completed, TO acquire such
additional land as may be necessary FOR freight
houses, storage OF cars and for she delivery OF
fseight and storage OF the same unit pla ced in
the hands OF the eonslgnees.
ASSESSMENT OF CHURCH PROPERTY.
Notwithstanding the general idea that church
property is exempt from taxation, and the almost
Uniform practice OF allowing such exemption,
there is scarcely more prolific source OF fuga-
ton IN toe courts than this very question. The
case in point came up yesterday before Judge
Law ence, In Supreme Court, Chambers Appca-
70 yacatc an assessment on iCur lots on Sevonty-
fouffn street belonging TO The Chorcn or the Holy
seEulehre. II was c0nteGned that tho assessors
couiu not assess Tor greater than hall the valua~
ticr Of tue lots as liked by the commissioners OF
Taxes. and that ne commissioners having Sxed
the value al nothing ana marked the same IN their
record az exempt the Board of ASSESSORS was
bound oy TIC isifof's action. Alter hearing MI.