The sun., 1893-04-11
GIVING AWAY FRANCHISES.
TIE BROOKLYN ALDERMEN NEGLECT
THE CsTY,S INTERESTS. A
Three Applications for the Rieht 60 Buiia
More Railroads Are Grnnted, bat 0air
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Three Applications for the Right 20 Buila
More Railroads Are Grsated, bat 0nir
One OF tho Applicants Pays = cent.
The Brooklyn Aldermen voted away some
highly valuable railroad franchises Yesterday.
but there was lively fight over the matter.
and most emphatic protest was entered By
nve members Of the Board.
Several months ago tho City Railroad Com
pany. which controls nearly two-thlrds Of the
surface lines. made an application for big
addition to its system. including several new
routes and many extensions to the present
ones The application was accompanied with
offer Of $3.50. 900 to the city for the privileges
asked for.
The Nassau Electric Railroad Company.
which was recently organized by P. H. Flynn
and several influential politicians and con-
tractors. also made application about the same
time for permission to erect o system OF sur.
face railroads. some OF which were included
in the application Of the City Compnny.a and the
Kings County Electric Railroad Company.
which is controlled by Mr.. Flynn and the other
stockholders in the Nassau company. also be-
came com petitor before the Board OF Alder.
men for like privileges. -
Mother the Nassau or Kings County Com.
pany made any offer OF the payment Of any
money 10 the city for the franchises applied
for. There were numerous hearings on the
applications before the Railroad Committee Of
me Board q Aldermen cCnsstipa Of Ms,ss
reTswa ssss 's MsEs,b GsF & MSSlrv and Jors.,
%s @ and md Msssss HRo DE; and dsSa
money oifer. It was intimated from time to to
Ser ts snn Sp:.
nies were acting In good faith; that they had
obect ben 0 10 any ~ 9r
chises and then sell them, to the City Com.
pany., Later on it was also rumored that
former within a few days had Withdrawn Ito
its o. se n sa
$4,000 for the lfew remaining ones. was re-
at.rs Ssrs s s Sf :
dition until the regular meeting OF the Board
Then the committee reported in favor Of
granting the Nassau Company permission b
construct surface railroads as follows:
sons south Eixhih street to Bso.dw.y along bress:
fh street; along South fisS ssrsst Gaon s,s1us: 1
avenue To- Morgan .~enSs Along ins Morgan avs.
AHoa.T avenas along M.mSSs.
x,Is s ns Of
Marcy 10 aions Paen ss.ss e
y % i 'ss the S n =:
at the Intersection OF Rogers avenue and
the boundary line between tho OF FlAtbush and
the city of Brooklyn; thence along Rogers avenue
to Bergen street along Bergen street TO NostrAnd
avenue; along Nostrand avenue to Atlantic avenue:
along Atlantic avenue to New York avenue Also. com:
mencbR at the intersection of Liberty avenue and
the eastery boundary line or said oty running thence
along said Liberty avenue in said city TO East New
York avenue along East Now York avenue To Douglass
street along Douglas: street to rrospecs Park plaza
and Union street, along Union street TO Hamilton
aiong Hamilton avenue to Ferry place. Also
mencny at tho intersecton Of Union street and Ninth
avenue and running thence along said avenue to the
Notwithstanding tho spirited opposition Of
the minority OF the Railroad Committee the
committee also reported favorably on tho ap-
plicaton Of the Kings County and the applics-
tion OF the City for what.was left. The vote WAS
the same each. ."t,s
It ia not altogether certain that the Mayor
will sign the resolution. rs he has announced
himself as opposed to giving away franchises
which are worth money to tho city.