In re the City of New York

This is a proceeding for the opening of Tremont avenue from the Eastern boulevard to Fort Schuy • ler road. The fee of the bed of Tremont avenue at the time of the institution of these proceedings was vested in the abutting property owners, subject to a public easement acquired by the town of Westchester under chapter 720 of the Laws of 1869. The object of these proceedings is to acquire the fee of the avenue, and it further appears that as part of a contemplated plan of improvement the grade of the avenue is to be raised to some fifteen feet above its present level. Various objections have…