The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-29
UP TOWN TRAVEL.

NEW YORK, Oct 2s, 1862
To THE EDITOR of TIE HERALD:-
l have read your article on uptown travel In the
HERALD OF yesterday. You say our association
has 40 far succeeded to the extent OF promises. l
beg to say that we have done much better. We have
now the Fifth avenue stages running up to Eighty
sixth street This alone is certainly great relief In
addition am most happy to announce TO the people
OF this city, especially my fellow sufferers of the
east side, that the Fourth avenue cars win run from
Aston House through the Fourth avenue TO Forty
second street, to and up Madison avenue 10 seventy
ninth street. Cars will carry passengers on this
road by January next, so Mr.. Vanderbilt, the excel
lent president OF the Harlem Railroad Company
assures me- and am satisfied 1t Will be done, as he
has already purchased the materials, aud the work
viii be commenced at once. In compliance with the
Street commissioners request our association
awarded the contract this morning for the removal
OF the encumbrances on Madison avenue time SIX
days.
We fully concur with you as to there being much
jet to be done. We shall now direct attention
to secure an underground railroad, an east side
reduction OF taxes and assessments must follow,
when am elected Superintendent shall be on
Tuesday next. IL Is hardly necessary for 10 say
that, so far, our association has been q complete
success. and We intend keeping IL up.
President isth and 10th WARDS Citizens Association.
The Second and Third Avenue Railroads.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The people on the east side OF town must feel
grateful you for the manner in which you opened
your columns to the discussion OF uptown travel
The following few thoughts have long ago occurred
TO me ON the matter:--The Second avenue cars run
within coo feet OF the Third line; the ia
crowded to misery, the other IL comparatively
empty the one carries FIVE times the number Of pas
sengers the other does the pays high dividends,
the other none. The reason oil the great success
and usefulness OF the one as compared with the
other is that the runs TO the city Hail. the other
does not. Let the second line start from the
HERALD building tomorrow and it VIII have just as
many passengers as the Third avenue line People
coming from Harlem or Yorkville do not like to be
dropped or al Chatham and Pearl streets. They
would rather walk block up town and get into the
Third avenue cars. In going to forkye or Harlem
by the Second avenue cars people have To walk TO
Chatham square, hence they take the Third avenue
line going up rs well rs coming down. Then
again the Second avenue cars IN coming down
town run oifsinto First Travellers don't ike
this The distance from Harlem is long enough,
even In straight line, without making 1t longer by
taking circutous route. II the Second avenue
cars could come down Second avenue 10 Stuyyesant
street, thence down the Third or Fourth avenue
tracks to the City Hail, II would be an unparalleled
accommodation to the people OF forkvie and Har-
lem. But suppose the Third avenue road would
oppose this think they should not, az they have
too much to do now, and there would soon be plenty
OF travel for both lines. Even II tue doing of tins
would require the consolidation OF both lines IL
should ue done. This brings me 10 remark that now
That the new Post once IL going up opposite You
the termn OF the horse cars should be removed to
the Battery. On the east side let them 40 down one
side OF Nassau ana Broad streets and up william;
on the west side down Greenwich aud up Church
IA IL Is lady or feeble person going from most
any part OF the city to Brooklyn or staten Island
after paying cents in the cars for the greater
part OF the Journey has to pay ten cents in stage
for tho rest aud smallest portion Of the journey.