New-York tribune., 1908-11-12
PUBLIC NOTICES.
CITY OF NEW YORK
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPOR~
PubIic motto. IS heTeby given that at


Public notice is hereby given that az a
meeting of the Board Of Estimate ana Ap-
3o4TtioaIaent. heid October zsfd' 4s'0' 'n'
To the Honorable the Board CT Estirnate
AMI Apportionment Of the City Of Ne"
The petition Of the METROPOLITAN
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY respect
.ully shows:
First; Your petitioner is a street SURFACE ace
laws Of the state OF New York by ne MINIS
OF Articles Of Consolidation with otheE
street surface railroad corporations IN lhe
Office OF the Secretary Of state on of HOouh
the 18th day of November, 1880
Second: Since the date Of its consoloA-
tion It has been the owner and iessee oI q
large number Of street surface railroads IN
the Borough OF Manhattan, city OF Ne"
York, including. among others, the eiectKle
railroad on Broadway from South Very 70
45th street and also the electric railroad on
canal Street running from the corner OF
Broadway and Canal Street 70 CentTs
street and along Centre street and PARK
Row the Post Office
Third: Your petitioner is also the lessee
OF the Bleecker Street and Fulton teIry
Railroad Company, which COMPANY owns
franchise on Canal Street from broadway
TO the Bowery, upon which, as yo4r peti-
tioner is informed and believes, the SAID
Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Rallroad
Company operated a street surface railroad
for more than twenty years
Fourth: Your petitioner proposes TO con-
struct d double electric track on Canal
Street from Centre Street TO the Bowery
and 10 operate such track IN connection
with the tracks on the Manhattan BrldSe'
so as to form continuous line or route
from the Brooklyn plaza over the 2aanhat-
tan Bridge and its. approaches and across
Canal Street. connecting with your peu-
toners lines on Centre Street. Broadway,
West Broadway and Hudson street.
Fifth: Your petitioner proposes - operate
said route by the underground system o.
in use on the other lines Of your petitioner $
road.
sixth: For the purpose OF constructing
and operating the branch or extension TO
its road over the Manhattan Bridge, your
petitioner desires 10 obtain from your Hon
orable Board. and hereby applies Tor its con
sent 10 and the grant Of a franchise or
right for the construction. maintenance ana
operation of a double track electric exten-
sion branch of its existing raj road FOR
public use in the conveyance OF persons ana
property for compensation over the Manhat-
tan Bridge and its approaches from the IN
tersecticn Of Canal Street and the Bowery
wherefore, Your petitioner prays that
notice Of this application and Of the time
and place when and where the same Will be
first considered be given as required by
law, and that the grant Of a franchise or
right be made in accordance with the pro
visions Of the Greater New York charter
and Of tbs Railroad Law applicable thereto.
Dated. New York. October 20 1909.
METRoPoLITAtNo IS STREET Re RAILWAY
BY CHARLES Z. WARREN.
President
state OF New York, city and County OF
CHARLES E. WARREN. being duly
sworn. says that he is Eice-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 true 10 the knowledge Of de
pouent. except as TO those matters which ara
therein stated On information and belief.
and as to such matters he believes 1t to be
true.
cuaPTEs wARRr1I
sworn to before me- this Goth day Of oc-
ERNEST W. BRADBURY. Notary Public
No l21. New York County.
(7Sotarial Seal.)
And the following resolutions were there
upon adopted:
Whereas, The foregoing petition from the
dated October 20. 1908, was presented TO
the Board Of Estimate and Appo-tionment
at meeting held October b 1905.
Resolved. That in pursuance OF law this
November 1905, at 1890 o'clock in the
forenoon and Room 1S 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, al which citizens shall be en-
titled 10 appear and be heard; ard be It
further
Resolved. That the Secretary is directed
to cause such petition and these resolu-
tons TO be published for at least fourteen
10 days In two daily newspapers in The
City Of New York, TO he designated by tho
Mayor. and for at least ten 40 days in
such date OF public hearing. The expense
OF such publication TO be borne by the petit
toner.
JOSEPH HAAG.
New York, October 2S, 1908.