PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT то MANHATTAN RAILWAY COMPANY CERTIFICATE March 19, 1913. The PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT does hereby Commission certify as follows: The word "CITY" as used herein means The City of New York, and any other corporation or division of government to which the ownership, rights, powers and privileges of The City of New York under the Rapid Transit Act shall hereafter come, belong or appertain. certifies 46 City" The words "NEW YORK" as used herein mean the City of New York "New York" according to its boundaries as now or hereafter fixed. The word " COMMISSION as used herein means the Public Service Com- "Commismission for the First District of the State of New York in so far as it acts sion " herein as the agent of the City and any other board, body, official or officials to which or to whom the powers belonging to the Commission under the Rapid Transit Act shall hereafter pass or be held to appertain. The words "MANHATTAN COMPANY" as used herein, mean the Manhattan "Manhattan Company Railway Company, its successors, assigns, lessee, transferee, or any corporation which may hereafter succceed by consolidation or merger to the rights of the said Manhattan Railway Company, except that nothing contained in this definition or in this certificate shall be deemed to vest in any lessee title to the authorizations or licenses granted by this certificate. The word "RAILROADS " as used herein means the three sets of additional tracks and the appurtenances thereto, herein authorized and referred to as Second Avenue additional tracks, Third Avenue additional tracks and Ninth Avenue additional tracks. The words "RAPID TRANSIT ACT" as used herein mean Chapter 4 of the Laws of 1891 as heretofore amended. The words "BOARD OF ESTIMATE" as used herein mean the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of The City of New York and any other board or officer to whom or to which its powers now existing under the Rapid Transit Act may hereafter be transferred by law. The word "COMPTROLLER" as used herein means the Comptroller of the City of New York and the officer or board to whom or to which his powers now existing under the Rapid Transit Act may hereafter be transferred by law. "Railroads " "Rapid Transit Act" "Board of Estimate "Comp troller WHEREAS, the Manhattan Railway Company, is a railroad corporation Manhattan Company's existing under the laws of the State of New York having its principal office present at No. 165 Broadway in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York and railroads owning certain elevated railroads wholly within the limits of New York including the following routes: FROM at or about the northerly terminus of Eighth Avenue near the Harlem River, thence through Eighth Avenue to 110th Street; thence through 110th Street and private property to Columbus Avenue; thence through Columbus and Ninth Avenues to Gansevoort Street; thence through Greenwich Street to Battery Place; through Pearl Street, Hanover and Franklin Squares, New Bowery, Chatham Square, Bowery and Third Avenue to 129th Street and Third Avenue; thence through 129th Street to Second Avenue; thence across the Harlem River and through private right of way and intersecting streets to Third Avenue, near 145th Street; thence through Third Avenue to Pelham Avenue; thence through private right of way to a point opposite 198th Street; From the intersection of Park Row and Brooklyn Bridge through Park Row to Chatham Square; From the intersection of the Bowery and Division Street through Division Street and Allen Street, First Avenue, 23d Street and Second Avenue to the Harlem River. From the intersection of Morris Street and Trinity Place, through Trinity Place, Church Street, Murray Street, West Broadway, and West Third Street to Sixth Avenue, and thence through Sixth Avenue to 59th Street, and from the intersection of Ninth Avenue and 53rd Street through 53rd Street to Sixth Avenue; and WHEREAS, third or additional tracks have been in part constructed by the Manhattan Railway Company upon said routes and portions of said tracks and the location thereof are described as follows: Second Avenue Line On Division Street from a point near Chrystie Street 11 feet east of column On First Avenue from a point near the middle of 21st Street, 10 feet north On Second Avenue from a point near the middle of 41st Street 32 feet north of column 365, to near 44th Street, column 386. On Second Avenue from a point near 60th Street, column 481, to column 525 in the middle of 67th Street. On Second Avenue from a point near 93rd Street, column 690, to the middle of 128th Street, column 904. Third Avenue Line Existing additional tracks Third Avenue Line On the Bowery from a point near Pell Street feet north of column 164, to near Canal Street 31 feet north of column 177. On the Bowery from a point near 5th Street 12 feet south of column 285, to the middle of 16th Street and Third Avenue, 7 feet south of column 350. On Third Avenue from a point near the middle of 22nd Street 11 feet south of column 385, to near the middle of 25th Street, 8 feet north of column 404. On Third Avenue from a point near the middle of 33rd Street 12 feet south of column 452, to near 35th Street, column 466. On Third Avenue from a point near 41st Street 15 feet south of column On Third Avenue, Borough of The Bronx, from a point near the middle of On Third Avenue from a point between 175th and 176th Streets, column On Third Avenue from a point near Tremont Avenue, 14 feet from column 486, to near 