The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-27

Following is the official memoran-
dun of the board OF railroad COM
missioners of New York granting IA
permit for the construction Of the Del
aware Valley and Kingston Railway:
Before the Board Of Railroad Commissioners Of
the State Of New York, at the Capitol, Albany
April %, 1900,
Present:
Com. Ashley ". Cole.
Com. Frank NJ Baker.
Com. George W. Dunn.
In the matter OF the application Of the Della.
ware Valley and Kingston Railway company for
a certificate under section SO of the railroad
law
MEMORANDUM.
Appearanccs-ehearman g. Sterling Thomas G.
Shcarman and John 4. Carver appcaring) for the
applicant.
Tracy, Boardman g. Pldtt Drank II. Patt APP
pcaring). and John Il. Kerr, for the New York.
Ontario and Western Railway company, in oppo
stion. W. +. Dunning, for the Port Jcryis,
Monticello and New York Railroad company, in
opposition. George u. Browncll. Tracy, Board
& Platt Drank H. Plat appearing) and
David Wicox( tor the Eric Railroad company,
in opposition. Herbert L. Kinney, for the New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad com.
Nany Ocsscc Of the waikiki Valley, and West
norc railroads. in opposition.
This application by the Delaware Valley and
Kingston Railway company was filed with this
hoard on Dec. >, lS9o II asks for q certificate
under section 80 of tho railroad law. that public
convenience and necessity require the con.
strnction of the railroad Of the applicant. The
third snG fourth subdivisions OF the articles of
association oi the company arc as follows:
"IIT. The kind of road TO hc built or operated
shall he railroad of standard guage to he
operated by locomo,,ve steam power or by cleo
trio or other power.
"Tv. The said ra. road shall he about eighty.
ono (sn miles in kngth, and its terminal shall
be Kingston, Ulster county New York, and a
point in sullivan county, New York. the
boundary lines between the states of New York
and Pennsylvania opposite the borough OF Lack.
AWAKEN, Pike county, Pennsylvania"
THE HEARINGS.
Hearings on the application we're given by
this board in Now York city on Jan. 30 and n
Feb. l3, II and H. March l3, IL and Is, March
20, 90 and - and in Albany, on April 10 and II,
1900, the matter being summed up by opposing
counsel the last named date The evidence
taken is voluninous. An inspection Of the route
and report was made by inspector en-
rloycd by this board
The railroad proposed TO be built by the ap
plicant, about eighty~one miles in length, will
occupy the part of the now abandoned canal
Coal company, lying within ,is state and ex.
tending from LichawaXcn, Pennsylvania, through
sullivan. Ulster and Orange counties, TO tide
water on the Hudson river at Kingston. The re.
maindcr OF the proposed route to he operated in
conjunction with this line lies within the state
Of Pcnnsvlvania, and consists Of a section sixteen
miles long. ext ndnC from Lackawaxcn, on the
PcnI Sl lvana side of the Delaware river, To IIaw.
ley, nnsylanil, To a connection with the Erie
and Wyoming railroad.
The applicants avow that their object is TO
open shorter aud more practicable and economi.
tal route than any existing, from the Lacka-
wanna and Wyoming anthracite coal fields to
tidcwstcr. the surveys and the testimony show
the grades and curves on the proposed line are
fcwcr and much easier than those on the rail.
ssys Of the companies opposing the application
and that they are all in flavor Of the load" as
railway experts phrase it, while the grades on
tho opposing lines arc mainly against the load"
These conditions must necessarily Conducc to a
greatly lcSsencd cost ot operation for the pro
icctcd line The applicants also show that they
can control and have already concluded optional
contracts for sufficient annual tonnage Of coal
from the anthracite mines 10 yield liberal profit
from the operation Of the new line, exclusive
of any consideration Of local traffic TO be gath.
cred along the route. They also are conceded to
have ample capital to construct and equip the
line.
OPPONENTS CONTENTIo,.
The opponents Of the enterprise base their con-
tention chiefly on the following points, viz:
I. That the applicants will be in effect a paral-
fact parallel the lines controlled and operated