The New York herald., 1878-08-18
RAPID TRANSIT.
The Metropolitan Railway Pushing
Rapidly 10 High Bridge.
TENTH AVENUE DIFFICULTIES.
By January the New York Elevated Road
viii Kun 10 Harlem.

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street bs,wesa SIKH Nnta avenues. can readily
that the Gilbert Elevated Railway Company mean
business 10 relation 10 the construction OF their road
TO High Bridge The work has undoubtedly not ooen
carried in with the snergy and rspidiiy with which
the first 1vo miles OF the road completed but
the articles recently Ia the hRaALD seem to have in
fused new hio into the undertaking. which Is cer-
tainy ono Of groat maguituds, and yesterday WHOM
the writer went over the ground to inspect the prog
ross msds matters were found to be In quite an en-
couragng condition. Along the Fifty-,nrd street
branch. which is 10 connect tho Sixth avenue with
the Ninth avenue elevated road, about hun
dred men wers found actively AZ work. rho
mon were evidently good, earnest iaDorers and
their brawny, sinewy francs and general
demeanor showed that tho important task
of laying tue foundations had been in
trusted 10 no idle hsnds great deal OF
difficulty ha, been encountered here on account Of
the rocky nature Of The ground, 50 that basng had
TO be resortsd 10 10 u considerable extent Between
Sixth aud Seventh avenues nearly all the foundations
the north side OF the street complete work
those the south side to be progressing
thouga SSH somswhas slowly. Between Eighth ana
Ninth avenues nearly all the foundations the tn
side are approaching completion, bot on the south
side Of the street none Of the noics have 70;
been opened This sxcuse for this - that the rubbish
and dirt side OF street already blocks up
the roadway.
ON NINTH AVENUE TO NICELY rr.sr STREET..
On Mn avenue things look much bother and are
roaiiy promising All tho foundations from Sixty
first TO Eighty first street, except three, arc COIN
pete, and these three are still opon on account of
sewer connections, which have TO be arched over,
elaborate work Of considerable difficulty. In some OF
these excavations tho mon had 10 Dig thirty feet Deep
The foundations being thus nearly all complete the
iron contractors may soon be expected 10 SGT the
csiumns One OF the foremcn on the ground yesterday
said that tho erection OF the columns would probably
begin about the LIST Vi next montn II this xddtonal
section to Eighty street cannot be opened by Oc
tobsr l. as Mr. Navarro had hoped, It seems toerabiy
certain tha its opening with not be deferred beyond
November l. But tho great importance Of this work
lies not tno fact that passengers wii In couple OF
months, be carried to Eghtyarst street instead OF
TO Fity-ninth street, It's great significance 10 the
people OF New York lies the fact that these iounda-
tion sockets, now almost hidden among a Of
rocks. stones and rubbish, on Ninth avenue, arc
proof OF the earnestncss OF the company In pushing
their west sids road 10 completion.
WHAT SAID.
As Mr.. Foster zone o the directors OF the road,
may be regarded OF tho jealous advocates
OF rapid transit TO Kngsbridge in the board Of the
Metropolitan Railway said yesterday we must
60 on now. We cannot stop. Everybody can easily
terminus at Eighty first street practically leads to
where. II would have bosn . mere waste OF money
have built It had no. beon intended TO push the
road rapidly along 10 Higu Bridge. But the public
aud press should charge with slowncss whom
We have compelea our present section OF road far IN
required TO have our road runniuK 10 tho Park until
september. We nave had u opon since June, aud by
September suall be ready 10 run up 10 Eighty lrst
street The law docs not require 10 open tho road
to l55th street unt year from next month eptem.
