New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-06
m STE THE THIRD AVENUE.
.MsrERDAM-AvE PROPERTY OWNERS
DECIDE ON VIGOROUS ACTION.


DECIDE ON VIGOROUS ACTION
.u,ts are to be brought against the Third
.r.nue Railroad Company ny property-owners in
...rdar-sve in the effort 10 prevent the con-
I..-rt,on Of second underground electric railroad
,ho-ourhfare The determination 10 bring
o ,u,,s was resolved upon at meeting Of the
~ ,.,,s Committee Of the Amsterdam Avenue
800 Owners Association on Wednesday night
=. NichaeTs parish house. 1nasmuch as the
.,snv has begun excavations for the laying OF
o,d,,,ts II was recognized that speedy action
-. necessary. and that no time should he lost IN
.rnt,nc the continuance Of the work
-. course OF action decided upon by the COM
,.... was 10 bring three separate actions in the
.or--s seeking injunctions restraining the COM
..,v from making further excavations. Il Is said
an. q, the suits will be brought by a private
o,,zen the second plaintiff will probably be the
~. fo- the Blind. between One-hundred-and-
49,. a,s Northumberland fourth SITS while the
$50 .p,, will IN all likelihood be Instituted by s.
N,chaevs church. at Ninety-nnth-st, or the west
r,a PRESBYTERIAN Church at One-hundred-and-
80. John Alexander Beail. the counsel 70 the
ornit.ee has been ordered 10 prepare the neces-
49, nspers without delay. and It is probable that
80 will be fled either to-day or tomorrow. The
committee is also considering plans to raise the
.r,ts necessary 20 carry the fight through the
-,ur,s and proposes 10 increase It's membership 50
,ha, II will include property-owners In the boue-
yars West Fnd-ave. and Riverside Drive as well
ss those IN Ansterdan-aVe
Thomas \. Fulton the chairman OF the commit
,ss draws attention 20 the fact that the railroad
oo,,snv after removing the pavement from two
~ three blocks has done nothing further Tor sew
.-sl a7vs and consequently he Is inclined 10 look
upon The tearing Up Of the street at this time az
mere bluff" and as challenge 10 the committee.
snesk,ng Of the grounds upon which the suits VIII
be based. Mr.. Fulton said
'~Th. main ground which we shall ask for an
Injunction IS the inadeQuacy Of the consents OBJ
.oi,sd from property-owners. We are convinced
-ha, these are not proportionaely large enough 10
hermit az the road being built. We shall contend
ma. enough Of them are illegal IN form or fact -
make he company's rights invalid. For instance
columbia University has given It's consent The
valuation OF this institution land is 100000 1t
extends from Amsterdam-ave 20 the Boulevard.
on the latter thoroughfare the consent Of the Uni
ve-si-v has also been given. the consent covering
~. same property. SO that consents on the same
,-one--v have been used for two roads. This We
shall "a able 20 prove. Il contrary 10 the laws in
tent.
III We car cut down this consent even ~ half
tha company will have less than enough 70 proceed
z-.-h he work Another ground for the application
VI, lie n the fact that six great water mains TAX
,,s I'd from thirty-ve 70 forty feet OF the avenues
width lie under its surface as far south as Ninety.
Ssiis,,A n will be dangerous - have four heavy
racks on which modern cars are run. over these
-rslrs snd will demand IN experts Judgment on
.h1s point This fact was made an objection TO the
various homes. asylums and eleemosynary insll'u-
.io-s when real-estate men urged their location on
ne avenue L was pointed out that there could
-sve- be an elevated road erected over the water
mains Now the Arrangements OF the various n
s,ituons and the trustees OF the chuFches are ASH
Ing What is the difference between an elevated road
ara sou- trolley tracks. with the necessary cor
cor-ftants % rattle and gong -striking
Edward I.auterbach. one Of the directors or me
THIRD Avenue Railroad Company. told a Tribune re-
porter Yesterday that he had no desire 70 discuss ne
r-oceedinrs OF The committee. but he added. 'Ihe
work OF LAYING down the tracks has been oSgun'
and will be carried ahead 70 completion Just as
fast as possible The committee Will soon see tnat
rs are not 'bluffng The construction q this line
has been DELAYED too long already. and We are not
disposed 20 wait any longer. Let the Ans ierdarn-
ave committee take the matter 20 the courts W
srs as anxious as they 20 have the matter settied
once for