New-York tribune., 1908-06-20
PUBLIC NOTICES
CITY OF NEW YORK.
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPOl


CITY OF NEW YORK.
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPoH~
Tf0NMENT.
Public notice is hereby given thac at a
meeting OF the Board OF Estimate and Ap-
portionment. held June 5. 1908. the follow
ing petition was received:
To the Honorable the Board OF EStiniate
and Apportionment:
The petition OF the Third Avenue Rail
road Company respectfully shows, on IN
formation and belief. as follows;
First-Thst your petitioner Is street
surface railroad Company, organized ana
existing under the laws OF the state or
New York. having filed its Articles of As.
socfation in the Office of the secretary OF
State on the sth day of October. 1883
Second-That for many years 1t has oper-
ated double track street surface railroad
ough of Manhattan, city of New York.
from the City Hall in said City upon PafK
Row, Rowery and Third Avenue 10 the
Harlem River; upon O1e Hundred ana
from East River to North River. and upon
Amsterdam Avenue from One Hundred and
Twenty-ffth Street 10 the northerl7 ter
minus thereof at Fort George. at or near
the intersection of Fort George Avenue;
using the underground system Of electricai
traction as motive power for such operation
Third-That your petitioner proposes TO
extend its road on Amsterdam Avenue and
construct q branch thereof with double
tracks and such connections, switches ana
appurtsnances as may be necessary for the
extension or branch IN. through and upoi,
the surface of such streets. avenues ana
highways in the Borough of Manhattan.
City of New York, are described as lol-
lows: Beginning at and connecting with
the double track road upon Amsterdam
Avenue, owned by the Third Avenue Rail
of said avenue with Fort George Avenue.
running thence northerly. westerly ana
southerly in. upon and along SAID Fort
George Avenue as 1t winds and turns 10
Avenue, running thence southerly IN. upon
and along St Nicholas Avenue TO the IN
tersection Of One Hundred and Nineuetn a
0a0th) Street and running thence eastery
in. upon and along said One Hundred and
Ninetieth G90th) Street to the intersection
of said street with Amsterdam Avenue;
there to connect with the existing railroad
on said Avenue now owned by the saio
Company.
Fourth-That such extension or branch
will be 8, 500 feet thereabout In length
When constructed it will enable the petit
tioner to operate cars over a continuous
line Of road and avoid .he INCONVENIENCE : :
terminal The present operation will be
accelerated thereby and quicker transporta-
tfon given to the public seeking to depart
from the Fort George territory :.
Eifth-That your petitioner proposes 70
operate said extension or branch by IN
underground system OF electrical operation
of the character now used on the peu-
toner's road on Third Avenue, Anlster9aL m
Avenue and other streets above referred 70
Slxth-That for the purpose of construct
ing and operating said extension or ordncn |.
Of its road your petitioner desires to OBTAIN
from your Honorable Board and hereby ap-
plies for its consent to. and grant or the
franchise or right for the constituency.
maintenance and operation OF double
track extension branch Of It's existing rail
road. for public use in the conveyance m uI
persons and property for compensa tlon, ~
or upon the Avenues. Streets and Highways
Wherefore. yaur petitioner prays that
public notice OF ahis application and OF .ns
time and place when and where the sam
will be first considered. be given. as re-
quired by law. and that franchlse OF
right be granted for the construction main
tenance and operation OF said anove oe
scribed extension and branch be granted IT
accordance with the provisions of the
Greater New York Charter. ~
Dated New York. June End lsOs
| THE THIRD AVENUE RAILROAD Co"-
Bv F. w. wH1TRIDGE. Receiver.
city and County Of New York. SIS .,-
Frederick W Whitridge. being duis
sworn, SAYS Re is the Receiver Of the Tal :
road properties and premises of the Third
Avenue Railroad Company, the petiuonei
herein having been appointed such ny ofoer
of the United States Circuit Court; that ne
has read the foregoing Pstition ana Know
the contents thereof. and that the same y
true to his knowledge. except as 10 ms
formation and belief, and that as 70 sucn
matters he verify believes i to & 6s tue.
sworn to before me this 2nd day OF June.
1908. JOHN A DIM.
Notary Public, n. Y. Co.
and the following resolutions were there
upon adopted: a.,
Whereas. the foregoing petition from the
Third Avenue Railroad Company. dated
June . 1903. was presented TO the Board
of Estimate and Apportonment at Hi7s'
ing held June 5. 1908; 49,
Resolved. That in pursuance of law tniS
Board sets Friday. the 25th day OF june;
1908 at 10:3o O'Clock in the forenoon, any
Room IS. in the City Hall, Borough oi
Manhattan. as the time and place wnen and
where such petition shall be first CONSIDERED,
and public hearing be had thereon. az
which citizens shall be entitled to appear
and be heard: and he it further
Resolved, That the Secretary is directec
to cause such petition and these resolutions
to be published for at least fourteen Q4l
days in two daily newspapers In the Clty
oF New YORK to be designated by the
Mayor, and for at least ten dol days in srnS the
city Record Immediately prior TO sucS q,
date of public hearing. The expense OF
such pubiica ton to be borne by the peti-
tioneT. JOSEPH HAAO' SoSietts'
Neu York June g. 1908.