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due to their closing and discontinu- ing. Chapter 1006 of the Laws 0! provides the means for the re- | covery of such damages, and it must | be noted that these damages are not necessarily measured by the fee | value of the streets and may be in ex of such amounts. In thie in- stance the “credits” to the city are incorrect and would result in a co! dition whereby the city not only lo ‘ects, but in addition has to garec which might exceed $4, | WHERE CITY WOULD BE LIABLE RKS DEMANDS NEW APPRAISAL IN RIVERSIDE TRADE Answers Four of Evening) anotner type of cases may be vited World’s Questions About | Prova onnection, the city te in the N. Y. Central Deal. jaa Inwood Hill on the westerly slope adjacent to the Hudson Rive cluding however a plot occupied the Magdalen Hor It is necesss March 19,1917. | to acquire . L quire this park if we relocate ‘Te the Buiter of The Evening World: the tracks. ‘The relocated railroad In the New York Evening World of will deprive the Magdalen Home of Feb, 9, 10, 12 and 18 appeared the wae resont means of access, to its| yi | property and he measure of damage following questions to which you re-| which the city would have to pay| quest answers by members of the would be the cost of providing a new} Board of Estimate and Apportion- | road, conservatively estimated to cost | ment: $25,000, Yot the credit to the city in we : this case is only about § No| Question No. 7: “Is the city get- | provision 1s made to reliev y ting proper compensation from the damages resulting by r New York Central for the fran- easement granted to the 1 ohise riahte granted, as compared |OVer land now a part of the public NS GMMERCNGROGE sieaia to other 6 road, Thus the $1,300 credit becomes | iF Comms a net loss to the city of $23,700. panics?” ‘These typical , illustrations Question No. &: “When the cit; that @ proper appraisal’ must con-| hectts to the New York Centrat, does | #ideF not only the value of the land 4 but also the damages for which the W# receive the lowest price; when it | city is liable if the proposed contract duve from the Central does it pay | is executed the highest price?” Through Riverside Park the plans Bases poh 9: “Whes ees require the railroad to abandon cer- ante Mth ded jat reason | tain parcels of land along the out- has the city to expect increased | shore of thelr present right of way. taz revenue in the future from the |The deeds to the lands within the 7 right of way contain either or both _ seek te 05 2 a ie freteead of the followine clauses: Os Hamed by Comptroiior Pren- ‘or use and purpose of the dergast, under the proposed im- provement contract, when spectal ranchise tax assessments on these me tracks have been contested "ow the company annually for ten prove party of the second part for track and roadway and for tho® proper appendage ‘to such track and roadway, and for no other use and purpose, It is understood that this con- vears in courts and are still un- veyance is made for the purpose settled?” and subject to the provisions of v Re the act entitled “An act to au- eesee 25) 10% Benones ey thorize the construction of a lauses in deeds limiting much of railroad from New York to Al- athe New York Central's right of Leah eed May Ngan ios idly 6 y | For the land which it relinquishes wav on the west side to railroad | 1. ¢avor of the city in this Riverside ses only, will not the land revert | park section the railroad is credited to original owners without consid- | with, $502,828. The railroad com- Feration when it is abandoned by | Ppany’s title to these lands ts incum- Miibbcditon of the tracks” bered according to the clauses above Mest mentioned. It !s a matter of con- These questions classify themselves | jecture whether the railroad company 0 two groups, questions No. 7 and|can give the city a valid title to these 9 referring to the lack of proper | lands, or whether, if no longer used ompenss o or railroad purposes, they would re Hfovision for compensating the city ee eed eaten ie ane of the fer the franchises to be granted and | original owners, from whom the city questions No. 8 and No. 10 referring | would be compelled to acquire title. ( the values placed upon the real|QNE MAN'S OPINION DOESN'T state which it is proposed to buy, | MAKE CITY SAFE. sell or exchange as part of the pend-| 1, areouting the proposed agrec- He contract, ins No.7 and No, 9: |ment the city has no assurance thit 7 of the | these lands, It would seem to have Lape se pu bey sreite ty to reveal S| only the opinion of the Corporation special franchise rights that the New | Counsel to the effect that "the gen. Central now has, or of the ad-|¢ral trend of the decisions of the Weichalccipnts witencie le peepoeed courts of this State 1s to the effect to be granted. This is rather pecul-| that such clauses are covenants ani jar in consideration of the fact that | not conditions {And do not operate re the railroad now pays its tax under|as to prevent the railroad from con- protest, reserving the right to con-|veying a fee." This opinion ts an tn- test at law the vaildity of this tax/suM®cient basis for the acceptance by avy. To show the partiality of the of this phase of the proposed Wargaining, I call attention to the | ; it. Reference to a “trend of fact that the railroad permits Itself to suggests litigation and charged $500,000 to settle with the | clearly intimates that in executing y all disputes as to the title of land occuples, thus rever freeing itself of tigation on t question. ision has been made for a WHERE THE CITY MADE A BAD (cration to offset the d might suffer by virtue of this fact. pane he} Any careful and unbiased invest!