Railroad Company. Luke D. Stapleton appeared for the corporation counsel of the city of New York. Andrew S. Van Thun and Walter L. Durack appeared for the Thirtieth Ward Improvement Association. Frederick H. Cook appeared for residents of Borough Park. W. F. Sheehan, C. A. Collin and C. L. Rossiter appeared for the companies. After hearing evidence and arguments, a recess was taken until 1:30 p. m.

AFTER RECESS-1:30 P. M.

The hearing was resumed. After hearing evidence and arguments further, the matter was held open. There is not to be another oral hearing, but the companies may submit documents to the Board, furnishing Mr. Durack with copies. The Board determined that it would meet at Sixty-fifth street and Third avenue, at 7 a. m., on the morning of Thursday, December 14, to inspect the method of transfer from the surface cars to the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad. W. J. McGohie and W. D. C. Boggs appeared as non-complainants.

Residents of Flushing and Corona against the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, as to its methods of operation. Joseph D. Brockway appeared for complainants. W. F. Sheehan, C. A. Collin and C. L. Rossiter appeared for the company. After hearing evidence and arguments, the hearing was adjourned until 2:30 p. m., Tuesday, December 5, at the room of the Court of Special Sessions, City Hall, Brooklyn. The Board adjourned.

BROOKLYN, DECEMBER 5, 1899.

The Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present, Commissioners Cole and Baker.

Hearings.

Adjourned hearing in the matter of the complaint of residents of Flushing and Corona against the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, as to its method of operation. Joseph D. Brockway appeared for the complainants. John L. Wells appeared for the company. After hearing evidence and arguments, the hearing was held open pending the submitting of affidavits by both sides and the filing of franchises asked for by Mr. Brockway; briefs to be exchanged and filed with the Board by December 16.

The Board adjourned.

BROOKLYN, DECEMBER 6, 1899.

The Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present, Commissioners Cole and Baker.

The Board, at 7 a. m., inspected the method of transfer from the surface line to the elevated line at Sixty-fifth street and Third avenue, Brooklyn, in company with representatives of complainants, in the matter of the complaint of residents of Brooklyn against the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, and in company with representatives of the company. The Board afterward proceeded to Flushing and Corona over the lines operated by the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, in the matter of the complaint of residents of Flushing and Corona against said company, in company with representatives of the complainants and of the company. The Board adjourned.

ALBANY, DECEMBER 8, 1899.

The Board met pursuant to adjournment.

and Baker.

Present, Commissioners Cole

Hearings.

Application of the Saratoga Traction Company for consent to the issue of a mortgage for $300,000, laid before the Board for the first time to-day. John L. Henning appeared for the applicant. Granted.

Application of the Raquette Lake Railway Company for consent to the issue of a mortgage for $250,000, laid before the Board for the first time to.day. C. E. Snyder appeared for the applicant. Granted.

Complaints.

Water Board of the city of Auburn against the Auburn City Railway Company closed.

Crossings.

In the matter of the petition of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company, under section 62 of the Railroad Law, as to the Abbatt Road crossing of its railway, near its Windom station, a determination in which was made by this Board on June 14, 1899, that the Abbatt Road should be carried under the railway, the Board approved the proposal, for doing the substructural work, of Dwyer and Huntington, whose proposal is $7,210, and the Board approved the proposal, for the superstructure, of the Buffalo Bridge Company, whose proposal is $1,700.

Adjourned hearing in the matter of the application of the Warren County Railway for a certificate under section 59 of the Railroad Law. J. A. Kellogg and Thomas O'Connor for the applicant. S. Brown for the Lake George and Warrensburg Plank Road, L. E. Carr for the Delaware and Hudson Company and Edward M. Shepard for the Lake George Aşsociation and specially for Henry W. Hayden, in opposition. After consultation between the applicant and opponents, it was agreed that the hearing should be adjourned, without the taking of testimony, to the court house in Caldwell, Friday, December 29, 1899, at 11.30 o'clock a. m. It was also agreed that engineers of the applicant company and of this Board and an engineer for Mr. Shepard should meet at Caldwell, on Thursday, the 14th inst., at 11.30 o'clock a. m., to consult and prepare a map showing the route of the company to be not on the plank road or in highways, as far as possible.

