New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-23
PUBLIC NOTICE.

CITY or NEW YORK.--BOARD OF EsTI-
MATE AND APPORTiONMbST:--P
notice II hereby given pursuant to law INA,
- a meeting OF tho Board Of Estimate ana
Apportionmsnt. held october 2. 1914. tho fol-
lowing petition was received
10 THE HONORABLE BOARD OF ESII-
MATE AND APPOHTfONMENT OF THE
The petition ~ TIE BROOKLYN CITY
RAILROAD COMPANY respectfully Hnons;
l. Your petitioner N a street surface Iah-
road corporation duly organized and existing
under tho laws Of the state OF New l Orh.
and heretofore ana under dato OK FebruaIy
TO The BROOKLYN Heights Railroad Company
Your petitioner has duly made and nled'
pursuant. 10 Section 10 u the railroad Law
tho street road, avenue or highway and
private property in or upon which u ~ pr
posed 10 construct, maintain ana opets,e ~
extension or branch Of IT'S railroad a. hei'"
. Your petitioner desires 70 obtain from
The City OF Now York and hereby respe.f-
franchise OF right 20 use certain su,sd,,
road avenue, highway or Pubic sIV y,
within or belonging TO The city Of New TOTE
for the construction and operation IN anu
upon tho surface thereof. Of an extension cr
branch OF It's street surface railroad 70 Soi-
flst Of a double track street surface raiirO.li;
for public use and conveyance OF pe,sons . 81.
property for compensation. including such
poles, wires conduits. connections, s"l.Cbes,
sidings, turnouts, crossovers ana tuit .,.,,,
stands. equipment or other structures as rnay
be necessary for the accommodation ana
operation OF said railroad by the overhead "
other system OF electricity or other motEe
power which may be lawfully used upon 'n9
same.
3. The following is a description Of the
said certain street road. avenue, highway
driveway or public grounds WITHIN OF
longing TO The City or New York IN through
upon or along which your petitioner desires
20 extend its railroad, 20 Wit -,
BEGINNING ~ a point In Fresh fond
Road at the intersection Of the petitioner
tracks with the track or tracks Of It's So
called Lutheran Cemetery Line OF ranroa1
extending thence upon and along SAID fresh
Pond Road TO and connecting Win ' hssbTs
in the Borough OF Queens, with sultaDie
connections between such extended tracks
and the tracks OK me s2-eSlIea trscks
on Myrtle Avenue. -,
I. Your petitioner proposes 70 operate tne
railroad to be constructed upon sald stree. e.
either directly or through lessee. by the
overhead trolley system or by any otner no
tive power. otho' than steam locomotive
power which may be approved By the Pun
iic Service Commission for the First District
and consented TO by the owners or prop
erty bounded upon said route as provided oy
law.
8. Your petitioner submits herewith a
map or plan showing the location OF SAID
tracks and connections OF the same with ts
present street surface railroad tracks ana
said Lutheran Cemetery Line and With its
present street surface railroad tracks on
Myrtle Avenue. so as TO permit OF the OPP
Grafton Of street surface railroad cars LOT
the conveyance of persons and properly over
said extension or branch OF itc said railroad
WHEREFORE your petitioner prays tnat
public notice herein OF the time ana pace n
first considered. be duly gwen as required
by the laws applicable thereto, ana that the
desired consent or grant be embodied In the
form Of a contract with all the terms and
conditions es TO compensation anc other.
wise In accordance with the provisions OF
the Greater New York Charter and the Laws
DATED az The Borough Of Brooklyn.
The City of New York,
September 18th. 1914.
THE BROOKLYN CITY RAILROAD CON-
PANY.
Seal BY
Attest: Frank Lyman,
Secretary.
city and State OF New York, County Of
on this 18th day OF September. 1914 before
mo personally came Frank LYMAN, TO me
known. who being by me duly sworn, did
depOse and say that he resided IN the Bor-
ne IL the President OF The Brooklyn City
Railroad Company. the corporation described
in and which executed the foregoing instru-
ment; that he knew the seal Of said corpo-
ration: that the seal affixed to said instru-
ment was such corporate seal; that Il was
affixed by order Of the Board OF Directors
or said corporation. and that he signed his
name thereto by like order.
Notary Public. Kings L. county Si y No. o'S "a:
certificate filed in New York Coun-
fSEALl ~. No. 1871: Kings County Regis
ter's. No. 6s0l. New York County
Registers. No. 53i7; commission expires
March 30. 1915.
and the following resolutions we're thereupon
adopted:
WHEREAS. the foregoing petition from
the Brooklyn City Railroad Company dated
September IS. 1914. was presented 10 the
Board OF Estimate and AppOrtionment at a
meeting held october . 1914
RESOLVED. that In pursuance OF law this
Board sets Friday. the thirtieth day OF Oc-
tobeI. 1911. at 1890 o'clock I'm the forenoon
and Room Is IN the City Hall. Borough ot
Manhattan. as the time and place when and
where such petition shall be first considered.
and a public hearing be had thereon, at
which citizens shall be entitled 20 appear
and be heard: and be It further
RESOLVED, that the petition and these
resolutions shall be published for at least
fourteen dD days in two daily newspapers
in the City OF New York, to be designated by
the MAYOR. and FOR at least ten G0) days in
the city Record Immediately prior to such
date of public hearing. The expense OF such
publication to be borne by the petitioner.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle and New York Trih-
une designated.
New York October 0, 1914
JAMES d. MGANE, Assistant Secretary
Room 1901. Municipal Building. Centre and
Chambers Streets Borough OF Manhattan.
Telephone. 45e0 Worth