The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-14
The Underground Vanderbilt Road.

The people living on the east side Of the
city, above Seventeen street, have taken
the deepest interest IN the building of the
Fourth avenue underground road. Those
who live in the immediate neighborhood
OF Fourth avenue suffered all manner of
Inconvenience for period of over two
years, during the progress of the road. On
Monday the so-called rapid transit trains
between Williams Bridge and the Forty
second street depot will begin to run In
beta directions, at frequent intervals, on
the side tracks.
There has been great dissatisfaction ex-
pressed among east-sidc uptown jewellers
at the non-equpment OF the Seventy-sec-
ond street, Fourth avenue, underground
station. The population residing between
Sixty-ninth aud Seventy-ninth streets.
Fifth and Second avenues-a very consid-
cradle and rapidly growing population
are practically cut of from the use OF
Commodore VANDERBILT's UNDERGROUND
rapid transit trains 1t will not pay them
to 20 all the way up TO the Eighty-sixth
street station, when they have the Second,
Third, and Fourth avenue horse cars ut
every block. The rapid transit trains will
only make TWO stoppages between Harlem
and Forty street, namely, at the
One Hundred and Tenth and the Eighty
sixth street statious.
Has Commodore vANDERnuT been de-
tered from equipping the Seventy-second
street station. and thus depriving q very
considerable portion of the city through
which his road runs OF transit advan-
tages to which II Is justly entitled, because
Of motives Of economy Does he fear
that the tIihing expenses connected with
running the Seventy-second street station
will be too heavy burden for the New
York and Har EN- Railroad Company TO
assume just at PRESENT. We hardly think
so. Such a policy would be neither wise
nor liberal. The Commodore has certainly
not forgotten that the taxpayers of this
city paid one half of the millions expend-
ed on the Fourth avenue improvement,
and IL will go hard II they are not furnish
ed with the means of reaching the Fifth
avenue and Seventy econd street entrance
of the Park through the aid of his under
ground road. Seventy street, one
| hundred feet wide, and a Boulevard. is
the great avenue Of approach TO the Cen
trail Park for the east-sde population be-
tween Fifty-ninth aud Seventy-sixth
streets. 1t is to-day the most important
east side street above Flfty-seventh street
More building is going on in this street
THAI in any other locality. Large first
class apartment houses-the Madison" on
the southwest corner of Third avenue and
Seventy-second street, and the Wash
ington" on the north side of Seventy
second street, between Third and Licking
ton avenues-are just being finished, while
Others are In process OF erection and others
again are in contemplation.
The Third avenue residents in this'neigh-
borhood are very earnest in their demand
for the immediate equipment of the
Seventy-second street station. Does Com
modOre NASDERBILT expect to draw either
through or way travel from the Second
and Third Avenue roads to his rapid transit
underground Fourth Avenue road? If he
docs, he has not gone the right way TO work
to accomplish it, Tho road Will never be a
| popular road so long as he maintains the
announced rate OF fares lie proposes TO
| charge the passenger from Eghty-sixth
street ten cents to carry him to Forty
second street, distance of two miles and
quarter; while the passenger from Mel
rose Is carried hvo miles, more than
double the distance, for like sum.
| These fares, as far as the Eighty
! sixth street passenger Is concerned
are unequal, onerous, ana unjust The
| Harlemite or Yorkvilleite. who starts
with Commodore VANDERDILTs rapid
saaslt trap Pp bis way 70 City Hall, will