New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06
c1J7RS AGAINST THE ROAD.
,oyc OPPOSITION TO The TRACTION
COMPAtYC NEW PROJECT.
,,rcr,oxs OF THE EAR AssoCIATIoN-AT-
-,-r-nE OF THE SETH AVENUE RAIL-
zo.D Co>fpANY IN DOUBT.
ROAD COMPANY IN DOUBT.

ROAD COMPANY IN DOtBl.
Tho METROPOLITAN Trrcton Company Is encounter
,,g fierce opposition 10 its meme lot eA'enu,"e
me .o,,rood lines from Broadway through FORTY
Hs Ia rorty-fourth SITS to the Grand central
-, The most concentrated hostility mas come
80 ,ha Association OF the Bar OF the CITY OF
~ York and club organizations III the TWO s"ee's
..,ed between Fifth and Sixth aves'
ri association of the Bar has taken tue ieau J."
.,a onnosjton and has been active in securing oiS
''o -, tho Traction Company's purpose. The
e,,..ro.ion Committee OF the association Sc
$50 tho present site for its new nome because
a.. ono reason. 4; was not on s'ree's VIM wv
..ooa railroad lines existed. The spie'uiu "o"
.orh,e building runs from Forty-lour'" W r's
~ :, with entrances from both streets . oi"-
thHu -, ,ho chairman of the Administration
ney t,.oo said Yesterday: 1--WE are making
.o,oruined fight against this railroad enc'o"v ,
-, Ve chose the present site LOT ''e "'" '"
~. ...ouse both streets on when 4" i'oi''' WV
. IRON, railroads. The ASSOCIATION "ou''
He0 ,r,,,. for study. We do not wish 70 be oiS-
VI. nv noise from passing cars pels ana soi'ss
tu'o' - ~ u.batever the incidental nuisance may
or nS,a the road be put through. the very CD
DC ,.bich the site was selected wouid DC ue
feated .sox, = No danger Of the sue
.ho Traction Company. We nave the CO.
cess OF 'ie ,ha century club. the Racquet and
ope'" c,,h the St Nicholas Club the Harvard
TENNIS county Medical Society. the Berkeley
.1D and the Berkeley School more INA" q
~ ,,. NJ dissents of property-owhers i'''e'o''0N
nave already been secured ,,o..,o .,
- obo,oe of the present site Tor the hoi'c Vi
i. of the Bar has made these sree's
the AssOe ,rs,oad Of stable streets as they were
CIV" Ue purchased the ground from 'he "iN' ',,
oeio'' purood COMPANY That corporation SUN
AVN ala stables in Sixth-ave extenoihs SUM
4, Forty-third and Forty'iour'h s'S' III"
torv has not Yet consented 10 vi VIZ -,
eo"'p. W. rauroad scheme. Its action VIII p'o""'''
i or tho noint whether or not II thihKs i'S
l IN the streets VIII be benefited by 'he
nod /, committee Of three, consisting OF rl"i'N
c,,r,,ss the president OF the company r. l. O'V0
Odd ano,her represent the company IN inns "'"''''
without their dissent howeve,i we we II II comes
IMAM iii"; sght which | do not expect we Shai
70 a III 7n,v Of legal talent TO night on PATTI ra
James G Carter the l'Ss'q the president Of the
I,'-o,,, md Tennis club. are out OF 'OWi. f
hdv9 s president Of the Century 'Iuu a. nc
I'm are with the Association OF tue p"i ia W
n a valve Of the sixth Avenue Railroad 0UI,
,rr's nropertv in Forty-third ana .. l.; ID nv
Iai''. ia hv good Judges 10 nave iiiCic"9'S ~!
80, 80 The present site for the Dul!ulls Vi INV
sHssociarion Of tn Bar was seIccteu. aro on
NCbarlrs & pemonco and LOUIS Su nri ""argfrs
sinr re projected railroad with all thcli c't 80,
posane ~ trokaw who is erecting the SntIiI
iiS"iiS,c and Theodore 4. HaVenleE ci' Nv INA
Of the Demonco plot. at foFty Ues said YES
tn. railroad IL is contcnccd woulu p' ny
worst kind OF obstruction 10 Caaii rne which are
~ The main entrances to these places WIN" "
IA syoi.b saio Yesterday that meeting OF S
-nnarv-ovners would soon be calIeu VI vrrns,,nd
he Traction Company's prolec, road is not a
Wi De lahs in view Of the fact thai Their are
surface railroad lines already III '0'''