The evening world., 1894-06-15
CONCOURsE PLAN ADOPTED.
Board of Street Openings Meet
ing Was Largely Attended.
Action on Other Annexed District
improvements.

The Mayors office was crowded to-
day by Annexed District propcrty-own-
ers. who had come to attend the meet
Ing OF the Board of Street Openings.
The consideration OF the adoption OF
the map prepared by Commissioned
Haffen. which includes the proposed
grand concourse IL speedway. from
one Hundred and Sixty-irst street to
Van Cortlandt Park. which will cost
$40, 900, co.,. was what attracted the crowd,
Frank y. Hunter, who said he repre-
sented three-fourths of the property
Owners at Mount hope protested
he said IL laid out, destroy some of the
most valuable property In Mount Hope
from one Hundred and Seventy-sixth
street to burnside. avenue. 1t. would
condemn n strip Of land four and n half
miles long. indefinitely.
Michael O'Reilly wrote protesting that
II would be a great hardship to him. as
1t wuuld take In the property at the
northeast corner OF summit street and
Anthony avenue. which he had bought
for a home site. and had already spent
much money on improvements.
Several letters Endorsing the scheme
were rend.
Mayor Gilroy evoked much applause
by stating that he heartily approved
OF the concourse scheme, n that 1t
would be n, big, Improvement. to the
Wehty-thlfu anu lWentS-Iourtn Wurus
twenty Ave or thirty years hence, II It
was built by that time.
Park Commissioner Tappen protested
against the proposed widening OF the
kingsbridge Road from 80 TO 100 feet. as
laid down on the map. Fordham Nor.
ris. by "a very succinct statement OF
facts, showed why the road should be
Mayor Gilroy said he favored the
widening of the road. and hen put the
matter of the adoption OF the map
as II stood, to n vote.
There was a moment OF breathless
suspense among the assembled uptown
citizens while the vote was being taxi
en-, II when the map was unanimous
ly adopted. there was a storm OF hand
The Mayor threatened ia clear the
room unless order wan restored. 20 that
the business OF the Board could con-
tinue.
An opinion from the Corporation
Counsel was read, relating to the pro
posed laying out OF a street along the
line Of the Mott Haven Canal and the
filling in of the canal for that purpose.
The Corporation Counsel thought that
there was nothing in the way of car
rying out the proposed plan.
j. NJ. Boulard. an aged man. with
snow-white hair and a. patriarchal
beard. asked to be heard in protest
against the filling, in Of the canal. lie
Haven. and had brought up a big fam
lily of healthy children on the shores OF
the canal.
The matter was finally referred to
the Commissioners of Improvement OF
the T~wenty-third n T~wenty-fourth
Wards.
The matter of the extension of three
streets across the freight yards of the
New York and Harlem Railroad Com.
pany extending from One Hundred ano
Forty-ninth to One Hundred and Sixty
nue. to Sheridan avenue, was not acted
upon. 1t will come up at the next meet
ing OF the Board.
ousiy against the proposed streets. as 1
will, It is. claimed. seriously interfere
with Its traffic,
Resolutions were adopted authorizini
fourth street from the Boulevard. I,
Amsterdam avenue East One Hundred
and Seventeen street from Franklin ave
nue. to Boston road and Clinton stree
from Boston road to East One Hun
bred and Sixty-ninth street.