New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-19
PUBLIC NOTICE

SION. First Department. In the Matter Of
the Application Of Manhattan Railway COM
pany for the appointment Of three commls-
sioners to determine and report whether adj
ditionsl tracks and facilities on the Ninth
Avenue Line or route q rs elevated rail-
city Of New York. as determined ~ me
Public Service Commission for the First Dis
uict Of the State 81 New York. ought 20 -
constructed and operated. Ninth Avenue Ad-
di,ionai Tracks ana Facilities between lS2nd
and i59'h Streets
Public Notice Is hereby given that pursuant
10 the provisions Of the Rapid Transit Act
being chapter Of the laws % sol. as
amended. Manhattan Railway Company VIII
apply 20 the Appellate Division OF the 81
preme Court Of the state Of New YORK. IN
and for the First judicial Department at
term thereof 10 be held a. the Appellee Di-
vision Court House. Madison Avenue ana
9th Street I'm the Borough OF Manhattan,
1915. at 10 o'clock I'm the forenoon OF that
day or as soon thereafter as counsel can Do
heard for the appointment Of three comnls-
sloners IN the above entitled proceeding 70
determine and report after due hearing
whether the additional track or tracks ana
facilities on the Ninth Avenue Line or route
OF It's elevated railroad In the Borough OF
Manhattan. In the City % New York. be-
tween i52nd and 18Th Streets. as determines
by the Public Service Commission for the
First Distric, OF the State OF New fork.
ought 20 be constructed and operated. lhs
papers upon which the aforesaid Application
will be made are the petition Of said mar
nattAn Railway company Neflurh WIS AoNh
day OF February. 1915 and the afidsyits ana
papers accompanying the same, all Of when
were filed In the office Of the Cierk 81 ssla
Appellate Division on the ,sth day % FEB
ruary. 1918. and In addition thereto suen
other papers as shall be presented 20 the
Court by said Company. The said additional
track or tracks and facilities upon the MINI
Avenue route including the route between
l52nd and 18Th Streets are determined and
authorized By the Public Services Commits
sion for the First District in its Certificate
argh nd rnDdifElnK
certificate dated May 22nd 1914. and are de-
scribed therein and In the papers He'd herein
as aforesaid with the Clerk Of the Appellate
l52nd and l59th Streets are described gen.
orally as follows:
Upon the Ninth Avenue lane. additional
tracks hereinafter referred to a. Ninth Ave-
nue. Additional Tracks as follows \ third
track from point at or near Battery Pace
and Greenwich Street, through Greenwich
Street, Ninth Avenue and Columbus Avenue
to lOsth Street thence through private prop
erty 10th Street and private property, cross
ing public streets TO Eighth Avenue; thence
One track additional TO the said third track
may be constructed over Eighth Avenue be-
tween i52nd Street and l5sth Street on the
east side OF the Company's structure and tho
structure widened not exceeding six feet on
the east side between l52nd street and l54th
street. A further track additional 20 The
tracks herein Just described may Re con-
structed over Eighth Avenue between l55th
and l59th Streets on the west side OF thu
structure and the structure may be widened
on the west side not 10 exceed six feet be-
tween l52nd Street and lb5th Street and not
exceeding ten feet six inches between 18TH
Street and 18th Street. AZ 53rd Street and
Ninth Avenue. in order 20 provide for cross
ing the Sixth Avenue elevated railroad con-
verging with the Ninth Avenue Line at tina,
point. the third track may be reconstructed
and with the necessary graduated approaches
may rise above the existing tracks at an
elevation Of not exceeding twenty feet above
them.
From n point on Eighth Avenue a, or near
18th Street 10 point AZ or near llsth Street
and from point az or near l2-ni Street 70
point at or near l27th Street the present
existing structures may be widened six feet
on each side thereof and the present tracks
may be spread 10 permit the reconstruction
and relocating OF tho present intertrack sta
lions and platforms which are now located
az and known as the ll6th Street and tho
l25th Street stations OF the Manhattan Com
pany. This reconstruction may bs made 10
allow the express and local trains 10 serve
these stations from their respective tracks.
All the tracks and station platforms between
these points may be constructed on thu
present level. From a point on Eighth Ave-
nue. at or near l55th Street 20 a point az or
near 18th Street. two new island platforms
may be constructed with an overhead meg
canine station at the southerly end ~ TIE
platforms, giving access 10 the l65th street
Viaduct. and with mezlanine station az tho
southerly end below the tracks II ing access
70 the street and with meIzanine station
AT the northerly end Of the platform I'M
mediately below the tracks giving access %
the street and the Polo Grounds Tie clear
ance from the street 10 the under side Of tbs
meZzanne stations below the tracks shall
not be less than i2 feet and TO secure this
clearance the present track level may 10
raised between i54th and i5sth Streets not 20
exceed four feet. To provide for an over
grade crossing OF the express track over thu
north bound local track the express track
may be raised above the present track level
20 the maximum OF not more than eighteen
feet. commencing at the present track level
at or near 10th street and ending at tho
present track level al or near lJ5th street.
The present station platforms south 81 ths
south line OF l55th street and the present
platforms between l55th and 18th Streets may
be removed and the present connections TO
the station platforms from the stairwayS
leading from l55th Street 10 the yiaduct
street may be abandoned.
The object OF the aforesaid application IL
10 obtain the appointment Of three commits
sioners who shall determine after a hearing
OF all the parties interested whether said
additional track or tracks and facilities on
the Ninth Avenue Line or route between
structed ana operated and shall repor, tho
evidence taken to said Appellate Division,
together with a report OF their tetermina-
tlon. which report II in favor Of the con-
struction and operation OF said additional
track or tracks and facilities (ss said Man
haitian Railway Company will ask that 70
shall be- shall when confirmed hy the said
Court. he In lieu OF the consent OF tbs
property owners along the limo OF said route
Dated New York March 9Th 1913
MANHATTAN RAILWAY COMPANY.
JAMES L. QUACKENBUSH Attorney. 10
Broadway. New York city.