New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-02-01
and even experiments to test the capabilities Of pneu

between Twenty-thrd-st and the City Hall Park
The conclusions of the commission may be Drleiy s'aeu
l. That commercial moral and hygienic considerations
all demand an S y SnS rEse 10 '
That II every avenue lengthwise OF the is9 NIT
occupied at by surface rails the rele alordeu
thereby would not be adequate 10 present requirements
and in three years time the pressure, WIN al It's cco
panying ann0yances Inconvenience aud dangers, WOd
be as great as il is today. - :, ,,.o
That the steam roads upon the surface nov IA so
should be removed from the Island OF New-tOk 5 Soo
as other sufficient and rapid means Of transportation can
A. That central line alone would not suffice to meet
the present requirements for increased 1acllts - a.,
g. That elevated railways, erected on supports IN nc
middle the sides of the present streets OF the city,
cannot be fully adapted to the transportation OF leen
aud have been tested in any practical way so as 10
warrant an unconditional recommendation OF them TOT
the transportation of passengers u,o,,, ,,rorrh
g. That system Of railways running Wholly through
blocks would involve an expense for right OF way an 70
suting damages which would render u s
convey passengers for long distances a rates n % od
moreover involve TO great delay III the acquisition Vi o
e. That the continual increase Of population, and the
consequently growing necessity Tor lrShsportatIoh
throughout the city viii very soon ae,hu rS oads
ton Of several lines OF railways other IMAM slago Io
That than the two roads herein reeomnended nS
be eventually required and egG te erection therein
of vaducts upon the scale herein above-mentioeu, may
be found be of the greatest advantage ana improve
ment to the city, and while gratifying public taste Will
effect the desired object. -, ,uo,.o
g. That underground railways passing under streets
present only speedy remedy the present and pro-
specve wants Of the City OF NewYor in the matter Of
T.,
property GEORGE II. ANDREWS, Committee
u H. y r. I low; s 81 ans
IONS r. HOPFwAN Mayor OF New-York.
ALFRED W. CRAvEN Engineer Crotoh board
The above report was accompanied with Vonlmih-
GUS documents, which will be printed with the re-
port and will make stable volume. In apprentices
4 and f the Secretary of the Committee, James +.
Ruggles esq submitted impartial synopsis oil 20 dil
ferent plans for tunnel, basement transit, elevated
Ia 10 nj tha sIb
IL other communications making suggestions as 10
how the great desideratum could he easiest ana inosl
economically obtained. Appendix Is c2niaeo nppSS
of u letter from the Secretary TO Minister AuaDLs
i'm London, requesting information respecting .he
cost working, management and organlEa1loh oi Sio
underground and other railways in London; ana
renIv from the Hon. Benjamin Moran, secretary OK
Legation at London, stating that MI AeInS hd T
placed the whole matter III the halds Oh Nj, a. -
Stewart then in London, who had assumed lle ~
pense of procuring complete statement; Appendix
L is letter from NJ. o. Davidson, We'll known eiEl
engineer, and proprietor OF the FheLa'Ic hoau' SUI
hitting letter from Sir Charles FOX ~ sons enRl-
neeTs of the Liverpool and Brkenhead, ana WAFER
loo and Whitehall Pneumatic RallwaNs, ms 't tbe
refers to t the 2vss Panee IN London which was
a quarter of mile Ill length, and consisted en.IeS
of brick, peaTshaped tunnel ten feet III alaneier.
Through this tube trains were run constantly dnIius
the summer, carrying thousands OF passengers VIII
ont DELAY or accident. Sir Charles CLAIMS that an
underground railroad worked upon ms pan eo,nd d
be worked cxpcdti0usly and with greater salIty anu
economy than any other method. AppenulN II Gov
crs n letter from James j, Kirkwood, Z. r., OF New.
