The New York herald., 1878-03-30
RAPID TRANSIT.
THE GILBERT LINE TO CENTRAL PARK ALMOST
FINISHED RAPID TRANSIT PROGRESS on

THE GILBERT LINE TO CENTRAL PARK ALMOST
FINISHED RAPID TRANSIT PROGRESS ON
THE THIRD AVENUE ROAD.
Much progress has been made during this week In
the completion OF tho elevated railways The Gilbert
road will be entirely finished to the Park-a except
ing the statons-within ten days. The extreme down
town section in New Church street is ready from
Morris to Cortandt street, and the appearance OF the
structure here With its three tracks, solid and
heavy in the extreme. Tho three tracks are 10 ex-
tend far north Fulton street, and although the
additional track is declared to be indspensably
sary by the company for tho switching OF OF it
yet seems pity that the street should have TO be
thus darkened. II is expected that within ten days
this lower section will be joined to the other portion
OF tho road At Murray street. BY tonight the three
track section, running from the Park down TO Fifty
third street Sixth avenue, will have been finished.
thus giving tomorrow uninterrupted structure
from Murray street TO the Park. Tho work on the
Fourteenth street and rweDty.third street stations Is
being pushed forward but not as rapidly as u msht
be, and the contractor seems to be going on rather
slowly with The stations OF the Gilbert road generally
He still promises however. 10 nave thcm ready for use
by the goth Of next month Mr. Pullman was absent
yesterday tho precise date OF opening the road could
not De ascertained, ana Is probably not yet nxed.
General Porter said that the and locomotives
troit, but would not bo brought to hs city or some
days 10 come, as they mad no place TO store
necessary apparatus TO horst them on 70
the track He also says that there viii be no two
classes of csrs, ''as must remember that we 1--we
In a republican country" The five cent passengers
the 'scomm cars'' Will have tho samo accom-
modations those paying ten cents. Among the
cars now ready, however, are some special smoking
cars.
THIRD AND NINTH AvESuE ROADS.
The Now York Eievated Ralrood Company have
twenty engines aud forty cars Tor their
Third avenue railroad This road Is making, NJ last
considerable progress. The columns have been set up
along Pearl street to The Bowery, ON one side OF the
Bowery and up Third avenue 10 about Thirty sixth
street. The grders, however, have only been Ilacod
Seventh street TO Foureenh street on Tnird av
enue. Tho Third avenue road cannot DO opened to
SlxIy-nrst before Juno l. The company intend
let, during The coming week, tho contract Tor
the next section OF the Third avenue road
from Sixty first to Eghty-first street-one mile 81
invite you SAID yeste'oay Mr.. Cowing tho secretary
OF the company, ITO take ride on this road on the
4h OF neyt July, or sooner II possible from Eighty
first and Third avenue round the city 70 Eighty
first street and Ninth avenue" The second track III
the Ninth road is already pretty well finished
to Fvrtysecon street, aud Mr.. Cowing thinks mat
the first downtown section, from the Battery 10 FRANK
lin street. will be ready 10 DC utilized IN tho next TWO
weeks tho two roads OF the New YORK Elevated
Railroad Com mpany-on Ninth and Third avenuos-are
10 be painted u light maroon color.
NeIher OF the rapid transit ROADS have thus lar naoe
any preparations Tor pushing the work beyond Eighty
first street on other side Of An officer oil tho
Gilbert explained this the ground that ''thcy
were already with thor present work driven as nard
as Mr.. Bergh would allow any morse to be-"