The New York herald., 1875-09-23
RAPID TRANSIT.
PRoTRAcTED SESSION OF THE COMMISSIONERS
YEsTERDAY-c. K GARRISON FAvoRs A DE-


PRoTRAcTED SESSION OF THE COMMISSIONERS
YEsTERDAY-c. K GARRISON FAvoRs A DE-
PRESSED ROAD
The Commissioners of Rapid Transit held protraced
meeting Yesterday afternoon. The business transacted
OF the usual miscellaneous kind Projectors were
heard in favor Of their plans the details of the pro-
posed structure discussed at length and conferences
held with the capitalists who intend to embark in tho
enterprise In regard tho question raised under the
thirty sixth section of The Rapid Transit law, to
whether the functions Of the Commissioners after
they have fixed the plans or whether they bound
TO form the new companies, limit the capital &C., Mr.
Nash, one Of their legal advisers, has given it h
opinion that the latter duty unnecessary in the
OF the Greenwich street and Gilbert companies for tn,
reasons stated in yesterdays HERALD. 1t has als'
been decided, has been hntod in these columns
some days ago, that the designation Of the plans will
only embody the general features Of the structure
HARMONIOUS WORKING
As regards the cost, Mr.. Courtright the President
of the New York Elevated Railroad Company, ad.
mits now that their previous estimates wero far TOD
low for building solid and handsome a structure as
the Commissioners require. lie gave the assurance
at the same time that perfect harmony existed be.
tween the Commissioners and the capitalists and that
the requirements OF the Commissioners, prompted aa
they were by their desire TO give the public the best
safest and handsomest structure met with no oppos
tIon whatever on their part The same opinion is
pressed by the other prominent representatives of the
companies and full confidence to be rcposed in
the ability Of the Commissioners and their engineers
successfully grapple with the subject and hit upon the
best available elevated plan
GREENWICH STREET EXTENSION
The work the Greenwich street extension has been
progressing but slowly, The foundations have been set
as far as Fortyninth street. and on Tuesday the con-
tractors will begin putting up the structure At first
expected that the extension would be finished to
Forty street by October l. and that trains would
be run to Forty second street by that time. Owing to
the delay of the contractors II appears probable
that this extension Forty second street will not be
opened to The public until the middle of October and
the distance t. the Park will then be finished
possible Mr. Courtright says that the business Of the
road this month shows an increase of seventyve per
cent as compared with last year.
A STARTLING PROPOSITION
When the representatives of the Gilbert and Green
wich street companies had enjoyed long conference
with the Commissioners they all withdrew in order to
enable MT e. X Garrison to have private talk with
them
It was aseertained that Mr.. Garrison made state
nent before the Commission desiring them TO leave 1t
to HIM whether he would build depressed or an ee-
waited road in the Third avenue This seems to bear
out the previous statement of Mr. Melville Smith aud
Mr. Morris that they had brought capitalists round to
their plan and induced them TO abandon the elevated
schemes Amer hearing Mr. Garrison the Commis-
soners called back the representatives the two com
panies who had been waiting outside and informed
them Of Mr. Garrson's announcement. They
pressed considerable surprise, as 1t was generally
understood that Mr.. Garrison had always been
Of hcsonges advocates of the elevated system This
declaration was regarded one in favor of the de-
pftHStd pam Inc were peIIOCtly nom
committal and did not inform Mr.. Garrison whether
they would be willing to fix upon depressed plan
not To-day Messrs Morris Gardner and Smith are to
appear before the Commission and make an elaborate
argument in favor of this plan. Mr. Garrisons sudden
new departure opens, OF course, long vista OF poss
btics Hitherto all tho calculations of the Commits
sioner we'll OF the people, have been with regard
% elevated road Mr. Garrison says that he and his
friends have the capital ready TO build road,
be II depressed or elevated, and, if they
should finally insist upon the first it ia
questionable whether the Commissioners can
afford 10 disregard their preference II is claimed that
the Third avenue horse car company would make no
opposition 10 depressed road, because their horses
would not be frightened by elevated one; but this
remains 10 be proved. The description of Mr.. Norris
plan which Is a modification of the famous ''arcade'
road has been gwen fully in these columns Suffice it
say that II Is open cut about l5 feet deep 2 feet
wide. and covered with iron grders, so to leave
opening o only 10 feet in width which is 20 be rallied
The plan contcmpates two tracks, and II is claimed
that be built Tor Sl00 600 per mile, exclusive Of
equipment