New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-05
, cITRFACE ROAD OPPOSED.
.N TO BUILD RAILWAY IN FORTY
THIRD AND FORTY-FOURTH SITS.
..,r,oxs OF PROPERTY OWNERS BETWEEN
,po.pwAY AND MADISON

,oxs OF PROPERTY OWNERS BETWEEN
ANYWAY AND soN-AvE.-INTEREsr
SAID TO FAVOR THE PROJECT.
>stropoltan Traction Company IL endeavor-
Inv s.cure the consents OF property-owners In
me ,,,rd and Forty-fourth SITS. between Broad
fo'" "a the Grand &c ,.ral Station. to the con-
wa 40, and running of a surface railroad In
s" s,reets between those points y is necessary.
NV tho law to secure the consent OF certain
unu ~ ~ owners In interest in each block so
n" =, is understood the company has faied 10
i"r. the necessar, consent between broadway
s,xth-ave and between Fifth and Madison
ayes. 49,. .o,,,o,, 10 ono ~ much
.m interest The immediate purpose Is, or
70 70 obtain the patronage Of the public traV-
". 20 and from the Grand Central station ana
o. o,,re west side and north parts OF the ci's'
~ vanderbilt interest has been approached OH
i ,h,ect This interest owns tho block bounded
'ne S,,.,b,rd and Forty fourth SITS. and Madison
" yndo~hilt AYES The interest, II was said
".,srday al the Grand Central station iaVors
''.r,c,,on Of the road, since II would arord
Wv aavional convenience for travellers on trains
, 90 and arriving at the Grand Centrai STA
49,, and as the Traction Company system Vi
WV. ,ors n Broadway and Sixth-ave. would be a
- ching for the public In ADDITION. Inc lrac-
49, COMPANY already runs us Ne"-iorh anu
.,-tour,h-st between that avenue ana MAUI
son-aye. ,,,... oves there are pr-
,u,,cs Opposition 10 the road mas oeei
.ha,a II consents TO the rest Oh inc 'o'''
wv - oh,aincd the surface railroad Id"
49, ,orne connections OF not more '"'' -.
-. ha taken advantage or Deiiho0 ,
,. ., The northeast corner OF fii'".aS' "','
place a. =, would he affected by the ROAD
Irasmuch as the entrance 10 'ne to cold 70
~ a. ror,v fourth-st. Mr. Delmon'co l. s",u "
oe III =, a>osed 70 the road. The same ooJec-
ue $50 80 nv Lewis Sherry for his ne" o"i''
=, ,he southwest corner OF rn'n-afe "'N
ver,v.fou,th-st The main entrance 10 '"'' paw
Mill he m Forty-fourth-st. . ,o,r,h
pa,veen Fifth and Sixth ayes. III lo,,' $500,
49, ror,v-third SITS are the Century Ni"o -,
ord the homes Of the Racquet anu ie"''- 20
.hn county Medical Society. the Assoc'a''Vn u
~ D. ~ tho civ OF New-York. the 81 Nichoias
c"A ,hs Harvard Club and the Berkeley Lyceum
~ ,emper Of these clubs nearly all OF Wcn t,T,,
the property occupied by theHl. nao The COM
tested yet regarding me ploSye other nropertv
nsny's old Sxth-ave. stables ana othtl ,aon he
extend about third of the dlstain1'Ce 81" for The
avenues so that few consents VIII sunoe ioi VIC
road , Broadway there are
Seven 1rivsie dwellings sharp fight against
ne road v IN be made by Acker, Merrali a. oonG,
who recenlg ide Of adjacent
their store order to have room foi ther ,tr
load and unload, in consequence VI 81. i''iN'
ence Of the horse cars in FOrty-second-st. ,.,.,
The Third Avenue Railroad Company. winch
ouns the Fortv-second Street. Manufacturing ana
ST Nicholas Avenue Railroad will make cIro6l
81 The courts hold. in this state, that SUE n
a parallel road must be shown to be a puo t'
necessity OF course. the Traction COMPANY, i Ny
means of the projected line, would make neaNy II
roads on the traffic Of its rival, In view OF its
transfer facilities. -, ., ,ro,,
There is talk already among the opposing prop
erty-owners regarding the manner IN whch Johh
D Crmmins laid the rails for the Traction Som-
many in Thirty fourth-st., between Firth ana SHtn
aves II said yesterday by representative OF
one property-owner that a committee would PROP
ably he appointed 10 look after the rights OF
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