New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-23
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
THEY FAVOR THE ELEVATED ROAD.
REPORT OF THE SUPREME COURT COMMISSION
REGARDING ATLANTIC-AvE.

REGARDING ATLANTICAVE.
The Supreme Court Commission consisting OF
Theodore F. Miller. Hassan Ii. Wheeler and Howard
j. ForlNer, appointed In May to act In lieu OF INC
property owners in Atlanticave. in giving consent "
construction of the elevated road laid out by inc
Ninth Rapid Transit Commission, has filed iaVorho'c
report based upon the hearings given TO persons lot
and against the proposed rapid transit plan ior re-
lieving the street Of surface steam travel Inc COIN
mission organized May Is, and held repeated nee'
ings TO hear all that was said for ana against uie
project. An inspection Of the route ana DuldineS
and general conditions in the case was made' ana
then In executive session the subject was carefully
considered The condition OF AtaInc-aVe al present.
is succinctly stated in the report:
The company formed by the Rapid Transit Commits.
sion which represents practically IN long iSiand
Railroad Company, proposes 10 omlo al oieN ,1
structure substantially like the structure eentN Dut
by the Union Elevated alroad COMPANY IN IEtpa i,lo
inches In diameter placed outside the uac: railroad
tracks asvp and M Spa S OF Gl of twenty four
feet. The elevated structure proposed VIII not ge Oh
Island Railroad but engines not exceeding thlrty-hV
tons in weight will be attached 10 the ordinary cars
drawn over the elevated road to south Ferry. TO
accommodate rapid transit trains numerous stations
trains third track will he built east OF Fatbushave
The South Ferry station will be used only for terminal
purposes.
In regard to the objections which have been care
fully classified, the report says
1t appears that about an equal number of owners
0 %esf Of appaHty entitled to equal
respect have testified in opposition TO ana III FAVOR
of the proposed road.
on the general subject the commissioners say
The steam surface road. as operated by the
Long Island Railroad Company on Atantio-ave, east
Of which seems cannot DC TeGv nv Along
its whole length. with gates at the street crossings
has practically destroyed the usefulness of Atlantic
ave. which naturally should be one OF tiie great
1t is difficult to understand how the elevating of the
tracks upon structure such as is proposed, Inc LIN
mova of fences and gates and the restoration of the
street surface TO its normal condition. as gpaaneeo
abuttng and neghbofing property. The operation OF
elevated railroad such as is proposed VIII surely
mitigate TO great extent many Oh the eAisunS e'nS
on the easterly end of the avenue.
The report dscrcdts the view that the structure
is to be viaduct simply for Long Island Railroad
trains and continues:
Weighing all these considerations satisfied
that the Atlantic Avenue Elevated Railroad Company
proposes to build elevated railway structure re-
fembnE H VERY mT Raw fS nG Ons Fbu
ave. with substantial and solid girders OF the span
above stated not greater than TSa pc ' f entire tire
length of the proposed road and not n0tceaby beaver
or more unsiehtly than the other elevated railway
structure referred to.
The conclusion arrived at by the Commission -
expressed in the following finding:
That all part and RorSna Of il the he aos Or Of
ISOLATION annexed to the petition of the Atlitc Avenue
Elevated Railroad Company, upon when your Coi NJ
missioncrs appointed. land which Is printed III
the minutes of the proceedings of Your Commissoner
ought TO be constructed and operated y said Atlantic
Avenue Elevated Railway Company over, under
through. along and across the streets and avenues
specified In tile said articles of association and that
each and all OF the said routes and all parts and
portions thereof ought to be constructed and operated
by the said Atlantic Avenue Elevated Railroad CON-
pany in the manner specified in the said articles OF
association. And the rontes laid ont by the RAPID
Transit Commission are approved as laid OUT.
The report when approved by the court VIII authorize
the Atlantic Avenue Elevated Railroad Company u
20 ahead with the work of construction as soon as
the local authorities give their consent