New-York tribune., 1909-01-24
CRY or NEW YORK.
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPOR-
TIONMSNT-

meeting Of the Board OF Estimate allo sP-
portionnent held January Sth. lsus' ths
following petition was received:
To the Honorable the Board Of Estimate
and Apo .ionment Of the city Of New
The petition of the greensboro Bridge
! & Jamaica Railway Company respectuiS
shows
First-That your petitioner is street
surface railway corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the state or
New York, and has duly filed. pursuant 10
Section 90 OF the Railroad Law, state
ment of its road, and thereafter said cor
poration, at meeting OF its Directors, duly
called. ana by vote of More than Two
thirds of said Directors. as required by the
Railroad Law. duly altered or changed the
route es originally proposed, so that the
said route is as hereinafter set forth IN
paragraph Second hereof.
Second-That for the purpose ot con
structins and operating its Road your Pc
titioneC desires to obtain from your Hon
orable Board. and hereby respectfully ap-
plies for its consent to and a grant Of the
right privilege and franchise for the con
structio1. maintenance and operation Of
street surface railway for public use IN
the conveyance Of persons and property for
compensation in. upon. along and over Ger
tain streets. avenues. highways. bridges
Fiaducts and public places IN the bor
oughs Of Queens and Manhattan. Counties
OF Queens and New York. City and state OF
New York. of which the following is a
Beginning in the Borough of Manhattan.
in the City of New York. at the West limo
Of the Plaza or Terminal leading 10 me
greensboro Bridge: thence across the
Greensboro Bridge to the Southeastern
line Of greensboro Bridge Plaza IN Tue
Borough OF Queens. same being the Sorth-
westerly side OF Jackson Avenue In the
Borough of Queens, thence Southeastefy
across Jackson Avenue TO a proposed new
street laid out upon map or plan. %nlch
map was adopted by the Board OF ESu
mate and Apportionment o. the city or
New York on May 26th 1905. and ap-
proved by the Mayor Of said city June 10:
nVNd u
and across the proposed new Vlaauct 10
be constructed part Of such new street
70 Thomson Avenue thence IN ana upon
Thomson Avenue to Hoffman Bou'eNaTu'
thence in and upon Hoffman Boulevard 10
Brooklyn and Jamaica Turnpike or tldtun
Street. from the intersection OF Norman
Boulevard and PiersJn StrSEt. Jamaica, on
Pierson Street TO Hap'an Avenue: on kap-
Ian Avenue and private property to De
Granw Avenue. on De raw Aneills Is -, 70 a
point intersectinE the propagation or carr
ton Avenus Northward: thence South on
private property and across hluslde Ave
nue. and on Carlton Avenue 10 Fulton
Street. across Fulton Street to Guiidford
, Street as the same may bs extended. ana
when crossing of tracks Snd property ~
Long Island Railroad has Leen nrovided a;
that locality: thence South on tTullui"Tu
street to Broadvay- Also from the inter
section OF Wiliett Street and Carlton Ave
nue. on Wiliett street to Flushing Avenue
South on Flushing Avenue TO Fulton Street, /,
Easterly on Fulton street TO MON Han
Street: South on Union Hall street TO South
Street
Also commencing at the intersection OF
Thomson Avenue and Greenpoint Avenue,
Borough OF Queens, city Of rev foTk,
running thence in and upon Greenpoint
Avenue 10 SxiIlrnan Avenue. thence in and
upon Skilman Avenue to Fifth street
thence in and upon Fifth street 20 Stry-
ker Avenue: thence In and upon Stryker
Avenue TO Roosevelt Avenue, thence in and
upon Roosevelt Avenue and across private
property through Corona TO Pau!dinE Street
From the intersection Of Roosevelt Ave
r7-ga and cot on Roosevelt 4
nue. and private property and across Flush
ing Creek when Bridge is built AT that
point to Amity Street in Flushing. thence
on Amity Street to Murray Lane. Flushing,
Also beginning at the intersection OF Park
Avenue and Forty-second Street, IN the
Borough Of Manhattan. city OF New YORK;
thence through the Steinway or Fort y-sec-
ond Street tunnel to Van Alst Avenue In
the Borough Of Queens city OF New YORK
thence in and upon Van Aist Avenue 10
Hunters point Avenue: thence in and upon
HUnterspoint Avenue TO Greeupotnt- Ave
nue.; thence In and 7IIon t'reenport Avenue
10 the Intersection Of Thomson and Green
Also a spur beginning 81 the intersection
Of Hunterspoint Avenue and Van Dam
Street in the Borough Of queens. city OF
New York; thence In and upon Van Dam
Street to the point OF Intersection OF Thom-
son Avenue and the viadu"t 10 be con
structed as q part OF the new Street above
referred TO. shown on map or plan approved
by the Mayor OF the City Of New York.
June ls 1908, A distance Of about twenty
Also the right 10 operate through the
S.cinway or Forty second Street Tunnel
and the approaches thereto. when and so
far the city may acquire the owner
ship Of said Tunnel o. the right TO lease or
grant the privilege of operating therein
'Third-That your petitioner proposes 70
operate said Road by the overhead system
of electricity substantially similar to that
now IN use on other lines. OF by other mo
tive power that may he lawfully employed.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that pub
lie notice hereof. ano or the time and place
when and where this application win bs
first considered, be given as required by
granted in accordance with the provisions
Of the Greater Ne York Charter
Dated January 4th. 1909
QUEENSBORO BRIDGE & JAMAICA
RAILWAY COMPANY.
BY sTUARD HIRSCHMAN. President
Attest:
State OF New York. County OF New York. IS. ::
STUARD IIRSCEMAN being duly
President Of the Qu-easboro Bridge ia
naica Railway Company, the petitioner
named in the foregoing petition: that he
has read the foregoing petition and knows
the contents thereof. that the same is true
OF his own knowledge except as 10 the mat
ters therein stated to be alleged upon In
formation and belief. and 70 those mat
tcrs he believes IL to be true.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of January. 1909
RICHARD z. WHITTLESEY.
Notary Public. New York County.
and the following resolutions were there
upon adopted:
whereas. The foregoing petition from tho
Greensboro Bridge & Jamaica Railway
Company. dated January 4th, 1903.
presented to the Board Of Estimate and
Arportionment at a meeting held January
sth. 1909
Resolved That in pursuance of law this
Board sets FTiGay. the 9th day Of F'ebru-
ary, 1909, at 1880 o'clock in the forenoon.
and Room 10. in the City Hall. Borough OF
Manhattan. the time and place when and
where such petition shall be first cnnsid-
cred and public hearing be had thereon.
at which citizens shall be entitled to ap-
pear and be heard; and be II further
Resolved That the Secretary is directed
10 cause such petition and these resolutions
to be published for at least fourteen u4)
days in two daily newspapers in The city
Of New York, TO be designated by the
Mayor and fo- at least ten O0D days In the
'.City Record Immediately prior 10 such
date Of public hearing. The expense OF
such publication to be borne by the petit
tioner JOSEPH TIAAG, Secretary
New York January s, 1909.