New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-04
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ROAD.

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ROAD.
Resent storms have, fully demonstrated
t necessity Of some comfortable and speedy means u
,uo CO.. the pecple Of New-York. Notwithstanding
s almost every artery Of travel has it's horse railroad
% vistlne lines are unequal to the public require
,ts ouick transit is the great local problem ana "
,ins 10 be seen how il can be so solved as 10 insure
tbe essential requisites of speed, safety auu 'oi'N
The latest plan offered is an elevated road 70 ~
t,e Battery 70 Harcm which is called the NIV"o" o"9
,,nded Railroad Tue system proposes Suos'an'i,i'
,ar,euta l and serviceable roadway az coA1Ie"'O'
moderate outlay OF capital-a road which would hst lor
a-, casy OF repair. and which could be punt III 4' '
,yitbn,t interfering with street traffic. IL contemplate
tbe erection OF arches from curb 10 cup' nn'"o VI
suitable wrought iron plates rolled to pattern 'he
sr.hes TO be placed from 10 TO % loo' apart
rfeon feet above the street level are to be placed
,, Iron eirders on which TO lay the road-rails
These irdcrs are Co bc secured by rods extending down
ward fom the ceutors and quarters Of the arches and
I ~ may DE required. The distance from the order
i fo the center of the arch is to be Is teCt mIhng
eti1l Iirlt So feet. The spring OF the arches being
curb On avenue of co feet IN ROADWAY Wuth
tlc tgacon Of four lines of steel rails. two
IN elevated for II e use OF fast" trains, ana two Tor
il frSins-tha Fast trains being confined TO the middle
m c,utor tracks. the motive pOwcrls not dehmteY ue-
a. uoa ba can Doe had froSn four or five stationary
engine. driving am endless steel-Wre rope OF ny ANY
,s. nl locomotive suitable for railway purposes The
Irn, iyc power IS matter OF secondary importance IN
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lions of the arches designed o. be Of solid blocks OF
granite Embedded u concrete, TO which the arches VIII
I. ,ai red 1y heavy "hOldngdOwn bolts. The arches
rs 10 be iu appearance very light and gractu YET OF
s- strength as 20 Foe able to Withstand slId. uiu
rettold more than comd by any possible means DC
fV.n erected the structure would not obstruct the
Ib f.ulu Inc sidtra. dwellings any more fhau 10
fc flaIlnh poles aud other things of like nature at
tC r, am time Pr0cctons on the outer Of the
ar, would receive am the telegraph wires anu street
i1rars 30 that tuc icy poles masts, ana lano'lS
nos. oi,-tructing the Sidewalks would not DE required
pld make less noise than do the present 1ol ,e cars
Tire slow trains would stop, say atntervaS OF fe Do,hs,
while the fa. q" trains would through, make onN
nuc OF two stop, between the Battery ana h"i' ~ 10
reach the trains s.ases would ascend IRON ~, slIo,
r,rncr. to aa capable of accommodating more
t,,p fh6n one car would hold Passengers Would pur-
chase their tickets or pay their iatG oeioie tICr
passengers ON tic right hand side OF the
cars on the opposite side. collisions would be next 70
impossible. The eara would have sN "htt!> t"I,' ~
under the car and Two overhead i'm its center B WIS
means coircd that the road would hcIcndered sae'
and little liable to arrangement as surface I'ao"
THE guide on s.ItF MAtel of'ILt.u HD,lu 1 "a, l,,C
Struutpd 90 Doe IOSeless. and would render % lO-'
3nt ,o caIees u>scngcrs the cars would have gates
securely fastened ANA only opened at 'he H'"''oN-
Tie plans Of THE railway preclude the possibility OF or
any oscillation or Ni"5at'n ana u"H " r, @ ,s
'vi"f ieaf,lrg. n would not disngurc any thor
oushsare it would NOT Interfere with any tNi'ilns
lupthoIa Of traffic. gut 10 rs CuMCd lhut % t"Lu 10
,s,r,,ej for I.,> amount of money than is now cN-
,J NV surface lines of horse cars for Stock and feed
aouc II is further claimed that 10y this means 1900
persons could De accommodated daily ana each passen
glrhc provided wilma comfortable sat- The spoed oil
me fa-f trains 1a, been calculated 40 ilou - 10
D, miles au hour; the local trains wound proceed
al rates varying from l. 90 10 mic, H
hour according a. the sopIaccs 10 pe maze
Snow ice or mud would not interfere with thcfcgul(
oil tue trains, aud persons c0uu reach gwen punt, WIN
certainty as leeal, time. IL is estimated iDH 10 pm
such "a road IN compile working order through tA' "Eoe
length of Manhattan Island would Involve JIe eNnchd
tur. Of about lGulIG3 iucuoiug the cost OF series '
fa.cs OF VARYING sizes amounting the mann structure
~ serve for the transmission OF mails and cypress maj
t.r "a moved Dos Hir endless rope. ihr-t Iid
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