The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-28


the height Of the columns on the New Bowery ana
Pearl street. As lotneiI strklng the surface their
rou,e rivor be dia not that there any
occasion 1t was a question IL they would pc
allowed TO do so without the consent OF the CITY and
the property holders He satisfied the road could
be Just as easily built above as below Fiity-ninth
street.
Mr. Magnin, a Fronch engineer, said:-ssThe con-
slruetiou Of elevated road the upper western
portion OF this island Is attended with dIiculty and
great portion OF the territory, and consequently gas
ana water mains are not LAID. The elevated roads
will be compelled to sink their foundations very deep
to avoid being Undermined by tue gas and troton
water excavators who will come along alter tho road
is built. II ID nice piece OF engineering and hope
Mr. Bard hrst vice president and traffic manager of
the road, IN answer TO tho question whether the com
pany push the plcti0n OF its track
the Harlem River said-'We are pushing II forward
now fast We The foundations are being
put between Sixth aud Ninth avenues ON Fifty
third street and the connection With the New York
Elevated road will soon be completed. Then the con-
tract been gwen aud the work progressing
from Fifty -nintn slrect norm Eighty hrsI street.
We hope to have ali the foundations IN 10 the harlem
River by the end OF December, winch would 10
properly the beginning Of winter. To that snd We
shall do our utmost"
ST has Deen that the company ooatenr
with finishing its road to the PARK and resolved 10
give the pubic no accommodations urtherf"
ISLAND
the interest oil the company as The notation OF
| the public TO let the road stand now This
company "iii do all the law requires aud nnsh us
road all round the island.''
"win the pay above Fifty ninth streets'
|
there sucn dense population along lis route
there Is on that oil the Third avenue iine but WILL
island very rapidly aud will make 1t blossom like the
rose."
''can you command sufficient money to carry on
"Cer,ainy. We have all the offers OF assistance
need; but do the work Win our own resources
aud feel pride IA doing H."
YoRMiDABLg OBSTACLE THE Way
Mt John w. Amuiose, inc city contractor at pres
ent neaged IN tling IN the upper end V Eighth ave.
sidsred tue difficulties IN me gay OF extsniina tho
Elevated Railroad TO the Harlem River, "fne eie-
vated road as understand, alter traversing Nintn
avenue TO llUtn street comes east TO Eighth avenue
aud proceeds along that avenue the Harlem River.
ana tAeu SKIRTS me snore It's ultimate It
Kingsbridge. There are no formidable difficulties IN
the way Oh building 1t over this route. When you
strike thai portion OF Eighth north Of l45th
street and extending to l6Jth street. you 60 through
swamp varying IN depth from seven 70 hr'y-uve eet
below the OF meadow u was previous 10
| the erection oil the embankmenL The bottom, when
you get TO IT. Is of granite nature and US sod as
| any the island. understand the company intend
TO put down pile foundation through THIS swamp,
but in opinion, as the road Is INTENDED 20 DO per-
niancuL strnc ure IL would be them to build
solid masonry down 10 hardpan, because piles
| in tue long will decay and rot."
edo you suppose the extension OF the road Will be
| more expensive than the part already quilt u"
ut VIII be IN cn less expensive above Fifty-ntnth
stroe especially as the COMPANY has rcaped consId
cradle experience by THIS Time aud may avoid Tho
that marked the buIdpg OF the road 10
without any experience aud with unframed labor OF
ali kinds aud am fully persuaded that forty cent
OF tue money expended might nave been saved II the
work al been properly Understood ana oonduclod
1t was wasted by not Ootaiaing proper days work
from the various employees and w paying excessive
rrices for everything There was no attention gwen
| To details and the whole thing carried
with sensational speed and extravagancs. From
Hon street to Eigntn avenue they viii go
down thirty feet Is ai ground. From 1lOth
viii perhaps be ths least xpsnsve
rney will have elegant digging from l16th 10 l45,n
street, through bank OF thar viii furnish them
sufficient stuff TO CONFLICTS the road from seventeen
street 10 the river Wneu they como TO run up
NH m inv hrld oe n
EXTERIOR STREET.
