The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-26

RAILROAD ScHEMEs-RErLEF TO BRoApwAY.-
correspondent writes US to the effect, that IN
our article of Sunday on the subject OF railroads
for the relief Of Broadway, we were wron"
stating that the route of vehicles belonging >"
west side of the city, is through Chant =" VI.
10 Hudson and up that street to
places of destisation; f" because"
son street is so obstructed by &. -, ~ -
Railroad. that nearly every 'he Hudson h"el
-.1' w." person drives his team
" o'oe""' ANAL street, before turning
OH 'heie'y a'o'' .ag the obstruction" Very
"'"' ''"' ''o q exactly what we said, and
s"'hs'" dr argument instead of weakening
It, anu ING Hes il still more apparent that railro al
III SUI set will not reevs another running near
TO- % I'D parallel with it, ba that the only way of
OBTAINING such relief is by opening new avenues.
( IL is said that by establishing railroad or two ia
by streets, Broadway will most certainly and
efiectually be cleared of majority of the thou
sands of vehicles that now daily crowd it. Those
who reason thus, however, are very much mista-
ken; for what proportion of the carts, coaches,
cabs, pleasure wagons, hand carts, heavy trucks,
market wagons, milk carts, omnibnsses, and so
forth, would leave Broadway to travel through
street with railroad in it, This question is easily
answered, and we will answer it by stating what
be more densely crowded in consequence of a rail
road in any parallel street near it than il
Ii is said by those who wish to build railroads
instead Of opening more avenues, that the omni-
buses block up The lower part of Bro tdway; but
in this they reckon without their host for there
only about four hundred and fifty of them in the
city, and some of these-six lines of many stages
each-do not run in Broadway at all That street
! 10 ed vyifh nl1 If vahi and
person who is curious in such matters, will stand
in Broadway, in front of st. Paul's Church, and
take particular notice, he will find that of all kinds
On wheels, one hundred forty pass that point IN
a minute. 1t is not possible, therefore, that four
hundred omnibuses (the number is much less, in
fact, below the Park) alone, most of the routes of
which are three four miles long, and some more,
can choke Broadway, or obetruct it in the least.
For instance, take a view of that street on the
Fourth of July, or any other holiday, when there
are no carts private carriages of any description
| in il, but many more omnbuses thon other days,
and il will be seen that there is no zero wding or
choking up ofthe carriage way then, but everything
moves on as smoothly though there were room
enough for q hundred times the number
The remedy for the over-crowded condition of
Broadway lies not in railroads, though it may he
that quite number of enterprising gentlemen
would like TO have the city fathers believe so, in
order that they-the enterprising gentlemen, not
! the city fathers-may make money by the excla-
! sive and gratuitous Of the streets To; the
remedy is to be found in opening more thorough
fares; and if the work is commenced by extending
Hudson street in a straight line to junction with
Broadway, the jam will be broken aud that mighty
thorouehfare will he relieved precisely the same as
| an apopetic man is revivifed by blood letting.
Which of the public spirited members of either
branch Of the Common Council will take the mat
ter in hand, and push it TO copsummation?