The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-26

The increasing traffic of the New York rsiF-
roads has suggested TO US the propriety Of
Civ a brief sketch Of the three lines that run
into this city, namely, the Harlem, New Hs-
VEN, and Hudson River lines. As q general
remark we may observe, that the directors OF two
of these railroads (the Hudson River COMPANY as
yet, have not had tme,) do not kept pace with The
spit of The age, the relative position Of New York,
or The pros of traffic. in the erection OF suitable
ternil, OF depots. Until lately, the termini were
| disgrace to the Empire City. They are little
better now, but by no means to be regarded az
among the ornaments OF the city, as they ought to
| be. When we compare them with the magnificent
structures in Boston, city whose wealth IL far IN
| f,rior, and whose population is only little moEs
than one fourth fthat of Gotham, we feel ashamed
for the taste and public spirit OF our railroad direc~
tors In "the City of Notions" these buildings are
| pointed out to strangers something to be proud
Of Here we feel rather disposed to hide them
from visitors. In England, too, the extent, accom-.
mediation and magnifcence Of the temini cas-. onr
buildings into the shade. The new station house
of the Harlem Railroad, a. the junction OF Chatham.
and Centre streets, is vast Improvement on the
wrctched old building which formerly stood On ss,
site; but it is far from what it ought to De. Tho
depot Of the Hudson River Railroad, ia Thiriy.ii.st
street, is an exception to the general rule. As fer
| as soiidny, capacity and utility co. II 10 nobis
structure, and does great credit 10 the directors
! but il wants elegance and ornament. We have
every hope, however, that both these companies
will advance in a few years, and VIII not pe,nis
our railroad termini IN be any longer IeprOaeh to
the city As for the New Haven Railroad direc-
| tors, their progress is slow and snatlise, and
! they are now so far behind the age, that we have
but little expectation of living long enough TO see
! anything emana.e from them deserving. The name
! of Improvement
We shall now proceed 10 give separate sketch.
| of each read -
Was the frs. establis he'd the charter Of the
pany having been obtained in 1879, and portion Of
the track opened for the convey OF passenger
| in 1882. The portion first opened extended fro,
! the Bowery, just above the Bowery Theatre,
through The Fourth avenue, TO Thirty sTee.~
Tsnher the cars Were drawn oy ho nor;
into The solid rock at Morris Hill, and then pro-
ceeds to the tunnel under Prospect Hiil, lork-
vile, which is 595 feet long, "A wide, and n high.
and being cut in the solid rock, required masonry
in its construction. IL cos; 5000. Thence II pro-
ceeds 10 Harlem, crossing The river over SUD
stantiai bridge to We:tchesler county TO meet.
the increased amount OF business caused by the
connexion OF the New Haven with the Harlem
line, the company have erected, at Thirty second
street. handsome engine house II is OF brick,
Ter being l26 feet, and that q: the turn able -
feet The building will accommodate sixteen en-
sines, with their tenders. Near ioIkville, on :his
line, Is a reservoir of the Groom Water Works..
containing thirty. five acres, enclosed with sub
stanlial high wall. Harlem, from which the road
takes its name, was founded by the Dutch N 1865.
| Twenty-sevenIh street, the company erected 4
| large building for the freghtsge business, and
sheds for the horses Of which, at the preseE time:
they employ q stud of 200 The line remained
uLextended for some time, no diition or improve
ment being made toit. AT length, the great adssn-
, tage which would be felt by business men II the
line were extended more into the heart OF the city,,
caused number OF persons TO take i Up, and
finally The track was brought through Eroome
street and Centre street, 70 the junction OF Chat
ham street, with the latter. The block OF buildings
al the corner Of these streets was bought, end a.
| portion used for the purposes OF a station About
The ssne ;ine, the small four wheeled cars vera
put on the line, for the passenger traffic In the city
From seven o'clock in the morning, unit. eight IN
he evening. one of these cars starts from the City
| Hall every five minutes, after which, until mid
night, they continue running every fifteen minutes.
This arrangement has been found TO be OF the
greatest convenience to persons living up town.
and the amount OF traffic has been correspondingly
large. The distance from the City Hall 10 Twenty
| seventh street, is about Il miles, and the fare
thcged is only six cents Thcse ears stop at any
point on The route desired, 10 take up and get down
pesssngers, though it would be mo-t desirable II
Of streets. To give some idea 0. the Imoan, Of
business done, We may mention that the receipts for
pass niger traffic up TO Twenty-seyenth stree, or
one sunday, some time ago, were Slfego, and
Eo'ements IRE now proposed by the company.
They wish to extend he track round to the poini
! q he Pax, and in place of the former incommo
aiols and shabby station, large handsome four
stoEied building is nearly completed. The city
4 track has been also laid with the improved rsiI,
! and there is now a turn on. into Grand stree. to
he Bowlry, the route for all cars going Up, while
| these coming down proceed BY Broome street
! formerly. Thus the former dc!ay ant collisions
caused by the meeting OF the cars at SO sharp an
angle viii lie avoided in future. The lice has
been eA:endedto Dover Plains, distance Of fifty
,h-ee miles, AID large ireightage business CON-
nrrcsd.
TIE new HAVEN INE
Le1i established, being incorporated n 1915
The New York terminu. is Al the corner of Bread
way and Canal street, containing ticket office,
waiting rooms for passengers, and accommodation.
Tor cars The company have leased the old gss
house lo', al the corner oil Canal and Centre streets.
which ior long time past has been an eye sore in
as par q The e.y and put up on its site i,sight
ehees are occupied and encountered by the cars and.
freiEht oi this company, 10 source ofgeneral COM
plant among our citizens Canal, from Broadway
10 Centre, and Centre, from Canal to Broome, are
alnesi wholly monopozed. la Canal, the middle
OF The street Is blocked up with freight trains, bag
sage carts, and wagons 20 a. to prevent The use Of
ihe street either TO private carriages or the carncp
OF the city, while tue eide walk in front O. tho
oe OF L covered with boxes of all kinds leaving hc
lstssse whatever for The pedestrian: We rather
think That This matter comes under the ordinances
which Mayer kiDgeland has expressed his deter
matte 10 enforce. IL remains TO be stem whe-
Their ihis ccmpeny IL to lie an exception, and whc.
ther they re 10 have the exclusive use 81 th.
streets. The wayin which The trains arc permitted
70 Toss without guide round the corner 3. B-oomc
AID Ceaire (by their own momentum, the horses
being uuyoked from them) IL terror TO The people
rtsiainE n that quarter. This, too, We should
lhlnk, cones under the surveillance Of the polic..
y vlll be loo lgtc 10 stop II when lives los,
kfOm The terminus, corner 81 Canal stress and
Broadway, this line proceed. down CIrSl street.
and joins the rails Of the Harlem Company, and
from this point 70 Willlumsbridgc the New Haven
care psss over The Harlem rnils. For this pryi-
lege. the New Hayenpsy the Harlem Company az
average sum Of 10 cents per passenger, and for
The additional service OF drawing their cars az far
&c TlEiy-seeond street, they pay a further sum OF
s2Ief car. by this arrangement the maintenance
Of horse establishment, stables, Nc.. las been
saved 70 he company; and the necessity 10. IN.