New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-27
PUBLIC NOTICES,

x Estimate and ApDortionment, held February
= . . inc following petition was received;
ApportOnment Of tho city % New York
The Thir- Avenue Railway Company BY this,
lis petition, respectfully shows and alleges:
tirsi-Ihat your petitioner is street sur.
face railroad corporation, duly Incorporates
under tho laws Of the state Of New York, and
! owns and operates street surface railroad
upon and along certain streets and avenues in
the City Of New York:
second-Upon Information and belief that ths
/ CITY Of New York. by contract dated March
| tth, 1902 granted to Tho Third Avenue Rail-
| road Company franchise 20 construct MAIN
tain and operate a double track extension 10
IFS street surface railway upon tho following
| route. Beginning and connecting with the exist
ing double track street surface railway on
! Amsterdam Avenue at Or near The Intersection
| thence northeriy. westerly and southerly IN and
| upon and along said Fort George Avenue as
! Il winds and turns 10 its intersection with
Audubon Avenue, with ioop terminal az said
intersection. TO be constructed within the pres-
| ent roadway Of said Fort George Avenue.
! Third-Inat tho petitioner has duly succeeded
| 10 the rights Il the said The Third Avenue
| Railroad Company uncer said contract, and
| that the term OF said contract will expire on
/ or about March 4th. 1914 and that the petit
toner desires 10 continue the Of the tracks
| upon the said route for period Of not less
Wherefore. the petitioner requests that It be
, granted. pursuant to the provisions q law, the
right To use the tracks laid upon said rouis
! under and pursuant TO said contract, and to
! maintain and operate railway thereon for .
term Of not less than ten OW years.
/ Dated. New York. February 2 1915
! THIRD AVENUE RAILWAY COMPANY.
+. W. WHITRIDGE. President
Corporate seal)
Attest F. J. FULLER. Secretary.
| state OF New York. County OF Nee York. So;
! Frederick ". Whitridge. being duly sworn.
deposes and says that he is the President of
/ the Third Avenue Railway Company, the peti-
! TONER named in the foregoing petition. that 10
! has read said petition and knows the contents
| thereof. and that the same Is true 10 his own
/ LII fNa IN
! stated u be alleged upon information and be-
! lief. and as to those matters he believes u 70
! be true. +. W. WHIFRlDGE.
1 Sworn 10 before me this % day Of February
JAS. s. WILLIAMS. Notary Public New Ycrx
County No. 4OS, New York Register Ma
CNotariaI seaI)
and the following resolutions were thereupon
Whereas. the foregoing petition from ,hs.
J Third Avenue Railway Company dated Feo<
ruarv 2 1914 was presented TO the Board oe,
| Estimate and Apportlonment az meeting held
( February .. 1914
Resolved. that in pursuance Of law. this
| Board sets FRIDAY, the sixth day Of March. {
1914 az 1870 O'Clock in the forenoon. and
| Room Is in the city Han. Borough OF Man
! haitian. the time and place when and where
/ such petition shall be first considered. ana -
| public hearing be had thereon. at which CT
liens shall be entitled TO appear and be heaFds
| and ho II further
| cause such petition and these resolutions "a
| be published for at least fourteen 10 days in
| two daily newspapers in the City OF New
! York. 10 be designated by the Mayor. and for'
at least ten O0 days In the city Record
| Immediately prior 10 such date ~ public hear-,
| ing The expense OF such publication 70 bS
borne by the petitioner: THE sun and
JOSEPH HAAG. Secretary.
New York. February s. 1919
| SUPREME COURT. APPELLATE DIVISION
FIRST DEPARTNENT.-IN THE MATT
TER OF the application ~ MANHATTAN
! RAILWAY COMPANY for the appointment OF
/ three Commissioners 10 determine and reperN
| whether additional tracks AMI facilities on M
| Ninth Avenue Line or route Of its elevatedi
| railroads In the Borough OF Manhattan. In Tho
| CITY of New York as determined by the Public
Service Commission for the First District Of the
| state Of New York, ought to be constructed
Ninth Avenue Additional Tracks and Facii- ,
PUBLIC NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN that.
