New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-04
rsnv now has to construct or operate rail-
rroad upon the said streets ana avenues
WHAT MR. CHURCH SAYS.

,omes G. Church, counsel for the Nassau
u,ect,ic Railroad Company. admitted yesterday
% Tribune reporter that the lease had been
snectea as The Tribune has outlined This
lease" SAID Mr.. Church. viii prove to be
creat thing for the Nassau Company. and for
.he people Of Brooklyn, especially in the out
ling wards 1t will give the Nassau Company
connection with the Bridge and ferries. and it
wiu give the Atlantic Avenue system an outlet
"a the outlying wards. The Nassau Company
uul expend $500 900 this summer in developing
and extending its system, and ii places the
Nassau Company in still better position to full
Al ,ts promise made to the people a long time
600 which has already been partially fulfilled
namely TO carry passenger all over Brooklyn
for five cents.
Asked as to whether there was any particu-
lar significance In the retirement of Patrick II.
FLYNN from the Nassau Company next Sep
,ember Mr. Church said: Mr. Flynn retired
rom the presidency of the company because
the system Is now on practical and working
basis He has good deal Of money invested
in the company, which he will keep in. Dur
ing the organization of the company and its
early building operations. Mr. Flynn felt that
he could best serve his own and the company's
interests by remaining at its head as president.
Now that the hardest work is practically over,
Mr. Flynn proposes to take things more easily.
He Is a man with an ample fortune. and Will
doubtless spend a good deal Of the rest Of his
life in travel and other recreation
And VIII his successor De MT. Johnson!
asked the reporter.
THE election to the presidency Is too far In
the future for me to give decided answer
answered Mr.. Church. but It is not unreason-
able TO suppose that 1t will be Mr.. Johnson
ELEVEN LINES OF ROAD.
The Atlentic Avenue Railroad system. which
will hereafter be controlled by the Nassau in
terests Is made up Of eleven different lines Of
road as follows: The Adams-st line, from Full
ton Ferry. with various transfer points. to
Greenwood Cemetery; Bergen-st. line from South
Ferry to Rochester-ave.; Butler-st line from
South Ferry to New-York-ave.; Fif.eenth-st llne
from Hamilton Ferry to Twentieth-st.; Greenwood
lire, from Wa-st. ferry to Greenwood Cemetery
at Twenty -fifth-st and Fifth ave: Hcks-st line
from Fulton Ferry to the F1fteenth-st line; Hoyt-
st. line. from Fulton Ferry. by various transfers
10 Hamilton Ferry; Park-ave. line. from Fulton
Ferry to Central-ave.: Seventh-ave. line, from
Fulton Ferry to Seventh and Ninth aves; van
derbilt-ave. line, from Fulton and Catherine Ter
res to Greenwood Cemetery; West End DIVISION
nom the Union Depot at Fifth-ave. and Thirty
slxth-st and from ty-ninth-st. ferry TO
Coney Island and intermediate points. The OIL
GERS Of the company are as follows: II. NJ Littel
president; Benjamin Frck. secretary and treas
irer; j. c. Cameron. superintendent; directors
Newbery H. Frost. Benjamin f. Tracy, Sllas r.
butcher, William F. Redmond. William n. wal
lace william A. Read, Benjamin Martin, John
p Ilsley William Mertens Edward w. Clark.
r.. Henry Seligman. Frederick Strauss and H.
NJ Littell.