The New York herald., 1871-01-18
THE QUICK TRANSIT QUESTION.
256 BROADWAY Ian IL 1as

25e BROADWAY. JAM Il. 1871.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In the report OF the "quick transit, meeting OF
the people OF Yorkville and Harlem, at Brevoort
Hall, on Saturday evening last his Honor Mayor
Hall Is very erroneously made to say, speaking Of
the Underground Railway, that "the best engineers
have said it would cost $50 600 900 per me.n Now,
the Mayor dld not say that, nor will he say It, for it
is not true. Our committee OF one hundred have
thoroughly investigated the whole subject for
months. We have held public meetings. invited all
the best engineers and inventors together with all
their various plans; have had estimates and opinions
OF several leading engineers and find that the tun-
mel for the Underground Railway under Broadway
can be constructed from the Battery to the new
depot at Forty-second str Get for s1,ooo, 900
per per- miae NUE., ana -. contractors now engaged in
more dlncuit work are ready to take the contract
TO make the tunnel inside Of two years at tins price,
guaranteeing the company and the public against
pipes, ana stipuating t0 leave the sewerage better
than 1t Is at present. ana not disturb any vault side
walk or pavement; doing all the work by drifting,
without interfering at all with the business or travel
on broadway. Our committee have given more at
tenton TO this important matter i6an any set OF
men In New YORK, and know well what we have In
hand and what we want and how to get 1t, toe.
we are determined tnat the public shall not be
longer deceived with misstatements in regard to it's
costs or practicablllty as TO the names OF the
nve gentlemen who viii be responsible for further
aeay, aas 30 .nao ahe poor hardworkng men and
nteen minutes Tor i've cents fare within two years
we snail see TO II that every citizen Of New York
Will clearly understand who are really to blame
There Is no further necessity for argument as TO the
best plan, Tor after ALL we have now In this city
small sample or all feasible plans-eievated, on
Greenwlch street; railroad between blocks, from
Batclaay 10 Vesey street; underground, In Broad.
way from warren TO Murray street, and Park ave.
nue. tunne! from Thirty Forty second street
and Fourth avenue. After fair examination l am
sure al WIN agree with US that Park avenue tunnel
Is the pest the cheapest most feasible and will give
US ieel quicker than any other plan. The suffering
anu loss 10 the people ol this city for the want OF
thls SIMPLE Improvement Is fearful. Its Immediate
solution Will result in more happiness and prosperity
than any work that has been furnished in half a
century, Why, we can afford to suspend nearly all
other public improvements to secure this at once it
IL our greatest necessity; would be simply cruel
TO longer withhold 1t.
What a SAD condition we must be in II we, the
great democratic people of the Empire City, having
ny our oWnNOtes given over absolutely the whole
city aud State OF New York into the hands and man.
agement OF our leaders-Messrs. Hoffman, Hall,
Tweed, Sweeny and Connolly are now to be ignored
because we respectfully demand and insist upon
navlng our greatest necessity provided for forth
wIth-viz., quick transitl~
In conclusion desire to say for myself and the
Renlemen OF the association that we have money
lnIeIest Wnatever In any plan road, except that
we spent rev thousand dollars and lost consider
aDie tme IN procuring the Madison Avenue Railroad
aho 0tner local improvements. In short, we Iree
70 aoOpt any plan that will give us immediate relief.
SUIT OF more than twelve months careful attention
10 THIS all important question. JOHN FOLEY,
Cnalrman Twelfth and Nineteenth Wards Citizens
Association.