New-York tribune., 1908-06-24
PUBLIC NOTICES
CITY OF NEW YORK
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPOR-


CITY OF NEW YORK
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPOR-
TIONMEST.
Public notice is hereby given that at
meeting Of the Board OF Estimate and Ap-
portionnnent. held June s. zoos. the follo~-
ing petition was received:
To the Honorable the Board OF Estinato
and Apportonment:
The petition Of the Union Railway OF
New York City respectfully shows;
First-Thst your petitioner is srrsess
existing under the laws OF the Stauc oL
New York. having been formed by the fhns
OF Articles OF Consolidation in the once oI
the Secretary OF state OF New YORK On en9
fifth day OF July 1892
SeCOnd-That for many years Il has been
engaged In the operation of double tracS
street surface railroad. with extensions ana
branches thereof. for the carriage OF pas
sengers in the Boroughs OF Manhattan and
the Bronx. in the city Of New YeTk. sLsa aao
using the overhead trolley system or elecIfl'
traction as motive power thereon
Third-That one OF the lines of the peti-
toner's railroad has been operated Tor many many
years upon FOrdham Avenue and .bdlleg
Avenue in the Borough Of the Bronx. an0
afforded convenient connection for puo4ic
travel between the easterly portion OF the
Bronx Borough. In which are operated tuo
steam lines OF the New York and Harlem
Railroad. the elevated lines OF the Man-
haitian Railway. and the K1ngsnridge SCI
JiOE OF the Borough Of the Bronx
An additional lire of the petttioner
railroad has been operated on Brosd~ay
between 2SOth Street and the nortneriy llne
Of the City OF New York. anordins Also :
convenient line OF travel To and from tno
terminus Of the subway Line 70 many
thousands OF people travelling daliy t tteie =
Fourth-Your petitioner now proposes 20
connect Its Toad upon Fordham and beiley
Avenues which now terminates ar the "a
tersection % 230th Street and balleS 49, 49,
nue.. with the road upon BroadWay. NAlSLh
now terminates at 230th Street, ny ths
construction Of a double track extension or
branch in said Borough Of the Bronx N
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Beginning at and connecting with tho
petitioners double track road now @ III
structsd on Bailey Avenue at the lhIeIS1c,
ton thereof with West Two Hundred anu
Thirtieth Street. running Themes Wes,erl5 =
or upon the surface OF West Two Huncs,ed
and Thfrtieth street TO IT'S intersection VITA
Broadway there TO connect with the peu
toner's double track road no" operdte"
thereon.
FifIh-That heretofore and on or about
the 23rd day of August. 1892. the common
Council Of the City OF New YORK gave -
consent TO the construction OF an eXleIlslol. .a.
to the petitioner railroad upon streets
described in the resolution as tnencs
northerly along said (SedgwiclO Avenue 20
its intersection with Bailey Avenue. thenco
along Bailey Avenue 70 its interSsctlcn WIN
Broadway at Kingsbrtdge.
Your petitioner believes thai ny saca
description the Common Council giving SUN
consent intended TO include the right 20
construct upon Two Hundred and Ih1raet1
Street the extension herein applied 1or' oIs
said resolution was not eHectlNe IoI So So
purpose by reason or fdlQre 10 SpeC4-A-1i4S
describe the said street
Sixth-That such extension or nrancn VIII
be 80 feet in length and when constructed
will enable the petitioner to operate con
tfnuous lire OF cars upon and over its
Bailey Avenue and Broadway lines aooss
described.
operate said extension or branch BY me
overhead system of electricity. similar IN
all respects to that now in use on It's o1her
lines Of road
Eighth-Thar for the purpose OF con-
structing and operating such branch or e1-
tension of its road your petitioner deslres
TO obtain from your Henoraois Board anu
hereby applies for It's consent TO ana a
grant Of the franchise or right roF the con-
struetion. maintenance and operation or a
dnnbIs track extension or branch OF its ex-
listing railroad for public use IN tne CON
veyance Of persons and property for COil
pensatfon over the street and avenues aOo'S
Wberefore. Your petitioner prays that
public notice OF this application and OF th9
time and place when and where the sans
viii b. first considered be given. as re-
Gl.ired BY law and that n franchise OF rlsnc
be granted in accordance with the pro-
visions Of the Greater New York. Charter.
Dated New York May .2S, 1898.
UNION RAILWAY COMPANY OF NEW
By EDWARD a. MAHER President
CITY and County OF New York. ss-:
Edward A Maher. berg duly swors, ,I,
Railway company OF NeW IpiH Clt5 us
petitioner herein: that he has read the fore
going petition and knows the contents
thereof and that the same Is trus TO his
knowiedge except as 70 those matters
which are therein stated on Information AID
belief and as to such matters he verify
believes 1t to be true.
EDWARD A. MAHER-
Sworn TO before me this 2Sth day OF May,
1905 RALPH NORTON.
Notary Public. Queens County
Certificate fled in New York County.
and the following resolutions were there
upon adopted:
Whereas The foregoing petition from ths
Union Railway Company OF New York
dated Nav 2S 1908 vas presented 70 tbs
Board Of Estimate and APporttonment az .
meeting held June g. 1905;
Resolved. That in pursuance or law tnis
Board sets Friday the 26th day OF June
1905 at 1870 o'clock in the forenoon ana
Room is. in the City Hall. Borough OF Man
haitian as the time and place when and
where such petition shall be first con-
sidersd and a public hearing bs had there
on at which citizens shall be entitled TO
appear and be heard; and be II further
Resolved That the Secretary Is directed
70 cause such petition and these resolutions
70 be published for at least fourteen CD
days in two daily newspapers IN The City
OF New York to te designated BY ths
Mayor and for at least ten CfOl days In the
city Record Immediately prior TO such
date OF public hearing The exrenss OF
such publication to be borne by the pett-
TONER JOSEPH HAAG. Secretary
New York. June 8 19Os-