In re the City of New York

The present proceeding was brought by the City of New York to close and acquire title to Grillen Place, a public street in the Borough of Brooklyn, preparatory *226to releasing the land occupied thereby to the Board of Transportation for the purpose of erecting a bus repair shop and garage. It consequently became necessary for the Brooklyn Union G-as Company and the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, claimants herein, to replace and relocate most of the mains, pipes, wires and other installations that they had been maintaining below the street surface. For the expenses thereby incurred, the…