- ment the city ts likely to law suits anc part of Good bare: elty should jon into this ment conducte¢ Las safe and proper in the daily business operation of the city proves it to spell “loss to | the city.” Again I mainta heen sufficte justify the p we adopt taxes in that there has not » produced to nt agreement, Be- a single The procedure and advocate {s tl) he existing tracks be treated as a port and terminal deve istinct proposition with the ex-/of the adoption of a general broad that the un expired pe the existing fra chise {8 10 op new location Iditional trackage or enlarced al et « otha y " ist on partic: ived from th thonal track 1 the enla om Such a prope able and et York Central, Which the elty within recent years t Yoads doing business he i Answer to quest vo. 8 ané ie In iny replies to v yur Yave treated j t s ‘able length ul ve demonst 1 nedules ppended to t Feport of the Cominittes on Pc Terminal F orying ne sompetent ed to érship of lands in the hed {The city is credited wit 4the appraised value of t) Hreets to be clo rs a] ind turned ov Jailroad, This dent. of the total “eredits’ Tt cannot be denied th tr ownership whl a AUTOMOBILES -= Musie and happi Gladness at the com the music of song an And to think that OTOR TRUGKS . 17 Combinations of wheel base and loading space. 62% of all FEDERAL Truck Sales are repeat orders. Over 600 in local use. Morton W. Smith Co. Inc, / ‘Main Truck Showroom and é Service Station type of Victrola. at the same rate Th $5 ¢ All Victor Reco Victrola Salons, Firet 136 to 146 West 52d St. Telephone Circle 026, Broadway at Nint , | territory. | manager for the Eastern district, | President | Agriculture Houston and is planting * =." Outdeors: Spring Indoors: VICTROLA Sold and serviced here at once for since 1910 $5 or $10 Down Capacities 1, 11/2, 2, . . 3% and 5 tons. For that is all you require, at Wana- maker's; whether you wish a $50 or $200 Shall we mail you a copy of the latest bulletin 2 JOHN WANAMAKER THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESD AY, MAY 16, 1917. PROSPERITY IN SOUTH, | Business conditions in the South Jare especially sound and prosperous That is the gist of a survey made by officials of the Packard Motor C | Company, just returned from a series of meetings in Cincinnati, Baltimore and Atlanta, | | ‘To get a first-hand impression of the situation in the territory from the Great Lakes to the Guif and east of the Mississippi River, dealer con- ventions were arranged for the thre centres named and their tributary Dealers were Interviewer! by Henry Lansdale, manager of the 7 i :|PACKARD OFFICERS FIND Standard Eight Touring Model carriage sales department; |Chamberlain, manager of the t “sates aepartinent, and 0. Bows, WAR TESTS PROVE TRUCKS. ing “All dealers were in an optimistic frame of mind, Each of the conf ences brought out that its particula: territory was feeling a stimulus fror the war, rather than any depression, said R.'B, Chamberlain, manager of truck sales. “The general impression we gained is that the South is highly prosper ous and knows it. The South has taken special heed of requests by Wilson and Secretary of t “Time saving {8 more important in war time than In peace, and the motor trica and those who have developed it from an experiment into what it is at the pres- ent time welcome the hard test of ico Presiaent W » Cortlandt Vehicle politan distributers for rears and motor. truck men believe that the war will brin he full proof of the value of the iek as nothing ele Slow of doing things are expose ot possible in tl and th ime “The rei car during the yl car, |the biggest crop in its history, load 4 \building is particularly active in |Georgia. Some of the small centres ‘are fairly humming with busi |and naturally the automobile bus |!8 prospering along with the rest paatae Neaeeaso OWNERS ARE WATCHING COST’ | OF GASOLINE AND UPKEEP, | | ees | “The present cost of gasoline,” |says George 8, Morrow, President of |the Saxon Motor Company of New | York, “brings home the question of {fuel expense more than ever | before, and the prospective mo- |tor car owner will do well to jlook carefully at @ car from the ngle of gasoline consumption, A w cents here and there amount to |considerable in a season, and while there is no logic In objecting to up-| | keep cost on general principles, there| |is equally no sense in selecting a car | that gets its power from a big gaso- line consumption when it 1s possible to obtain the same results In an au- tomobile that burns less fuel, | “In Saxon motor cars t®e upkeep expense has been reduced to @ min-| | imum.” | rized affords plan, we must be absolutely certain | that monopoly, unfair valuations, im- proper financial terms and other un- | necessary evils are excluded. It is gratifying that although fam |the only member of the Committee | on Port and Terminal Facilities who | is opposed to the terms of the pro- posed deal and the only member of the Board of Estimate and Appor- uonment who has fought for better | terms from the outset, there are now rrayed against It enough other mem- | bers of the board to compel improve- ments for which I have been fight- iy Some of these, I am glad to ste, have recently been gained, There remain, however, other vital improvements to be effected before the proposed agreement is signed. These changes are fair and reason- able, In the joint interests of the ra{lroad company and of the city they should be made with the least pos- sible delay. MARCUS M. MARKS, President, Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, CASTORIA in ee for Over 90 Yaore Always bears oh 4 Signature of there for you. and out indoors ing of Spring. d dance and orchestra ness in all of it may be yours e balance may be paid or $10 each month. rds on Sale Here Gallery, New Building Our men will demonstrate to you how the tobacco is toasted — at many stores ‘weyiight by Toe American Tobacco Compacy h Street, New York out by manufa trucks will the motor vehicl SEDAN POPULARITY GROWING mits the wearin toi. narkable t ye te Dort distri t neo} t, and it trers that the Ww ing new demands voxue of the ele y drive winter luston. UCKY Strike, it’s called, as you prefer 95% of your food cooked, you will now prefer your tobacco toasted. “JACKSON 1S OVERLAND V. 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