New-York tribune., 1903-02-14
ARRANGE TERMS FOR FRANCHISE.
Interbcrough Objects to Deposit of Sio,ooo
as Guarantee.

The value Of The franchise to be granted 10 the
fnterboreugh Railroad 10 cross Macemes Dam
Bridge and make other connections with ITS exist
ing lines in Tas Bronx was arranged at 9eStsi-
davs meeting Of the Beard OF Estimate Inc
board decided on per cent Of the total gross an
nual receipts, not to be less than S~ Tor 1ne lrsl
term of five wears, and fer future terms OF hNe
wears each to be increased at least 500 year
The boards report demanded deposit OF sloteo ny
the railroad ee.npany insure the carrying out OF
other conditions required by the contract
w H Page Of counsel for the railroad objected
TO any advance payment, ana INSISTED thdl IN.
franchise had been asked. not in the interests or
the company. bu in the interests Of the travelling
public.
There IS a demand for connection Of the roads
either side Of the bridge, he said, and we are
pleased 10 do anything the public demands,
That interrupted Controller Grout' rs the
most surprising statement ever made by railroad
company in this city
Mr.. Page did not reply. hut the hundred or more
men ana zeBleH who we're present laughed aloud
After Two three speeches had been made de-
Tnanding a single fare from any part Of The Bronx
te any part of Manhattan. the subject was re
ferred TO the Controller. Mr.. GFout would be
ready TO report he said next week.
The plan 10 elevate the tracks on Atlantic-aVe
Brooklyn. sas opposed 10y the Rev A C Jones, of
the Church of Charity Foundation Of Long
Island lie described the property OF the founda-
tion-St. Johns chapel, hospital, nurses home, or
phsHs' heme aud mertuary chapel-occupylhg
nearly four hundred feet square in Atlantie-ave
and declared that aH elevated road would impair
the usefulness Of those institutions
The seflsEae of Improvement in Auantie-aVe has
been pending more than hftsen years The ques-
tion issue is dispute as to whether the tracks
be elevated or depressed.
w II Baldwin jr. of the Long island Railroad.
whose tracks are in AtlaRtic-aFe-, said that the
rights IF zhe railroad aRtedated the rights ct aRy
property owner in the avenue. F'ae tracks were
laid he said, in 1885. Through farm land on the
private property Of the railroad company. " hen
the improvements completed there weuld be
less noise than there all trains would
he worked hy electricity and the viaduct was TO
he ef extraordinarily heavy construction
Replying to Mayor Low, AIR. Baldwin sald ms
company would have preferred tunnel road. Tie
riaduct from East Neg-York 10 the city line. he
said. would be completed and trains running over
bsfare winter To construct a tunnel would
take tue IL il decided la 10 construct
tunnel the existence OF the Viaduct would not
iHterfere with the work. and would increase the
csst OF the 1uRnel construction cnly slightly
Eugene Blackford, Of the Atlantic Avenue I'M
rroVernenf Commission, SAID ~ rather late in
the cav fer any one 80 object te plans that were
published and approved. and for which the con-
tract had been let end ia many parts OF the ave
n8s eaFFisd
The board decided that the city would approve no
under way were completed and their efficiency