Orders.

Application of the Saratoga Traction Company for consent to the issue of a mortgage for $300,000. Granted.

Application of the Raquette Lake Railway Company for consent to the issue of a mortgage for $250,000.

Granted.

The Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present, Commissioners Cole and Baker.

Hearings.

Adjourned hearing in the matter of the complaint of the Taxpayers' Alliance of the Borough of the Bronx against the Manhattan Railway Company. W. W. Niles, Jr., and A. C. Hottenroth for complainants; Ezra A. Tuttle for the company. After hearing evidence and arguments, the hearing was closed. It was decided that the Board should consider matters to be submitted to it by the company tending to show that the company is making progress in connection with the extension of its line northward from One Hundred and Seventy-seventh street and Tremont avenue; if then, the Board desires the co-operation of a committee of the complainants' counsel, it shall so signify to the railroad company and endeavor to secure the admission of such committee to examine the same matters as to the progress being made. The Board adjourned.

NEW YORK, DECEMBER 15, 1899.

The Board met pursuant to adjournment, Present, Commissioners Cole and Baker.

Hearings.

Application of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company for approval of the Board of an increase of its capital stock from $100,000,000 to $115,000,000, laid before the Board for the first time to-day. Samuel E. Williamson and Ira A. Place appeared for the applicant. Application granted.

Orders.

Application of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Com. pany for approval of an increase of its capital stock from $100,000,000 to $115,000,000. Granted.

The Board adjourned.

ALBANY, DECEMBER 22, 1899.

The Board did not meet in Albany on this date, as it had intended, inasmuch as it was engaged in Brooklyn, in the matter of the complaint of residents of Brooklyn against the street and elevated railroads of that city. It, however, delegated to its secretary, under section 156 of the Railroad Law, authority to hold a hearing in the matter of the petition of the town of West Seneca, Erie county, under section 62 of the Railroad Law, for a determination that the grade crossing of the Terminal Railway of Buffalo by a highway known as the Abbatt road, in said town, should be changed from grade and the highway carried underneath the railroad. The secretary held this hearing. John S. Rockwell appeared for the petitioner; F. A. Harrington for the Terminal Railway of Buffalo. After hearing evidence, the hearing was closed, but the matter was held open.

Cases Pending Before the Board of Railroad Commis

sioners, December 18, 1899.

Complaints.

R. Daniel Krowerath v. Long Island Railroad Company, in matter of dangerous curve.

Taxpayers Alliance Borough of Bronx v. Manhattan Elevated Railway, in matter of extension of railway according to charter of company.

H. W. Albert v. New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company, in matter of storage charges on baggage.

F. Eugene Lawton v. Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company (New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company lessee) in matter of crossing.

John Costelloe v. Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad Company, in matter of discontinuance of station.

George Albert Allin v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, in matter of transfers.

Luigi Galvani Doane v. Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Company, in matter of train service, guard rails, etc.

Residents of Brooklyn v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, in matter of train service.

Charles F. Yearke v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, in matter of coal jimmies.

W. H. Farr v. Erie Railroad Company, in matter of bridge, over crossing.

Frederick H. Cowles v. New York and Ottawa Railroad Company, in matter of unsafe condition of road.

John R. McLaren v. Troy and New England Railroad Company, in matter of change of time table.

Residents of Schenectady v. Schenectady Street Railway Company, in matter of not running cars over entire line of road.

Residents of Bath Beach v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, in matter of operation of street surface and elevated roads.

Residents of Rochester v. Rochester Railway Company, in matter of car service.

Residents of Flushing and Corona v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, in matter of fare and transfers.

George H. Maxwell v. Herkimer, Mohawk, Ilion and Frankfort Electric Railway Company, in matter of overcrowding of cars.

Application for approval of crossing signs.

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company.

Application for certificate under section 59 of the Railroad Law.

Baldwinsville and Liverpool Railroad Company.

Syracuse, Skaneateles and Moravia Railroad Company.

Cross Country Railroad Company.

Warren County Railway.

Lehigh and Lake Erie Railroad Company.

Union Station Railway Company of Buffalo.

DeKalb Avenue and North Beach Railroad Company.

Delaware Valley and Kingston Railway Company.