! pursuant 10 the provisions Of the Rapid Transit
! Act. being chapter OF the Laws OF 1891, IS
! amemded. Manhattan Railway Company VIII
| apply 10 the Appellate Division OF the supreme
| Court % the state Of New York in and for the
| First Judicial Department. AT term thereof
| to be held at the Appellate Division court
| House Madison Avenue and 18th Street, in tho
| Borough Of Manhattan. CITY OF New York. on
/ the 10Th day of March, 1914. at 1000 o'clock
| in the forenoon of that day. or as soon there
| after as counsel can be heard for the appoint
I ment OF three commissioners In the above en-
| titled proceeding TO determine and report, after
! due hearing. whether an additional track or
/ tracks and facilities the Ninth Avenue Line
or route OF it's elevated railroads in the Bor-
| ough OF Manhattan, in the city OF New YORK,
/ as determined by the Public Service Commits
/ sion for the First District OF the State of New
! York. ought TO be constructed and opera ted.
| The papers upon which the aforesaid appllca-i
/ ton viii be made are the petition OF said Man
| haitian Railway Company dated the 9Th day ~
/ February, 1918, and the aiiidavts and papers
accompanying the same. all OF which were
| filed I'm the Office OF the Clerk of said Appellate
| Division on the 9Th day OF February. 1914. and.
! In addition thereto. such other papers as shall
ha eF Ia fha nj Irf hui af1 icflfs
Tho said additional treck tracks and facil-
! tiles arc determined and authorized by tho
! Public Service Commission for the First Dis
| trct in its certificate dated March 49, 1913
and are described therein and in the papers
| filed herein as aforesaid with the Clerk OF tho
Appellate Division. and are described generally
| follows:
IInon tho Ninth Avenu. Line additional
tracks hereinafter referred 10 as NINTH AVE-
NUE. ADDITIONAL. TRACKS as follows. A
third track from point at near Battery
Place and Greenwich Street. through Green-
wich Street, Ninth Avenue and Columbus Ave.
nue. to 10th street; thence through private
property, 10th street and private property.
crossing public streets. 10 Eighth Avenue:
| thence through Eighth Avenue 70 the Harlem
| River. At 53d Street and Ninth Avenue, in
order to provide for crossing the sixth Avenue
! elevated railroad converging with the Ninth
Avenue Line at that point. the third track may
! be reconstructed and with tho necessary grad
| uated approaches may rise above the existing
! tracks AZ an elevation of not exceeding twenty
! feet above them.
From a point on Eighth Avenue at or near
! 18th street To a point at or near listh Street.
and from point at or near l22nd street TO
point at or near l27th Street. the present EXIST
! ing structures may be widened six feet on each
! side thereof, and the present tracks may hs
| spread to permit the reconstruction and re-
locating OF the present inter-track stations and
platforms which now located ~ and known
as tho ll6th Street and the 18th street stations
/ % the Manhattan Company. This reconstruc-
/ ton may be made TO allow the express and
| local trains TO these stations from their
| respective tracks. All the tracks and station
/ platforms. between these points. may be con-
| structed on the present level.
The object OF tho aforesaid application IA 10,
| obtain tho appointment OF three commissioners
/ who shall determine, after a hearing OF all tho
/ parties interested whether said edditionabl
/ track or tracks and facilities ought 20 be con-
| structed and operated. and shall report tho,
evidence taken to said Appellate Division. to-
! gether with a report Of their determination,
which report, II in favor Of the construction
! and operation Of said additional track or tracks
and facilities as said Manhattan Railway Cons
/ pany will ask that II shall he) shall. when
| confirmed by the said Court bc I'm lieu OF the
| consent OF the property owners along the line
OF said route.
| Dated New York February nth. 1914
| MANHATTAN RAILWAY COMPANY.
! JAMES J.. QUACkENBUSH.
! Attorney. I65 Broadway, Now York CITY.
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