The evening world., 1894-04-12
TO SAVE 5TH AVENUE
Lawyer Milliken Will Oppose tho
Street Railway Bill,
Loew Says the .Crimmjns Syndicate
Cannot Get Consents.
Propcrty-Dwncrs, lie Claims, Are
Pledged to Him.

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Lawyer l'"''H M!I!h'h' Jr' "i 81 Mas
snu street. went to Albany to-day to
npnryc the ra..,.. ur tl. ltll introduced
49,, a. r,..
III th' ll''i' ~ 81 ''' hrt!ol"ltah lr'C-
ton Company. which authorizes the
co~nstrucii.u Of ralr,lI nj, FIRM
a,a.,,. ,,, -. No.,
"Nr'"' "r,"" "'''9 -'"'' street
of tho n-a,cintinn If I'ig,h ,yo,,, ,,nn-
", ~ = ''"' 'i'n
'i'N-o""'fF 'h" "'''p!F"Nf OIL u ran
road on that exclusive ~thrvnughTirc.
Tar nrh, for t'r ...,s..,, ~ Eirtb
aNrNU' ny professors 90 iNHIi"lia' Is OF
long standing, nni has brca renewed
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give inc use VI We S''''' 'o' Il r''''o'"
to the width y-I.amont-Crimmin' syn
lir,,c wac introduced rsstarI,v Lv
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NSse'hpIyman k''h'' OF inc f'utth New
York city District.
rho circumstances and ,h, ce,ra,v
., 49," ' az,
N"''h WIS ",7'iN''| "b.Ht 'h' pII anu
It's contents lead to thu belief that the
Republican majority I'm tn, IcrIslaturc
a,n Ct" ntm :"
v""''N'" WIN 'o' ''"'h'hS minority
TO turn Fifth avenue over to the tender
mcrclrs Of tho traction uc,orus.
I,h, ,,.,,,.' f., 49,
'o"n - r'""i!'h7 IN un interview hi-
mitted that tn" Metropolitan street Rail
way company Is Responsible for the IN
important information that the norcssa-
~ 'uuSrnt Of tn" prOI"lty-ownorS FOR
building the road could be obtained 10y
his, company.
MIR. rrimmlns said the Fifth avenue
line. II built. would make connections
with the broadway division at the june
ton of lifth avunur and Broadway at
TwCEty-third street ON the south II
would extend AROUND WASHINGTON
Square and throuSh South Fifth avenue,
wh"r" connection would hr mad with
lines controlled by tn" Company.
MIR Crimmins's assertion that he could
obtain the c%onscnts Of H. majority of
"mrhnttcnlly denicd by ,N-Comptroller
Edward V. Loew
ri MT; k ky@%pe is r HiGSsrres Gam6oS Of tn, the
Ennia"d with S2,oooooo capital, to con
strICt a Strect-Car line on Firth avenue.
This Company tried to get IA franchise
from the Legislature Tor that purpose,
bat failed. 1t was organized in 1885.
MIR. Locw said to-day:
the consents of the prupcrty-owncrs he
is making "A broad assertion. lie cant,
because our company has got them. |
"ill be entirely frank with You in cN-
planning why he cannot get the consents.
When the proposition was :irSt made
TO nu. a rallrmai ON ruin avenue prop.
erty-Owners like myself Joined together
to prevent the construction ot the road
was and am stiil opposed to n rallrono
on Firth avenue ! believe with ,'Th'
World that Firth avenue should he
made "A parkway throughout and pre-
served as such.
well. when We discovered that n
franchise for a railroad on Firth avenue
was likely to be granted. We put oui
heads together. We concluded that i
n franchise was granted for Il road. tina
Fifth aNenu" propcrty-uwners, the mos
Interested persons. should own and con
troll 1t. So We organized. the Ftfti
Avenue Railroad Company
Mr.. Locw did not say so, but his word
led to the impression that the l'iftl
Avenue Railroad Company was organ
lied for the pr nripal purpose of keeping
IA railroad of fifth avenue