New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-03
PUBLIC NOTICES.

CITY OF NEW YORK--BOARD OF EST
mate and Apportionment---Pubhc notice Is
hereby given thai al a meeting OF the Board
of Estimate and Apportlonment, heid JdnuaLy
q, 1910, the following petition vas receives veg
To the Honorable the Board OF Estimate ana
The petition Of the Bronx Traction Com
First: That youu petitioner is street sur
face railway corporation and BY lAe ;Arttc!Ss
retsr1- of the state OF New York, May l.,
1901 became the owner Of the franchises or
FRACTION CoTnpany the Van Nest. West Farms
& Westchestar Traction Company. the Wake
field & WestchesteT Traction Company, the
West Farms and Wcstehester Iractl2n CoIlt-
pauy ana the williamsburg and Nestcnestef
Thai b. resolutions adopted by the Town
Board of the Town o. Westminster OF June .,
1892 consents Of the local authorities WeEs
granted to construct railroads On various
highways IN said town among them grants 70
the wIliamsbriGse and Nestchester Iractleh
chester Traction Company, which authorized
construction on Bronzdale ATen1 I,; ,, Ee3r
Plains Road. uortheyy from what IS now
known IS Morris Park Avenue, 10 Williams
That new street or avenue known as the
New White Plans Road has been constructed
. or avenue embraces within its lines some poT-
tIons OF the Old White Plains Road, UnionpoEt
Road and Bear swamp Road
Your petitioner operates q double track rail-
road by overhead electrical trolley system
pp9a some portions s e saa Old ID s[F s aha
Plains Road lines, and upon the portions OF
said Sew White Plains. Road .,
That 10 hx lis franchise or right uPon said
New, White Plains Road, - hereby applies for
franchise o. right 70 construct d double
railroad on Norris Park Avenue. ct the juno
ton OF New White Plains Road, n2rtherly
double tracks TO East Cunhiu Read. now Or
formerly tie junction az Briggs Avenue, all
in the Borough Of the Bronx CITY Of Ne"
s Second. That the petitioner owns and .oper-
ates double track railroad which terminates
Westchester avenue t1ornlerlT Wesrchester
Turnpike and Main Street, in the former vi
laso % NesLc4e2ter, aHd mas sing-s tracA
running from the said Junction upon AID along
Man Street and Fort Schuyler Road 10 the
oDf-ated for r1or7 than five years last past.
Your petitioner proposes to extend its road
and construct branch or extension thereof
and operate the same by the overhead cleo
trt-al system. cofnra"!lcIT1s a. WesTcaes's-
Square. at the Junction OF Westminster ave
nus tforInerlyr Westchester Turnpike and
Main Street. IN the former Village OF West
chester running thence with 4 sin-ie track
Bridge over WestChester Greek thence upon
and along Fort SCHUYLER Road also known as
mon ana aIon- Eastern Boulevard across tna
Pelham Bridge over E-astch=ster Bay, for
merry known as HutchlGsons River t7ence
upon and along the Pelham Bridge or Shore
r6iyd. The said Town o. vestoLester is
now within TIA Borough Of the Bronx. in the
City os New York, and both the said extern
sious or branches arc TO BE- constructed II
said Borough! That such construction and
operation thereon VIII enable the applicant 20
oy,eTa - a double track read each Of said
Tje F4vsyz ard add 40 tie convenience Of
public travel in the Civ Of New York
Wherefore. Your petitioner prays that pub
lie notice % the application for such TWO
grants Of franchises or rishts from the CITY
OF New York. ar1 of the time and place
when and where The same will ne rrsr cor
sidered, be given as required b. Law, and that
grants be made for sucn construction and
opera ton in accordance with the provisions
Of the Greater New York Charter and the
Railroad Law.
Dated New York, January 5ih. 1910
BRONX TRACTION COMPANY.
rSeaII b. EDWARD :. AfAHER,
NJ