New-York tribune., 1908-11-10
PU3LIU NOTICES
CITY OF NEW YORK
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPOHs-


CITY OF NEW YORK
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPOH-
TIONMEST-
Public notice Is hereby given tnat ..
meeting Of the Board OF Estimate and Ap-
portiorInsnt. held October 23Eds ISOo' ln7
following petition was rscelVec' ---.,-..a
To the Honorable the Beard CT Estli-l1-7
and Apportionmenr OF the CiIy OF NJ"
The petition Of the METROPOLITAN
STREET RAILWAY COAPANI FSspe0"
First: Your petitioner IS a street s1Tfaes
railroad corporation organized Cndsr rz1!e -
laws OF the State OF New York BY the ming
o. Articles of Consolidation with oLI1sE
street surface railroad corporations II IAo
office Of the Secretary Of STATE on U S00--
the 18TH day OF November, 1870
Second. Sincs the date o. its consoilCA
ton II has been the owner and isss7e OF =
Iargs number of street surface railroads a
the BorJuxh oS Manhattan city cE NeN
York. including. among others the ~e-1----- ~
railroad on Broadway from south EsITy ~
canal Street running from the corner q
Broadway and Canal street % C' CTt---9
street and along Centre street and Is-A
Row 70 the Pest Of1ce-
Of the BIeecker Street and Fulton FeIEy
Railroad Company, which company owns .
franchise on canal street from Broad" ~
10 the BOwery. upon which a. your pei
toner is informed and believes, LLs sN4.s
Bieecker street and Fulton EecIy Fai-Is1 -
Company operated a street surface ra1lroa4
for more than twenty years
Fourth: Your petitioner proposes 70 con-
struct a double electric track on Canal
Street from Centre Street TO the Bo7ery
and 10 operate such track n conLec ION
with the traces on ths Manhattan Brlls7.
go as 70 form q continuous me SI,I{sf SI ISat7
/ from the BEoC kiyE plaza over the Mama
tan Bridge ard its approaches and acr2SS
Canal Street, connecting with your PET
toners lines on Centre Street BroaG"2ys
West Broadway and Hudson street
Fifth: Your petitioner proposes TO operate
said route by the underground system OF
IL -F~ r--4FH
N use on tie other lines OF your peuIlonsE
read
Sixth: For the purpose OF constructing
and operating the branch or extension 70
iJs road over the Manhattan Bridge. your
petitioner desires TO obtain from yOlr hon
Ora5le Board ana hereby applies tor Is con
right fOr the construction, maintenance ana
operation OF 6 double track electric eNleL-
SION or orshcl or us eAlsl-hs ra--LOde- ~ - -
public use IN the convey ance OF persons an
property for compensation over the Na1naI-
tan Bridge and its approaches from Lne m
tersectOn OF Canal street ana tne 5o"S1-
TO the Brooklyn plaza
Wherefore, Your petitioner prays tHas
uotice OF this application and OF the time
and place Whaa and where the same viii be
first considered be given as required by
law, and that The grant OF FRANCHISE or
right be E-ate in accordance with The pro
visions Ct the Greater New York charter
and Of the "a lruad Law applicable thereto
Ra{sd, Sew ". fSrk 9e529er 20 5s
COMPANY,
By CHARLES z. WARREN.
STATE OF New York. City and County o:
CHARLES e WARREN. being duly
sworn. says that he is Vice President of the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company. the
petitioner herein that he has read the fore
going petition and knows the contents
thereof, and that the statements contained
therein are trus TO the knowledge OF de-
pOnenr. except as TO these matters which are
therein stated on inforTra Jion and belief,
tue.
CHARLES E WARREN
Sworn TO before ne this 10th day o. Oe-
tober, 1903
ERNEST y. BRADBURY. Notary Public
No 12T. New York County
CNotaTial SeaIJ
And the folio wing resolutions were there
Whereas. The foregoing petition from ths
Metropolitan Street Railway Company.
dated October 20 1895. vas presented %
the Beard OF Estimate and AppOrrtonIneIr
al a meeting leid October .. 1903.
Resolved That in pursuance OF law this
Board sets Friday. the thirteenth day O
November. 1905, az 1850 o'clock IN the
forenoon e1d Room Ii in the City Hail.
Borough o. Manhattan. as the tine and
place when aad where such petition shall
be hrst considered. and a public hearing %
had thereon ar which citizens shan be en-
titled TO appear and bs heard; and be il
Resolved. That tire Secretary IS directed
to cause such petition and these reSOlu-
lions TO be published Tor at least fourteen
I'D DAYS in rygo daily new spapers IN TIE
city OF New York. TO be designated BY the
Mayor and f0- az least ten t10) DAYS n
the CITY Record Immediately prior TO
OF such publication 70 be borne by the psti-
uouer.
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