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.
This dormant provision was utilized in 1894, when the Common Council mandated that the company, previously leased to the Metropolitan Street Railway, construct along what had transformed into Lenox Avenue from 110th Street (the northern edge of Central Park) to the Harlem River. The Metropolitan employed this line for conduit electrification experiments, inaugurating on July 9, 1895.