New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-05
BILL TO LINK BRIDGES.
.MC4RREN IT'S AUTHOR.
an Unusual Commission Planned an
the Measure
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Albany. April "A bill providing for q new
100000 elevated loop railroad. connecting
She ,,vo r.rooksvn bridges. TO be constructed
owned and operated BY the city, to be regniateo
BY 2 three-headed commission and 70 carry pas
EenVers AZ r tllree-cent fare was tonight intro
6,,ced b.. Senator Patrick II. McCarren. The line
1. 70 run from the Park Row terminus or the
1,roollfvu Bridge up Centre-st. and across De
lsnce,-st. 10 the Williamsburg Bridge, and by
similar loop TO connect these bridges on ire
TroolSlvn side. The method Of naming the
commissioners IS unusual While nomlnaHy
vested In the Mayor. the power is given TO the
Borough President Of Brooklyn 10 name com
missioner. the Borough President Of Manhattan
Is To name q member, and the Mayor is 10 ap-
,,oint one member on his motion The
Mayor also appoints the chairman. The BROOK
lvn member Is TO have n salary Of $1,000. and
,,,uSt he q practieal engineer The other TWO
members are 10 receive $3.50. This municipaA
railroad commission IS 10 serve until the coan-
pletion % The road.
Authority Is vested in the commission 10 ap-
roint and employ a superintendent q secretary
and engineers, clerks and assistants, as they
decide. 20 rent buildings, purchase supplies anu
re-forrn other necessary functions. fur1he'
mower Is vested IN this commission 10 acquire
raj estate The extraordinary powers OF sign
.srs the contracts and agreements necessary LOT
the execution Of the act are gwen allH 80 80.
contracts, when signed, are binding on '.le ~
Of Neyv-York Further extraordinary powers
evs vested in this commission TO take possession
OF end use that portion OF such bridges acrVss
the East River as are N eAls1encF Q. No.. l1y =, -.
hereafter constructed which may De neCeasaiS
FOR the execution OF the provisions Of inns aC''
THE RAILROADS SPECIFICATIONS.
Thu exact specifications OF the new loop rail-
rad arc set forth az length IN the bill
IN. road is 10 b oouble track elevated
xt-,,~f,,re beginning q point 20 feet west %
tgSet,ITe Of the Williamsburg Bridge 70 run over
the bridge plaza 20 cross the ecNa,,eu - 49, ea
-rafed structure at Throop and Myrtle ayes. AZ
hT9op and Wggg90ES e se9a,r rcd for Curve A.
-Villoughby- and Grand ayes. the new ROAD VIII
sesn faef. II viii 90 beneath Fort Greene Park
6y tunnel. IN Fulton-st the present e4f fsts
.f the new road TO parallel them TO Mas vas Ion
e.; 'l 80 ,,sScls % TIE present Brooklyn Bridge
1nes or through and over private p.opeiI is -
deck Thence they viii cross the bridge 10 q II, pom, ,
Park Row and Centre-s, Inenge LIE az ~
extended west from It's present terminus. on nc
sbe Tb,T6-ave line on the Boverv. and thence 20
The Manhattan end u the NiiliaInsnuIg STlos5e,
construction Of al the necessary appurtsenan.ces'
rolling stock. power houses and similar adjunc1s
MAY ISSUE S15.OooOoo BONDS.
The Board Of Estimate and Apportionment IS
authorized 10 issue Sl3QbNteD bonds TOT the
sourpoSe OF The act The Municipal Railroad
Commission is authorized whenever it is neces-
gary 10 ADOPT q resolution requesting the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment TO direct the
Controller 10 issue stock or bonds to the amount
necessary. and in the resolution specify the pur-
poses for which II is he used. The Board or
Estimate. within thirty days. must consider the
request and in its Judgment direct such an issue
If the Board Of Estimate and AportonInent
Goes not give the commission the sum i may
al n
term % the Supreme Court for a mandarrus
directing the issue OF the bonds by the Con-
rroller The bonds are to be redeemed after
fifty years from sinking fund created Tor the
PURPOSE. on the completion OF the road, the
commission IS 20 have the power subject 10 the
NTunicipal civil Service Commission. TO appoint
sind employ such employees as shall be necessary
fof the maintenance and operation of the new
road also TO make contracts for service and sup
plies such power with regard To contracts 10
10 subject 10 the restrictions placed Dy the char
ter on the power Of the head Of an admins
frstiop derlartent Of the city 10 make contracts.
= three cent fare is prescribed by the law from
any station in Brooklyn to any IN Manhattan,
or vice versa. -Four years after the date OF the
completion OF the line the term Of the COM
OMISSION Is 10 be deemed TO have expired, and the
Mayor IS appoint successors in the way the first
members were appointed. The money received
from the operation or the road is to be deposited
monthly with the City Chamberlain, and so FAR
a s possible these sums TO be used In paying
oil interest stock bonds issued for the
road Fare is 20 be reduced whenever the eX-
1lenses Of the road Justify 1t, with appreciation
on a majority vote OF the commission. Senator
lfCCarren announced tonight that the bill came
from the borough authorities and is Borough
President Iittleton's plan.