New-York tribune., 1903-01-31
FOR CITY OWNERSHIP.
Estimate Board 4pproOes Fifty Year
Franchise zcitb Purchase Clause.

The granting of q fifty year franchise TO the
New-York City Interborough Railway Company III
The Bronx. subject to the approval OF Inc boai"
Of Aldermen was the most important subject dis
posed of by the Board of Estimate and Appor uoh
ment Yesterday It first proposed that the
city should purchase the plant ana cars ana rams
Of the Interborough company at the termination
of the franchise An amendment was oHereo iea'-
ing it optional for the city to do this. out "ien
the matter came UP yesterday the mayor pro
duced a statement giving his reasons for believing
that it would wise for the c1ty to commit itse4i
to the purchase of the plant of the ROAD at the
termination of the franchise The view OF the
Mayor was adopted by vote and the franchise was
annroved Tt will now go to the Board Of Alder
The statement of the Mayor. which he read him
self, follows in part:
In view Of the difference Of epinion in this board @
Interborough Railway Company SHOULD Sontshih ehss
provision that at the termnation OF the Iranchtse f
e fe y % Roard ei n tmate and Apportonment
or instead Of his should reserve to the city the
option purchase not at its pleasure ; aesire
that the first policy is the wiser one. .or
e f4n @ a1sfg H 2 9od TO ase In
City Of the finest dwellings o Of the GfX eo
ege H and SUCH fe Erected because the
lease provides that the termination of the lease
Of Of the improVement @ @ or else extend the lease on
the the Pne ha9d o LII fh9 Gc 0l MADE by
the policy that has made ireland land of novels
termnabie franchise, should agree to buy at far air
pan 1t that the IS at 9f that hf e or it's
operation. If the city pursues different policy 1t
S B Eca pay m3ny f0 Tg i W save an ~
serving option to buy or not, as 1t pieases-
final hearing was given on the improvements
about to be begun by the New-York Central ana
Hudson River Railroad.
resolution was adopted for the widening OF
Delancey-st.. to give better approach to the
williamsburg Bridge over the East River Inc
widening will be from Clnton-st to the bo"erS
The cost according to the figures OF Nelson (
Lewis engineer Of the board. will be 81 5S Iof
the south side Of the street and N315,Vp Tor the
north side.
The first discussion was over width OF seventy
five feet but when the resolution came 10 Eolo
it was amended to read that Delancey-st shoulo oe
wdened to 125 feet. the additional territory to oe
taken from the south side of the street 1t was
also decided to cut through an extension OF be-
Iancey-st., by acquiring the necessary Pfopei.S
from the west side of the Bowery TO 6i1n-st' Inns
street Will he eighty feet wide The noaro also
agreed that it would be necessary to "loeh d pai'
Of Clinton-st.
It was decided to postpone final action on ac-
curing all of this needed property until the next
meeting of the board, to give Engineer Lewis an
opportunity TO present a more 1echiilcei ue'OA-
of the property needed
The board ratified the purchase Of the plant Oh
the New-York and Westchester Water WORKS Noli
pany. The cost to the city Is ABOUT sol2o"''
The question of having moving pia'lorH over
the Williamsburg Bridge and thence unoerero"lu'
on the Manhattan side to the westerly eno OIL the
Brooklyn Bridge, and south to Wal-sL' was re-
ferred TO the Rapid Transit Commissioners for
public hearing. 49,, ,.o-
Commissioner Hawkes. sent letter to the Mayor
in which he said:
7 beg to advise you that have made an exannta- Ia
ton Of the waterfront which will be affected 9ec @ ng
proposed changes in the line OF the Ne & 1gS o fhe
D al
HarIano M River between One-hundr ed and-sixtty-
seyenth-st and Spuyten Duyvil It is the 9plIloff OF
nacing overhead crossings for teaming ana peuessa
frians where railroad crossings now exSt AT sLaue
~ lfIeet leading to the waterfront will be more
TO the interest of the Harlem Riyer "ateIiioli'
than the raising of the tracks would ne.