The evening world., 1914-01-10
SURFACE TRACKS
COVERING "A Miles
MUST Be TORN UP|
Attorney General Cannody
Causes Forfeiture Of Charters
of the Unused Lines.
LONG FIGHT IS ENDED.
Some Tracks May Be Allowed
to Remain Until Streets
Are Repaired.
LONG FIGHT IS ENDED.

More than twsnty-four miles - - (.
used or only occasionally uDsd 0esuDt
railway tracks tn this city are 70 - s
removed and the strssts ssstorsd " ~
city. This action 10 made possible ~
tho action to-day of Attossy-osnoal
carmody. who announcsd from AJoAuy
tho revocation Of forty-ewo stsses M
way franchisO.
For Q numbR Of ysAW mAay q ~
street car iinss Of this city hsvs e1tAoF
abandoned the use Of certain peeeeuD - (
their trackway OF run . caf . ~ -
them - franchise hoiderA" Now ~
the announcement OF the Attorusy- a.
sra,. these tracks are TO come - q -
expense Of the several rosos - ~
sishtiinsss Of che streets restored. ~
msnts soe sAs forfeiture sf thsee -
used lines OF the New Yerk 0o1aWoOU
Company. formerly the 1sessDnaR
Street Railway. have ben sneeeee -
Attorney -0snseai Casmody.
HOLDERS OF THG PoRrv!rvso
FoRPGirgp PRANchsooo.
Tho railroad companies holding -
right to operate thsss fofty.two 6unr
chises. now declared forfeit 49,
Blocker street and TuItea 1essys
Broadway and Seventh avsuue. Cnooy
Cfbsstown, Central Park. Nero -
East River. Christophse an 1euo
street, Dry Dock. East DroaAWay -
battery, Eighth avenue. torsysoooo1o
street aad Grand street yersys 49,
second street. Naahattanv1o - -
Nicholas avenue. Fuitoa sersee. 8eBe
poiitan street Railway. New Yea -
Harlem, Ninth avenue. Oeeeo1 e1ea14
sixth avenue and TwAty.saoAsA -
Twenty ninth strssts. csosstswA 3hoBo
are only axtssn companies b ~ ~
but many Of them hola sevesos 0Un~
chises.
The removal Of the <rssas sAsuss1vD
ID now In tAs AAnAs ee The Aty onel
tiss. They eAp ss1sr thso Oso
they sss at out. - aoees4a@ee -.
custom. Il = uA,,hsay tAat ~ - -
traehs Win b removed Vattl ~ soesog
through vtacA thsv ssan Ars n ~ -
rspavins. Untn Sush tiDs assevse -
dty wsa probably nse un'oertaSe ~
patch work Of the roadway aseessotAeoe
by track removal end win let the roooo
remain - shsy ere.
II was stated at the once ~ - ~
ll,c Service Commission to-day has ~
Central Crosstown Railway Co0oeays
which operated the osvsntseusn 49,
Eishtssnth streets Ans. AAd dDeo
with the city the sum OF Sae.os - -
share Of the cost Of ssmovlng ~ ssnall9
The city Will bear the ssuaaln6sr - -
. expense when the time comes tss -
!, repaving.
. r,onT AGAINST ThGM ogoUeo
> IN tooo.
Tho action to-day OF Attorusysom'
eraI Carmody 70 the Anai order 49,
y work which was begun - far be6 g
! 1905. when the Public Servies Co..
mission came into sxistsacs on yuIy I
y 1907. there we're more than svoqey
Q miles Of unused or occasionally 49,
tracks and very soon complaints 49,
{ to come In from propsrty owners -
n from the Team OwnsrS Assoeiatiea
: They declared the tracks TO ~ ~
. only unsightiy. but . constaat meoooQ
= 70 the wheels OF vehicles. TAeas -
Commission OF the First District heeo =
y New York called upon Attorney. .0enssel
O'Maliey. who was than IN o0ee =
. bcgin action to declare certain 49,
u ehi,es forfeit. The matter was peaooo
y In the hands Of Assistant Atsssney'
: General Kennedy. and hs aas been =
n charge Of II ever since.
The nrst Of the street railway No. =
be abandoned was the Fulton strsee ~
'. which ceased running cars on June
u 1905. Other lines followed at SAsssvan
and now all Of them not using saeo
u tracks have had their franchises -
voked. The policy OF the commsseosl
Ia to require the railroads = renev'
u the rails at their own expense ~ -
ws,nt they can from the tracks theo
selves a. scrap iron. But Il the elc
attends to the removal Il will eispees 9
the rails as II sees NJ