New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-03
PUBLIC NOTICES.
CITY OF NEW YORK
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPOH-

/ TIONMENT.
[ Public notice i hereby given that AZ
meeting Of the Board OF Estimate and Ap-
I pOr5lORmsHt, held October 2Sro, 1SOS. tn'
! Following petition was received
! To the Eonoraoie the Board q EssAL -. :
ana AppOTuonment o. the CiIy OF NSN
YORK; =,
/ The petition Of the METROPOLITAN
! STREET RAILWAY COMPANY TespecI-
! First: Your petitioner is a street surface
railroad corporation organized under 80
laws OF the state OF New YORK oy Jne INNS
OF Articles OF Consolidation Win os. 49,
street surface railroad corporations IN ne
Office OF the Secretary Of STATE On OF dHo1s
the l2ra Gay Of November, 1880 ~
Second: since the date OF It's cotsOll1A ;.
ton IL has been the owner and lessee o. q
iai ge number OF street surface r2liroaos u
tns Borough OF Manhattan City OF Sc"
York. including. among others. the elec1- =
railroad on Broadway rom south Ferry %
45th Street and also the electric railroad e
Canal Street running from the cokhsE "
Broadway and Canal street 20 C S.it- :
street and aI0ng Centre street and d n
Row 70 the Post Office
Third: Your petitioner is also the lessee
OF the Blocker Street and Fulton cry
franchise On canal Street from BroadS "
10 the BOwery, upon which, as your PeI-
TONER ts informed and Detieyess the sac
Bleecker street and Fulton Ferry RAJ - :
Company operated q street surface railroad
for more than twenty years.
Fourth: Your petitioner proposes 20 con-
SIruCL double electric track On 1e-4e--
Street from Centre Street 10 the BoweTy
and TO operate such track in connection
with the tracks on the Manhattan BTics7'
SO as TO form a continuous line OF route
from the Brooklyn plaza over the Msnhat-
tan Bridge and its approaches and across
Canal Street. connecting with your petl-
toners lines on Centre Street, Broadway
West Broadway and Hudson Street
Fifth Your petitioner proposes TO opera =
said route by the underground system OF
electricity, similar in all respects TO thai
road
sixth: For the purpose Of constructing
and operating the branch or extension 20
its road over the Manhattan Bridge. your
petitioner desires to obtain from your HoE-
orabie Board and hereby applies for It's con-
sent TO and the grant OF q franchise or
right for the construction. maintenance and
operation OF a double track electric extern
sion or branch Of its existing railroad for
public use in the conveyance OF persons and
property for compensation over the Manhat-
tan Bridge and its approaches from the In
terseCti0n OF Canal Street and the Bowe-y
TO the Bro0klyn plaza
Wherefore, Your petitioner prays that
notice Of this application and Of the time
and place when and where the same VIII bs
hrst considered be given as required b.
law, and that the grant OF franchise or
right be made IN accordance with the pro
visions Of the Greater New York charter
and OF the Railroad Law applicable thereto.
Dated, New York. October 20. 1905.
METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWAY
COMPANY
By CHARLES Z. WARREN,
STATE Of New York. City and County OF
New York. S.:
CHARLES e WARREN. being duly
sworn, says that he Is VIce-President OF the
metropolitan Street Railway Company. the
petitioner herein; that he has read the fore
going petition and knows the cOntent q
thereof. and that the statements contained
therein are true 10 the knowledge OF de-
PCnenr- except d s 10 those matters which are
therein stated on Information and belief.
and as 10 such matters he believes II 20 be
true.
CHARLES z. WARREN
Sworn to before mo this 10th day OF o.
tOber. 1905
ERNEST W BRADBURY. Notary Public
No 12T, New York County.
CNotarial Seal.)
And the following resolutions were there
upon adopted
Where's. The foregoing petition from the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company.
dated October 20. 1905. vas presented 10
the Board OF Estimate and Appointment
az a meeting held October % 1905
Resolved. That in pursuance OF law this
Board sets Friday. the thirteenth day OF
November. 1908. at 1880 clock IN the
forenoon and Room 16 IN the City Hall.
Borough OF Manhattan. as the time and
be first considered, and a public hearing BE
had thereon. at which citizens shall be en-
titled TO appear and be heard; and be Il
further
Resolved. That the Secretary {. directed
to cause such petition and these resolu-
lions 70 be published FOR at least fourteen
"a days IN two daily newspapers in The
CITY OF New York to be DESIGNATED bv the
Mayor. and FOR az least ten CIO) DAYS IN
the ''City Record Immediately prior 70
such date OF public hearing. The expense
OF such publication TO be borne by the petit
JOSEPH HAAG.
New York. October %. 1908.