The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-21

RELIEVING RRoAD&AY We have received
cory If petition, in course Of signature, to be
prefented to tho Mayor and Common Council Of
New York. eltiDg forth the great obstruction to
trade ard the serious danger to life and limb,
sprinairg from the ncreasei number Of stages that
ply in the lower part Of the city and prsying that
all stsges be prevented from passing below Vesey
ard Ann streets, With the exception Of two frem
each line, TO be employed in running hetwssa that
point and the lower portion of the city.
This wonderful idea, il seems, owes it's paternity
to the prolific brain Of Mr. j. N. Genin, who has Of
late been turning his attention to the removals Of
street distinctions, ard has succeeded in solving and
demonstrating tie difficult mathom atical problem
knoHn as the pms asinornnl. Mr.. Genin ID first
ratio hard nc adcrning the outside OF gentleman's
head; but We are not quite sure that he is capa
be Of operating On the machinery OF the inner por
ton, ard we cannot see much to recommend in
the plan which lie has proposed. 1t is quito slesr
that if it we're acted On by city authorities it
would cause such collection OF omnibpses
to the north Of Vesey street, that Broadway would
be there completely blockaded, and passage for
other vehicles would be impossible, although it
might have the effect of giving the proposed relief
to the lower portion Of the street, and Of conssut
museum and hat store but only to make the OBJ
sructions in the upper part Of the street, and the
danger to life, tenicld greater than thoy ~, at
present.
We ourselves do not profess to be a" tit IL etreet
management, nor to havo de.berated so much en- The
matter IS MIR. Genin may have done, but Jet we
think wo could suggest better arrangement than
tbs, and that is to pursue tho plan adopted in Lon
AID which consists in distributing the sta &c routes
through all the parallel streets that can be ade
to communicate with the several terminal. For
instance we would say, lot threc.fourshs Of these
lines which run in Broadway TO the South Ferry
DC compelled to take various routes, instead Of al
lowing all to crowd On the one thoroushfaro. Some
might be made to 60 through Greene OF Mercer
street into Church street, thence into Greenwich or
Washington; others through Lsurens, Wooster,
or Thompson street into West Broadway, and
thence also into Greenwich or Washington; aud
others through William or Nassau street, while
the Broadway and Fulton Ferry Lies might run
some through Pearl street, and some through
Orange, Mulberry and Nett streets, crossing
Chatham, and down James or Roosevelt into Cherry
or Water street. The Bowery lines might DO also
arranged similarly, and the Second and First ave.
nues might be made to run through Chrys.e aud
Allsn streets into Division, East Broadway, Sc.
We only, o. course, give rough sketch Of What We
propose for tho purpose Of relieving the main
thorevghfares bat the plan night ba syste matted,
ard made to work well. by cur city legislators.
Thereby the human tide would be moro propor-
tiorately distributed through ssreeis and bust
neis and trade would lcok up il those hack streets
which are now comparatively unfroquented
We do not say that there are no serious objec-
tions to the carrying ont Of this proposal bus we
thiLk that these which do exist are such as may DC
cbVjated without great difficulty, and We therefore
recommend its adoption by municipal authori-
t;ef. in preference TO the plan of Mr.. Genin.