The limo laid down tor them Exterior street, an
imaginary street which Is supposed TO go around the
whole island From Eighth avenue TO kingsOridge IS
about three mtea me boundaries OF Ex'eri IT street
the CITY, Dut even If the aad side belonged to midi
vuas value OF iittlc account that II IL could
woula be Impossible 10 levy an assessment OF
IS Tor each lot. Ethcr tho company or the city
neither the PARK nor the Public Works Department
can undertake. H. because tho cost would have 70 DO
thrown ON Inc city a. large, and the thi.g would be
OF avail Tor actua and legitimate OF the
public, as far nowbe seen, Tor gsserssions 10
come fhs hipg In Of tho street would cost millions
and Nc least ten years would be requed 70 compete
the task You cannot build ennbsnK mcnt
thsrs without first constructing buikhsad
along the entire river trent Of the street
This plated improvements OF Harlem
X yer by the national governments may work CON-
pies change the face Of the territory there and
In any plans OF local Improvement that wore
plated for the Immediate lulure. LIS effect tho
building OF Exterior would be threw The
way OF the large OF maleriai, but the
question oil keeping VII HIN Inc lines Of the
aud ting from running out into the channel
Is The one to be considered The compsny, bsilsvs
cherishes Inc hope that the city Will pay half the
pense of builnng Exterior street."
''Suppose the company took the line OF Ninth ave.
nue. 10 tho river2"
''0i course Ninth avenue will DO ultimately run
throu- the river, but the city will hardly unaer
take tho joo Tor twenty years come, and there
are portions OF tue avenue twenty iset sbove tho
through, would require OF them the Practical grading
OF tho avenue. al expense not to DO thought OF. The
nne oil Eighth Is their only hope. Its grade
from HON street 10 the RIVER varies only SIX inches to
the block. As there only dim prospect OF the road
Exterior street their best hopes lie Ia the
OF the Boston and Montreal Railroad ana Its
ton from The Wss.cnester shore BY Terry boat with
their terminus mt tho end OF Eighth avenue"
gFFscr ON REAL ESTATE.
"whst effect do you suppose tho extoossn Of the
road to Harlem River Will nave on real estate
west side, above the Park ~
''rhc effect Will DO grand. That territory is a
incognita il you live above Fity.ninth street
ANA w,tni,, a block OF Eighih avenue you are par.
TALLY convcnerccd, but away on the hcighSs, be-
tween Tenth avenue and the river. a mau Slisn, as
well be In Albany for all the accomm odalion nc has
tor reaching the city Aud yet the finest building
ground mo island Is up there. II 10 dry. eevssd
healthy and II natural scenery be OF any attraction
real estate cf 1t than else
on Manhattan Island Tue tact Is, rapd transit road
Is ndispcn sable 10 that region OF the city. IL be
be but along the route marked out tor It without
sncountsring any dIuicuitiss OF momsnt and more
chcaply than ON siie limo the structure itself now
Mr. Delatour, resident Of the ST. Nicholas boule-
vard. above lOItn street, sho:-"Wo are lungufshing
for rapid transit hcrs. II rs the ouIy panacea for
the Inert aud torpid condition OF real estate
this ncighborhood."
Mr.. King, resident Of tho Same vicinity, SAID -
'Rapil transit TO is Indispensable We moro
attempt 10 sell our ots at any Reasonable figure Than
II they were situated IN tue moon, because there ~
little means OF getting to thon.'
Mr. Walsh, an owner OF properly on Eighth avenue,
above tho Park, suid:'It Is painful "a the way
people up hero are situated IN the Of their
munication with the city down town. You get
ON the Eighth avenue oars aud II much
as mans temper and patience can stand--that
journey from l25n street down to central part
the city. We would be glad TO hail the sight OF rapid
transit up TINS way, and we wont be like the people
OF Sixth avenue that object TO tho noise. for they
may mako as much noise as bediam and we'll forgive
'em II they only give US quick way oil getting uown
TO the business wo nave In the city.p
TRIAL TRIP ON TIE EAST SIDE.
The FIRST experimental trip the east side section