The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-27
RAPID TRANSIT.
The Rapid Transit Commissioners Probably
To Be Appointed on Tuesday.
PRESSURE UPON THE MAYOR.
The Third Avenue Railroad Sounding the First
Alarm-General Preference for
the Elevated Plan

aional charms Tor the morbid and prurlent portions
n the public out 10 al he thinking men OF the
community VINO have the welfare 81 their city at
heart rapid transit Is oy Tar the most important
she most interesting problem nov waiting solu-
zion Tne sudden ADVENT OF extreme heat aas
eons no little 20 increase the eageruess or the pub
nc for rs realization ana their deiverance from
me discomforts Or 81 hours and an hour and .
hairs ride ia the overcIowded, mustJ street cars
Hence II i tn prob by 30 no ume within the
last ten years has ne pubic oeen SO thoroughly
aroused 10 the vital necessity and 70 the blessings
shat are certain Gov from rapid transit as they
are now II ID no exaggerauon 70 say that tue
eyes OF the population 81 New York are turned
toward Mayor Wcknam, 10 whose hands tue nrsE
important step toward solution oil the question
mas been placed, ana that PROBABLY no other APP
pointments have been IooSed forward 20 with
such general anxiety a. are those Of the ave
Rapid Transit Commissioners.
GREAT PRESSURE upoS THE MAYOR.
The past week was .Tapid transit week, = as far
m The Mayor was concerned Ever since the
HignIng Of the Bill BY Governor rtden ne has been
literally besieged by depurations rom the various
rapid transit associations, delegates from DINER
associations representing the interests or prop
erty-holders II this matter org1nators Of all sorts
or new schemes, capitalists interested IN TINS
or that project aspirants FOR sBe position Of com
missioner wiling TO serve tnelr city for the
heggarly pittance OF $40 day, directors OF the
rapid transit companies already In existence and,
Ia Iact BY perfect army or people having an in
terest Ia rapid transit and still larger army OF
chose anaving an axe 10 Rrind.n IL was remark
able iacl every representative Of an associa-
sion as well 81 every scheme mac list Of nvs
gentlemen to present whose appointm was
urged on the ground Or their being the only ones
VINO could possibly save the great PROBLEM from q
la1fn m DerD Of
called also upon the Mayor, declaring themselves
perfectly ready TO furnish money II only their
friends were appointed aud sucn pet
scheme OF theirs adopted for the benefit or ne
c1Iy.
rHE sAYoK's FIEM ATTITUDE
The Mayors reply TO all these multtudinous
callers vas very much the same. 70 all those pre-
Benung 70 him their own schemes and urg-
ing them uDon hts favorable considerable
Mayor WicEham uniformly r phed that n was
none OF ms business 70 decide upon the FORM ia
W1ich the problem 81 RAPID TRANSIT was 70 De
solved, and that ne WoaId leave that duty entirely
20 the Commissioners upon Hn.m y y. no Ia "
fully devOiye. Mayor Wlcknam thus banned many
who thought they might succeed IN converting
him 10 their own patriotic aad wise views Io
those who came 70 URGE upon MIN me appoint
ment or their friends tue MAYOR replied cour.
seously but nrmiy tnat these Commissioners would
be appointed ~ M Tor the OeEent ~ the CITY ~
large 4 nd not Tor personal political reasons Of
Dny character Whatever. Ia spite Of this q N a.
Itude the question % taese aDpein ments,
however the lisI or aspirants mas swelied 70 pro-
poruons 81 great magnitude, ano ''stiil they
cone IL Is really a comfort 70 know, ana 20
DOUBT the Mayor appreciates II duly, tnat tnere
are still enough dislnterested patriots wiling 70
serve their clIy Tor the moderate remuneration Of
N. HART INTERVIEWS YHE MAYOR
The various rapid transit assoclailoas nave, 40
Rvallaoe citizens 10 the mayor, ana have shown
great activity IN that regard duIing ne last week
Among those VINO conferred WIN the Mayor on
Ihe subject we're also representatives. 81 the
Greenwich street Elevated RauWay, wRo assured
49,. rms n4M n Na
fortY-second street depot ana % Fifty ninth
street woud De pushed forward as rapidly as
Eney mustered in large NUMBERS IN tas Mayors
DnIce, we're not the only ones however, who nave
open ana disguisec--have raised iseir voices too.
