New-York tribune., 1906-06-25
PAVING DUTY SHIRKED.
Citu Betterment Bureau Says Ra't-
zcaus Osoe City 81 100000.

tn. ysureau Of City Betterment OF the Cl'i-eiio
Union issued statement last night deciarins me.
the surface railways OF the city have successiis
avoided their paving obligations ano' as e.. 81.
..counanies operating In Manhattan owe lne CITY
mora than 81 500 Oc0. Corporation Counsei IelahS
ia called to task for his ''dlatory methods IN not
prosecuting the companies.
Attention is drawn to the fact at this time by
-.eson of the repaving of lower Broadway ana
other streets which car tracks are laid Inc
statement declares that the surface roads ar. not
having for their share of the work. as required by
law.
"a remarkable feature of the situation. the
statement reads 'fs tho attitude of the Corporation
6,ounsels office which has permitted the test suits
brought by the city TO slumher peacefully In a
referees court for two and a half years In the
mean time the paving debts OF the railroads nave
accumulated. and they will continue TO grow un-
less the city makes earnest effort to csIect
them"
There are thirty-nine paving suits. involving
s725 OOO pending in the courts. The first or THESE
was begun in 1890 against the Harlem Bridge Nor
risania & Fordham Railway Company. Judgment
in this instance rendered against the city An
appeal was taken, and last January the Appellate
Division ordered retrial. Seven of the suits were
begun in 1885, during Mayor Strongs administration
and two by Corporation Counsel Whalen in 1901.
When Corporation Counsel RiveS went into office
in 1862 he undertook to press all the ctys claims
against the railroads by entering 229 suits. All the
citys evidence submitted in 1903. but the rail-
roads, the statement declares. instead OF sub
mitting their cases. made motion for dismissal
Mr. Delany has not seen mt to argue that mo-
tion, and in the two and a half years that have
elapsed since the Mcclellan administration came
into power no apparent effort has been made to
press these suits. Just why such dilatory methods
have been pursued only the Corporation Counsel
can tell, for it is known mat the suits in question
selected for trial because their outcome would
decide number of important cases.
The statement continues:
One of the weak spots in the city's position is
original pavement warranted tied it's it's requirement. by
new material Owing to the fact that there are
testify intelligently concerning the condition OF
first work Of repaving was Begun, it is obvious
that the suits should be earnestly pressed withost
the suits are undecided. the city would be placed
at great disadvantage.
that the proper notices to repave their track area
ncpay Itself did % the work Prior t9 iss @ % fb
records of such service are either very defective
are hardly much better off in this respect. for
complete.
In the following list the bureau shows the net
Indebtedness OF operating companies In Manhattan:
Eighth Avenue Railroad Company. $50 1e1 O4
Twen{y7eighth went eighth & Twenty-nrth Street Rail
ss@3 SS%s12s l5ss6s 5sss Gf
S5fn2s asfRS Rr5s9 s595a sg5
Bieecker Street & Fulton Ferry Railroad Com
pany 1884 72
IttuWay seventh Avenue Railroad Company
metropolitan Crosstown Railroad Company sol 81
North q East River Railroad Company. 1892
A aEenue II ftaliroad Company ..:.... 2S.921 IS
New YORK Central & Hudson River Railroad
Company 2O27 28
tiioh tdiLNdE company ....-....... 19.7O6 90
Thirty fourth street Crosstown Railroad Com
- rany $500 so
Twenty-third Street Railroad Company..... 10 730 95
Fort second Street n Grand street Ferry
Railroad Company ......................., 61ee7 "a
SIKH SIKH Avenue RAJ road Company 59.47S 70
CHRISTOPHER e West Tenth Railroad
Company ses67 IL
etToIotah street railway Conpany.....-. 22l 713 SO
1entTal CrosstoWn Railroad Company 1454S 20
Third Avenue Railroad {
Central Park & North & East River Railroad
Compsny e4e4s 80
Chambers Street & Grand Street Ferry Rail-
ROAD COMPANY OVERWHELMINGLY. 17.77O ss
Dry Dock & East Broadway & Battery
road COMPANY :.............. n1.1s5 AZ
Houston. West Street s. Pavona Ferry Rail-
road COMPANY se2s2 73
Broadway Railroad Company ................ 40
Lexington Avenue Railroad Company.
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street Railroad
Company 44s2 so
One Hundred and Sixteenth Street & Ienox
Avenue Railroad Company. ..........."... e5sa %
Fourth Avenue Iiairoad Company 2.314 10
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Cross
Railroad Com ................... 1873 80
Sixth & Eighth Avenue Railroad
Tenth Avenue Railroad Company. 100 Al
Fulton Street Crosstown Railroad Company. 3S
Avenue A Railroad Company. .............. 1874 on
Seventh Avenue Railroed Company. 42O3l OF
Total 52s 10