New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
PUBLIC NOTICES.
CITY OF NEW YORK
BOARD Or ESTIMATE AND APPOH-

BOARD Or ESTIMATE AND APSOft-
Public notfca Is hereby given that at
meeting OF the beard Of Estimate ana Ap-
portionment held. October 23rd, 1SOos Ans
following petition was received.
10 the Honorable the Board Ci Estimate
and AppOrtiOnnent or tne city u Ne"
YORK:
STREET RAILWAY COMfA4N1 IesLe~--
iuly shows:
First: Your petitioner Is street surface
railroad corporation organized under ,le
laws OF the state Of New York by the ming
OF Articles OF Consolidation with otnrF
street surface railroad corporations IN the
office Of the Secretary OF State OF q ABOUT
the 2Ih day Of November, 1880
Second Since the date of its consoilca-
ton II has been the owner and lessee or a
large number OF street surface railroads IN
the Borough OF Manhattan. city OK Ne"
York Including among others. the electric
railroad On Broadway from soUlh reFTg 20
+Sth Street and also the electric ralHoao ois
Broadway and Canal street 70 Seh,le
Street and along Centre street and ARK
Row to the Post Office
Third. Your petitioner Is also me iessts
Of the Bleecher Street and Fulton Ferry
Railroad Company, which company owns
franchise On Canal street from broadway
to the Bowery, upon which, as your petl-
toner is informed and beiieNes. the s4l5
Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Eaiiroa9
Company operated street surface Fa-4road
FOR more than twenty years
Fourth: Your petitioner proposes TO con-
strucL a double electric track on Canal
Street from Centre Street 10 the BoVeIy
and TO operate such track in connection
with the tracks on the Manhattan Brtdge'
80 as 10 form a continuous line or rouLe
from the Brooklyn plaza over tns s1anhaI-
tan Bridge and its approaches ana across
canal Street connecting with your petl-
toners lines on centre Street, Broadway,
West Broadway and Hudson street
Fifth: Your petitioner proposes TO operate
said route by the underground system or
electricity, similar in all respects 70 tn4t
in use on the other lines Of your peuuoner
read.
Sixth: For the purpose Of constructing
and operating the branch or extension 70
its road over the Manhattan Bricge' your
petitioner desires to obtain from your Hon
orabIe Board and hereby applies for It's con
sent TO and the grant OF franchise or
right for the cons truction, maintenance ana
operation Of a double track electric e1leIl-
slcn or branch OF is existing railroad for
public use IN the conveyance OF persons aE4
property for compensation over the MaI2hal-
tan Bridge and its approaches from the N
tersection OF Canal Street and the BoT>ry
TO the Brooklyn plaza
Wherefore. Your petitioner Drays that
notice Of this application and Of the time
and place when and where the same gil be
first considered be given as required ~
law. ana that the grant OF a franchise or
right be made IN accordance with the pro
visions OF the Greater New York charter
ana OF the Railroad Law applicable thereto
Iso, 6,cf sew W OK GSSqHJ t53eT ~
By CHARLES Z. WARREN,
State Of New York. city and County OF
CHARLES z. WARREN. being daily
sworn says that he is Ntce-Pres dent Of the
| Metropolitan Street Railway Company. the
/ petitioner hereins that he has read the fore
/ going petition and knows the Contsnt $
I thereof. and that ths statements contained
| therein ars true 70 the knowledge of de
| ponent except as to those matters which are
! therein stated on information and hslief,
and as to such matters he believes 1t 10 Be
| true
! Sworn TO before me this 10th day OF Oc-
tcber. 1905
ERNEST n. BRADBURY. Notary Public
/ No. 12T, New York County.
! (NSOtaTial SeaLl
/ And the following resolutions were there
Whereas. The foregoing petition from tho
! Metropolitan Street Railway Company
/ the Board Of Estimate and Apportionusu-
! at a meeting held October 3. 1903.
/ Resolved. That in pursuance Of law this
! Board sets Friday. the thirteenth day OF
! November. 1903. Al 1870 o'clock in he
/ forenoon and Room 16 IN the City Hal,
Z Borough Of Manhattan, the tine and
! be first considered, and a public hearing -
/ had thereon. at which citizens shall be en-
/ titled 10 appear and Be heard; and re L
/ further
/ Resolved, That the Secretary IS directed
/ TO cause such petition and these reeolu-
/ tons 10 be published for at least fourteen
80 days in two daily newspapers IN The
/ Cit-- of New York TO be designated BY the
I Mayer and for a. least ten q0} days IN
/ the City Record Immediately prior 70
I such date o< public hearing The expense
1 Of such publication 10 be borne b. the PerL-
JOSEPH HAAG,
New York. October %. 1905.