New-York tribune., 1908-10-24
PUBLIC NOTICES
CITY OF NEW YORK.
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPoR-



BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPoR-
TIONMENT.
Public notice is hereby given that at .
poruon1ment. held september 18th lsOS'
To the Honorable tbs Board Of Esumate
and AppOrtiorment:
Ths petition Gf the Union Railway Con-
pany OF New York City pesDectfully shows:
First. That your petitioner IS q street
surface railroad company. organized undeF
the laws OF the State OF New York BY the
1 ming OF Articles Of Consolidation OF otner
Railroad Companies IN the ONCE OF the
secretary OF state Of Now York on the
nth day OF July. 1892. and for many years
track street surface railroad. with exte1-
Eions and branches for the carriage OF pas
the Bronx in the City OF New YORK. Dy
the uss Of the overhead trolley system OF
electric traction as motive power.
Second; One OF the roads owned by eDs
petitioner Is constructed in the Borough OF
the Bronx, along Third Avenue to Pelham
Avenue, and thence along Pelham Avenue
Avenue. NOrtherly and southerly. and
peTatiug theTeover affords conVenlent
Inc for public travel between the territory
djacent to the Harlem River and the DIS
'fct lying about Fordham Station
Third: Your petitionsr. for ths cor
nlence Of public travel, proposes 20 ex-
Avenues, as aforesaid. from the lntersec-
tion OF Pelham AvenUe 70 Bronx PARK oy
or extension upon Pelham Avenue OF the
length OF 1890 feet. described as follows;
beginning at and connecting with the
petitioners double track road, now con-
structed on Third Avenus. al the junction
Of Pelham Avenue. running thence East
erly with double tracks in or upon the sur
face OF Pelham Avenue 10 the southern
Boulevard. all IN the Borough OF the Eronxs
In the City OF New York.
Fourth: An additional road owned by the
petitioner IS constructed upon snd a4ons
FOrdham Road formerly known as High
bridge Road from FOrdham Station 10
Sedgwick Avenue, in the Borough ot the
Bronx, thence along said Avenue 10 kings
bridge. and forms import7nr crosstoWn
Inc for public trs|el in said Borough
Fifth: Your petitioner. for the con-
venience CT the public travelling over said
crCsstown line, which dssl-es to reach the
subway line az Broadway. In the Borough
OF Mani attain, proposes to extend It's rail-
road from the intersection OF Fordharn
Road and Sedgwtck Avenue by the con
structioa OF a double track branch or ex1
over the following named Streets. Avenues
and Bridges, viz -
Beginning at and connecting with tbs
tracks OF the Union Railway Company os
New York City, at the intersection OF Ford
ham Road. running thence Westerly IN,
Road and Hampden Place TO West ono
Hundred ard Eighty-fourth street, % ang
thence in through upon anq along .,,s-,S s@iS
Street TO its intersection with the eastefiy
approach to the new or Fordham HslSnts
5TldZe. over The Harlem hlEGE AllG GS-A
Meeting the Boroughs OF the ETonx aLo
Manhattan: thence westerly in. through.
upon and along said easterly approach
and upon, over, across ana a4ohS SO
bridge. and IN. through. upon and along
the westerly approach TO said bridge 70
West Two Hundred and Seventh street, IN
the Borough OF Manhattan; thence west
crly IN, through, upon and along said West
Two Hundred and Seventh Street 10 the
snth Street with Amsterdam Avenue COR
Tenth Avenue: thence southeriy N,
through. uIon and along said Amsterdam
Avenue (OT Tenth Avenuel 70 its intersec-
ton with Emerson Street, thence westerly
street 10 The Intersection Of Broadway with
o, the Bronx and Manhattan.
sixth: That your petitioner proposes %
operate each OF said extensions or branches
by the overhead trolley system o. eIec-
tricity similar in all respect TO that oy
which It's road is row operated: that for
the construction and operation OF said rWo
rlroDOsed extensions or branches the con
sent OF your Honorable Board 70 each -
necessary, and your petitioner desiring 70
obtain the same hereby applies 20 the
Board for It's consent TO. and grant o.
separate franchises or rights foE the con-
str1cti0n and operation Of double track
branches or extensions OF It's railroad foE
the public use IN the conveyance OF per
First, Pelham Avenue from Third Avenue
to the Southern Boulevard, and. second,
from FOrdhaIn Road 70 BroadWay oy Eey
OF West One Hundred ana 1-IgnLy-1qqII.I- n
Street. Harlem River Bridge, Two Hun
dred and Seventh Street and Ems:soo
Street
lie notice OF this application for said con
sents, franchises or rights. and OF the TINE
ei-st considered. be given as required by
law and that the grant OF sucn Iranchlses
or rights be made In ACCORDANCE VIII ths
provisions Of tho Greater New Tork Char
ter and the Railroad Law applicable hereto
patsI. New York, July 2sth: n 1905 o., ,-v-1U
BY EDWARD A. MAHER President
state. city and county Of New YORK. s..
Edward A Maher, being duly sworn,
says that he g the President OF the Union
Railway Company sc New YORK CITY, tne
petitioner herein; that he has read re
foregoing petition and knows the conLensl
thereof and that the same Is true 70 h1s
knowledge, except as TO those InstteIs arITs
belief. and to such matters he verify De-
Iievss It to be true. -,,
Sworn 10 before me this Sd DAY OF Al
gust. 1908. JAMB5 F. FEEL4,
Notary Public. County OF New York
Following resolutions were adopted.
Whereas. The foregoing petition from ne
Union Railway Con. COMPANY ,5Go Of New r9.5 2.5
20 the Board Of Estimate and Apportion-
meut at a meeting held September 1StA'
Resolved. That IN pursuance of law this
Board sets Friday. the 3Otn dsy OF October.
1908. a. so o'clock IN the forenoon anc
Manhattan, as the time and place when
snd where such petition shall be first con-
sidsref. and a public hearing os had there
On at witch citizens shall be entitled 70
appear and be heard: and be Il fGrther
Resolved That the Secretary is directed
"a cause such petition and these resolutions
"a he published FOR a. least fourteen 90
davs IN two daily newspapers in The city
~ New York. to be designated by tHs
Navo- and for az least ten lU) days IN
the "Cftv Record Immediately prior 20
s1;cr date Of public hearing. The expense
or such publication to be borne By the pe-
JOSEPH HAAG. Secretary
N=v York. October .. isS-