§ 80. Connecting routes and extension of lines. a. The commission,\nfrom time to time, with the approval of the board of estimate and of the\nmayor may grant a right or franchise or enter into a contract, upon\napplication to such commission of any railroad corporation for the\npurpose of constructing and operating a tunnel railroad from an\nadjoining state under the North or Hudson or Harlem river to a terminus\nwithin the city; or under the North or Hudson river and thence\ntransversely across and under the surface of the borough of Manhattan\nand thence under the East river by the shortest practicable route; such\nrailroad to be connected with some trunk line railroad whose terminus is\nin this or an adjoining state, thereby forming a continuous line for the\ncarriage of passengers and property.\n b. A similar grant may be made, or a similar contract entered into,\nupon the application of a railroad corporation, owning or actually\noperating a trunk line railroad whose terminus is within the city, or of\na railroad corporation owning or actually operating, or by the\ncertificate of the commission required to own or actually operate, a\nrailroad wholly or partly within such city and engaged or intended, and\nin such certificate so recited and required, to be, in interstate\ncommerce in connection with a trunk line railroad and which shall have,\nor be required by such certificate to have a terminus in such city, for\nthe purpose of constructing and operating a railroad from such terminus\nby the shortest practicable route to and under or over the East river or\nthe North or Hudson river, or the Harlem river, to any point in this or\nan adjoining state, or to connect such terminus with the railroad or\nterminus of any other such railroad or trunk line railroad in this state\nor to straighten or improve the grade or alignment of any such railroad\nor more directly connect any points thereon.\n c. If and when in the judgment of such commission the public interests\nso demand, the commission, with like approval, may fix and determine the\nroute by which any such railroad corporation making such application may\nso establish and construct or so extend its lines into or within such\ncity, and may authorize any such railroad corporation to construct and\noperate any such railroad or connecting railroad under any streets, and\nalso in the case of any such railroad or connecting railroad which is,\nor by the terms of such certificate is required to be, operated or used\nas a part of an interstate trunk line, to construct and operate the same\nover and across any such streets, but not over and lengthwise of any\nstreets, with all necessary devices and appurtenances and with the right\nto emerge to the surface upon private lands at the termini, and to\ntransport over the same passengers or freight or both and to run over\nthe same either passenger trains or freight trains or mixed trains.\n d. The commission, with like approval, shall fix and determine the\nlocations and plans of construction of the railroad upon such route, the\ntimes within which portions thereof shall be constructed, the\ncompensation to be made therefor to the city by the railroad corporation\nto which the grant shall be made, or with which the contract shall be\nentered into, and such other terms, conditions and requirements as to\nthe commission may appear just and proper. Every such grant shall be\nmade and every such contract entered into, however, upon the condition\nthat the railroad corporation to which the grant shall be made or with\nwhich the contract shall be entered into, from the time of the\ncommencement of the operation of any such railroad, shall annually pay\nto such city a sum or rental. The amount of such sum or rental for a\nperiod of not more than twenty-five years, beginning with such operation\nof any such railroad, shall be prescribed by the commission in such\ngrant or contract. Every such grant or contract shall provide for the\nreadju
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