181st Street, column 525. On Third Avenue from a point near Lorillard Place 13 feet north of column 565, to a point near 189th Street, 23 feet north of column 605. On Third Avenue from a point over Pelham Avenue 6 feet north of column 618, to near Bronx Park, 15 feet south of column 660. Ninth Avenue Line On Greenwich Street from a point near Battery Place, column 41, to near On Greenwich Street at a point near Gansevoort Street, column 356, along On Eighth Avenue from a point near 117th Street, 22 feet north of column On Eighth Avenue from a point near 126th Street 18 feet south of column 1082, to near Harlem River, column 1284. and WHEREAS, it is affirmed by the Manhattan Railway Company that by virtue of certain franchises granted under the laws of the State of New York it possesses the power to construct, maintain and operate in connection with its existing elevated railroad structures third or additional tracks over and along its said routes, but that the public interests require that a more comprehensive express service should be provided by Manhattan Railway Company than under its power so affirmed is specifically authorized and that third or additional tracks as hereinafter authorized should be laid along the elevated lines of the Manhattan Railway Company at points not specifically covered by its power so affirmed relating to additional tracks, and that the right of the Manhattan Railway Company to construct and maintain third or additional tracks throughout the entire route hereinafter described should be secured and WHEREAS, the Manhattan Railway Company, under the provisions of the Rapid Transit Act has applied to the Commission for authority to complete its facilities for an express service by the construction and maintenance of an additional track or tracks, upon its Second Avenue Line between Chatham Square and Harlem River, upon its Third Avenue Line between the junction of Pearl Street and Franklin Square and the intersection of Pelham and Third Avenues, and on Park Row between Brooklyn Bridge and Ninth Ave nue Line Need for adtracks ditional Application of Manhattan Company Public interests Terms, conditions, requirements, etc. Approvals and consents Authorizations Second Avenue Additional Tracks Grade near 125th Street Chatham Square, and upon its Ninth Avenue Line between a point at or near Battery Place and 159th Street and Eighth Avenue; and WHEREAS, in the judgment of the Commission the public interests demand that authority should be conferred upon the Manhattan Railway Company to lay down, complete, maintain and operate an additional track or tracks between the points covered by the said application of the said Company; and WHEREAS, the Commission has prescribed such terms, conditions and requirements as to the Commission appear to be just and proper for the grants hereby made to the Manhattan Railway Company, including the terms, conditions and requirements provided by the Rapid Transit Act, and has included in them a provision that the Manhattan Railway Company shall from the time of the commencement of the operation of any portion of the Railroads annually pay to the City a sum or rental for certain periods of years hereinafter mentioned, beginning with the operation of any part of any of such Railroads and also providing for readjustment of the amount of such sum or rental at the expiration of such period and at intervals thereafter each of twenty years; and WHEREAS, this certificate has been approved by the Board of Estimate and the construction and operation of the Railroads hereby authorized have been consented to by the Board of Estimate and by the Mayor of the City. Now, therefore, without prejudice to any right that may exist in the Manhattan Railway Company to construct, maintain or operate a third or additional track, so affirmed as aforesaid, and without admitting the existence of any such right in the Manhattan Railway Company, but without derogation to any existing right of the Manhattan Railway Company to operate its railroads as they now exist in the event that the authorizations and licenses granted by this certificate should be terminated as hereinafter provided, the Commission has authorized and does hereby authorize, but subject, however, to the approval of the Board of Estimate and subject to the terms, conditions and requirements hereinafter set forth, the Manhattan Railway Company, as follows: To lay additional tracks on, above, or contiguous to, portions of the route or routes of its railroads within New York, viz.: Upon the Second Avenue Line, additional tracks hereinafter referred to as SECOND AVENUE ADDITIONAL TRACKS, as follows: A third track from Chatham Square through Division Street to Allen Street; thence through Allen Street and First Avenue to 23rd Street; thence through 23rd Street to Second Avenue; thence through Second Avenue to the Harlem River. In order that the express and local tracks may have a connection with the upper grade tracks of the Harlem River Bridge, and also permit the local tracks to continue to the present terminal at 129th Street and Third Avenue, the present station at 127th Street may be removed, and a station constructed at 125th Street having two island platforms and a mezzanine station located immediately under the tracks. The tracks may begin to rise from the present grade at 122nd Street to an elevation of 6%1⁄2 feet above the present grade at 125th Street. North of 125th Street Station there may be also a fourth track and the existing and new tracks may be so arranged that the two middle tracks may ascend, to an |