New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
SEEK BETTER TRANSIT.
North Side Board of Trade FaUorS
Port Chester Road.

Metropolis Theatre building 3d-aYe. and 142d-
ST. There was a large attendance, OHn j.
Stephens was reelected president of the board
for 1906. The following vice-presidents were
elected Ernest Hall, Joseph A. Goulden, Adolph
G. Hupfel, John ]. Amory, John Clafiin, Henry
L. Morris Henry A. Gumbleton, John F. Sleeves
Charles A. Berrian and Louis F. Haffen. AS
members of the executive committee to serve
until 1909 the following were chosen: Matthew
Anderson, John ]. Fox. John De Hart William
J. Williamson, Charles W. Stoughton. Arthur
Knox and Wesley II. Trimmer
The various standing committees OF the ooaTo
submitted reports for the year. The reports re-
viewed the work accomplished by the commit
tees during the year. They were received and
placed on file.
James L. Wells offered the following resolu-
tions, which were adopted:
Resolved That the North Side Board Of Trade.
at regular meeting held December "a, upon
behalf Of the welfare of The Bronx does re-
spectfully request the Board Of Estimate ana
ApportIonment finally to approve the SAID con-
tract or franchise for the Port Chester Railroad
at the meeting OF said board to be held jan
uary 26 1906 and the Mayor is respectfully
urged to sign said contract without delay; ana
it is further
North Side Board of Trade that the interests OF
The Bronx and the city Of New-York as a whole
will be best served If the Board Of Estimate and
Apportionment will at once direct and instruct
the Port Chester Railroad to make connexions
with the elevated structure OF the SUBWAY Dotl!
at or near Tremont-ave. and Boston Road and
at Westohestsr-avs- and Southern
Boulevard; and 1t is ,
Resolved That the President of the North
Side Board of Trade is instructed to appear
before the Board Of Estimate and Apportionment
January 26, 1906. and then and there urge
the Board of Estimate and AppOrtionment and
the Mayor to take immediate favorable action
on the Port Chester Railroad franchise or con-
tract and to file win the said board ana Mayor
a certified copy of this action of the North Side
Board of Trade.
REPORT ON UNION RAILWAY.
John De Hart, chairman Of the committee on
street improvements. submitted special report
on the blockade Of the Southern Boulevard and
Westchester-ave- cars Of the Union Railway
where they cross the Pohahontas branch of the
New-York Central and Hudson River Railroad.
The report In part. stated:
The Union Railway Company is running cars
in the Southern Boulevard crossing the Poca-
hontas tracks. The work Of building the retain
ing wall is progressing rapidly.
The concrete abutments in Westchester- ave.
are completed and the iron girders placed
thereon That is also now ready for the con-
crete filing. few days after handed In my
over the Pocahontas tracks in Westchesterraye.
the balance OF the ironwork was received by the
contractor. They Immediately proceeded with
the construction OF the permanent structure
taking advantage of the fine weather, and have
completed the The permanent condutts
are rapidly nearing completion. They had to
be laid alongside of the abutments, so that this
interfered with the laying Of the temporary
tracks that would be Of any use to the Union
Railway
have consulted with the officials OF the Union
Railway Company, with the chief engineer Of
the President OF the Borough OF The Bronx, and
also with the contractor I find that when the
contractor was in position to go ahead anG with
plenty OF filling on hand to do the filing he
was not permitted to, because that would have
stopped the traffic at When he was al
lowed TO go ahead and notified to do SO by the
chief engineer the railroad company had not
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When the New-York Central Company had
completed their concrete work and taken out
their forms provision had to be made to lay
the wires under the ground, and these conduits
had to be made in such way as to prevent
way system north of 135th-st. would have been
blocked. The contractor is now filling in the
street between st. ADn's-ave. and the Pocahon-
tas Railroad. The Union Railway Company
have laid their tracks between Brook-aVe. and
the Pocahontas tracks. The contractor says
that It will take him another week before he can
complete the two hundred feet OF filling be-
tween the easterly abutment and St. Ann's-ave.,
which. If weather permits. he promises to do.
STREET OPENINGS CONDEMNED.
The following resolution introduced by Albert
e Davis adopted
The injustice and unnecessarily large expense
70 the taxpayers of the present mode pursued
in street opening proceedings has been recently
agitated; therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the North Side Board of Trade
reaff1rrn its former declaration in favor OF the
creation of permanent board or commission In
place of the numerous special or temporary
commissions and urge upon the Senate and
Assembly the enactment OF such legislation as
will accomplish this purpose
Resolutions extending the condolences of the
board to the families Of the late Charles Slough
ton. Watson H. Bovine and Alderman John II.
Dougherty all of whom died recently. and who
were members of the board, were offered by
James L. Wells. and unanimously adopted
Mr.. Stoughton ninety years old at the
time of his death, December !. For more than
thirty years he had been most active in pro-
noting the improvement of the Harlem River
and the Bronx Kills q ship canal, connecting
the Hudson River with Long Island Sound.
James L. Wells for the real estate committee.
reported that there had been marvellous build
ing development In The Bronx in 1905, the bor
ough standing fourth IN ths United States in the
increase of projected buildings over 1904. Man
haitian. Brooklyn and Chicago were the only
places to exceed The Bronx IN this respect .
He presented the following figures:
CoNvDYANCEs.
1908 SS93