New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-27
CENTRAL'S WORK HALTS
CAN'T GET PLOT OF LAND.
Big improvement to Road Checked
bv YOnkers Board of Aldermen.

r-,a whole plan of the New York Central for
she ,znprovenent of the road from Spuyten
Duvyil 10 Peeksdn is threatened by the action
~ the Yonkers aldermen Monday night i'm
refusing to sanction an application to the Legis-
loture for permission TO the city and the rail-
road 10 allow the sale or condemnation OF a
niece of land under water. less than 800 square
feet in area.
The land IS Just north Of the present Yonkers
station OF the Central. and IS at the point where
the Hepperhan River flows into the Hudson. The
railroad needs it 10 make possible the elevation
oY the tracks in Yonkers and the erection Of the
new station The land necessary for the i'm
movement both north and south has been OBJ
1ained from New York 70 Albany. and only this
small piece OF ground. useless, according to
Mayor Coyne of Y'onkers. for any other purpose
remains TO be acquired Five hundred men are
now at work IN Yonkers preparing for the eleva-
zion Of the tracks and five hundred more are to
20 70 work in a short time All this work is
likely 10 be suspended II the aldermen persist
sn their present attitude.
Mayor Coyne faVors the improvement ana
said yesterday that the road was entitled TO the
land II asked, for which it has offered to pay
.aTbe city entered into contract with the Cen
trail" he said yesterday during the adminlstFa-
zion OF my predecessor. Congressman Andrus.
Il
she terms OF this contract. II bound the city
On cooperate with the railroad IN securing the
elimination Of grade crossings. It Limited tho
liability Of the city for this improvement TO
e13sOOO and despite the fact that the state
railroad Commission has increased the cost OF
she work by ordering the erection of two bridges
RI Ludlow. instead Of the one previously ar
ranged for. we shall not have to pay any more
THE railroad is spending enormous sums 10
srnn-ove conditions. and II should nave an le'
climate help I have criticised the ROAD Sc
Terely in the past / may 90 so again. but ia
this case IT is right, and the aldermen are
wrong" - .
The land sought by the road forms part OF a
legislative grant made to the city in 1889, whlch
TroXi6es that the tract shall be kept Tree from
al obstruction The grant having been MADE
Cor a plblic purpose cannot. according TO Mayor
Coyne be revoked without the consent OF lne
aldermen or until the city becomes party 10
an application for permission 10 condemn ths
property.
The plans OF the Central in YonlIers conterl-
Mate The elimination Of all grade crossings
within a year The tracks in the centre OF the
citv are 10 be elevated and within six weeks
work 70 this end viii have progressed enough
20 permit the tearing down OF the bridge by
which Main street crosses the railroad. Masonry
sor the, elevated structure Is far advanced IN
construction in many parts OF the elevated zone
and plans for the destruction Of the present sta
fion are under way Unless the grant OF the
land now under dispute is made, however, there
will be a necessary and unbridgeable gap in the
elevated structure, and work may be SUSPENDED
O6lcials OF the Central were not ready 10 say
ANYTHING about the matter last night, but prom
ised a statement to-day.