The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-06-28
May STOP ''L"TRAINs
Sixth and Ninth Avenue Lines
Attacked by a New Law.
Manhattan Company and City OF.
ciais Equally Surprised.
Careless Legislation May Mean Many
Lawsuits.

Whenever a train Of the Sixth or Ninth
Avenue Elevated Railroad spins around
the high curve at the north end Of Cen
trail Park the engineer in his cab and
the blue-jacketed guards are the agents
Of the Manhattan Elevated Railway
Company in bold infraction Of the law.
This is not even family suspected by
the general public. and was surprising
news to both the officers of the Com
pany and the administrators OF the city
laws when the matter was brought to
their attention by an Evening world'
| reporter to-day.
Here 10 the law Just as 1t was passed
a few weeks ago at Albany. 1t is iden-
tilted as Chapter SIS of the Laws of
1894 to amend Chapter 256 of the Laws
| of 1888:
ton thereof with other streets or avenues, no
surface street or other railroad after the date Of
the passage OF THE act shall be constructed OF
operated upon, over or under West End Avenue,
above seysnty.nr.t street, Cathedral Parkway and
ing on Mornins-ide Park in the city Of New
York except Tenth avenue and Manhattan avenue.
| What was formerly One Hundred and
Tenth street Is now Cathedral Parkway.
The elevated structure occupies that
thoroughfare between Eight and Ninth
avenues. What is more. the street
bounds Morningside Park. There Is not
a loophole left the Elevated people to es-
cape the charge Of violating the law
| curve.
First Assistant Corporation Counsel
| DAVID j. Dean was seen about 1t this
morning. He had not heard about this
special aal statute because the session laYs'
sa nG yet ns sserse us 3 no doubt
that the Elevated Railroad has no right
to run trains on Cathedral Parkway.
l But as they only run one block they
might offer the excuse, once touchingly
employed In case needless to specify
IN detail that the offense is such a lit
tie one OF course that would not
be accepted in law and they must look
for other weak spots in the law. OBJ
serve that 1t Is not specified that ex-
listing, lines or structures must be ref,
cannot be operated. Thus the Elevated
people can leave their tall trestle stand
ing there, but they cannot run trains
would be the consequence of the appli-
Il have no doub. that it was not the
the present use of the street by theI
Elevated, and If the matter should ever.
be brought up In court the Judges would.
look close to the intention Of the law, as;
they always do. No complaint based
upon the statute has reached us. and
cannot say that any effort will be made
to enforce the law against the Elevated
at that point" L
General-Manager F. X. Hahn, Of tA51
Manhattan Elevated Railroad Compa4
had never heard of the new law
cared very little about it.
This is all new to me-" said he, ~
| even IL there was such a statute ~
by the last Legislature, 1t will not SkX
our present locations. Cathedral f9kX
wav was called One Hundred and
street when our charter was gr,&
we have the right to be there
that right we will remain. ID
lous to imagine that mer "a
| change OF name in a street 1EIIS
possess a chartered corporation Of u
legal grants. The trains of the Blk
and Ninth avenue lines will continue U
take the high curve at One Hundred ana
Tenth street. call it by any name yoo
| DleaSe"