The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-02-12
MAYOR LOW FAVORABLE
Complete Connection May Be
Established With Long Is-
land and Eastern Lines.


Especial to THE Jersey City News. ]
ALBANY. Feb. TO- 1907, Senator Stran-
ahan submitted to the Senate Committee
on Cities yesterday substitute bill for
that which he has already introduced au-
thorizing the city of New York to grant
to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
the privilege Of building an underground
railway from west to east across Man
haitian Island in the vicinity of Thirty
first street. This underground railway
will have a connection with the tunnel
road which the Pennsylvania purposes to
construct beneath the Hudson River from
New Jersey to Manhattan Island, and
also with the tunnels which the same
road intends to construct beneath the
East River from Manhattan island to
Long Island at Long Island City.
Mayor Low, it was said here to-day. de-
sires to guard securely the interests of the
city when the underground road should
be built and therefore, 1t is reported, met
A. j. Cassatt, president of the Pennsyi-
varlia Railroad. with the general counsel
of the company, on Saturday and dis
cussed the bill with him. 1t is also prob
able that Corporation Counsel Rives was
also present at this conference. The orig
inal bill has been slightly modified, to car
ry out Mayor Lows purposes. The fol-
lowing phrase, for instance, was added to
it in regard to the grant by the Board of
Aldermen and the Board of Estimate and
Apportionment;
Every such grant may also contain such
other conditions as the said boards may
deem necessary to secure the maintenance
of the property in good condition. efficient
public service within the city limits, and
the operation Of the railroad in such a
manner as to insure the public health and
safety.
A statute under which the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Company may expend s40.-
0Oc,e00 In the construction of the great
tunnels and underground railway con-
templated will naturally be a subject of
general interest. The senate committee
substituted 1t for the bill laiready intro
duced, submitter it to the Senate. and re-
qilested that body to have 1t reprinted and
sent bacq to its custody. This the Senate
did. Senator Stranahan expects that
since the city authorities and the Penn
sylyania Railroad Company are united on
the bill, 1t will certainly be passed.
The bill is as follows
An act to amend the Greater New York
Charter by adding a section in relation to
franchises of tunnel railroad corporations.
now or hereafter Incorporated. for con-
structing and operating tunnel railroads
to connect with other railroads and form
thereby continuous line between point
or points within and point or points
without the city Of New York
The people Of the State Of New York.
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enact as follows:
Section l. The Greater New York Char
ter. as re-enacted BY Chapter 466 of the
laws Of 1901, is hereby amended by adding
thereto a new section, as follows:
Franchises to tunnel railroads to COM
meet with other railroads. and form there
BY continuous line to points without the
city
Sec. rs notwithstanding anything con-
tained In the Greater New York Charter,
the board Aldermen, with the approval
Of the Board OF Estimate and Apportion-
ment. Is hereby authorized. in Its discre-
tion. I'd grant to any railroad corporation
now or hereafter Incorporated for the
purpose. 5 declared n It's articles Of as
ISOLATION, of constructing and operating q
tunnel railroad Or railroads III the city Of
New York to be connected with the rail-
road or railroads Of any corporation Or
corporations now existing or hereafter r
faiixed Whefhef Under the laws + the
State of New York Or Of An adjoining
state: lid ther66x fornatpg continuous
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