New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-02
TO PAY WHAT CITY ASKS.
PORT CHESTER,S OFFER.
The Company Hart Little TINS
Feelings and Can Vat.

-, ,-,vr-5-ork -ud Port Chester ard the Kew
--o-. Boston and westchester Railway CON-
ra,,iov Yesterday MADE application 10 tAe Qua =
~ Alfe-roen Cor permits 90 cross ABOUT s'A's
,,-e.te and avenues IN The Bronx Inc NeN.
zo-k and Port Chester company says II W.
,av whatever rental Tor occupancy OF 'ns
st-eets crossed that the city imposes me "
chester and Boston company ohers TO pay %
oer,s unesr foot cor all space occupied In
crossing streets.
Aldermen peter sturnpf presented the apphoa-
80, Of ire Port Chester company. II offers
IRON, the old resolution IN that the proposals
,-,ee, al he objections raised 81 the various
bea-,-1rs and also those expressed by the Mayor
when he vetoed the grant made by the aioor-
men 10 the olevv-YorlI Boston and WESTMINSTER
Railway Company two weeks ago. The foTIfaA
resolution attached 20 the application presented
by Mr.. Sturnpf and referred 70 the COMMITTEE on
Fsilroods says:
This assent is given upon md subject 10 the
following conditions 20 be observed and per
formed by t1e railway company; FlIsI 1-,e $50
cou.panv shall pay 20 the city of New OF < So
compensation AK rhan be determined by IIe
BOARD Of Estimate and AppcruonInent' seCuIl,-
she entire expense etc. shall be borne ana palu
hv the company and the company shan aISo
.sv the entire cost OF removing. altering or re-
storing any water or sewer pipes which may pe
encountered by the railroad. third. II q new
street shall hereafter be constructed by tne CITY
OF
yany. or * change shall be made II any eNlst,
fng crossing. the said company shan pear anu
pay the proportion Of the expense o. u.ahlll5s
puCh crossing specified In ana liked oy Seclloh "
~ frn Railroad Law for crossings o. steam rall-
--oade. fourth the said railroad shall NOT oe OF
Grated by locomotive steam power; MN. ne
sorr1 design and style OF all structures erected
lv rafd company over or unoeT the strcets 70 ne
crossed shall be approved by the Mayor ahG .ile
President OF the Borough OF The bronA' slAlt
- safS GERMANY shall restore ell streets crossed
,v fts railroad and ell sub-surface structures et
such crossings 70 their proper state aio 20 suCH
rtate as not unnecessarily 20 impair ther use
sulness-
IN. osev-Yo-jz. Boston and westchester Com
.nsnv through Alderman Gass. also presented
Oh amended application for the permission II
.,,.o5s 70 operate SIS railroad. The application
-zas referred unread TO The Railroad Committee.
Among the proposals in the application are the
following:
70 nav an annual rental OF % cents per linear
Foot Of each railroad crossing a public street
rorstructe6 or in course Of construction Or Sixty
feet 81 width. with a propOrtioLaIe llCredse oA
streets q greater wlCJh. 10 pay a. -. :, -
Htructing such railroad crossings; 81 such cross
Sings nhaIl be above or below tie SURFACE 50 a.
not 20 interfere with the use q inc sueeL - q
public highway: al tunnels below TIE CROSSINGS
email he not less than eighteen ieet N helei''
Ehe construction snail not interfere ~ an. w
with the oitys or private piping o. sewers; TIE
entire road within the city limits shan -
fenced IN and lighted by electricity; the tracks
snail be Spanked ftIiHthiille WIN f'''NN-
oil to prevent dust nuisance; al stations shaii
re on lane owned by the company: the iare
within the city limits shall he five cents
Accompanying the application and fo-frsL
resolution a lonC brief. i Teccunts a. tfe
advantages 10 be gained by construction OF
the conlpsnv's lines ard reiterates he gusran-
tee OF Dick e Robinson 70 produce S13l-. Goo
20 finance The constructio ION.
Alderman HaEFerrv. chairman % the Railroad
Committee said thar The committee wouid AZ
nnCe take ny consideration of the two Fpp,ca-
lions. and he intiuaJed that they would report
them AZ early day.
one 81 Alderman SuIlivaa's friends said yes
serdav that because the Port Chester Con1per-v
had made II elsa crsea bic for the alderman The
friends Of Afr Sullivan 81 the hoard would take
1he'~ time n considering Ire requests ~ the
Port Chester company.