The New York herald., 1878-12-04
RAILROAD ON THE BOULEVARD.

THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN GIVES PERMISSION TO
THE FoRTY-sEcoND STREET, MANHATTANvILLE
AND ST. NICHOLAS AVENUE RAILROAD TO ALTER
THEIR ROUTE AND EXTEND THEIR TRACK.
The report Of the Mdermanic Committee on Rail
roads in favor of permitting the Forty Street.
Manhattanville and st. Nicholas Avenue Railroad
Company to extend their tracks through Broadway.
Seventh avenue and the Boulevard occupied con-
siderable time at yesterdays session of the Board
This committee consists cf Messrs. Reilly, Guntzer
and Phillips The peculiar document sets forth at
length the advanced for the construction of
the road and then goes to siy:-
THE REPORT.
'Since the extension OF the rail Of the Fourth
avenue city line from Forty-second street to
Eighty-sixth street. on Madison avenue the en-
tire tract of land has been built upon with first
class residences many OF them rivallng the palaces
on Fifth avenue 1t further forth the benefit
which would accrue to property by the establishment
OF the road and the great convenience it would prove
to residents along its line. and concludes foows-
1T is only necessary that the consent OF the corpo
rate authorities should be given to this desirable
and beneficial progress in motion. No time should
be lost in giving consent. The times propitous
The country is just emerging from monetary crisis
and business depression the like Of which has never
been witnessed in any other country and
our citizens have suffered more than their
proportionate share Enterprises like this that prom
ise such abundant success should be encouraged,
thereby adding much to the prospect Of better and
greater prosperity dawnng upon our people,
This company to pay three per cent of its gross
receipts into the city treasury for the privilege they
ask This is certainly very liberal offer and should
be at accepted In every aspect of the there
fore. viewed by your committee. they believe IL to
sion to construct the railway be granted They
believe 1t would be in the interest Of tho
city, to construct the railway at the expense
Of the public il i'll other way could it be built
they think it would have been decidedly paying
Investment had it built such means Of communion
ton twenty or more years ago. Had such an enter
prise been accomplished then the west side would
now be as theky populated as the east side and the
ssl saae Of the the pSopery thns Sanstaa spar
| from any other consideration, would have
yielded to the city the cost Of the road
and left large margin besides. In the opinion OF
committee all franchises of this character should
be sold at public auction to the highest responsible
chi~ from the State Legislature the Common Council
are poweress in this instance to dispose Of the fran
chise in this way
THE FRANCHISE GRANTED.
Appended to the report was the following resolu-
ton =
THAT ass % s.
Railroad COMPANY g alter or change Us route 80 to
'as the ssDaSs through
ad 10 the through snd dsSss saas
with double tracks, to seventh avenue; thence
with the track Of said eopsuy laid
In Fortysecond street provided that of the
the we side Of the PARKS ana n the SSss
said boulevard, and near to said Boulevard Parks
practicabe provided further that additional
that allowed BY The original grant be charged in
sderation of the permission hereby the said
pany shall annually, the LIST day of November Of
each into the treasury of tho city Of New York
Sssspts sns SS he
statement Of the president and of said
company BY the q the city Of New York; and
ST. Nicholas Avenue Railroad Company shall at their
expense repair aud keep in order the
space within and between ihcir tracks tho Boulevard
The permission hereby given shall be the further
years from the approval of this resolution
Mayor unless prevented by legal edings in which
years forfeit the permission hereby given
class city railroad to be used, often
public convenience require subject In this
the orders Of the Common Council the rails to be what s
known rs the Hat grooyed rail-.
Alderman Sauer spoke in advocacy of the report
and Alderman Morris suggested that the time for
completing the road should be limited to year
instead OF two. This amendment adopted. On
the suggestion OF the same gentleman amendment
also adopted requiring the company to keep not
only the inside of their track. but q space OF two
feot from the outer rails in proper repair and with
the material with which the boulevard may be
paved. resolution of Mr.. Morris. requiring the
pany TO pay license fce of S2j for each one-horse
car and $50 for each two-horse car. was defeated
The resolution, amended, was then passed by
the following vote:-
YKAs-Aldermcn Bennett Biylin Carroll, Ehrhart Fos
tjedney Gunther, Hall, Keenan, Herman Phillips
Reilly. Sauei, Slcyin aud Mschner
Nsys-ASermen Jacobus, Lewis, Norris, Pcrcy, rinck
ney. Shells and Roberts.
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