New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-24
IIES FOR FIVE BRIDGES
TsNTS MANY STREETS.
y-n;or Rail5cay Com pany Would Put
T-ocl,s IN MosE0lu Park5cay.

T-gcl,s IN HosF0lU ParlScay.
,,.-, r.uari A. aiaber Of the Union Rail-
,,..,,ra-v &c The P,0nz yesterday MADE sp-
Va - 20 tire Board OF Aldermen for street
l-'.,,sss which generally speaking. would give
T--,,r Zines the right 70 cross the Willis
W -. s,.,7 7-7s1-ara- forty-niuth-st.. Macombs
- ,-ss-ir-ton end FoTdham bridges. and TO
'' ,.ffh the Metropolitan lines at the
- enc C. Manhattan Island. The hearing
-. down s7r March . before the Railroad
,,rr,ntec - Tho board
-. srrrcstion Is unusual IN that the COM
-s.e IN wants 10 connect with railroads
ls-t t.f, q nile O. bridges that are within
~. mile ~ ,ts own tracks. y asks, to quote.
80 fright. privilege and franchise for the
.--,.for. maintenance and operation Of
60. rack street surface railways. including
,-,s-asv connections. switches, sldings.
turntables. crossovers and suitable
~ other structures necessary Tor the &C
ssffov and operation q said railroad by
.-,-bea6 or other system OF electricity or
-.o+sro ro,yer which may be lawfully en-
- u,on the same upon and across
I-,, -uatic ,-.aducts. bridges and approaches
~. e,a adjacent 70 or within one-half mile Of
r,r+e o~ routes o. its existing railroads. for
-. ,r-r7ee of connecting with and reaching the
- sarots. stations or terminl OF other rail-
vricb are not more than one-hslf mile
- from such bridges or viaducts.
s---,,arized. The franchises asked for cover
she following routes;
r-,- vlus-ove. and East one-hundred -s-'d-thir-
tr-,ourth-st sot - I7izta,,s 20 me tracks ~
49, Avenue Railroad Company al East one
t1s 49, ~. -tv-el-- s. ATHEIST.
hgnoeiTs- ft.1dred-ar tilirty-eighth-st and
'-r,sror-st. 10 Gerard-ave north % East One-hun-
cTad .ano--,i Esi BRIDGE along west One-hun-
th-st- 30 the intersection OF LeloA-
sr, end the tracks OF me SIKH Avenue ia--' 0ao
'2 -5- Boscobel and Aquedact aves. 70 and across
1--.,rf-sf-st TO the kingsbrtdge Railroad Con-
s-rs Intersection az West One-hundred-aild-
g Hs-far1 River Terrace and Fordhaul-ave.
f5atasry aouE The Terrace 70 alG aSIoss me eS
-.--.ssventh-st. 10 Amsterdam or Ienth ave. 70
trs-son-st 10 the intersection OF The kingsorloge
i' zen BasIey-ave. ana Harlem River Terrace
foutbery 10 Ccdar-avc. 70 the company 5 tracks IL
From he Kingsb-ldge station Q, the New-Tork
Contra Railroad al Two-hundred- -thiTtleth-st
~ re- nev-5ye. 1ortherlv 10 the Albany Road, 10
Van Cortandt-ave. thence soutEeastery TO Seog-
from Broadway and East Two-hundred -and-thir-
ty-egEth-sJ eastelly 10 ana CEe- 5AS o54oeS 49,
The eV-York and Putnam Railroad 10 the Albany
From wehster-ave. and East wo-s';n6ged-and-
thrty-thrd-st easterly 20 and over the Drlase olt
The tracks OF the New-Nork and Harlem Railroad
' FROM S7s T i1 and East oue-hund-e5-
forty-ninth-st westerly along One-hUndrco-ale-
.orty-ninth-st 10 and across the ore-hundTec-ana-
gorrv-ufrrh-st bridge over the Harlem
From ThTd-aye and East one cal,
nirth-st. easto-iy 10 the tracks OF ne oo1lheIh
Pou'evard Railroad Company.
IRON the terminus o. The Jnion company on re
AID lcrtse the Nacoub's Dam Bridge. as DESCRIBED
in the ordinance giving the applicant COMPANY
IN eerterTber ID 1aG: thence along the vtadUct
westerly along West One-hundred-and-hity-I III ti-s'
--nr lar.a earr1w
10 slg gsro7,esve and Mosholu Parkway south,
uorthwesterly along Mosholu Parkway 10 oeoe-
from Jerome-sve and Gun Hm Road easterly
along Gun Hn Road 70 Nebster-aNe
The Union company's proposed extension Of It's
Inc over the viaduct az OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Gfth-st doubtless viii arouse good deal OF
comment II Il gets what Il is after x viii be
sble 70 carry passengers 20 the Polo Grounos
md fairly close TO the American League base
hall grounds. While the traffic to these points
from The Bronx is not particularly heavy now
s. is certain 20 increase year by year.
The Union company already has franchise
for the Macomb's Dam Bridge The application
fled Yesterday asks Tor a franchise over ne
same structure. What the company wants tWo
franchises for is not made clear.
% is understood that the routes laid down by
the applicant company DO not conflict with the
routes desired by the New-York and Port Ches-
ser and the New-TOrk. Westchester and Boston
companies These two companies are opposing
each other while neither Is particularly antago-
iistic 10 the Onion company.
President Naher sent 10 President Fornes 81
the Board Of Aldermen with his application
comics Cd resolutions adopted by the Taxpayers
Alliance the Tweuty-third Ward Property own
e-S' Association. The South Bronx Taxpayers
Association and the Building Trades Employers
Association Of The Bronx. II Cf which approve
she applica tiou OF the company, with the unla--
standing tEa- the company IL not 10 get the eN-
elusive use Of the bridges asked for and that the
civ IS 10 be fairly paid for the franchises.
Ii was recalled yesterday that the INTERIOR
ouch Street Railway Company Of The Bronx
nd IN nm AZ
mary Il the privileges asked for yesterday by
presi5fnt Naher The aldermen granted the
s0n.uauv certain franchises. but WbeE the Inter
lc-Cuchs proposition came before the state
paILro.a Commission h was reieCtc4.