Report, Volume 1J.B. Lyon Company, printers, 1908 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 77
Page 29
... continue under the Battery tunnel to Brooklyn instead of crossing the Brooklyn bridge . This will be the first substantial alleviation of the Brooklyn bridge crush which , during the six mnoths last past , has reached the most intense ...
... continue under the Battery tunnel to Brooklyn instead of crossing the Brooklyn bridge . This will be the first substantial alleviation of the Brooklyn bridge crush which , during the six mnoths last past , has reached the most intense ...
Page 33
... continue across Manhattan . Dis- tribution and not concentration should be the aim . Every evil result of focal congestion at a single terminal is exhibited at present at the Brooklyn bridge . Nine separate elevated routes are fed over ...
... continue across Manhattan . Dis- tribution and not concentration should be the aim . Every evil result of focal congestion at a single terminal is exhibited at present at the Brooklyn bridge . Nine separate elevated routes are fed over ...
Page 34
... continue to be a necessity for a long time , and it does not seem right to cause a generation of people great inconvenience in transportation while waiting for the time to come when the subways may supersede the elevated railroads . We ...
... continue to be a necessity for a long time , and it does not seem right to cause a generation of people great inconvenience in transportation while waiting for the time to come when the subways may supersede the elevated railroads . We ...
Page 36
... continues down Fourth avenue to Fort Hamilton , a further distance of 3.13 miles . The other line proceeds through Fortieth street , New Utrecht avenue , Eighty - sixth street and Stillwell avenue to Coney Island at Surf avenue , a ...
... continues down Fourth avenue to Fort Hamilton , a further distance of 3.13 miles . The other line proceeds through Fortieth street , New Utrecht avenue , Eighty - sixth street and Stillwell avenue to Coney Island at Surf avenue , a ...
Page 49
... continue for fifty years with a renewal of twenty - five years , and the Brook- lyn - Manhattan subway ( 1902 ) to continue for thirty - five years with a renewal of twenty - five years . At the time these contracts were made the act ...
... continue for fifty years with a renewal of twenty - five years , and the Brook- lyn - Manhattan subway ( 1902 ) to continue for thirty - five years with a renewal of twenty - five years . At the time these contracts were made the act ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
application approval authorized Board of Estimate board of rapid bonds borough Broadway Brooklyn bridge Brooklyn Heights Railroad Brooklyn Union Elevated Brooklyn-Manhattan cars cent City Railway Company Commis Commissioner Eustis common carrier complaint Coney Island consent construction and operation CONSTRUCTION FUND contract contractor counsel court December 31 district duly Elevated Railroad Company engineer equipment Estimate and Apportionment feet filed Flatbush avenue Form Note Forty-second street franchise freight gas and electric hearing Hundred Interborough Rapid Transit July June 30 lease Long Island Long Island City Manhattan bridge Manhattan-The Bronx Meeting of Commission meter Nassau Electric Railroad pany Park passengers person pipe plans Public Service Commission Rapid Transit Board Rapid Transit Company Rapid Transit Railroad rates requisitions road route slow street railroad corporation street station thereof thereto tion tracks trains transit railroad commissioners transportation tunnel Union Elevated Railroad Union Railway Company York City Railway
Popular passages
Page 651 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Page 587 - Neither said report nor any report of said investigation nor any part thereof shall be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose in any suit or action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in said report or investigation.
Page 490 - ... and the manner in which their lines and property, owned, leased, controlled or operated, are managed, conducted and operated, not only with respect to the adequacy, security and accommodation afforded by their service, but also with respect to their compliance with all provisions of law, orders of the commission and charter requirements.
Page 486 - ... refund or remit in any manner or by any device any portion of the rates, fares, and charges so specified, nor extend to any shipper or person any privileges or facilities in the transportation of passengers or property, except such as are specified in such tariffs: Provided, That wherever the word 'carrier' occurs in this Act it shall be held to mean 'common carrier.
Page 485 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property...
Page 651 - And in order to ascertain that value the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stocks, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable earning capacity of the property under particular rates prescribed by statute, and the sum required to meet operating expenses, are all matters for consideration and are to be given such weight as may be just and right in each case. We do not say that...
Page 298 - The People of the State of New York, by the Grace of God, free and independent...
Page 654 - To justify the State in * * * interposing its authority in behalf of the public, it must appear, first, that the interests of the public * * * require such interference; and, second, that the means are reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of the purpose, and not unduly oppressive upon individuals.
Page 475 - ... notice. If such commissioner shall be removed the governor shall file in the office of the secretary of state a complete statement of all charges made against such commissioner, and his findings thereon, together with a complete record of the proceedings.
Page 446 - No county, city, town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit, to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation...