New-York tribune., 1890-05-21
OPPOSING 4 CROSS TOWN COMPANY.
PROPERTY OWNERS WHO OBJECT TO SCHEME
FOR LAYING TRACKS IN MANY SIDE STREETS.

PROPERTY OWNERS WHO OBJECT TO A SCHEME
FOR LAYING TRACKS IN MANY SIDE STREETS.
About two months ago a petition asking that the
franchise for railroad route which had been laid out
by - number Of men Interested in the Fifteth-st,
Astoria and Central Park Railroad. new company,
De granted. was presented to the Beard of Aldermen
The company asked that the franchise be disposed of
under the provisions OF the Cantor act. which means
that II viii 90 TO the company which will pay the
largest percentage of the income of the road to the
city treasury Bnt recently property owners OF the
parts of the city through which the road will r1n have
been looking mp the rOntes asked for, and have
employed Roger Foster Of the law firm of Foster
Ackcy. No. 81 Wallst, to oppose the granting of
the franchise. Here is the route that the road will
take in case the corporators OF the company
successful:
beginning at Ffty.seventhst. and North River. or at
any ferry which be established there. the road is u
through West Fy-se, enth.st. Eyenth.aye.. "
tyfourthSt thence through Fny-fourth.st. To Tenth
ave. to Fiftieth.st. or by continuing in EeyenNave
from West Fftyfourth.st. West Fittirth.st. also
through West Fiftleth.st Fty.nr~t-s to the North
kiN"r, connecting with any ferry which may be esa5
-hed near this point. With connecting tracks in Twelfth
through West and East Fiftieth sts. part Of
This street with connections in avenue TO make an
equivalent douhlesck railroad Psrk-ave. thence
along Pakv" to the bridge the cut Of the harlem
Eailroad between pifty1r-J and Fiftv-eoond ss, and
Fy.hr>t. parts Of this street, with connections IN
any avenue avenues. make equivalent TO a
double.track railroad. that the pass in the
direction Of tr>t-aye. thence through Frstave. 10
Fuy.thiIdst and Fhyfourth-st. to Avenue A; thence
through AVenne a To Eghty~ Isl. thence through
T. shty ,Nth.st. 10 Avenue B mp Avenue B TO Eighty
eirhth.st. aud 70 Eghtyninh-t; thence through Ave-
10 Ninety.thirdst; thence through Ninetythri-
II. to Fr-tsye. to Ninety -sNthst.; thence through
NinetYNth-t 10 Central Park also from the intei SEE
ton Ninety and Madson-ave. through Mad
son.s,r. 10 Nnety-srNenth-,t; thence through
Nmrty.~e, "uth-st. Central PARK, 10 con.
uect here with any transverse rout- through Central
PARK whenever such railroad may be- constructed from
the ufeI>e, ton Of SNty-nith.st and SlNtysXthst and
Avenue through either both those streets 70 Cen.
ral Pafk and TO connect with any railroad or trans
verse route Ceutsl PARK through Avenue from
Ephv.-Nth.,t. 10 Eghty.nhtn.t. and also from the in
tr,.-'ion Avenue with >eSenty-uinth.st. through
seventy ninth.>t. Avenue - thence through Avenue
T. to EIghty..lNth,t.; also With branches IN East sew
ruty.nuth.~t. and in East EichtysNth.>t rom Avenue
T. 10 connect with any branches which may be e,tab-
i-h.d on F1-t River at either o. both of
the. street., whenever branch branches may be
established with double single tracks together with
~. necessary tutnouts. sidng- switches turntables ana
stand. FOR the proper working condition oil
railroad.
IL /, estimated that this route VIII occupy nearly
eight miles OF the uptown streets
The company ha, been capitalized in the sum of
500 900. in stock placed at 500 shae The cor
poators of thi, company Frederick H. Bartlett OF
So 90 Hicks st.. Brooklyn: Horace VI. Rngses G f.
James, of tins city John ". McTs-rcau. r. cf staten
Island Robert \. Grcaccn. +. L. Peinb"rton. anu
Ja, F. Harrison of the 'igner' - stock frederlck
A. BARTLETT take ten share, Horace " Rugglcs, ten.
Jared f. Harrison. i've; ". n. bartlett hve. James
Mcr,ereau. ten Robert A. Greacen ten W Langdon;
i've Andrew Ward i've: +. Il. Pemberton. ten, Alfred
A. sparks. two =. II. llurd three, and > u. Bryant.
three.
In case this road Is built IL will pass the houses
of many wckl own men who are opposed 10 haVIns
part Of the ~ cut up BY eros>-town roads ne
tracks viii be lad the Vanderbilt hOustS, the
Roman Catholic Cathedral the Roman Catholic orphan
y, INN Columbia College and the homes OF Andrew
Carnegie, T.. Pope sampson DR. Dame. United states
District Attorney Edward Mitchell Governor liosdly
And Eos we'll smith The representatives 0f the in
.tiiution> named and many of the property owners
have united M oppo>ln. the passage Ot the resolution
b, the Foltd - Aldermen which ~hlch VIII put t's
route I'D for auction tO the highest bidder.