The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-08
RAPID TRANSIT.


THE OBJECTIONS OF PROPERTY OWNERS TO AMI
HoUTE-PLANs FROM DENTISTS AND Doc
ToRs-A SCHEME THAT VIII. COST TWENTY
EIGHT MILLIONS.
Yesterday was O holiday for the Rapid Transit
Commissioners. The only Commissioner WHO
made his appearance at the ONCE OF the Commits
sion was Mr.. Mott, who said that he was going 70
nee to Saratoga IN the afternoon, and thus hoped
to escape the crowds OF curious people who
stopped him at every street corner TO ask him an
sorts OF idle questions about rapid transit. Mr..
Selgman and Mr.. Brown were also enjoying
brief rest from their labors at Long Branch while
MIR. Delamater spent the day at his country resi-
oencs at Huntington, L. l. The only
persons at work in the once yesterday
were Mr.. Isaac Newton the principal consulting
engineer OF the Commission, and Mr.. Morton, the
clerk. Mr. Newton Is TO attend all the sessions OF
the Commission ana give them his opinion on all
technical matters such as the strength Of girders
and other parts OF the construction OF q rapid
transit road.
OBJECTIONS OF PROPERTY OWNERS.
The Commissioners all seem to be OF the opinion
that whatever route they may adopt the property
owners Will undoubtedly exercise the inaen&6le
right OF an American citizen OF rotesting against
1t. The law provides that in such case three
Shall decide wnether the route ia a proper one.
and II they say IL Is the objecting property
owners have no further remedy. 1t has
been mooted that there will be consd-
cradle difnculty In the legal proceedings
which will have 70 be taken TOR this purpose, bus
the likelihood Is that they will be very brief, as
the constitutionaty Of the Rapid Transit law has
never yet been even questioned by any compe-
tent authority. The Commissioners, at all events,
an ttcipate no trouble on this score.
A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE
One curious thing about the numerous plans
that have been presented is that so many come
from people whose avocation, one would have
thought would have utterly removed them from
the engineering field. The inventive faculty,
which Is so remarkably conspicuous In the whole
American people. probably accounts for this
strange circumstance, but OF the 100 projectors
TO use round namoer-who nave come before
the commission not much over oozen
dentists, doctors, guemakers, PHOTOGRAPHERS,
and belong to all classes OF society. the dentists
more especially, whose inventive faculty always
seems TO be At WORK, nave come quite strong IN
numDer before the Commission. All TINS shows
taken upon the people or New YorE-not upon
any particular profession but upon all
VAST OUTLAY OF WORK.
Another reflection which paturallY suggests It
self as we looK at the expensive models and hugo
piles OF papers and drawings in the or1cs OF the
commission, is tue vast laoor, the immense
amount OF orainwork that has been expended ON
hope of seeing the enanatlon Of their inventive
genius accepted was OF the ntmsiest, have spent
ave labor upon the elaboration of their
schemes-a few OF them even years. some
Of the descriptions OF plans form quite formula
Bile volumes, numbering as many as 100 or $50
closely written pages Even the outlay or money
has oeen considerable. Tue models are extremely
elaborate, and those that are made 60 scale cost
1om $1,000 to $4,000. Morgan's handsome model
oil his Gothic arch elevated road and CornelPs OF
his two-track elevated road with supports oil Inc
curb and no part OF tho structure higner than the
level OF the rallJ are probably among the most
expensive The fret cost $4,000 and the latter
ST. 500. the walking sidewalk plan in Warren
street also cost considerably over $1,000 II the
rapid transit problem Is solved successfully IL VIII
be with ne sllgnt outlay OF brain work, time,
trouble and money.
A sample OF these laborlous plans is that Of
Messrs. Buel. The description alone forms vol
ume OF ITO pages ana is accompanied by table OF
details, with no less than eghty-six columns, and
evidently modelled closely alter Herbert Spen-
cer's glganIlc CLASSIFICATION OF sociology Whicn
tabulates every event bearing upon the civIliza-
Lon and progress OF the universe, from he cre-
alton. 70 IBIS day. Messrs. Buel propose an ele-
nues TO l54th street. ana down Bghrn aud Ninth
avenues The east side line bifurcates at the City
Hal, one branch gong up through East Broadway
to clinton street anG tnen by Tompk1ns square,
and The other through Centre, Baxter
Tnirty-sixtn street and Third avenue. Tne west
side line blfurcates at Fourteenth street and Eighth
wien street, Clinton place. Greene and Church
streets, and the otner tsrougn Hudson, Thomas
ana Onurcn Streets pohn TRACKS meeblnR AZ Cnurcn
and Chambers streets. In addition to this plan
Messrs. Buel propose to cross the city with horse
at every eghtA block TO connect with sta
tions Of the elevated road THIS stupendous
scheme Ia elaborated down TO the minutest and
apparently most uRim portant detail. The entire
cost estimated at nearly twenty eight millions.
The elevated road alone woald cost $1l, 900
(twenty-six miles, at $450,000 each). In special
table the inventors try TO show mat the capltai
invested In the horse railroads Is nearly twenty
seven millions, and that while tue profit on each
passenger made by The horse car companies u
only $40 cents, their scheme would give q
profit OF 1-5 cents per passenger.
ANOTHER APPLICATION.
Among the communications received yesterday
by the Clerk Is formal application OF the Green
wlch street road for permission 10 connect wlth
the Astoria ferry at Ninety second street with the
Harlem road depot at the Harlem RIVER ana Win
the Hudson River road depot at Spuyten DuyVn
Greek This IS IN addition 10 the other appllca-
tlons already mentioned, and Is with view 10 the
proposed extension OF the road, on both sides OF
the city, to the Harlem River.
Tne next meeting OF the Commission will take
place on Tuesday.