York, who visited London Ill oepleinpeiL "st
and devoted three weeks TO an examination OF
the different roads. He reports unreselVedIy III
favor of the tunnel road. He examined particularly
thc tunnel road which describes an elllPslS uhder
London proper north of the Thames, and measures,
in its entire length, il miles. This road WI nOt
supercede the existing omnibus INES OF LohuoIl,
though forming an important auXhary thereto IL
will not dispense with single line oil onhlousses'
though furnishing for the population OF tnaV JNei
crowded metropolis kind OF raplu IIahsit NIL
.,,1 COR dn
vastly increases the health, wealth ana comfort VI
the citv Thousands Of labOrcrs avail themselves
of this means of ingreSs ana tAt .,,o ede my
where else attainaLle, and at cost even less hah
that of the omnibusses. Seven hundred ana my
thousand business men now enter Lohuoh eNTiA -
hours On the tunnel road as at present completed
there are stations within distance OF q lhhes'
When Mr. kirkw0od first rode over TINS me eie
time made was - minutes for the - miles OF ABOUT
Is miles m hour including all stops Each track mas
three rails for the different grades Inc rare LOT the
81 miles is first class u cents second class TeS,
third class, cents The number OF passengers non on
thc road averages 100000 week. lie
total cost of construction was , 40 per
lincal foot or about $4,000 per mile, though
The right of way attending it's construction under
honscs and through valuable yards and private
lands, increased it considerably ARPend a GSN9IS
who visited London i'm November last with a letter
of introduction from Mayor Hoffman to the Lord
Mayor The letter extended TO him every aelhty Tor
the work. He returns an earnest chliPioli oi ue
tunnel road, and gives numerous reasons why IL II
preferable 20 an elevated or surface Ioal, among
which ARE speed. comfort and safety. lie quotes the
Lord Mayor as being also IN favor OF tuhhei
roads. THE works. he says II properly
built Will cost less and be more durable IMAM II nuit
ovcrQronndD The works of the Metropolitan Rail
way of London built IN the most expensive style,
running through blocks, understandings and across
private property instead of following the streets,
and even then taking more land than required. In
this way portions of the road have been made 10 cost
100000 per mc-five times rs much II need MI,
Evans sums mp by promising that tunnei loals
can and probably will, before many years,
he laid under the streets of New-lork, and
be connected with railways in brooklyn ana
OF the tunnel plan the Metropolitan and PneumatlG
interests have unitedjoining for tunnel road and
by actual experiment. The bill, presented, con
templates q tunnel road 90 cross the island az the
CITY Hall junction, and unite Jersey CITY ana brook
yn by tunnel roads under the North and East Rivers.
Scientific men declare the project to be feasible
The bill introduced by Senator Thomas Murphy
names rs Corporators George GriswOld, John Thomp-
son Leonard +. Miller, VIM. w Gilbert James Boor-
man Johnston. VIM. r. Finch, Thomas Reed, Joel
Wolfe Robert d. Kennedy, NJ. Fullerton, John A. 4.
Brown. William H. Field, X. w. Daniels, Edwin Fin
STEIN w. G.. Wetmore. l.. Is Brown, John +; WINS
low, II. b. Wilson, H. F. Hsll Edward ); , Mclean
George Cooling Clarence Delafied, +. Hanford, G..
= Green A. Myers, G. F.. Williams and Henry a.
Smyihc The capital stock to be s6OOoOO mo
Company NAV construct a tunnel or tunnels road
ways, lay necessary tracks with ears to be propelled
by air. steam or other motive power 10 run along
from Bowling Green, near the center OF Br0adWay,
going northery 10 point near the CITY ian fark
Also from some point in brooklyn near the fult0n
Ferry running along through such streets as may be
selected TO the arm of the sea called the East
River thence under the river TO the Island
of New-iork, along under such streets rs
may be- chosen 80 the City Hall terminus
the southerly limit of said line being Fulton-st and
the northeTly limit Chambersst., III the City OF New
York also. by IA suitable route from City Hall Park
TO the Hudson River, and under the river to point
on the New-Jcrsey shore; also, from City Hall Park
oastorly beneath Chathan-st. TO Bowery, 10 Third
ave and Harlem River; alse westerly from the Park
In IIudson-st to EigLth-aye to Central Park and