New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-27
PUBLIC NOTICES.

/ CITY on new YORk-BoARD OF EST
mate and Apportionment Public notice Is
/ hereby given pursuant 10 law that al a meet
Ing of the Board Of Estimate and Apporton-
ment held October g, 1918. the following petl-
TO Inc Honorable the Board Of Estimate
and Apportioumcnt OF the City ~ New YORK ::
The petition Of the Sew York Railways COM
pany respectfully shows.
/ First. That your petitioner Is q street
surface railway corporation. duly organized
and existing under the laws Of the state Or
New York. and now operating street sur
] face railway I'm the borough OF Manhattan,
/ CITY Of New York and has duly filed pur-
suant 20 Section 10 Of the Railroad Law
statement OF extension Of It's road and
branches thereof herein proposed.
Second That for the purpose or con-
STRUGGLING and operating branches or extern
sions of its present road, your petitioner de-
sires 10 obtain from your Honorable Board
and hereby respectfully applies FOR It's con-
sent 20 and a grant OF the right privilege or
franchise for the construction. maintenance
and operation ~ double track street sur
face RAILWAY Including the necessary con-
. ueefious. switches fiilngs, turn1uis' turn,
tables. crossovcrs end suitable stands ana
other structures and substructures neces-
sary ;or the accommodation and operation
OF said railroad by the underground sys-
ter1 OF electricity or other motive power.
which may bo lawfully employed upon the
I samsI as an extension or branch or us
existing railway ana for public use IN me
conveyance % persons and property Tor
. compensation IN. through. upon. along ana
over the surface of certain streets, ave-
nues. highways and puoiic places IN The Dor,
0uah Of Manhattan. city Cf New YORK, or
which the following is a description:
Beginning az and connecting with inc
present tracks In the transverse ROAD enilhs
M "a pOint east Of the casteriy side or West
san street and Central Park West; thence
with double TRACKS westerly In. upon, along
aul over West S6th street, crossing LIshlh
Avenue or Central Park West, 'olun"Hs
Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue TO point 20
the asteriy side ~ Broadway, all in the
Borough ~ Manhattan. city OF New YORK ana
State Of New York, together with ihe Fiblt
90 cross such other streets. avenues, h!sh-
ways and bridges as may be encountered IN
said route.
Third. That said corporation proposes 20
operate said extension or branch by the
underground system Of electricity substan-
TALLY similar 20 Tint now IN use upon IT'S
other line. or boy any other motive power
other than locomotive steam power Mhlcn
may DO approved hy the Public Service Com,
uIs siou for The First District and consented
t0 Dos owners ~ property bounded on the
same rs provided hy law.
Wherefore. your petitioner prays that
public notice hereof and ~ the time ana
place when and whore This application VIII
fe first considered. bee given as required uy
. fha provisions Of Section 112 % the Railroad
Law and an other laws applicable thereto,
and fhaf the desired consent or grant Re
given Boo the form of a contract or resolution
ana upon terms as 70 conformation or other,
wise in accordance with ne provisions OF
. th. Greater Ntw York Charter.
Dated. City of Nes YORK. September IL,
NEW YORK RAILWAYS COMPANY.
Uy FRANK HEDLEl. Vice President.
Attest:
lsesll n " FISHER. Secretary
state Of New YORK. County OF Sew YORK. -
FRANK HEDLEI. being duly sworn. de-
noses and SAYS. That he Is Vice President
. ~ ths Sew York Railways company, the
petitioner named IN The foregoing petition
that Dee has read The forrso!ns petition ana
Knows the contents thereof that the same IL
true 81 his own knowledge except as 20 TIE
matters therein stated 90 bee upon informa-
lion ana belief and as 10 those matters no
DERIVES b. ~ 'e FRANK HEDLEY
Subscribed and sworn 20 before me this
si,t day q september. 9lI,. go~Dv
%o,ary Puii.c. Sew York county. so l65.
Certificate filed res sters ONCE New
York county. No. tl23.
And the following resolutions were there
Whereas. The foregoing petition from the
New York Railways Company dated sep
t@rnber n. 1918. was presented 70 the Board
of Estimate and Apporuonment al meeting
Rssoisci. that IN pursuance Of law this
Board sets Friday, the fifth day or NoVem-
her. 1915. al ten o'clock IN The forenoon ana
Room Do Boo the City Hail. Borough ~ Man
haitian. A. the time and place when and
where such petition shall he first considered.
ant a public hearing he had thereon. az
which citizens shall te entitled 20 appear ana
boz heard. ana is 10 further
Resolved. that -h- Secretary d. directed 20
cause such petition AMI these resolutions 90
be- Published for re least fourteen 10 days
In Two daily newspapers IN The city % Sew
YORK % be de- lgu4tei uy the Mayor. ana for
az lea.t ten l0i days in the city Record
Immediately prior 90 such date OF public
hearing The expense ~ such publication 20
be borne ty the petitioner
JAMES II MrGASS
Assistant Secretary,
Municipal Building
Tel. $3.50 Worth
New York October s. 1915.