The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-09
NEW Y0RK'S GREAT NEED.


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promi-cd The Routes Of the Vast Lines
. SHINING scale Of Fare Prescribed.
Tho stockholders Of the Manhattan Rail
,,,, Company met at 10 william street at noon
..,c,l = to elect their officers and directors,
g., ,ne Ripid transit Commissioners Ned TO
,,.,Irt tine necessary inspectors Of the election,
.nd the meeting diourned until Wednesday at
49,, # the same place. This Is about the last
oesci,l act the Rapid Transit Commissioners had
=, ,c-fortn. After deduttin their expenses from
,hs 100000 which they hold as a portion Of the
c.ptal Of the new railroad, thew have only To Gle
. ropv 81 the articles OF incorporation Of the
ro.d with the Secretary Of State and pass out Of
existence. ,
ulaie the routes and methods ~ CONSTRUCTION ~
the Gilbert Elevated Railroad and the Green
wich street Elevated Railroad, and to organize
athirl COMPANY, the Manhattan, "a guHrtn
ofrlpid II nsit IN case timer vt the other COM
panes fail to comply with the stlpu lnticns OF
their charters. The Manhatt n X wav Com
tan,'- stock Il owned nv the G. .nwich street
anil tho GILBERT me-, who will gct Jointly aud
.id their lines under the Manhattan charter
~ rf.c thcv meet with obstacles while building
under their old charters.
THE PAST ROUTES.
The route ~ the New York Eicvoted Railroad,
or Greenwich street line. is ~ follows; rom
AID tnc Ntuth nvenu, ~ Nmctv-sccond street.
where 1t crosse to the Eighth aveuuc.and foil ws
crosses the island to liign hi lge. In norton
Of the route ~ completed and In Operttinn AS Tar
~ Furiy-stCu md street, ana the ROAD VIII DE m
ished and operated TO FIFTY ninth street within
ihc route on the cas-, side Of the city. tho con-
s'ructon over witch Is not hcsun. l. rs FOL ows :
From Battery place, along It te and Whitehall
sire g.. To- Front street. along Font street to
Corntles sin, thence to Pearl street. and up
pe,rl street 10 the New Bnwery; along New
Bowery nd Chatham square to the B1wery
along the Bowery aud lhnd avenue to lAth
roar IA
shore Of the Harlem river.
spurs or branches must be built to connect
win the various railroads and ferries at their
depois nd slips, and these are loo ted through
the most direct thOruughfares IN each inst nee.
Tie engineers ~ the hrt enwich street COMPANY
are m.king surveys ana ilahs n ne c"nstrur-
uNn ~ this east side railway, and Will build II a.
RAPIDLY ~ uu-~iule.
The route of the Gilbert elevated railv nv Is rs
follows From kingsbriIge along River street
g. the Eighth avenue, thence TO 1l0th street.
through HON street to Ninth avenue, along
IfN-tbird street to sixth avenue. down Sixth
Avenue to Amity street, thence Though ,uth
Efiu avenue to C,nli street, opposite West
Broadway. West broadway To Chambers street.
1hruuLh Chambers street. College place, and
NurrlV street II reaches church. down which
anu New Church II enters Morr street. and
caves through private property and across
streets 10 bowling Green. around which it turns
into Beaver street, long Beaver street to Pearl
street ana New BOwery, thence through Division
and Alien streets 1t reaches First avenue, and
RUS through that thorOughfMe to twenty
tulr' street. down Iwenty-third street to - cond
avenue ant the Harlem river, thus completing
the Circuit Of the island.
The GILBERT RAILWAY COMPANY
will begin the work OF surveying Immediately,
and VIII endcavor to finish the sinking Of f. inda-
tinns for posts along the entire route before
mex spring. After this has been done the con-
structi IN Of the road will proceed rapidly. The
Greenwich street railway VIII continue It's one
legged track III n improved form. ana where
IT ilins tie Gilbert II broad compromise In
the shape OF simple span, with track on eacl
side. viii be built.
Ihe Gilbert company has abandoned e.,
Gothic arch plan. aud Will construct plaiG
road ped, supported ON spans over the road
way from posts on either curb. Who're street
Is so broad As to make tue span from curo e
curb too expensive, the span Will be be Ovei
the ccntr' Of the roadway. or AZ the optic OF
the company, single track over each curb .
he built.
The Greenwich street COMPANY Will continu,
60 use the cara and dummies nov running ovel
their road. tut the Gilbert viii PROBABLY dcciut
Nlur coaches Ike those used on surface roads
b. n'uch less weignty, and upon some hghl
kiu1 OF iuC motive. The Gilbert comp ny vii
ais use parl r cars f1r those who prefer com.
font. even at an increased rate OF fare.
The 4 re over the rapid transit railroads will
be ten cents ou the Baitery TO Central Park
sr An, Intermediate point, nj twu cents uddi-
tnnal for each ADDITION miie. From the Bat
tcry TO the Harlem river the fare VIII tie fifteen
cents. aud 10 HIGH liIi ne seventeen cents.
riwetu half past O'Clock ana bali past
O'clock IN the morning. and o'c.ork and
o'cu h IN the evening. WorklnEmtn'- trans aIt
10 Ne run for Ave, seven, aud eight cent res.
lue tIOert comp ny must buili three miles
Of their road south Of Furty-second stree
on either side OF the city by next uly. aud afte
uuul the road Is finished. The Greenwich stree
company must run o. Central PARK Def re III,
rfst ~ Sep ember. 1875, 10 the Harlem river D
the nrst Of June, ISL, ana 10 Hign Bridge within