The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-04
THE ELEVATED RAILROAD.
Trains Soon 10 Run from ihe Battery to
the Park in Sixteen Minutes.
TO KlNGSBRIDGE IN HALF AN HOUR!
The Extensions TO the South Fery and
Grand Central Depot

One ~ the first applications that win DC made
10 the Rapid Transit Commissioners VIII be that
Of the Greenwich Street ElevaEed Railroad Com
pany FOR permission 10 extend Their track 20 the
sou.h ferry and 20 the Grand Central depot. MT.
J. A. Cowing, the secretary says that Ihis appn-
cauon VIII be made soon as the commission Is
permanently organized. eve shah agree,p he
says, 80 nnisn these extensions witain ninety
DAYS alter their permission has been accorded
ADD II We obtain It now We shall nave them com
pleted In The beginning or October Mr. Cowing
ados that the company VIII not sickle tor any
particular route, but that II the Commissioners
do NOT approve OF the route which the company
Will submit 10 them they VIII accept whichever IL
deemed best by those gentlemen. TINS Is GER
tainIy liberal proposition, aud the Commission
VIII no doubt grant the permission without
delay, knowing, as they 30. what q boon It viii
ne to thousands OF weary travellers 20 be aole TO
reach the Grand Central depoE ron tue South
Terry II twenty minutes.
TO THE PARK IL SIXTEEN MINUTES.
The extension 70 the PARK WILL OF course, 20 on
quite independently oftnese SIDE extensions. Mr..
Cowing says mat the road viii be finished 10
Filty-ninth street by the 1t o. october. The
coutracE for he wood worA was awarded on
Friday 70 Messrs. EppiDger q Russell. and tnat for
the iron WORK is TO be awarded on the 9Th or Stn
OF this month. The masonry and iron bases are TO
De done by special contract. Within the last few
GAYS the road has been EXTENDED frcm Thirty
fourth street TO Thtrysixth street. This last ad-
dtion presents great improvement in orna-
mental workmanship as compared 10 the old por
tons or the road. AS soon as ali the contracts
have psen awarded some 200 men will be put 70
WORK BY the CONTRACTORS, who are liable TO
considerable forfeiture for every day
after ths lst OF October that the completion
OF the road 10 Ffty-nnth streeL Is delayed.
Through trains Will be run rom the South ferry
10 the PARK in sixteen minutes. What happy
prospect Is this for the thousands VINO have TO
spend now an nour and a quarter in q hot
sunug horse car TO reach the Park Even incud-
Ing all the stops--not less than nteen-Mr Cow
ing says fhat the distance will be made comiorta-
by on the Elevated road IL twenty-five minutes
Can there be a stronger argument than TINS in
Iavor OF rapid transit
FIPTEEN THOUSAND PASSENGERS TO BR CABRIED
DAILY.
me Elevated Railroad Company now rams
sixteen cars and dummy engines;
Two additional dummies are already IN
Ger contract and four more cars will be
put on before the lst or September This WILL
make twenty cars and nine dummies but
IL IS the intention OF the company 10 put on
Jour additional dummies and ten cars as soon as
The road IS completed 20 the Park, which will
make a total OF thirteen dummies and thirty cara
They Will then be prepared 10 CARR 200 passen.
gers 4 day, which number they confidently expect
VIII ride daily over .hls road Hitherto the average
number OF passengers mas been about 900 per day.
At nrst people we're afraid 20 ride on the Elevated
road, but with every monER there is increase
IN The number OF passengers. THIS is a happy
AuRury OF the success OF east side rapid transit
road. June is usually very DUH month tthe big.
gest tr.frc Is In sne winter, but the following
table win snow the Increase as compared with
June, 1874. The figures given are the actual num-
Der OF fares paid on the tHentI-six raining days
IN the month OF June