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An application was made Yesterday Ia
The Rapid Transit Commission Ny ,l~ New
tofk. New iiaypn and Hartford Railroad
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bFanch tatwpen Ne msl6 lln~ NJ woodlawn
and iiw Harlem Hlyer and Port Ches'HT
Railroad NJ q poin, near Wee, Farne.
Although their was nothing In The word
ing u The application 10 indicate that tho
franchisa had any s~racial Importance, u
aranteh n would enable thR company
"a carry into effect o long oonsidered plan
20 entsr tho city over eunlP other tracks
than the New York Centrals,
T1s New Haven system ends At o
lawn station. and II has 10 pay heavily for
tho lice ~ the Central's tracks, A q result
there has bsen bitterness In the business
relations u the two oompa nips,
Ia the construction Of tho New York
Connecting Railroad, which will join the
new Pennsylvania terminal at Long Island
City with the New Haven at Port Morris
In The Bronx. the company has apparently
found a way out Of the difficulty
Woodla W.T. IL In the neighhorhoud Of 2ID'h.
II rect, BY building a track two or three
miles long the company can reach the Har-
lem River and Port Chester Railroad at
Wost Farms. The proposed junction il to
be made at White Plains road and Lincoln
street.
The application Is for the const ruc' ion
Of q four track connection. The Port Chester
company, which IL owned by the New Haven
and Hartford company, runs from IN
street through New Rochelle 10 Port Ches-
ter. II the franchise should be granted the
New Haven railroad could run It's trains
over the tracks Of the Suburban railroad
as the Harlem River and Port Chester Rail-
road il commonly known. to the Port Morris
terminal Of the connecting railroad and
thence to the Pennsylvania station now
being oonst ructe ed on the west side OF the
Cit v. near Thirty-fourth Il reet.
The CONNECTING Railroad is a corpor al ion
Jointly owned by the Pennsylvania and New
Haven and is 10 lie used in common by boi h
systems. The application was referred
to the committee on plans and contracts.
The boa I'd also discussed yesterday the
present status of the Connecting Railroads
franchise. At the beginning of the year
the franchise was gra nted by the board.
but he Mayor, acting on the advice OF Chief
Engineer Nicolls OF the Bureau of Fran
chises held out for better terms and upon
his suggestion the whole matter was referred
to a conference committee of the Rapid
Transit Commission and the Board Of
Estimate.
The Board of Estimates committee has
since then been working on it's own hook
and has not called a single conference with
he representatives Of the Rapid Transit
Commission. At last weeks meeting OF
the commission. President Rea Of the Con-
Meeting company sent a protest against
the delay. Mayor Mcclellan at that meet
ing explained that President Mctiowan
Of the Board of Aldermen, who is the chair
man Of the committee, had informed him
that Mr.. Rea had refused to send to the COM
mittee certain information.
President Orr Of the Rapid Transit Com
mission passed On this explanation to Mr.
Rea and at yesterdays meeting a reply
from Mr.. Rea was read. He said that he
had given to Mr.. Mc(iowan all the informa-
tion asked for except that he WAS unable
to estimate the freight tonnage the Connect
ing company expected to carry.
On Comptroller Metz's motion it was
decided that the commission should call
upon the Board of Estimates committees
to confer with the representatives OF the
commission without further delay.