The New York herald., 1875-08-22
RAPID TRANSIT.
CAN THE PRESENT COMMISSION BE SoFA"
SEEDED ?-rm SECTION UPON WHICH LAW

CAN THE PRESENT COMMISSION De
SEEDED ?-rHE SECTION UPON WHICH LAW
YERs DuTER-ALFRED 2 Loz1ERs PLAN
No session OF tho Commission held Yesterday
Saturday being the day the members set apa' oi uo
transaction or their business The engineers NOV"
sver were busily employed all day in examining pans
making calculations &c preparatory to reporting their
views as 70 the best plan OF construction MI ho'"
with President Courtrgh OF the Greenwich Street Ele
vaed Railroad spent portion the day in an exami
nation of proposed routes Mr.. Alfred Z. LoZier, No
rs Wall street. has presented plan which he describes
in his letter accompanying IL as follows
propose construct road as per accompanying
plans and drawings, cast iron columns fourteen feet
high sunk the earth resting upon granite
blocks pile ballast, TO be fifteen inches IN diameter
AZ base eighteen feet in length, including capitals
10 surmounted by cast composite iron bed plate
sixteen long three feet wide and foot deep TO
be supported its ends and by ornamental iron
work and also 70 rest on the capitals Of the col
umns-the longitudinal spans from column 10 column 20
be double wrought iron beams, with steel sixteen
pound rad camped in groove at the top the spans nov
10 be under twenty tive thirty feet length,
except street crossings where they 10 conform 10
the width OF the streets which they and Their
strength increased by rods The OF the road
not be four feet and reduced 10 three feet II
found practical for the successful operation OF seven
foot body the of the gauge will ma
teraly contribute TO the sohdy and durability OF the
structure. | will erect per drawing wrought iron
arch from the ends Of tho bed plate for the sup
port Of the telegraph wires. | Will also have as per
drawing wrought iron bulwark as high as the
windows as a preventive against accident on the
road and frightening Of horses on the street. the same
to be surmounted by ornamental cresng ten inches
high join and harmonOusly blend into the
ornamental iron work that supports the arch. The
placed in the centre OF the avenue and
principal avenues sixty feet In width from
curb n curb and as the structure only measures eleven
and half inches from extreme outsidcs OF col
umns there will be left each side OF structure, be-
tween column and curb, drive way twenty four feet
Iour and three quarter inches in width, about
as Fulton street each side of the structure,
while the time teams can pass in any direction
between the columns.
You Will by referring to the ground plan see that
this will be detrimental 10 travel with
vehicles the present surface tracks When the lower
end OF the avenue Is reached and the structure must
necessarily narrow occupied by stores,
warehouses &C, would place one line of the columns
on the sidewalks the other Just outside the curb which
would be less obstruction travel than foot
claiming absolute right OF way tho surface track in
the centre Of narrow street
ESTIMATES THE COST
per mile double track $50 oOo and with full equip
ments s241, 600 per mile
The advocates of rapid transit seem 70 be alarmed
the prospect of the Commission being unable agree
upon the in time have It officially proclaimed
before the sixty days named in the law, and
quently fear the dissolution Of the Commission. Some
persons section to that it is only
necessary for them route within sixty days.
and that the subsequent proceedings confirm their
selection be had later. Among these it under
Stood is Mr. C. P. Lowery counsel of the Gilbert Ele
waited Railroad, and ex-Judge Emmett. The former
gentlemans opinion is that of interested advocate
but Judge Emmets is opinion asked for by tho
Commission It is understood that his opinion is
merely a verbal one, consequently his reasons for
making it have transpired Section a. upon which
the difference of opinion exists reads as folows:--
Said Commissioners shall, within thirty days after
such organization, determine upon the necessity Of
such steam railway railways and If they find such
railway railways be necessary such county they
SHALL within sixty days after such organization, '1S
and determine the route or routes for such steam rail-
way railways and the said Commissioners shall have
The exclusive power 20 locate the route routes of
such railway railways. over, under through
lcross the streets, avenues, places or lands in such
county, except ''Brosdway and Fifth avenue below
Fifty ninth street. and Fourth avenue. above Forty
second street. in the city of New York, and except
such portions Of streets and avenues as are legally
designated for the main line of occupied by ee-
waited or underground railway in actual operation and
except such contained in public parks occupied
by buildings belonging to such county to this
State the United States and except that portion
of the city Of Buffalo lying between Michigan and
Main streets and 10 provide for the connection juno
tion with any other railway or bridge, provided that
the Of the owners of onchalf in value Of the
property bounded on and the consent also Of the local
authorities having the control Of that portion OF
street or highway upon which il is proposed
struct operate such railway or railways be first
obtained, or in case the consent Of such
property owners cannot be obtained, that the
pointed by the General Term Of the Supreme
Court the district OF the proposed construction given
after due hearing Of all parties interested and
1rmed by the Court, that such railway railways
ought TO be constructed operated be taken in lieu Of
the consent OF such property owners. "
BY Mr.. Roosevelt, whose views given in yester-
days HERALD, and others, the term "nx and deter
mine Is construed to mean 1nal selection after all
formates OF the law acquire the right of way have
been complied with II such be the spirit Of the law
GRAVE
as to the ability Of the Commission to comply with the
within the time specified IN the In the event Of
their failure claimed their functions under the
cease The Citizens Rapid Transit Association, IL
seems satisfied with the progress made by the
Commission, and their officers propose the
association within few days to take action looking TO
the aid Of the Commission their supersedure by
another commission which 1t is asserted be raised
under the first section Of the act The construction Of
the rs section such that several lawyers think
mission after commission can be appointed without fur
ther reference 70 the Legislature until the problem Is
solved provided that fifty householders and taxpayers
apply for such appointment
The Commission will meet eeain on Monday.