New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
IL. R. R. ASKS CONSENT
1TLANTIC AVENUE PL4N.
tseebs Permission to Build Electric
Surface Line i'a Brooklyn.

IN another attempt to get legal authority to
build an electric trolley line in Atlantic avenue,
rsrooklyn the Long Island Railroad Company has
.sked the Public Service Commission for per-
mission 10 lay two tracks under the elevated and
,ze- the tunnelled sections of its existing lines
rstpeen FTatbush and Shepherd avenues. and also
ro- authority for a single track q strip of
land on each side Of the inclined planes where the
crescent road descends from the elevated structure
20 the tunnel
The Long Island Railroad Company and the Mas
san Electric Railroad Company now suing the
;tv 10 restrain it from interfering with the tracks
already laid for the proposed road and the former
contends in its application to the commission that
= was expressly stipulated in the so-called Atlantic
avenue Improvement plan that the right to build
she road over the tunnelled and under the elevated
sections OF its read. well the use Of a strip
81 Atlantic avenue to make the necessary turnouts
around the inclined planes. granted on the
-ailroad company's agreement TO consent to re-
,,o,-e its tracks from the surface
On November l last the Court OF Appeals denied
.ba spplcation Of the road for the appointment of
commissioners to determine whether it should be
allowed to build the three necessary turnouts, on
she ground that the purpose of the Atlantic avenue
s,n-ovenent act was 10 remove all railroad tracks
rom the surface, and that the building of the
electric railroad would Ito quite an extent restore
the evil
The railroad company's application, which was
Submitted by George W. wingate, the general so
1c.cr. after rehearsing the story OF the AliaHllC
avenus Improvement which it says it has eA-
rensed S. 10000 to the city's A2Je,eaa says:
The subway from Manhattan F1atbush avenue
has been opened for travel and affords a new ana ana
FORMER The only existing stations between
Shepard avenue and Flatbush avenue upon 9 l- me
TsnF il Atlantic avenue, are at NcstTalia ~ aNeiue
SIns s1nof Sc constructed without interfering with
Tbs passage Of the rapid through trains ald tne
Sreisnt teafic OF the Long Island Railroad . CoIn.
,,sTT over the Improvement, and these frequent
esyv trains also prevent its being used Tor local
tzzPst or,, means Of access therefore to the sub
way teEirsl isse a n o near Atlantic avenue is
:. Pa-Sen and Fulton street trolley lines. which
witch Messengers leaving the cars OF the Long Isl
and az its existing stations can 6e carried 10 p0s
ouentiv there has been an almost nnanlm9uS De
rnand made upon the Long asIsnT bt The e surface
Tg5osS FOR which permission IS asked in this pro-
I on 4fIsntio avenue which was taken away;
as above mentioned ana whlcn We & eT3
bv the above mentioned plan tor the improvements
Te 1ggai COMPLICATIONS arising out of the exist,
1ns situation Atlantic avenue are numerous @ ano
e-sve and many years Of litigation must elapSe
9-b his 5an be accomplished at the present time
ss b. uniting IN corporation the rights OF the
r-sTt OF q franchise issued upon the theory
sd BY the city and certain @ Of the = 10 pFope6 % e6n
ssrd as 6f2g 5r PsF OF 5e omps6y STee is arerse to
The The Lg 3ng 5isafio 5sa9 vita The city and desires
-o7nply with the wishes Of the property holders.
T therefore without prejudice TO It's legal rightS
en,jss for this franchise. believing that II VIII
eznr6 solution Of the present complicated sltla-
I'm which viii be Of great benefit TO the publc.
enhance the value OF all the propertE IN ana al
5scenI 70 Atlantic avenue. and avoid the neon
.-.uierce 6eav and expense arising from Ihe
prosecution Of the existing litigation. and the IN
Frftution q other actions -,
T this franchise should he granted pN EoII non
r-sble Hc6v ana the Board of Estimate, and cor
sanrs should be given by the owners Of the abut-
ting nrorertv (Which Il believed can he ootelned
without 6fculty1 the surface railroad can be COM
r1ated and Put in operation within a few months
me stretches along Atlantic avenue where the
--acks would have 10 turn out from the company
-igat Of Tav in the centre Of the thoToughtare TO
get around the inclined planes leading from the
elevated structure the tunnels To make the
racks continuous are o. From a point forty feet
vest Of Bedford avenue to point $50 feet east Of
Nostrand avenue. % from a point aReut opposite
he east lire CT Columbus Place, If extended, TO a
point about opposite the east side Of Cooper Place
i extended: 81 from about the centre of Stone
eveuue and Eastern Parkway extension 70 the east
curb line of Alabama avenue. except on the south
SIDE Of Atlantic avenue, between Snedeker and
Alabama avenues. where the Long Island Railroad
has the right % operate over the existing tracks
az the Canarse Railroad Company.
A hearing on the application will be held soon by
1-z commission.