The evening world., 1894-09-10
WHENCE COMES
THIS BIC PULL?
metropolitan Traction Com.
pany Lays Tracks With.
out a Permit
ALDERMEN ACTS F0RESEEN?
Contractor Crimmins Seems As
sured that the Petition Will
Be Granted.
MANHATTAN AVE. INSTRUCTED.
Commissioner DAILY Surprised that
One Hundred and Ninth Street
Has Been Opened.
MANHATTAN AVE. INSTRUCTED.

Perhaps no better Illustration of the
pull SYSTEM" which obtains under the
present administration of municipal af-
fairs, can be had than the cool manner
in which the Metropolitan Traction Com
pany, with the permission of some one in
authority, is carrying on its work of lay
ing tracks on its Columbus and Ninth
avenue divisions in direct violation Of
the law
Although the Traction Company has
no permit from the Commissioner OF
Public Works to open One Hundred and
Ninth street, Contractor Crimmins is
pushing. the work of building the foun-
dalton for the road as fast as possible
Already the street has been opened for
nearly 100 feet towards Manhattan ave-
nue. from the corner OF One Hundred
and Ninth street and Columbus avenue
Railroad Company has not yet received
a franchise from the Board of Alder
men to build Its tracks over the pro-
posed route.
only heard at last Thursdays meeting
OF the Aldermen. and the matter has
to the Aldermanic Railroad Committee
The route set forth in the application
+ H.. from m, the I Intersection Of one Hun.
street and Manhattan avenue to One
Hundred and Sixteenth street.
From, what source the informa ton
the franchise being finally granted is
not apparent: but that Contractor Grim
Minis has had that assurance seems not
sary to walk through One Hundred and
Ninth street and Manhattan avenue
Both sides of the street are taken up by
material which is to be used n the CON
avenue, the west side of the street, be
tween One Hundred and Ninth and One
Hundred and Tenth streets, is being
used to store the big iron roadbed. cast
ngs,. and here and there other material
MIR. Crimmins's close association with
Tamamny is too well known to need re-
petition here. but that the gentleman's
'''pull' extended far enough to enable
him to prophesy what action the Board
of Aldermen will take on a particular
Commissioner Of Public works DAILY
expressed much surprise to-day when
told that the work was being carried
on through One Hundred and Ninth
street. He at once called for the records
of the Bureau of Permits.
u was shown by them that the Metro
politan Traction Company Nov. ?. 1898, re-
ceved a permit to open 9th avenue from
Tenth street.
No record appears OF permission hav-
ing ben granted for the opening of one
Hundred and Ninth street.
Mr.. DAILY was apparently much fius-
tered by THE evening Worlds" re-
porter's Information. He at once or
dered that an investigation he made.
and the inspector in charge OF the work
asked TO explain.
The city inspector who has overseen
the work up to one Hundred and Ninth
street is named Bingham.
Inspector Bingham, according to Com
missioner DAILY, should have At once
reported the fact that Contractor Grim
MINIS had begun work on One dlnLte1
and Ninth street.
President H II. Vreeland. of the
Metropolitan Traction Company, said
to day that he was not aware that the
work was being carried on in violation
of the law. He supposed that every
thing was being done legally. He said,
however, that he had nothing to do with
it. 1t was in Contractor Crimmns' 3
hands, and he probably had arranged
II ALL
1t is probable that there will be trouble
for somebody unless the magnificent
pull" which as been exercised to carry
on the work so far Is potent enough
to smooth everything out again.