Der, lS79I while atn conhdsnt We shall bo ruppIug
there next sprng"
ST AIioSs TO ONE mUSDAgD AND yiPrY.yFrH srssEr
Mr.. John Bard, the chief engineer ana one OF tho
directors OF the Metropol,taa Railway, and M
yesterday gave tho writer list of tno stations
be as The rst alter Fifty-uintn street viii
be- Seventy y-soeOpd. This Will be thc mist
eonvsnsn. :. point Tor the WSmans Gaze
Lake, and TO the Boomngdale road. rhen will come
Eighty frss street station, almost directly bsnind the
Museum block, and therefore vonien Tor The thou
sands OF vxtors 10 tns um, and aiso ior Hunt
ers Gate. All above hero there Is u steep ascent. Al
N Ninety.second street station Will be found speedy
access to tho Park by tho Gate OF AL Saints, aud
TO Ihe Transverse Road Az Tooth street ~ the sum.
mil oi the asce nding grade aud mere u station VIII
be located. Then follows n rapid dcscsut 10 lloth
street, whore the next station All oe situated. Here
the road branches on from Ninth to Eishsn aveaus,
and then passes through toieraby level ground, fo
lowing direct the Eighth avenue horse car track
Tho columns will be placed each side OF the track
~ on sixth avenue. aud not along tho curb. as on
West Broadway, and the structure will be similar
erected sixth avenue, but Without me oalus
plan" rno succeeding stations will be ss The wide
streets, as iolo ll6th. 125h l35in,
145tb, 165,h aud High Bridge.
WASHINGTON HgGHTs.
Mr.. Navarro stated only recently that ne had no
doubt tho road would 10 running to l65ih street by
next sprns. and yesterday he made tho additionally
gratifying promise that tho road would IN all proua-
biity be extended al the same timc to high BRUCE
aud thus afford weiconc rsicf TO the residents OF
Washington Heights, who VIII only bo within u low
muu,es' walk or drvc OF tue High Bridge station.
The writer yesterday drove over ground ound
thut N ut 4
Washington Heguts--a well known gcntlcuiab's resi
dence fronting Tue Hudson-it ou bc only an easy
ten n,inutcs urivs down l55th station.
The Grand BouievarI Is how complete TO l55th street,
and The fesidenw or Washington Heights nave built
private road the limo OF The bou cvard from lSu
street TO the depot roud Al i5Sth street II Strikes ST.
Nicholas avenue. and thence through loon street
there ~ hrst rate drive 10 Eighth avenue. As the
New York Elevated Railroad apparently absorbed IN
ITS EFFORT push tho Third avenue elevated road
avenue route seems 10 pre.ont great engineer
ing difficulties In the 'sManhattan Valley"
wncrc u hollow OF 175 ieet would have TO be
brdged, the Metropolitan road would seem to DO about
The only practical solution OF tho problem OF RAPID
transit 10 tho upper portion Of the west side loft
for he present ~ tho peops Mr. Cyrus ". Feld the
president OF The New York Elevated Railway. when
spoken TO ugan on the subject oi this west s'de
tension, said yesterday, you'll have inc road sooAer
than you thinx but bsy ond this general promise
no precise iacts could be learned which would war
rant tho hope tbat the Now YORK Elevated road will
do aEyth thing beyond Eightythird street (whcrs tn.y
leave tho joint rout') during the present yaar fof
learn that Tie Ms.ropoii.an Hallway, a. ali cysn,s To-
tends partially TO satisfy the pressing puec neca Tor
rapid transit TO Washington Heights and High Bridge.
WILL THR ROAD PAYf
Mr. Foster, who has studied the question OF rapid
transit 10 Warrington Heights anu Hgn Brige for
many years, says that tho traio thc Metropolitan
Railway Will Dc Immensely increased by tue cxtcn-
SION. aud that he new section OF tne road will pay
very VOL, although OF course not SO largely tho
present one " tue Park. RIO cites In suppor OF this
posti0n the experience of the underground railway
London, whose superintendent has stated that The
ordinary aud regular business travel Of the road
would have been insuicsnt 20 make u pay had II not
bren ior the vast oi excursion travel the
para o stran gers apd Others travelling Or pleasure
nnd Tor the novelty oi tho ride. Mr.. Foster justly
tbiuKs that the ex,ur, ion usve over tUe Metropo.
tan rVad 10 isb Bridge will DO verv large inaced IL
is certain that every one VI tho 10000 strangers a
ways to bc found IN New York will want to epJoy the
ride 10 High Bridge, and In the spring scrnmcr and
fall the travel on the new section should, inme-
dateiv upon It's opcniny not be less tnan 20 900 day.
But II IL tue futurc OF tbs new road which should
couragc tue company to complete II with tho utmost