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BARRETr, Commissioner:
By chapter 788 of the laws of 1917 the Commission was
empowered, with the approval of the Board of Estimate and Appor.
tionment of the City of New York, to authorize the removal
by the Manhattan Railway Company of the existing elevated
structure and appurtenances in East Forty·second street.
The statute further provided that the authorization might be
given by a certificate granted by the Commission to the railway
company, with the approval of the Board of Estimate and Appor-
tionment, and accepted by the railway company, such certificate to
include such terms and conditions 88 might be necessary or proper
to accomplish such removal, and to provide for the payment of the
expense thereof either by the company or by the city, or by appor-
tionment of the same between the company and the city.
Nothing having been accomplished under the Act of 1917 the t