New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-21
N ETROPOLITAN IN CONTROL
IT GETS CROSSTOWN LINES TO WHICH
THE THIRD AVENUE ROAD NOW
TRANSFERS PASSENGERS


William C. Whitney and his associates in the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company yesterday
secured an additional advantage in their hght
against the Third Avenue Railroad Company, an
advantage of perhaps more Importance than the
decision of Justice Beach in the Supreme Court re-
garding the Eighth Avenue Railroad They COM
pleted the purchase of sufficient stock OF the Cen
trail Town Railroad TO get full control or the
road and thus shut the Third Avenue Railroad
Company out Of the important shopping district in
Sixth-ave between Eighth and Twenty-thrd SITS
The Central Cross Town Railroad, controlling the
Christopher and Tenth Street Railroad ana IT'S
branches, has been the only line by which the
Third Avenue Railroad Company could transfer
passengers west to the shopping district between
Grand-s and Forty-second-st. All the other cross
town lines In the district have been under the con-
troll of the Metropolitan Street Railway company
The Third Avenue Railroad Company did not nave
full control Of the Central Cross Town RalIroad
but IT had a contract by which passengers from
the Third-ave cable-cars were transferred without
the payment Of extra fare to the Central cross
Town cars and the Christopher and Tenth street
The contract, however, was so drawn that
1t could be revoked upon thirty days notice by the
Central Cross Town Railroad Company, ana II IL
expected that a notice for the revocation OF the
contract will be served upon the Ihlrd avenue
Railroad Company Immediately.
The annual meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Central Cross Town Railroad Company takes place
to-day, and at that meeting directors friendly 10
the interests of the Metropolitan Street RAILWAY
Companv will be elected The directors pfobab.y
will order the immediate revocation Of the contract
with the Third Avenue people and the making or
contract BY which the cable-cars in Broadway Will
transfer passengers without extra fare to the cars
of the Central Cross Town Company Men VINO
were Interested in the transfer OF the majority OF
the stock of the Central Cross Town Company
TO men friendly to the Metropolitan Street Railway
Company declined yesterday to make any state
ments as TO the amount of stock transferred or the
price at which the stock was bought. It was said
that the Metropolitan people had been buying stock
Of the Central Cross Town Railroad quietly for
some time, in the hope Of getting controlling In
terest, and that purchases which were made yes
lerday settled the matter.
The capital stock of the Central Cross Town
Railroad is 100000 The officers, Of the company
are George s. Hart. president; Milton /. Mason
directors of the company are Julius Benedict, John
W. Sierlng Charles f. Gov George s M psr
sons, Shepard Candy, George II. Church ana II. I.
Hatch The cars Of the companys line run from
the East River and Twenty third st through Ave
nue. A, East Eighteenth-st.. Broadway, Fourteenth;
ST., Seventh ave. West Eleventh-St.. West-St. ana
ChrisSpher-st 10 tie H8hoken Ferry ana return
Fourteenth-st., Union Square, Seven feminist and
Avenue TO the ferry at Twenty-third-st. and the
The cars of the CHRISTOPHER and Tenth stree:
wich-ave. Clinton Place, Eighth-st., ST. Marks
Place Avenue and East Tenth-st;. TO the ferry
and return through East Tenihs Aygn no E1s
Christopher-st. One branch Of the line runs from
Gansevoort-st Westinghouse. and Christopher
st TO the ferry North River: The second branch
to the North River.