The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-05-27
CITIZENS SCORE
RAILROAD GRAB
1 ALONG RIVERSIDE
Many Protest Against Plan to
4 Give Central Road
Six Tracks.
HEARING is POSTPONED.
Mayor Fails to Attend and
President Mitchell Presides
j. at Meeting.
HEARING is POSTPONED.

Further opportunity viii be afforded
to protest against the plan Of the New
York Central Railroad to grab" add.
tI0nai trackase on the west shore Of
Riverside Drive from ssventy-second
street to spuyten Duyval. President
Mitchell 80 announced to-day at the con.
ciuslon Of the public hearing on the
Riverside project at which he presided
during the absence Of Mayor 0aynor.
Comptroller Prendergast and Borough
Presidents McAneny and Steers were
the only other members Of the Board of
Estimat present The attendance on
the part Of persons In protest ~ we'll
- those appearing In favor was large
and representative.
The most interesting point developed
was brought out by Assistant Cor.
poration Counsel Burr who stated that
he was In a position to make known
the conclusions Of the Corporation
affecting the rights Of the railroad and
the rights Of the city in Abe adoption
and Anal carrying out Of the plan OF
Improvement.
LeoislArURG GAVE ROAD
RIGHT 70 THE TRACKS.
NJ. Burr stated that originally the
J.eGislature granted the New York Gen.
tral the right to operate tracks and that
subsequently an act authorized the city
10 enter into an agreement with the
company toward the removal Of the
tracka: that the city owns the streets
over which the company operates and
owns ~ well the yards at sixtieth and
Seventieth streets that the railroad com.
pany has an easement to operate over
streets; that the land formerly under
water from Seventy-second street TO
Spuyten Duyval came into possession Of
the city under an ancient charter. spd
these lands are now operated over by
the railroad under a license srantsd by
the city for the corporate lifs'of the com.
pany Of 500 years: that the company 10
now legally In possession Of these lands /:
AID that the railroad company owns out
right only those lands which II received
originally by grant from the city out.
right without recourse to any action by
the legislature.
Mr.. Burr was questioned BY several
protesting lawyers a. to the right ct
any time Of the company to create ad.
ditlon trackage along the west bank of
Alverside Drive and was asked to point
out n the ancient charter Of the lIccn. .
any stipulation empowering IN company
etc increase It's trackage. Mr.. Burr
answered that he believed the only
stipulation was that three tracks could
b laid. The Board Of Estimate com.
mittee has tentatively agreed o permit
the company to, operate six tracks.
NtFoHM cLUoS AGAINST PRO.
pooGo SCHEME.
Among those who protested and who
favored adjournment were the Reform
Cubs Committee Of the Port Of New
York. the lAunicipai Art Society. Calvin
Temkins. Morgan J. O'Brien. the New
Yerk Railways and Interborough Com.
paay and President. Frank iFoEarty oi
chs league 20 end Death avenue.
The Beard Of Trade ana Transports
ton Dressnted . brief In which It com.
mssd0 he work Of the city oficials thus
far In the plan to remove surface tracks
anA 70 arcade the tracks Of the New
yssk Central along Riverside Drive.
: Ths, Board adjourned until June a.
PrvsedAnt Mitchell takes his new eff'ce NJ
Collector Of the Port June I.