New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-20
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
THE ALDERMEN GRANT FRANCHISES.
SURPRISING GENEROSITY SHOWN by THE

Surprising GENEROSITY SHOWN BY THE
BOARD TO THE CITY COMPANY.
The Board OF Aldermen granted franchises yest"r
dav 10 IN. Brooklyn City. Nassau Electric ana h''s
County Electric Railroad companies upon an '''"''
new basis OF compensation, the gross rc''lp'S 10
taxed. and rejected the oner oil 'hf '"io"
Railway Company Of s237.ouo for the franchises
covering many Of the same streets. The ne" syS''"
OF compensation + the same rs mat "h'" ''"''
Roodv tried 10 have made law last winter-to '"N
the gross receipts a mile Of al street railway com
pani,~ l per cent on 10000. = per cent On F"'''
and per cent on 100000 or more.
The Railroad Committee OF the Aldermen D''o'e
whom the applications Of the various conpame' nav
been pending for some time, met ~ noon yeS'e'"! =
TN. onplIca,ions OF the Brooklyn City Company IN"
Xaseau Electric Company and lis annex '"'
Kings County Company the same as were Ihau'
several months ago. and were then grdh''" ny w"
Aldermen without compen aton to the CITY, anu "'''
vetoed BY the Mayor after legal proceedings h"u peer.
bcgun 10 restrain the grants. The Union Street Rah-
way Company sfterward put In an dppno'loh wi
Unlon.St and Ninth-ave. asked for by the Nassau
Cornpany offering SO 900 mile and offered hio'o'o
, mile for other streets asked for by inc o'h''
companic-. Last week an amended oner ""S nav"
of $40 600 n mile for UnIon-st. and Ninthave ana
$1,000 mile for the other streets. Inns WIS
referred 10 the Railroad Committee ycS''runF'
When the meeting Of the Board OF Aldermen was
called 10 order the Railroad Committee presented
report rejecting the application OF the mon S''''
COMPANY on the ground that portions OF the rou'cS
asked Nr the same rs embraced III thc "pp"'"
ton OF the Brooklyn City Company.
The report Of the committee was in favor OF grant
Ing the franchises asked FOR by all the companies
save the Union street Company. When the report
was read Alderman Pickering moved TO have II ia,o
over for a week Alderman Thomas Rep) sara II
was ., complicated that one could make ]" on"
md he wanted 1t printed He addcl Il believe
ha, if We pass that report II Will not BE- legal action
and we will be called to answer In a court OF law
He moved to send the report back TO the Railroad
Committee. Both motions were lost by Vo'e Oh
~ to = A like motion 10 advertise for bids Tor the
franchises for ten days was aiso defeated
Tho .cod thrtccn- AS The Democratic twothirdS
majority OF the board. who can pass me resolution
over the veto OF the Mayor is called then proceeded
70 vote away the franchises. When the resolution
granting the streets asked for by the Brooklyn CITY
Company came up Alderman Thomas protested against
living onv more streets the corporation. Alder
man Pickering said that the board was voting away
bird IN the hand for n much smaller one In the bush
For streets for which they had offer Of $4,000 In
cash a mile they were to take | per cent on S2pNoO
mile Of gross receipts. or 5000 year. and II would
fake sixty wears 10 amount 70 Whist offered by
the other company
In spitc of tho opposition, the franchises went
thronch Those who voted in the negative were
Aldermen Thomas Hess Myers. Pickering and lcancv.
w j. (,ayncr. who has postponed his tHp 10 Europe
~ look after the interests Of the Union street Com
naiion OF the action taken yesterday. The amended
application OF the Union street Company. which was
moi acted upon. left ont the disconnected routes ana
portions Of routes named in the hrst applications