New-York tribune., 1901-11-12
TIE RAILROAD TO PORT CHESTER.
HEARING ON THE PROJECTED LINE FRoN
MANHATTAN THROUGH THE BRONX

HEARING ON THE PROJECTED LINE FkoM
MANHATTAN THROUGH THE BRoNA-
The hearing Oh the application of the New-fork
and Port Chester Railroad Company Tor IIahcI''se
for 2 four track electrical railway from ole ii04
lem River 10 Port Chester and the oollleotioL go,
State line which Interrupted apout iiiuii'ii
60 ms renewed before the State Railroad COM
mission in the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. oil
of the first witnesses 10 be examined WAS "ilii0 .
c Cottshall the president and chle1 eisi'eei
she co-onanv He said that the company e&pecteo
40 RIM express trains from Port Chester 10 lle
Harlem River in thirty-one minutes ana ioedi u ans
IN forty-nine minutes He said that the cos' ="
h,ilding the road would be s72500o ano the cost oi
the real estate 10 be purchased iot iisii' Va '1-
would be 81 600G90.
Henry ". Taft. counsel for the New-fork' New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, IN Oppose
zion TO the application for the franchlse' asheu'
..To Won know that we have had an estimate mace
and that our estimate is much higher than yours:
II know that we have actual proposition 10 90
this work for less than the estimate submitted
was the reply.
several real estate experts testified TO the
value of real estate be acquired by the applying
COMPANY and their testimony appeared 10 agree IN
the main with the estimates Of the company:
William R. Bull said, in testifying. that the ROAD
would cut the estate Of John E. Parsons in two
He continued: Il don't think any amount o.
money would compensate John E Parsons for the
damage caused his estate With Mr. Parsons
there is a great deal of sentiment about thls MI.
Parsons's father had the estate before him. MT
Parsons a who can AFFORD 10 nave seIil4-
rnents in z matter OF this kind
1t came out in the hearing that the new road
would run across the spot in the Jay estate Which
has been described by James Fenimore Cooper in
his novel The Spy Witness said he thought
the tract to be acquired the Jay estate one OF
the most beautiful in Westchester County
Ioseoh Wood testified that he thought the
value OF the land TO be acquired by the company IN
Mount Vernon was about Sie,1I5. Eugene LaInDdea
OF New-Rochelle. said the property TO be taken IN
miles was worth about sls173o. Mr.. Taft said the
New-Haven road had TO pay great deal more Tor
we have always felt kind of sorry for the New
Haven road on account OF me prices II palo Iof
Consider the New-Haven road got SUCK asheo
Mr.. Taft --.,--,a.. ra,1,ad
but the road can get It's right OF *aF great
deal cheaper than the New-fiayen road:
George L. Crossman testified that the Peoples
Guarantee and Indemnity Company had maqe
valuation of the right OF way through the BOT
ough Of The Bronx, and had placed the cost OF the
right Of way. to be obtained by condemnation pro-
ceedngs at s. 152.500
Augustus Thomas the playwright. who wrote the
RecbeIJe and be gave general testimony in favor
Of granting the franchise His direct examination
= won't ask Mr. Thomas any questions said
Mr. Taft when the witness turned over TO
him. 'But ! would like TO hear Mr- Thomas make
Il was not retained said Mr.. Thomas jokingly,
as he left the stand
pert declared ernphatically that Il would be per
fectly feasible practicable and safe TO operate the
trains on the schedule submitted by Nj GcItshaIl.
Witness said the schedule allowed OF a nfteerl-
second stop at stations: To show that THIS was
ample witness declared rhat the average stop on
the Manhattan Elevated Railway, on more than
900 tests. had been found to be less than eleven
seconds
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