New-York tribune., 1900-01-31
HEARING ON NEW Roam
STATE RAILROAD cosHIssroNvv.
TO THE DELAWARE VALLEY .uD -
KINGSTON APPIIcArro~

The State Railroad Commissions.
ing yesterday at the Fifth Avenue Ho,sI a = ness-
matter taken up was the application o. N. nfst
Avenue and North Beach Railroad rnaio Denaio
Brooklyn for leave to extend its Hnsv ..-.pany o.
sion the railroad desires to make L - skle1-
ave. to Metropolitan-ave. IN Queens Co,,... sss-
z500 feet. The present terminus of tba A. So0ut
Covert-ave.. and the extension win open -. G = a.
iamsourg and Maspeth to the DeKalS-ave line ,.-
its dependencies. &ad
Another subject for the Commission
slider was the application OF the Delaxars -
and Kingston Railroad Company for perral..,.-
construct line from LackaTaxsn. Penn ~
Kingston tdewatsr along the line OF tbs ola D.l~-
ware and Hudson Canal
In the Delaware Valley matter John A. ca~v.-
appeared for the application. In opposition were
Tracy, BOardman & Platt and Joseph ? Rsrr
representing the New-York Ontario and Wsstsr1
Railroad and the Kingston and Rondout Railroad
Company; W. F. Dunnns. representing tho Port
Jervis. Monticello and New-York Railroad co-,-
pany and George F. BrowneII. representing The
Erie Railroad Company
Mr.. Carver said his company had the right 70
construct the road under the law which zfves the
right to the operators OF a canal to construct a
railroad along the line OF It's canal Mr. Carver re-
counted az some length the advantages Of the m
posed road, and declared that in the coal carving
trade the expense would be smaller than on anv
OF the existing roads. and would benefit alike uro-
ducer and consumer. as well as Port Jervis and the
A.
which the Anthracite Coal Operators Assoefat,on
has decided to build These Independent Operators
dissatisfied with the rates OF the coal carrvtn1
roads. and at a recent meeting az the Waldorf
Astoria pledged themselves TO build this road for
their own benefit. which would give them a tide
water outlet for the output Of their mines The
coal carrying roads are opposed TO It. because tbev
see. II such road is built. the dIverting OF much
valuable traffic
Mr. Carver called William 8. V. Thorne 70 the
witness stand. Mr. Thorne is president OF the pro
posed new road, vtce-president and manager Of ths
Pennsylvania Coal Company, Of which his father
Samuel ThOrne, is president and vice-pregidenF ~
He testified that the capital OF coal com
pany Is S5sO0O,OOO with market value D
and that working fifteen days a month last year It
mined Z,+COsVOO tons OF coal The capital stock
the Delaware Valley and Kingston Railway Com
pany Mr.. ThOrne gave S,j0000, Of which $50 600
has been paid IN. The directors Of the company
Thorne George G. Williams, James o. Bl0ss Wal
ton Ferguson. Samuel ID. COykendan Edward i,
Fuller, John ". Sterling and W. v. s. ThOrne. All
financial arrangements have been made for the
construction of the road.
In the matter OF the DeKalb-ave. and North
Beach railroads proposed extension ]. Q. Bergen.
or Bergen & Dykeman counsel for the railroad. put
IN a street map showing the proposed extension,
and explained that there is opposition. Sheehan
& Collin. representing the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company, sent a request for adjournment on
application Mr.. Bergen said months notice had
been given. and the Commissioners decided 70 hear
the argument or the applicants. Then II was
agreed that Mr.. Bergen should present his case BY
nissioners should set a future date TO hear evil
dence.
The hearing on the Kingston road application
was continued, and the Commission adjourned 70
this morning.