New-York tribune., 1908-06-04
PUBLIC Nor1CEa

CITY OF NEW TORK.-BOARD Of ES-
innate and Apportionment--Public no
ucs tic is hereby given that at a meeting r.n, 1l
held April "a. 1908. the following petiiion
was received:
TO the Honorable Board of Estimate and
Apportionment of The City OF Ne"
The petition of the Hudson and Long
Island Traction Company Respectfully
First-That your petitioner Is a street
surface railway corporation. duly organized
and existing under the laws OF the state
line Of street surface railway In the Coun-
ties of New York and queens and across
the Boroughs OF Manhattan and Queens in
York
Second-Your petitioner now desires to
obtain from your Honorable Board ana
hereby respectfully applies for its consehI
to a grant of the right. privilege ana iran
chise to construct. maintain and operate a
Eingle or double track street surface ran
road for public use in the conveyahce oi
persons and property for compensatie9h@ e III IN
upon. along and over the surface OF ceI
tain streets avenues, highways, roaoS anu
public places in the Boroughs OF Manha,,
tan and Queens and across the BiackWeis
Island Bridge, of which the following Is
description:
Beginning at a point at the intersectionI
of West Forty second street with IWeIi.a Ht.
avenue. in the Borc1gh OF Manhattan, ClIy
of New York. running thence nortneilJ
over, upon and along said Twellth avenue
to the intersection of said Twelfth avehue
with West Forty-third street. thence e1,
tending easterly over. upon and aiong s9n, saIu
West Forty-third street to the intersection
of said West Forty-third street with EIeyu
enth avenue; thence extending nortneTly
over. upon and along said Eleventh aNshuo
to the intersection of said Eleventh ave
nue. with West Fifty-seventh street: thence
extending easterly upon, over ana ai9ns
said West Fifty-seventh street to tne iu-
tersection of Fifth avenue and West fiIty-
seventh street; thence extending edsteiis
and crossing said Fifth avenue over. upon
and along East Fifty-seventh street 10 tne
intersection of said East Fifty-seventn
street with Second avenue: thence ehtelld5 enc
ing northerly over. upon and along saIo
Second avenue to a point on Second avenue
opposite the plaza Of the Blackwelis lsianu
Bridge; thence extending easterly over
UPON along and across said Blackwelis
Island Bridge, and upon. along and across
the plaza OF said bridge in Long Island
City Borough of Queens. New York CITY
and crossing all avenues or streets inter
secting said proposed route. .
Third-That said corporation proposes 70
opera.e said proposed railroad by such mo-
tive power as may be lawfully employed
Wherefore your petitioner prays IhaI
public notice hereof and OF the time and
i piace when and where this application will
be first considered be given as required oy
law. and that the desired consent be grant
ed in accordance with the PROVISIONS OF Ihe
Greater New York Charter.
Dated April O. 1908.
[sealJ HUDSON AND long ISLAND
TRACTION COMPANY
BY FREDERICK X NORRIS. PRESIDENT
ARTHUR c. HUME. Secretary.
State of New York, County Of New YORK
Frederick K. Morris. being duly sworn.
deposes and says: That he is the President
OF the Hudson and Long Island TRACTION
Company. the petitioner named In the Iore-
going petition; that he has read the fore
going petition and knows the contents
thereof: that the same is true OF his own
know!e except to the matters theTe
in stated to be alleged upon Information
and belief. and to those matters ne De
FREDERICK X. MORRIS.
Sworn TO before me this 9th day OF April.
1908. L. NJ. DORLAND.
Notary Public. No. III. New York COUNTY
and at a meeting held May l. lSoc. 'he
following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, the foregoing petition from the
Hudson & Long Island Traction company
dated April 8. 1908. was presented to the
Board of Estimate ate, and N A6sortl0nnen' 1a5s
Resolved that in pursuance Of law this
Board sets Friday, the 18th day OF June;
1905 at 1890 o'clock in the forenoon, ana
Manhattan. as the time and place when and
where such petition shall be first consid-
cred and a public hearing be had thereon
at which citizens shall be entitled to ap-
Resolved that the Secretary is directed
| to cause such petition and these resolutions
| to be published for at least fourteen qil
| days in two daily newspapers in The city
| Mayor. and for at least ten Q0 days In the
city Record Immediately prior TO such
| date Of public hearing The expense Of
| such publication to be borle by the petit
JOSEPH HAAG. Secretary
New York Nav 1908.