On FrldaV Mr. hart tAe principal stocA ooder ahd
M. PhLHpps, the superintendent OIL the tnird
Avenue Horse Railway, called upon the Mayor Tor
hoe purpose o. expressing their alarm ana concern
ne PossSJ y r nse sHssas rSsy s,a aa
nay they were enemies u RAPID transition, dear,
no-on the contrary they proiesssd 20 oe lts
most ardent fr1ends, Only they didn't want rapid
transit oil tue Third avenue. The conversation
took humorous turn. a. inc Mayor, IN quiet
way, poked nm az them and expressed tile nope
mat ~ the route what i may, tneJ would ear
nestiy participate IN Inc movement. lie argued
be advanced In common with those or me com
munty al large, and, as lar a. the route was CEN
eei ued ne would leave thai entirely 20 the COM
mlssloners the representatives 81 tne rhlrd Ave-
niue Railway leit with an expression q lA-con-
PREpEsEscE poR rHK ELEVATED SYSTEM.
An important act Earnered from the views e1-
pressed 10 tue Mayor Dy tne various delegations
who appeared BE- ore him Is tnaE tie drift 81 pop
ulAr opinion undoubtedly tnclnes toward Al ere
waited railway. ne underground schemes bnd %.
very nttle support beyond TIE narrow circle "
xhose specially interested "a them. u seems 20 be
generally admitted That one o. tae main require
ments Of success il cheGpness, tgat tue road must
be cheap one IN Greer 70 pay and tat e. pitasts
wiN not invest thsir funds IN an expensive
scheme. There Is no doubt la the minds 81 al wlo
have studied ne suuject nat tie elevated plan
wout BE iar cheaper even ilt possessed ~ otner
adv. ntages MI. harrlson, TIE MAYORS cNclenL
secretary, states yesterday ln the absence u Mr..
WIcknam wuO had gone 70 bis country seat 70
ehe pans urged upon me Mayor embodied Gle
waited rsiiW4rs I'll one form Or aR0taer. the
numuer o. leaeing ci1Eeu- found this view con-
1rmed by the general preference gwen 10 the eie-
THE MAYOR WILL APPOINT GOOD WV.
Mr.. Harrison SAYS that Mayor Wicknam Las had
the SUBJECT u these app.intme ne unGer consid-
erafoa daring lRo whole wees; ma ns nss gwen
much serious thought aDd STUDY 81 il, ana tnat
tne result would Oe sucn az % satisfy me puolic
at large. TIE appointments wouid PROBABLY be
ann0UBced On Tuesday, and there Vas doubt
fhat ne Mayor would appoint no man WHO WAS
IN ercsted in any scueme, out onD citzens VINO
would BE- sure 70 discharge their aury enetQetl-
calY, fairly aud without production ior anY par
Sicuiar route, scheme u iorm o. RAPID tfaasit.
ono the nve Commissioners, Mr.. Harrison SAID,
would PROBABLY ~ from The annexed district as
A. was Que 10 ne pOpnlAt ton i ost utally inter
stied ia rapid transit 20 give them representa-
fiOu u the Commission. In answer 70 inc ques-
ZION whether the ayor 9eheyed tais movement
would result in the 0uiiuIng u rapid transit
road, Mr.. Harrison sald, "Ine Mayor hopes or
the best; MS only anxiety as 70 posslole oefeat
oi rapid transit beng tuat the COMMISSION may
ADOPT a 90 eKDeLsife plan. such ~ error would
De tat1Ln
VIEWS or ACTING MAYOR LRwts.
Acting Mayor Lewis Yesterday expressed his
deep -oHc4tnGe FOR SATISFACTORY solution 81 the
gresL RAPID transit probsem. Uuc 81 the reasons
why lie regardea lgs accom- pnslment az irauEnt
With the greatest Denchg " ne entire c0mmu-
nifty that u would greatly reduce Taxa
zion by enlarSlng the area d the vaiuaDe taxable
property. a. soon as people snould We convinced
mat tie road would really be built ana mat
Harem could ae reached in thmy minutes from
1he Battery, the uptown properly woad imme-
diateiy lie improved, houses would ~ erected On
abe n4nGreds or lots now vacant, and tnus taxa
sion would ne extended IN tnat distrIct and the
grlev0us burden imposed upon tnc Orher portions
81 The city materially ngntened. THINK ats0,b
exclaimed Mr.. Lewis, "Ol tne millions end mill
Ions 81 dollars onicn have been aid IN improve