New-York tribune., 1910-02-15
B. R. t. PUTS In BID
SCENT BRIDGE LINE.
Tro Plans Noe for Crossing
the Manhattan Structure.

The BROOKLYN Rapid Transit COMPANY
fled application Yesterday with the Board
Of Estimate and Apportionmeut for a fran
chise 70 operate an interborough surface
line from Flatbush and Atlantic avenues
Brooklyn, over the Manhattan Bridge and
tc point at or near the Bowery and
Canal street
Coming II does at the time when
the company's legal talent is engaged IN
an effort to prevent the Public Service
Commission approval Of the Manhattan
Bridge Three-Cent Fare Line. the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company's sudden offer
of accommodation across the new oriaee
did not seem 10 arouse any high pltch OF
enthusiasm either among officials OF ths
Board of Estimate and the Public service
Commission among the Brooklyn rhtl
chants who have been asking just such
accommodation
Even the fact that the Brooklyn Rapld
Transit Company through its subsidiary
compa MES in whose name the application
was filed. offered in its application fare OF
three cents did not deter Alnnet Reed Lat
son. counsel for the Independent three
cent fare line from proceeding with the
hearing on his company's application FOR
4 somewhat similar franchise before the
commission Yesterday.
The independent companys application
in fact proposes to give several blocks ad-
ditional ride for the three cents. as it
reads that the independent company de
sires to operate from the same starting
point in BROOKLYN. across the Manhattan
Bridge and then across Canal street to the
North River
AS an added attraction the application
filed yesterday with the Board of Esti-
mate and signed by the Brooklyn Heights
Railway Company. the Coney Island &
Brooklyn Railroad Company and the Mas
sau Electric Railroad Company, proposes
that the certificate allowing them 70 oper-
ate as far as the Bowery on Canal street
shall he only temporary arrangement, the
permanent proposition to include, does
that OF the Independent line. operation
across Canal street 10 the North River.
But ii specifies that the three-cent fare
shall apply only TO the temporary road
with its terminus al the Bowery, the fare
for the permanent road according to the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company's propo-
stion. to be fixed by the Board of EST
mate "at sum which will afford reason
able compenss ton for the service rem
| dered.
Further. the application filed yesterday
by the BROOKLYN Rapid Transit Company
specifies that the city shall furnish tracks
across the Manhattan Bridge and terminal
/ and other facilities. including all overhead
/ electrical equipment necessary for tempo
! rary operation.
The application. in referring 70 the per
] r7auent proposition which they hope TO put
/ in At later date. says:
With the cooperation OF the street sur
! face railroad companies operating in Man
/ haitian Borough. II such cooperation can
| he obtained and if not. then without such
| cooperation, to organiZs new street sur
! face railroad company to operate through
! route from the North River to the FIatbush
{ and Atlantic avenue terminal
At the hearing on the independent com
psnv.s three-cent fare line before the
Public Service Commission yesterday Col
oneI William Dyknan, of counsel for the
Conev Island & Brookyg Railroad. made
statement acquainting the commission
with the fact that his client had filed ar-
! nIicatfon with the Board of Estimate Gov
| Aring 4 similar transit proposition
! John c. Breckenridge one of the directors
of the Manhattan Bridge Three-Cent Fare
| Line, was the only witness examined during
I the afternoon. and Colonel Dykman en-
! deavored to learn from him on cross-ex-
/ animation what the motive power of the
/ new company would be.
AIn7et R Lstson. counsel 10 the inde
pendent line, objected to many questions
| and finally assured the opponents of the
! new line that there would be no under
| ground trolley in BROOKLYN and no over
| head trolley in Manhattan
The new company finished its case. with
. the exception Of proving the single point
that 10 per cent OF the capital of the new
| line had been paid in. and on that point
! the absence Of the treasurer was all that
/ precluded tho presentation IF proof The
( nearing uss adjourned to February Is