New-York daily tribune., 1866-04-09

objections. No ladies, under the present system oil
dress could consent 10 the exposure OF climbing mp
and down it's and steep spiral stairoas.s win
men f,liowing behind them; while driving on Broad
with private carriages must be mode imposs BE
by the steam engines and traias OF passing over
head. We shall have With such road an arcade OF
ciaders and OIL fingng cigar stumps and sptting
down from the train overhead on the passengers
beneath. and the whole street oycrShadowed and made
desoste by tie corrugated elevation which the
trains to Whenever Il is ovI happens Broad
must be given mp to bonded warehouses or other
Wholesale stores for fashion will not consent to endure
its dangers and the deprivaions of lsunght aud COM
fort
The third project Is for Surface railroad, and in be-
half os ills terms offered to the public such
furnished on other road. The projectors offer TO
give oera! percentage Of their net earrings to re-
duco excessive taxation; and upon other grounds
their claims 10 public favor deserve TO be considered
Their corporltors embrace than hundred names.
rspres sntrg all She prominent stockholders OF the
Seventh ave. Railroad and sage lncs. so that we
shall have thsn $50 omnbuses Withdrawn from
BroadWey by the passage OF this bill. This will be
substantial relief the great highway giving private
carriages all the tbey need each railroad car on
the being able to accommodate as many passen
gers as five Of the ordinary stages.
And now as these proposed lines will affect the present
store and real prOprietors on Broadway let us
see how the matter stands Taking A. I. Stewart as
representative obrc,Or his objections are rSt to the
Underground project which would render Broadway
impassabe for several years and II carried out take
away chief part Of its trade forever; and secondly to
the Elevated road which would make our chief thor
oughfare an arcade Of shadow discomfort and danger
foot passengers being driven from ii by the droppngs
of the locomotives and trains overhead while the chief
the streeevel woold BE- utterly destroyed by
its existence To say that this road shall be ls foet
high throughout absurdty for in such hollows as
that of Cana it would require to be elevated at least
81 feet to preserve general eyel while in other billy
parts Of the line it would to be reduced to an eeva
tion Of 70 feet for the same purpose.
That we need a Broadway Railroad as the rcadiest
means for facilitating travel between the north and
south ends of the island-bewesn tho business and resi-
dence pars-s conceded This project has heretofore
been opposed bitterly by the Broadway property hold
ers and in consequence Of this oppositonand only in
consequence-such scnemes as the Underground and
Elevated roads have sprung into LIFE. Now. however
when the certeinty that such railroad will be
passed upon them the Broadway obcctors pretty
unanimous in ssying that the Surfsce road will be the
least OF the evils with which they threatened; aud
there can be TO doubt tha, II presents the readiet and
swiitest method Nr ppyine the necessities OF transit
between the upper and lower parts Of the city
As 20 the prospect Of an Elevated railroad TO run
across lots at the back Of the houses one side OF
Broadaay it ia well understood that this scheme seeks
only TO obtain the right Of laying crosstown tracks at
pleasure their charter proposing TO give the grantees
this rtght without restriction while naming period
In which the El.yated road is to be put up. Such
ent' rprise would cast money by th-ice than u
could ever hope to pay interest upon. and therefore
be treated seriously. IL i no more than TREK
nnd,r pre,ence ~ asking a great privilege (vhch II
will never u.e) TO obtain certain minor advantages OF
cross.iown tracks the surface for which its pro-
jrctols could doubtless find ready market 1--WE must
nave Rruldwty Railroad at ALL the Surface project IS
that which ofcfs The greatest facilities To the public.
with tie least Objectionable features 20 the Bro dwny
provert, .holders TuEiE COUNSEL