The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-22

avenues, &c, 60 the stations for the two outer
hines would be. at say every seven blocks for the
tances and to act as feeders to the express thus.
any one wishing 70 use the track would make for
slow or an EXPRESS station he viii srss buy his
ticket, ana II slow train station and he wants to
60 BY express he must change into the express
train when the slow train stops at the express
station; Ii the express tram does not stop at the
station he wishes to aiight Al ne changes at the
slow train, which stops at every blocks. There
would be both fast and q slow train, bOtn up and
anS both up and DOWN
slow Estation every three minutes. Each train
could seat about 500 passengers.
hoDH OF CROSSING THE RIVER.
the mode OF crossing the river would be las fol-
lows:-The trains would come to a standstin q
ready to receive the passengers. the passengers
would step out of the br0adside Of the train to
the as
sengers by ones and tw0s or tours and fves can
receive them readily at the end. but boat that
receives It's passengers at the rate OF 100 200
400 or 500 and upwards at q time needs greater
width OF entrance, or delay must occur. The boat,
train waiting to receive the passengers, who would
step out or the br0adside OF the boat into the
broadside OF the tram and resume their railroad
journey-tnose on the express at the rate of thirty
or tnirty-hve miles an hour, and those by the slow
train at the rate OF about twelve
HOW THE TRAINS WILL Run WITHOUT DANGER TO
THE INHABITANTs
Having thus far explained the course OF the rail-
now show how imagine the enormously valuable
property which now occupies the proposed site OF
tram minute half OF them express, numbering
along at the rate OF thirty miles an hour, are to
pass through the heart OF densey populated city.
propose That the tracks be 80 much below the
level Of the sidewalks, that the top the chimney
OF the engine shall not be more than six feet above
leaving the avenue street sidewalk win not have
many steps to descend to reach the platform Of the
station. which, OF course, Will be level with the
QOOr8 or tho The will EIuQ a hrtlQ
above ground consistent with the convenience Of
s Drs which 81 t. sDsSs 70 fssp
as low as possible. so as not to materially
Inconvenience the street trafnc. The trains
q street, and. consequently, when not running
under bridge will be running through o block, so
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stations or platforms Will be inside the blocks and
the entrance to the stations will be from the ave.
nue. or the sidewalk which runs parallel TO the
track and on each side OF the block that contains
station from the streets that run al right angles.
to the track; thus there win be three entrances to
HOW VALUABLE BUILDING SITES WILL NOT BE occU-
PIED BY THE RAILROAD
BY Tar the greatest item in the cost Of this me-
houses, about six in every block through which the
to to 3 S
about 200 houses in Brooklyn, or q total OF 700
down town. are Of V Very 0 OonsaeSabie pV vaiae
Not only Is the Land on which some OF
the houses are. built of considerable value,
but the houses themselves are costly structures;
but the precious Land and the costly structures are
in some Instances only part OF the value Of the
be q valuable and thriving business that would
s|s:s s assss
Obtained n Bus the nG railway G0 win not
retain more than the lower story of
Is OF ss
be pulled down and built up again on an arch
under which the trains can run, or upon cast iron
columns, whose base. can rest between the tracks
bridge and raised nouses). As bridge crosses
thus raised, the house would still be on a level
with the sidewalk. Where possible to raise any or
all the houses Or subtract the lower story without
first pulling them down, SO much the better.
The bridges which win cross the track will cause
considerable rise In the vicinity OF the track In
@ but there is very little t. trac IN
any but the down town streets. AS far as am
railway can cause the trafac' Of the city. This
railroad is, imagine, the most efficient that
could be devised with reasonable regard to cost
runs right through the entire length Of the CITY,
with the floors or the cars only feet below and
SO or 100 feet from the western sidewalk OF 81
about 2A miles Of the most crowded end Of Broad
way, In addition to or miles through Brooklyn,
where 1t is fed by most Of the great avenues
trains running every three minutes both up and
down short distances at the rate of IL miles and
long distances 80 or 35 miles an hour.
PROBABLE APPROXIMATE COST OF THE RAILROAD.
1t would Of course, involve considerable labor to
proximate cost OF the proposed railroad, and do
not suppose the estimate l have made can be re-
have however. endeavored to figure my total So
that the error may appear on the right side. and
put down the total cost OF the railroad at
$4,000, 000 may mere mention do not describe
the route OF the railroad as strictly to be ad
herea to or one that Is possible strictly to adhere
to. For instance, 1t may be found advisable to
make slight det0urs to avoid important buildings
such as the Eighth avenue car depot, churchyards
&C. On .nn survey 10 might rn aas nave
would In that case be essential to carry the line
further west to avoid that magnificent sacred edi-
tunity lOr the track to wipe out the notorious
Greene street. But l should earnestly deprecate
length Of track for any large sum OF money that
would not increase the total cost OF the undertak-
ing by large PERCENTAGE.
ROAD.
1t may be estimated that at least $4,000 ordinary
car ana 10, 600 drawing room car passengers would
hold season tickets, The former paying on an av-
erage $77 each per annum and the latter paying
on an average SS per aaaqy ar may %
casual drawing room car passengers would use the
line twice daily, the former averaging ten cents
twenty five cents per journey, fifty cents each,
counting 1893 days per year to allow for decreased
traffic on Sunday This would produce total
- TRAFFIC OF THE ROAD.
Eighty-nve thousand may at first sight appear an
excessive number Of season ticket holders or lndi-
vtduals that are regular daily passengers; but
when 1t is considered that about that number,
more or less already come to the south end Of the
city every morning to business and leave every
evening, distributing themselves up town,
in Brooklyn, Hoboken, and elsewhere,
It is evident that there is o large
field to work upon. Not only may 1t
be estimated that g. 900 people already sleep two
or three miles away from their places Of business
down town, but II may be safely calculated that
many more would do 80 II they had the ready
means OF moving backward and forward such as
estimated $4,000 people who already sleep away
from their places Of business be thus increased,
but most OF them would use the railroad Tor the
purpose OF going to and fro, because they could
travel about four or i've times as fast as they do at
they would remove their homes, 30 as to render
the railroad available. Not only would the rail-
road be the means of increasing the numbers who
would induce them to increase the distance they
resided from their places Of business say from
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