New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-16
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RAPID TRANSITS PROGRESS.
BUILDING THE UoADs TO HARLEM.


WHAT IS BEING DONE ON THE EAST siDE-DELAf
ON THE CHATHAM-STREET BRANCH-"ohh os
THE METROPOLITAN ROAD.
Since the New-York Elevated Railroad be-
gan TO run trans on TAird.ave to Eghy-ninth-st on
Monday last the travel increased from loooo' 10
1900 daily The average daily tfavel on tnls INC nov
reaches OOO while the West Side branch OF tue sane
road nov running Fy-nintlst, carries ohiy lo'Ooo
daily Chief Engneer Katie said yesterday tha' INC
Third Avenue line would probably DC Opeheu 10 hare
OH December % The iron structure to one-nuhureu'
and-twenty-uinth-st. was completed ready Tor the
track ON Saturday night, and the ralls wiz
be all laid by Thursday night next ino
stations with their approaches VIII not DC reaus i
some time but porary structures Will DC Heu LUG
company mas concluded not TO make any chanse III lho
rates of fare which will remain, after the extension Ie
anne "a AZ pressnt and 10 cents Trdve on the ROAD
has considerably increased with every extension uh
now in the busy hours IT exceeds the carrying capac5
Of the rolling stock in use. More cars anu ohE'heS vi"
be put on IN time for the extension 10 Hhirm Out 1t is
feared that annOyances and dangers OF
will be even eaGer than a present Trains are run u
Eigbty-nnthst every five minutes, with extra trains
during the haffare hours There is large travel 10
Harlem now by the Metropolitan Road to Forty
secOnd-st., aud thence by tn" Ne"-lotA Ceh''"
rapd transit trains When the Elsi side ROAD Is open
70 Harlem expected that 1t will absorb TINS travel
II feared that the full capacity OF the road VIII DO
ia discussed An officer OF the road yesterday said snch
p,an mad en- CONSIDERED and that engineers asserted
that two extra tracks could be added on Thirday" IN
side the present tracks the cross Orders are already
IN position Of sufficient strength 10 support the a-
dillon II this scheme carried out The company
would add express cars and during the hours when
travel was light freight would b. carried
When the Third Avenue line Is opened tn Irlem the
through trip TO One-hundred-and-tweniyni Will
be made in about forty minutes Some through trains
will stop at alternate stations above Grand-st' Whle
others Will not stop from Grandsi TO Fiiy-nlnthsL
The through time the h0rsccars from Harlem 10 the
Post Office is one hour and twenty minutes. the saving
by elevated road being forty minutes trip. To Har
lem man this means a saving of eighty minutes day
statistCan has given the following results OF tins
economy OF times Eighty minutes u day saved on
the road Is 2G.0i0 minutes year. 43i hours or cchon
ing ten hours working day, a man living IN Harlem
will secure forty -four days OF leisure In the year
than he has now Estimating his time at 81 90 day,
tins would make a saving of 500 year
There is no probability OF the Chatham-st. branch
of tho East SIDE road beng ready for use before
February l. Little progress is being made at pres
ent; only three four men are at work on It,
Between Chambersst. and Chatham-Sgnare the road
viii be owned ininiT oy NE New ok nu'Ta anG tns
Metropolitan Roads, AMI the WORK Is nnurr tIelr lpnl
sureryison and nc their expense TIE pillars are al mp
to and The f SrS, %o Sa say% " Mr. Kac
said Yesterday they giving their whole at
the Cnatnam-sr. branch will 70. hIlsh d next.
The employees of the ThIrd Avenue line greatly
iuccnstd The action 81 IA cn1duy ~ regard 10 ihrlr
rev uniforms me cpuuut'Vi, ~ "a i'. ", Nv. ~ ~
and gatemcu lns ruccd by Sdpor trndrut Oudcr-
douk recently to gotO Brukaw sand pur
CHASE their uhl9iW lt P.o'1 VI ""Eu IuSu ii h
been deducted at hr rate OF - mo tband was under
stood tuat this rule would b. lOuwcd On HE last pay
dav Dee TO- the entire cost OF the s'is was su5tr1c"d,
some the without sufficient money to pay
ir board OF support their families. In addition tea
days pty retained from each man The next pay day
M
many a The cmployc "ond have no money Tor the
SUPERINTENDENT Ondcgdonk and Treasurer COWing |
sai that hey not OIsbg for This action, bat
that 10 was an order issued by the board
WORK oN THE ME- RoPoLITAY ROAD.
Secretary Body stated SATURDAY. Mctrop Titan
Road would extend ~ branch through Chtinbcrst. 10
after ii began the erection Of the East
side branch 70 Harlem, work which would be begun
soon The company had just concluded the purchase Of
about weuty city and dozen buildings below the
present terminus Mnrrs-s that II could obtain
curve INTO bowling and cOnnect with the
plated East de branch. On this plot Of ground they
will build a large terminal station for the Dcnt
dispatenng trains both sides 81 he citv Tue cost
OF ground and buildings was about SlOOoOOo. lhe
cowpauy ha- also purchased two blocks OF lana extend
ing from Elshh-ayc. 10 Nnth-aYc and from Onr-hnu-
~ toT car and mach,ue snups Th East side line will
made even stronger the Skin Avenue Road. and
The Metropolitan Company Saturday awarded 10
Clark, Reeves Co.. OF = @nixyiie. fonr me cyntact
brs,-s contract h for four miles, ana VIII bring
tic road u the Harlem River, Observation-Disclosures
Wrst side. Tue road VIII b" In opera
ton to tat point July l, 1879. gnd To High Bridge
during the latter ptrt Of le 5nmmer The work Of ex-
eaynng for the foundations will begin ths week TIE
COMPANY purposes adding express carr To lts trains IN
short tune. specially VIII be mace VI delivering pack
ages . u
the Now-YOrk Elevated Railway In NiutA-ave for
carrying mails from tn central ONCE 10 the various
stations that be reached 10y ~ more speedily than
by gtreet-cars. The mails some OF the stations on
the East side seul up In TINS way aud then across
town by the streecars. About three week, tue
Postmaster began the East Side Railway between
StatiODs ID and H. AM Saturday, the service
tended 10 Station X Eight -fOurtbst Assistant
Postmaster PersOn said Saturday that the schedule
OF mail service brtwcen th" central once ana the blne
teen gaIons between the stations Is very elabOr
ate there would be change IN IL until the Chathau-
St. branch OF the East side Road was completed.
TWO ACCIDENTS on THE WEST SIDE.
A collision occurred the Metropolitan Elevated
Railway AT switch just below Fifty-nnthst on Sat
urday winch resulted In partial wreck OF engine
and Elk cars. An engine engaged IN making up trains
was run up 10 line of cars. AS II struck the foremost
car 10 couple started the cars down the
track On reaching the track they struck Engine
No 20 with The downtown train leaving Fifty-unth-st
Tne wreck caused only u short delay Engineer Warner
had his arm and hand badly scala,d.
william III. Seward twenty four, OF No % Snnth
Flith-ayc., wilC at work on the Metropolitan Road at
Cauast Saturday, to escape injury from passing
train jumped sidewalk lie picked almost
inscnsble and at 81. Vincents Hospital where be now
lies IL was found that the bones Of bOis feet were
fractured.
P1TJW1Y NgHS