New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-09
Observation-Disclosures
THE ATTEMPT TO LAY TRACKS ON ELEC-
TION DAY.
A FRANCHISE FOR A RAILWAY IN THAT THOR
oI,cuFApr GRANTED ~ Iss4-THE NET
RoPoLIrAN TRACTION CoMPANY's RE-

ouGuFARE GRANTED ~ Iss4-THE NET
RoPoIIrAN TRACTION CoMPANYs RE-
INrIoN TO THE PROJECT.
A Tribune reporter visited yesterday the Gable
Building at Broadway and Houston-si.' the head-
quarters of the Metropolitan Traction company IN
order to inquire as the alleged attempt by EN-
nlove. NJ that company to steal Thirty fourth-st
by tearing I'D the street and building a railroad
track in that thorOughfare. Opportunity was taken
OF Election Day when the great majority OF 'he
police were engaged in various parts OF Inc CT!
manning the polls. to make two attempts 70 ''s'h
this work ard in each the wcrkinen were ar
rested At the Office of the Metropolitan Traction
Company ii was denied that their laborers had at
tempted to do anything of the sort. and for any
further information concerning the matter the re-
porter was referred - the Thlrty-fourtn-St Ran
road Company. The companys headquarters are
at No. 70 Niliiam-st. Mr.. Conover, the president
could not he found, but Of the officials OF the
company VINO was on hand volunteered infcrma-
ton THE Tribune is mistaken sad he, IN say
ins that francDlse was OBTAINED 10 QUIZ 60 iaa' s
road il Inirty-foGrth-st IN 49,. a NehInse "a as
oba!ned IN iSd i.r tn~t PURPOSE enc II Is nov ~
maJor"y Of the propeft! -owheiS. ana '' - d ~
ton oil eXveG.eacy with ourselves as 10 Nheh 'n'
work vii begin. me Nefopo"'mr d h m1 ' Ir
pany couo NOT II theH "lS':sc' pul.i ''T ile; T
ii is our company Wnica has the permit Inc great
between Fifth and Sixth aves. rne Astors own own
the sre@ter par OF ie pryperE on M t5a road
be built through the stree;. 4hl'iy-ioat'n-s,s, II
destined in the nature OF thhgS to become 4 pusi.
ness thorougnfare IN very snort time. ana ii IS
only anticipating the inevitable 10 have crossto"n
communicative lnroush mat stree, connecting with
important and other arteries OF traVe W nat
10 rlyor IN birty.fourth-st ana then up Tenth-avc.
and across Forty west to the ferry we
have alrCadt secured the consent OF the MetroipIi-
tan If ~opP orr to TS iS % and the
consent Of the Green Line people to use iher tracks
from SiNth-ave west to Tenth-aVe' ana thence
along ate already indicated
Gog4y w42 hs, enf out G0o of
existence. and we came into possession in 1877. go
But Your franchise would he Of LITTLE use with
out the permission OF the Metropolitan Traction
Company to use portion Of their lines: now, tnf en-
men were arrested, virtually the beginning OF
the work by the Metropolitan Traction Com
Company alone is interested in building
The Official smiled as he said: We'll that Is
not thought it necessary to say So that when We
have completed that lire through Thrty-fourth-st;
It will then come under the management OF ara
be operated BY that company. You see how poorly
The Twenty-cighih and Twenty-rnth-st lines al
though completed many ago arf who AIRY
practically the metropolitan Traction COMPANY
eighth and Twenty ninth SITS. between First and
Second ayes. through which the Twenty-tniTd-st'
cars at present 80 TO ana return iro'" '"e i"'
At the department of Public Works it was stated
that permit had been granted october 70 to ter
up the street. ana it had been revoked because he
foreman OF the gang of labOrers didn't give The
department twen,y-four hours notice o: the nien-
ton to beS.a the work
The only object in printing the story concerning
this matter ~ yesterdays Tribune was not 10
defeat the building Of road through Thirt!-
fourth-st but to defeat the grabbing OF that thor
oughfare in illeg2! manner by biz syndicate
which is STRANGER 10 this II 9TH ID OF further
ing IFS designs on Newly Ork : streets. \ railroad
through Thirty fOurtn-;t. with proper connexions,
and operated "A pablo convenience. would be
boon 10 thousands OF person. who at present havr
no facilities for crossing town IL tIat larSc and
thickly populated stretch lY,na between twenty
third and FOrty-secOnd-s;s