New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-05
PUBLIC NOTICES
CITY OF NEW YORK
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPOFt
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BOARD OF EsTIMATE AND APPoR-
TIOHMENT.
Public notice is hereby given thar a.
meeting OF the Board Of Estimate ana APP
portionment held October 2sTd. lsoe' tho
following petition was received:
To the Honorable the Board OF EsnmaIa
and Apportionment Of The CITY OF Ne"
The petition OF the METROPOLITAN
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY respect
First: u our petitioner Is a street SURFACE
railroad corporation organized under tle
laws OF the State OF New YORK by tne Hills ~
Of Articles Of Consolidation Win o'n ne
street surface railroad corporations AZ tIe
Office OF ths secretary Of state Oh OF Ap0o1
the 12th day OF NOV enlber. 1899. -,,s.
Second: since the data OF its consoil1a-
ton It has been the owner and lessee OF q
large numusr of street surface railroads. n
the Borough OF Manhattan. CITY Oh NeH
York, including, among others. ths e!ectlte 10
railroad on Broadway from south 4 eIIy 70
45th Street and also the electric railroad O.
Canal Street running iron the coIneL -
Broadway and Canal street 10 Ce nu .
Street and along Centre street and / S1A
Row 10 the Post Office.
Third: Your petitioner Is also the lessee
OF the Bleecker Street and Fulton FefEy
Railroad Company. which company owns
franchise on Canal Street from Broadway
10 the Bowery, upon which, as your peu.
toner is informed and believes. the s@lo
Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Hal!roso
Company operated a street surface railroad
for more than twenty years.
Fourth: Your petitioner proposes TO con-
struct double electric track on lana!
Street from Centre Street 20 the Bowery
ana TO operate such track IN connection
with tie tracks on the Manhattan Brluse
SO as 70 form continuous line or route
from the Brooklyn plaza over the Mammal
tan Bridge and its approaches ana scross
Canal Street. connecting with your peu-
toners lines on Centre Street, Broadway
West Broadway and Hudson Street
Fifth: Your petitioner proposes TO operate
said route by the underground system OF
electricity, similar IN all respects TO thae
in use on the other lines Of your petitioner
road.
Sixth: For the purpose Of constructing
and operating the branch CT extension 20
its road tho Manhattan Bridge. your
petitioner desires to obtain from your Hon-
orable Board and hereby applies for Its con-
sent to and the grant OF franchise or
right for the construction, maintenance and
operation OF double track electric exten-
sion or branch OF Its existing railroad for
public use in the conveyance OF persons ana
tan Bridge and its approaches from the in
tersection OF Canal Street and the Bowery
to the Brooklyn plaza
Wherefore, Your petitioner prays that
notice of this application and Of the time
and place when and where the same VIII be
first considered be given as required by
law, and that the grant of franchise or
right be made IN accordance with the pro
visions Of the GreaCae New York charter
and OF the Railroad Law applicable thereto.
Dated, New York. October 70, 1908.
METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWAY
CONPANY
By CHARLES Z. WARREN.
State of New York, City and County OF
New York. S.:
CHARLES z. WARREN. being duly
sworn. says that he IS Vice-President Of the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company. the
petitioner herein; that he las read the fore
going petition and knows the contents
thereof, and that the sta tenenfs contained
therein are true TO the knowledge OF de-
those matters
therein stated on information and belief.
ana as 10 such matters he believes It TO be
true.
CHARLES E. WARREN.
Sworn to before mo this Goth day Of Ce-
ERNEST ". BRADBURv. Notary Public
No. 12T. New York County.
tNOtarial Seal.)
And the following resolutions were there
upon adopted:
whereas. The foregoing petition from the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
dated october 20, 1908. was presented to
the Board Of Estimate ard Apportionment
at a meeting held October % 1908.
Resolved. That IN pursuance OF law this
Board sets Friday. the thirteenth day Of
November 1908. at 1880 o'clock in the
forenoon and Room Is IN the City Hall.
Borough OF Manhattan. as the time and
place when and where such petition shall
be first considered. and a public hearing be
had thereon. at which citizens sHal be en-
titled 70 appear and be heard; and be IL
further
Resolved. That the Secretary IS directed
to cause such petition and these reeolu-
tons 10 be published for at least fourteen
90 days in two daily newspapers in TIE
city Of New York, TO be designated " the
Mayor. and for at least ten 10) days in
the CITY Record Immediately prior to
such date of public hearing. The expense
OF such publication to be borne by the petit
TONER.
New York. October %. 1908.