The evening world., 1894-04-12
TO Save 9Th AVENUE
Lawyer Milliken Will Oppose the
Street Railway Bill.
Loew Says the .Crimmins Syndicate
Cannot Get Consents.
Property-Owners, He Claims, Are
Pledged To Him.

- l'fF ~ ~ N''
sau street, went to Albany to-day to
oppose the passage OF htc hill introduced
In the interest OF the Metropolitan Trac-
ton Company, which authorizes the
construction of II railroad ON Fifth
avenue below rwcnty-third street
MIR. Millikcn is Secretary and Treasurer
Of the association Of Fifth avenue prop
crty-owncrs who disapprovr OF IA rail-
road on that exclusive ~thuroughrarc.
The fight for the possession VI Fifth
avcnuc Ivy pruJcCtory of railroads. IL OF
long standing. and has been renewed
with increased vigor now. The bill To-
give the use Of the street for n railroad
to the observation-disclosures syn
dictate, was introduced yesterday by
Asscmhlymdn Roche. Of the Fourth New
York city District.
The circumstances and the secrecy
which was observed about the bill and
its contents. lead 10 the hc.irf that the
Republican majority In tn" Legislature
~connlvei with tn" Tamrnany minority
To- turn Firth avenue over to the tender
morcins Of the traction octopus.
John u. triinmins In AN interview all
mit",. that tn" metropolitan Street Rail
way company IL responsible for the in
liblntIlbN b1 the IllI, ana ne added the
important information that the ncCeSsa-
~ consent of the property owners for
building the u could he obtained Ivy
his company.
MIR. Crimmins said the Firth avenue
line, II built. would make connections
with the broadway division at the june
ton OF fitth avenue and broadway at
would extend around Washington
Siuare and through South Firth avenue,
wh"r" connections would h" made with
lines controlled 10y the company.
MIR. 'rtmimins' assertion that he could
obtain the consents Of the majority of
the property owners on Firth avcnu" H.
.~mphaticnlly denied by ex-Comptrollcr
Mir. Lorw is Vice-prcsidcnt OF the
Ftfth Avenue Railroad Company, or
GhriZed with 5000 W"capital, To con-
strurt a street car line on fifth avenue.
This Company tried to get II franchise
from the Legislature for that purpose,
but failed. It was organized in 1855.
MIR Lorw said to-day:
when Mr.. Crimmlns says he can get
the consents Of III" prpperty-owners he
Is making "A broad assertion. He can't,
because our company hls got them, !
viii he entirely frank with you in eX-
planning why he cannot get the consents.
when the proposition was first mad,
to put n railroad on Fifth VENUE prop.
erty owner, like myself, Joined together
TO prevent the construction Of the road
| WAS and am still opposed to a railroad
N Fifth avenue. | believe with The
World" that Firth avenue should bt
made II parkway throughout and pre-.
well. when we discovered that n
franchise for n railroad on Fifth avenue
heads together, We concluded that II
a franchise was granted for "A road. tibet
Fifth avenue property owners. the mos
interested, persons, should own and con
troll 1t. : o W. organized the FIN
Avenue Railroad Company
MIR. Loew did not say so. but his word.
led to the impression that the Fifti
Avenue Railroad Company was organ
a railroad OF Fifth avenue.
Have you been approached and askc'
to sell your CONSENT asked the re
p9 @N5"
Have negotiations been carried oil
with any other Of your associates"
think would have heard something
about it,"
The law at present prohibits the lay.
ins of tracks on Fifth avenue. cXcep'
ton Of streets. This prohibitorY Law
IN" Metr"polithn company seeks tt
amend by cXcmpting Fifth avenue be
low Tw~"ntv-thirl street,
The attempt of the Metropolitan Com
pany to secure control OF lower Fra
Avenue Is said to bee merely an enterini
Mr.. Crlmmins's argument FOR the posses
sion of the lower portion Is that II 4
almost entirely given up to commerce
and that u railroad would not distigur,
II. Furthermore "A Fifth av"nu" hranCl
would rcli,V" the heavy traffic on tn,
BrOalwnv division.
The Firth Avenue Railroad Company
claims to nave. consents of HORSEPOWER:
from South Firth avenue to Fiftv-ninti
street. and as their primary object f.
said to be the preservation Of the V
nue.. they can keep a railroad OF thaj
street.
1t is suggested that the consents ma,
b" transferred for n consideration. an,
that the sur"St way to preserve FIT
avenue Is for the Legislature not 4
grant a fran hise for a railroad there.