This long-dormant clause was used in 1894, when the Common Council ordered the company, then leased to the Metropolitan Street Railway, to build in what had become Lenox Avenue from 110th Street (the northern boundary of Central Park) to the Harlem River. The Metropolitan used the line to experiment with conduit electrification, opening on July 9, 1895.
In 1894, a dormant provision was invoked by the Common Council, instructing the company, previously leased to the Metropolitan Street Railway, to construct along Lenox Avenue from 110th Street (the northern edge of Central Park) to the Harlem River. The Metropolitan experimented with conduit electrification using this line, opening on July 9, 1895.